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Ingenious women : from tincture of saffron to flying machines

Jaffe, Deborah2004
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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 Jaffe ; foreword by Sandi Toksvig.
Imprint:
Stroud : Sutton, 2004.
Collation:
xiv, 210 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2003.Includes index.Bibliography: p. 201-205.
ISBN:
07509303149780750930314
Dewey class:
609.2'2609.22
Local class:
609.22
Language:
English
BRN:
74604
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