French Inventions of the Eighteenth Century - Paperback
French Inventions of the Eighteenth Century - Paperback
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by Shelby T. McCloy (Author)
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 inven
Author Biography
Shelby T. McCloy, professor of history at the University of Kentucky, is the author of several books and articles on European history.
