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1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
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Make. |
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Make (Sebastopol, Calif.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; About the Author; Contents; The Dawn of the Machine Age; The Industrial Revolutionaries; First Things First: Being Safe ; Part I: Makers in Metal; Chapter 1: Henry Bessemer and the Age of Steel; Chapter 2: John Shore Invents the Tuning Fork ; Chapter 3: Abraham Lincoln and the Campaign Torch; Part II: Physics and Chemistry Revolutionaries; Chapter 4: Giovanni Venturi and the Venturi Effect; Chapter 5: Emperor Xianfeng and the Chinese Windlass; Chapter 6: Louis Poinsot and the Dancing Spheres; Chapter 7: Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac and the Chemistry of Fireproofing. |
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Chapter 8: Charles Goodyear and the Vulcanization of RubberPart III: Electricity for the Future; Chapter 9: Benjamin Franklin Explores Electricity; Chapter 10: Alessandro Volta and Electrodeposition; Chapter 11: Humphry Davy and the Arc Light; Appendix: Going Further, Deeper, and&#x;Higher; The Inventor's Workshop; Further Reading; Index; Blank Page. |
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Inventors -- History.
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Industrial arts -- History.
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Inventeurs -- Histoire. |
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Métiers -- Histoire. |
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Industrial arts |
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Inventors |
| Genre |
History
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| Cover Title |
ReMaking history. Volume 2, Industrial revolutionaries |
| Added Title |
Make : ReMaking history : industrial revolutionaries |
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Industrial revolutionaries |
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Make (Sebastopol, Calif.)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gurstelle, William. ReMaking history. Volume 2, Industrial revolutionaries. San Francisco, California : Maker Media, ©2016 xviii, 155 pages 9781680450668 |
| ISBN |
9781680450644 (electronic bk.) |
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1680450646 (electronic bk.) |
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9781680450620 (electronic bk.) |
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168045062X (electronic bk.) |
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