Maxim, Bessemer, Edison and Marconi are names that all belong to the great tradition of invention, but even geniuses like them can go astray.
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Extraordinary inventions.: Bizarre ideas that never got off the ground
1983, Reader's Digest
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"Maxim, Bessemer, Edison and Marconi are names that all belong to the great tradition of invention, but even geniuses like them can go astray."
Table of Contents
The Great Tradition
Page 4
Inventions in Everyday Life
Page 10
The World of Transport
Page 22
Inventors at War
Page 36
The Living Tradition
Page 43
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