Shaping invention : Thomas Blanchard's machinery and patent management in nineteenth-century America /

Cooper, Carolyn C., 1934-

Shaping invention : Thomas Blanchard's machinery and patent management in nineteenth-century America / Carolyn C. Cooper. - New York : Columbia University Press, 1991. - xii, 326 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-320) and index.

0231068689 (alk. paper)

90020626


Blanchard, Thomas, 1788-1864.


Woodworking machinery--History--United States--19th century.--Patents
Inventors--United States--Biography.

TS850 / .C476 1991

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