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| Genre/Form: | Trivia and miscellanea History Miscellanées |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Philbin, Tom, 1934- 100 greatest inventions of all time. New York : Citadel Press/Kensington Pub., ©2003 (OCoLC)768347579 |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Tom Philbin |
| ISBN: | 0806524030 9780806524030 9780806524047 0806524049 |
| OCLC Number: | 52972929 |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
| Description: | viii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Contents: | Wheel -- Light bulb -- Printing press -- Telephone -- Television -- Radio -- Gunpowder -- Desktop computer -- Telegraph -- Internal combustion engine -- Pen/pencil -- Paper -- Automobile -- Airplane --Plow -- Eyeglasses -- Atomic reactor -- Atomic bomb -- Colossus computer -- Toilet -- Rifle -- Pistol -- Plumbing -- Iron-to-steel-process -- Wire -- Transistor -- Steam engine -- Sail -- Bow and arrow -- Welding machine -- McCormick reaper -- Jet engine -- Locomotive -- Anesthesia -- Battery -- Nail -- Screw -- X-Ray machine -- Compass -- Wooden ships -- Stethoscope -- Skyscraper -- Elevator -- Clock -- Chronometer -- Microscope -- Braille -- Radar -- Air conditioning -- Suspension bridge -- Thermometer -- Incubator -- CT scan -- MIRI -- Drywall -- Electric motor -- Barbed wire -- Condom -- Telescope -- EKG machine -- Pacemaker -- Kidney dialysis machine -- Camera -- Global positioning system -- Sewing machine -- Film -- Spinning Jenny -- Brick -- Motion picture camera -- Dynamite -- Cannon -- Balloon framing -- Typewriter -- Diesel engine -- Triode vacuum tube -- AC induction motor -- Helicopter -- Calculator -- Flashlight -- Laser -- Steamboat -- Fax machine -- Tank -- Rocket -- Cotton gin -- Windmill -- Submarine -- Paint -- Circuit breaker -- Washing machine -- Threshing machine -- Fire extinguisher -- Refrigerator -- Oven -- Bicycle -- Tape recorder -- Oil derrick -- Phonograph -- Fire sprinklers -- Video recorder. |
| Other Titles: | One hundred greatest inventions of all time |
| Responsibility: | Tom Philbin. |
Abstract:
From the wheel to the washing machine and from the printing press to the photocopier, this book is a compilation of the top 100 inventions of all time, including details about the people who created them.
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The 100 greatest inventions of all time: a ranking past and present
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CITATION: Philbin, T. (2003). The 100 greatest inventions of all time: a ranking past and present. New York: Citadel Press.
Reviewer Dr W. P. Palmer.
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