Project Gutenberg 2006-10-13 Public domain in the USA. 187 Macomber, Hattie E. Stories of Great Inventors Fulton, Whitney, Morse, Cooper, Edison Reading ease score: 87.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Stories of Great Inventors" by Hattie E. Macomber is a children's educational publication written in the late 19th century. The book presents biographies of several notable inventors, such as Robert Fulton, Eli Whitney, Samuel Morse, Peter Cooper, and Thomas Edison. It highlights their contributions to society and emphasizes the importance of innovation and perseverance in the face of challenges. The content focuses on the lives and achievements of the featured inventors, providing insights into their early years, personal struggles, and significant inventions. For instance, Robert Fulton is celebrated for creating the first successful steamboat, which revolutionized transportation, while Eli Whitney's cotton gin greatly influenced the cotton industry in America. The narratives illustrate how each inventor overcame adversities, pursued their passions, and ultimately made lasting impacts on the world. Through engaging storytelling, the book aims to inspire young readers to appreciate the spirit of invention and to encourage their own creativity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Inventions T Text Technology Children's Biography Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Computers & Technology Browsing: Science - General 149639 146645 2024-10-08T13:52:26.242500 2023-09-09T04:52:19.699490 text/html text/html 148125 2006-10-13T15:21:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 3013013 2006-10-13T15:21:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 3069144 2024-10-08T13:52:37.870960 application/epub+zip 3059900 2024-10-08T13:52:30.728473 application/epub+zip 115873 2024-10-08T13:52:28.361477 application/epub+zip 3149433 2024-10-08T13:52:42.199946 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3122116 2024-10-08T13:52:35.273451 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 212116 2022-09-09T09:58:30.323291 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 115223 115119 2024-10-08T13:52:24.951506 2023-09-09T04:52:18.734488 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 115097 2006-10-13T15:21:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 41368 2006-10-13T15:21:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19760 2024-10-08T13:52:42.354908 application/rdf+xml 12429 2024-10-08T13:52:28.929478 image/jpeg 3320 2024-10-08T13:52:28.646481 image/jpeg 3094330 2024-10-08T13:52:26.324525 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog