Author: Russell Doubleday

Publisher:

Published: 2016-07-23

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9781332959501

Excerpt from Stories of Inventors: The Adventures of Inventors and Engineers; True Incidents and Personal Experiences Every great invention, afterward marvelled at, was first derided. Each great inventor, after solving problems in mechanics or chemistry, had to face the jeers of the incredulous. The story of James Watt's sensations when the driving-wheels of his first rude engine began to revolve will never be told; the Visions of Robert Fulton, when he puffed up the Hudson, of the eets of vessels that would follow the faint track of his little vessel, can never be put in print. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."