000			01420cam a22003374a 4500
003			OCoLC
005			20251028092324.0
008			060316s2004 nyua b 001 0 eng
001			ocm52728979
010			_a 2003059302
020			_a0814788130 (cloth : alk. paper)
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780814788134
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780814788134
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780814788134
035			_z(Sirsi) 167437
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dOCL _dBAKER _dCFU _dVF$
042			_apcc
043			_an-us---
050	0	0	_aT21 _b.V36 2004
090			_aT 21 .V36 2004
100	1		_aVan Dulken, Stephen, _d1952-
245	1	0	_aAmerican inventions : _ba history of curious, extraordinary, and just plain useful patents / _cStephen van Dulken.
260			_aNew York : _bNew York University Press, _c2004.
300			_aix, 241 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [231]-236) and index.
505	0		_aHush-a-bye, baby, in the tree top -- "The play's the thing" -- The sporting life -- That's entertainment! -- There's no place like home -- Food, glorious food -- Here's health -- The open road -- The customer is king -- Beauty is skin deep -- Working towards the paperless office -- Truth, justice, and the American way.
650		0	_aInventions _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aPatents _zUnited States _xHistory.
999			_c101317 _d101317