French Inventions of the Eighteenth Centuryby Shelby T. McCloy.
McCloy, Shelby Thomas, 1898-
French Inventions of the Eighteenth Centuryby Shelby T. McCloy. - [Lexington] University of Kentucky Press 1952. - 1 online resource (240 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
The balloon -- Steam transportation -- The telegraph -- Lighting -- Papermaking -- Chemical inventions -- Textiles -- Automata -- Other mechanical devices -- Military inventions -- Medicine and surgery -- Patents and encouragement.
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 inventions which have greatly influenced technological progress made prerevolutionary France the rival, i.
9780813163970
Technology--History--France--18th century.
Inventors--France.
France--Intellectual life--18th century.
France--Intellectual life--19th century.
Technology--History--France--18th century.
Technology--History--France--19th century.
Electronic Books.
T26 / .F746 1952
French Inventions of the Eighteenth Centuryby Shelby T. McCloy. - [Lexington] University of Kentucky Press 1952. - 1 online resource (240 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
The balloon -- Steam transportation -- The telegraph -- Lighting -- Papermaking -- Chemical inventions -- Textiles -- Automata -- Other mechanical devices -- Military inventions -- Medicine and surgery -- Patents and encouragement.
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 inventions which have greatly influenced technological progress made prerevolutionary France the rival, i.
9780813163970
Technology--History--France--18th century.
Inventors--France.
France--Intellectual life--18th century.
France--Intellectual life--19th century.
Technology--History--France--18th century.
Technology--History--France--19th century.
Electronic Books.
T26 / .F746 1952