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Author Emerson, Jason, 1975-

Title Lincoln the inventor / Jason Emerson.

Imprint Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  973.7 L638Bem 2009    ---  Available
Description xv, 111 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-107) and index.
Contents Abraham Lincoln's mechanical mind -- Lincoln's lecture on discoveries and inventions : the unknown draft -- Appendix 1 : patent no. 6.469, May 22, 1849, Buoying vessels over shoals, Abraham Lincoln, of Springfield, Illinois -- Appendix 2 : Lincoln's first and second lectures on discoveries and inventions.
Subject Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Inventors -- United States -- Biography.
River boats -- Patents -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN 0809328984 (cloth : alk. paper)
0809328976 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780809328970 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780809328987 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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