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Author
Publisher
The Innovation Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Like most of us, Frances Gabe detested housework -- she found cleaning a "nerve-twangling bore". Unlike most of us, she invented a contraption to free herself from this tedious task forever: a self-cleaning house! Gabe's wacky, wonderful home included almost 70 new patented inventions, from a soap-spraying sprinkler in the ceiling to a kitchen cabinet that washed, dried, and stored dishes all in one place. Though Gabe's invention didn't catch on,...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Expanded and revised, this new edition of the best-selling book celebrates the ingenious inventions of women throughout time. As inspiring as they are fascinating, these stories empower readers to imagine, to question, to experiment, and then to go forth ... and invent.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
The author explores the beginnings of Edison's genius from his boyhood delight in mixing chemicals, sometimes with explosive results, to this disastrous time in school, even his early career as a twelve-year old businessman. He celebrates the imagination and stick-to-itiveness of the man who is America's greatest inventor and entrepreneur.
14) Thomas Edison
Author
Publisher
Rourke Book
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the life of the man who developed the electric light bulb and many other inventions.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A biography, with photographs and quotes from Bell himself, which follows this well known inventor from his childhood in Scotland through his life-long efforts to come up with ideas that would improve people's lives.
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