Ingenious women : from tincture of saffron to flying machines
Jaffé, Deborah2003
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This illustrated work examines inventions and discoveries made by women, beginning with the first patent application made in 1637 and ending with outbreak of war in 1914. Accounts of the stories of the inventions are placed into the context in which their discoveries were made.
Main title:
Ingenious women : from tincture of saffron to flying machines / Deborah Jaffé ; foreword by Sandi Toksvig.
Author:
Imprint:
Stroud : Sutton, 2003.
Collation:
xiv, 210 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-204) and index.
ISBN:
9780750930307 (hbk)
Dewey class:
609.22A609
Local class:
609.22Ja
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
277154
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