A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins. Vol. II
Beckmann, John
Sold by Leopolis, Kraków, Poland
AbeBooks Seller since January 6, 2016
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Add to basketSold by Leopolis, Kraków, Poland
AbeBooks Seller since January 6, 2016
Condition: Used - Good
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basket12mo (18 cm), frontispiece, XII, 548 pp. Publisher's blind-stamped cloth with gilt-lettered spine (binding slightly rubbed, corners rounded; ownership entries and numbers on front endpaper and title-page; title-page somewhat foxed). Translated from the German by William Johnston. Volume 2 only of the fourth edition of the English translation, revised by William Francis and J. W. Griffith. The book was not intended as a complete history of technology (a term coined by Beckmann), but rather as a collection of historical accounts of individual inventions. This volume includes, among others, chapters on the steam-engine, lending and pawnbroking, mirrors, sewing machines, fire-engines, forks, lotteries, and book censorship.
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