Research Catalog
Black inventors
- Title
- Black inventors / Nathan Aaseng.
- Author
- Aaseng, Nathan.
- Publication
- New York : Facts on File, 1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | T39 .A36 1997 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xvi, 128 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Tells of 10 black inventors, the problems they overcame, and the often slow, frustrating road to ingenious achievement. This work profiles 10 African American inventors, including Lewis Temple, Elijah McCoy & Sarah Breedlove Walker, & tells how they were denied recognition for their achievements & overcame social & economic obstacles to achieve success.
- Series Statement
- American profiles
- Uniform Title
- American profiles (Facts on File, Inc.)
- Subject
- African American inventors > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Inventions > Juvenile literature
- Technological innovations > Juvenile literature
- African American inventors > Biography
- Inventions
- Technological innovations
- African American inventors
- Inventions
- Technological innovations
- Biografie
- Erfinder
- USA
- Schwärze
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- Juvenile works
- Biographies
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Lewis Temple (1800-1854) -- Norbert Rillieux (1806-1894) -- Elijah McCoy (1844-1928) -- Lewis Latimer (1848-1928) -- Jan Matzeliger (1852-1889) -- Grancille Woods (1856-1910) -- Sarah Breedlove McWilliams Walker (1867-1919) -- Garrett Morgan (1877-1963) -- Frederick Jones (1892-1961) -- Percy Julian (1899-1975).
- ISBN
- 0816034079
- 9780816034079
- LCCN
- 96040486
- OCLC
- ocm36138322
- 36138322
- SCSB-9588768
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library