Contains more than eighty stories of America's first inventions, among them the AC induction motor, glass bottles, bottle cap, helicopter, and submarine.
Note
Originally published as: Historical first patents : the first United States patent for many everyday things. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1994. Reprint. Previously published as: Historical first patents : the first United States patent for many everyday things. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1994.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-205) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
AC induction motor Adding machine Addressograph Air brake Air conditioning Airplane Aluminum manufacture Ammonia process Anesthesia Artificial limb Atomic reactor Automobile Bakelite Barbed wire Beehive Bicycle Billiard ball Bottle cap Bridge caisson Cable car Calculator Cannon Carborundum Carpet loom Clock Color film Condensed milk Cotton gin Cyclotron Design patent Diesel engine.