Lincoln The Inventor

Author : Jason Emerson
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 0809338815
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lincoln the Inventor written by Jason Emerson and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2022-09-19 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An examination of Lincoln's invention and patent for a way to buoy boats through shallow waters. Shows an example of Lincoln's thinking, which had lasting impact on the way he viewed the world"--

Author : Bertram Grey Foster
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Abraham Lincoln, Inventor written by Bertram Grey Foster and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Abraham Lincoln
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Discoveries and Inventions written by Abraham Lincoln and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donated by David F. Nelson, not Schaefer.

Author : Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Abraham Lincoln's Vocations written by Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jason Emerson
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 0809338823
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lincoln the Inventor written by Jason Emerson and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2022-09-19 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book that inspired the popular Concise Lincoln Library series In April 1831, on a flatboat grounded on the Rutledge milldam below the town of New Salem, Abraham Lincoln worked to pry the boat loose, directed the crew, and ran into the village to borrow an augur to bore a hole in the end hanging over the dam, causing the water to drain and the boat to float free. Seventeen years later, while traveling home from a round of political speeches, Lincoln witnessed another similar occurrence. For the rest of his journey, he considered how to construct a device to free stranded boats from shallow waters. In this first thorough examination of Abraham Lincoln’s mechanical mind, Jason Emerson brings forth the complete story of Lincoln’s invention and patent as more than mere historical footnote. Emerson shows how, when, where, and why Lincoln developed his invention; how his penchant for inventions and innovation was part of his larger political belief in internal improvements and free labor principles; how his interest in the topic led him to try his hand at scholarly lecturing; and how Lincoln, as president, encouraged and even contributed to the creation of new weapons for the Union during the Civil War. Lincoln the Inventor delves into the ramifications of Lincoln’s intellectual curiosity and inventiveness, both as a civilian and as president, and considers how they allow a fresh insight into his overall character and contributed in no small way to his greatness. By understanding Lincoln the inventor, we better understand Lincoln the man.

Author : Abraham Lincoln
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781494139599
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Discoveries and Inventions written by Abraham Lincoln and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1915 Edition.

Author : David J. Kent
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 149306388X
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lincoln: The Fire of Genius written by David J. Kent and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-09-01 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abraham Lincoln had a lifelong fascination with science and technology, a fascination that would help institutionalize science, win the Civil War, and propel the nation into the modern age. Readers will learn through Lincoln: The Fire of Genius how science and technology gradually infiltrated Lincoln’s remarkable life and influenced his growing desire to improve the condition of all men. The book traces this progression from a simple farm boy to a president who changed the world. Counter to conventional wisdom, subsistence farming provides a considerable education in agronomic science, forest ecology, hydrology, and even a little civil engineering. Continuing through a lifetime of self-study, curiosity, and hard work, Lincoln became the only President with a patent, advocated for technological advancement as a legislator in Illinois and in Washington, and became the “go-to” western lawyer on technology, and patent cases during his legal career. During the Civil War, Lincoln drew upon his commitment to science and personally encouraged inventors while taking dramatic steps to institutionalize science via the Smithsonian Institution, create the National Academy of Sciences, and initiate the Department of Agriculture. Lincoln’s insistence on high-tech weaponry, balloon surveillance, strategic use of telegraphy, and railroad deployment positioned the North to achieve Union victory.

Author : Abraham Lincoln
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781355595823
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Discoveries and Inventions written by Abraham Lincoln and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-05 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : David J. Kent
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781435142978
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Tesla written by David J. Kent and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who was Nikola Tesla? A visionary inventor? Eccentric genius? Outsider rebel? Now David Kent reveals the life, drama, and mystery surrounding the romantic figure. An immigrant from what is now Croatia, Tesla would move to America and go on to create groundbreaking inventions including some that would change the world. He even electrified visitors at the 1893 Chicago World s Fair with an amazing never-before-seen electrical light display. Despite his successes, Tesla would become largely forgotten over the remaining dozen years of his life as others got credit for his remarkable scientific contributions. But after his death, he found renewed fame as the subject of conspiracy theories and as a pop culture idol. Through this fascinating book, you ll come to know the dashing man that continues to capture imaginations today.

Author : James Lander
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 0809385864
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lincoln and Darwin written by James Lander and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2010-09-20 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born on the same day in 1809, Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were true contemporaries. Though shaped by vastly different environments, they had remarkably similar values, purposes, and approaches. In this exciting new study, James Lander places these two iconic men side by side and reveals the parallel views they shared of man and God. While Lincoln is renowned for his oratorical prowess and for the Emancipation Proclamation, as well as many other accomplishments, his scientific and technological interests are not widely recognized; for example, many Americans do not know that Lincoln is the only U.S. president to obtain a patent. Darwin, on the other hand, is celebrated for his scientific achievements but not for his passionate commitment to the abolition of slavery, which in part drove his research in evolution. Both men took great pains to avoid causing unnecessary offense despite having abandoned traditional Christianity. Each had one main adversary who endorsed scientific racism: Lincoln had Stephen A. Douglas, and Darwin had Louis Agassiz. With graceful and sophisticated writing, Lander expands on these commonalities and uncovers more shared connections to people, politics, and events. He traces how these two intellectual giants came to hold remarkably similar perspectives on the evils of racism, the value of science, and the uncertainties of conventional religion. Separated by an ocean but joined in their ideas, Lincoln and Darwin acted as trailblazers, leading their societies toward greater freedom of thought and a greater acceptance of human equality. This fascinating biographical examination brings the mid-nineteenth-century discourse about race, science, and humanitarian sensibility to the forefront using the mutual interests and pursuits of these two historic figures.