French Inventions of the Eighteenth Century by McCloy, Shelby T.

French Inventions of the Eighteenth Century (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813153865)

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French Inventions of the Eighteenth Century by McCloy, Shelby T.

French Inventions of the Eighteenth Century

$25.00
French Inventions of the Eighteenth Century by McCloy, Shelby T.

French Inventions of the Eighteenth Century

$25.00
Format: Paperback
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The eighteenth century, age of France's leadership in Western civilization, was also the most flourishing period of French inventive genius. Generally obscured by England's great industrial development are the contributions France made in the invention of the balloon, paper-making machines, the steamboat, the semaphore telegraph, gas illumination, the silk loom, the threshing machine, the fountain pen, and even the common graphite pencil. Shelby T. McCloy believes that these and many other inven

Author: Shelby T. McCloy
ISBN-10: 0813153867
ISBN-13: 9780813153865
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 07/15/2014
Pages: 254
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d
By Shelby T. McCloy
By Shelby T. McCloy
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Shelby T. McCloy, professor of history at the University of Kentucky, is the author of several books and articles on European history.

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