Project Gutenberg 2012-07-19 Public domain in the USA. 55 Hale, Edward Everett 1822 1909 Ingham, Frederic Darragh, J. Thomas Hale, E. E. (Edward Everett) Hale, Edward E. 05025161 Stories of Invention, Told by Inventors and their Friends Reading ease score: 63.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Stories of Invention, Told by Inventors and their Friends" by Edward Everett Hale is a collection of tales detailing famous inventions and the inventors behind them, written in the late 19th century. This work serves as a celebration of creativity and innovation, exploring figures from various eras, their struggles, and the breakthroughs that shaped technology and society. At the start of the narrative, we meet Uncle Fritz, an intriguing character who engages a group of young visitors in discussions about historical inventions through the medium of storytelling. In a series of lively conversations, the children learn about the significance of public libraries and the importance of inventors, setting the stage for further tales about influential figures such as Archimedes and Friar Bacon. Uncle Fritz's engaging recounting of their lives and inventions invites readers into a world where ingenuity meets history, inspiring curiosity about these remarkable personalities and their contributions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40276/40276-h/images/i_cover.png en Technology -- Juvenile literature Inventions Inventors PZ T Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Computers & Technology Browsing: Science - General 588145 588106 2024-10-17T05:23:39.375276 2023-09-17T13:26:26.499062 text/html text/html 588193 2012-07-19T16:33:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1108284 2012-07-19T16:35:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 771581 2024-10-17T05:23:50.402174 application/epub+zip 775014 2024-10-17T05:23:42.732226 application/epub+zip 302170 2024-10-17T05:23:41.024232 application/epub+zip 545518 2024-10-17T05:23:55.498164 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 500058 2024-10-17T05:23:48.533185 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 367806 2022-09-18T12:31:37.357722 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 534612 534423 2024-10-17T05:23:38.013288 2023-09-17T13:26:25.502050 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 534379 2012-07-19T16:28:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 202419 2012-07-19T16:35:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 534409 2012-07-19T16:28:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 202343 2012-07-19T16:35:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22508 2024-10-17T05:23:55.657160 application/rdf+xml 15571 2024-10-17T05:23:41.145245 image/jpeg 2415 2024-10-17T05:23:41.083250 image/jpeg 1108520 2024-10-17T05:23:39.439230 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 en.wikipedia