Some books on "inventions"
AUTHOR Thompson, Holland, 1873-1940.
TITLE The age of invention; a chronicle of mechanical conquest, by
Holland Thompson.
PUBLISHER New Haven, Yale University Press; [etc., etc.] 1921.
SUBJECT Inventions.
Inventors -- United States.
1 > Leyburn Library E173 .C55 vol. 37
AUTHOR Petroski, Henry.
TITLE The evolution of useful things / Henry Petroski.
PUBLISHER New York : A. Knopf, 1992.
SUBJECT Inventions.
Patents.
1 > Science Library T212 .P465 1992
TITLE Fifty years of Popular mechanics, 1902-1952; an album of
American progress containing the most fascinating articles,
predictions, pictures, and inventions that have appeared
since the first issue of Popular mechanics. Edited by
Edward L. Throm.
PUBLISHER New York, Simon and Schuster [1951]
SUBJECT Technology.
Inventions.
1 > Science Library T1 .P7715
AUTHOR Weber, Robert J. (Robert John), 1936-
TITLE Forks, phonographs, and hot air balloons : a field guide to
inventive thinking / Robert J. Weber.
PUBLISHER New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
SUBJECT Inventions.
Creative thinking.
1 > Science Library T212 .W4 1992
AUTHOR Giedion, S. (Sigfried), 1888-1968.
TITLE Mechanization takes command, a contribution to anonymous
history.
PUBLISHER New York, Oxford Univ. Press, 1948.
SUBJECT Industrial arts -- History.
Technology -- Philosophy.
Inventions.
1 > Science Library T19 .G54
AUTHOR Chase, Stuart, 1888-
TITLE Men and machines, by Stuart Chase, illustrated by W. T. Murch.
PUBLISHER New York, The Macmillan Company, 1929.
SUBJECT Machinery in industry.
Machinery -- History.
Inventions.
1 > Leyburn Library HD6331 .C4
AUTHOR Yerkes, Robert Mearns, 1876-1956.
TITLE The new world of science; its development during the war
PUBLISHER New York, The Century co., 1920.
SUBJECT Science -- History.
Inventions.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Science.
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States.
1 > Science Library Q125 .Y4
AUTHOR Kaempffert, Waldemar, 1877-1956.
TITLE A popular history of American invention, edited by Waldemar
Kaempffert, with over five hundred illustrations ..
PUBLISHER New York [etc.] C. Scribner's Sons, 1924.
SUBJECT Inventions.
Inventors -- United States.
1 > Science Library T21 .K5
AUTHOR Cochrane, Charles Henry, 1856-
TITLE The wonders of modern mechanism. A resume of progress in
mechanical, physical, and engineering science at the dawn of
the twentieth century / By Charles Henry Cochrane ..
PUBLISHER Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott company, 1900.
SUBJECT Inventions.
Mechanical engineering.
Machinery.
1 > Leyburn-Spec Coll-Rare T19 .C66 1900
AUTHOR Wilson, Mitchell A.
TITLE American science and invention, a pictorial history; the
fabulous story of how American dreamers, wizards, and
inspired tinkerers converted a wilderness into the
wonder of the world.
PUBLISHER New York, Simon and Schuster [1954]
SUBJECT Science -- History.
Inventions -- History.
Science -- Pictorial works.
Inventions -- Pictorial works.
1 > Science Library FOLIO Q125 .W7914
AUTHOR Macdonald, Anne L., 1920-
TITLE Feminine ingenuity : women and invention in America
PUBLISHER New York : Ballantine Books, 1992.
SUBJECT Women inventors -- United States.
Inventions -- United States.
1 > Science Library T36 .M33 1992
AUTHOR Feinberg, Rick.
TITLE Peculiar patents : a collection of unusual and interesting
inventions from the files of the U.S. Patent Office
PUBLISHER Secaucus, NJ : Citadel Press, 1994.
SUBJECT Inventions -- United States.
Patents -- United States.
1 > Law Library Stacks T212 .F425 1994
AUTHOR Sobel, Robert, 1931 Feb. 19-
TITLE The entrepreneurs : an American adventure / Robert Sobel and
David B. Sicilia.
PUBLISHER Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1986.
SUBJECT United States -- Industries -- History.
Technological innovations -- United States -- History.
Inventions -- United States -- History.
Entrepreneurship -- History.
1 > Leyburn Library HC103 .S683 1986
AUTHOR Lindsay, David, 1957-
TITLE Madness in the making : the triumphant rise and untimely
fall of America's show inventors / David Lindsay.
PUBLISHER New York : Kodansha International, 1997.
SUBJECT Inventions -- United States -- History.
Inventors -- United States -- History.
1 > Science Library T21 .L46 1997
AUTHOR Hawke, David Freeman.
TITLE Nuts and bolts of the past : a history of American technology,
1776-1860 / David Freeman Hawke.
PUBLISHER New York : Harper & Row, c1988.
SUBJECT Technology -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Technology -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Inventions -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Inventions -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
1 > Science Library T21 .H39 1988