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100	1		_aHolland, Rupert Sargent, _d1878-1952
245	1	0	_aHistoric Inventions
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2013
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2013-04-12
505	0		_aGutenberg and the printing press -- Palissy and his enamel -- Galileo and the telescope -- Watt and the steam-engine -- Arkwright and the spinning-jenny -- Whitney and the cotton-gin -- Fulton and the steamboat -- Davy and the safety-lamp -- Stephenson and the locomotive -- Morse and the telegraph -- Mccormick and the reaper -- Howe and the sewing-machine -- Bell and the telephone -- Edison and the electric light -- Marconi and the wireless telegraph -- The Wrights and the airship.
508			_aProduced by Greg Bergquist, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520			_a"Historic Inventions" by Rupert Sargent Holland is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book explores significant inventions and the lives of their inventors, highlighting key figures such as Gutenberg, Palissy, and Galileo, and showcasing the impact of their innovations on society. The focus is on the stories behind these inventions, illustrating not only the inventions themselves but also the personal trials and achievements of their creators. At the start of the book, the narrative introduces John Gutenberg and the tumultuous civil landscape of 15th-century Germany, detailing his background as a lapidary and his early ideas about printing. Following a series of contemplative discussions with his wife, Anna, Gutenberg embarks on a quest to create a printing press, inspired by the efficiency of woodblock printing he observes. The opening segment captures his inventive spirit as he begins experimenting with blocks and letters, illustrating the evolution of his thoughts leading to the groundbreaking invention of movable type, setting the stage for the broader historical implications of his work in the printing industry. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_nOriginal publication data not identified
653			_aInventions
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42517
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