The John Crerar Library
A list of Books on the History of Industry and industrial Arts

INVENTIONS 41 609 History of inventions Beckmann, Johann, 1739-1811. 609 Fi 76318 Beyträge zur Geschichte der Erfindungen. Von Johann Beck- a mann, .... Erster-[fünfter] Band. Leipzig, P. G. Kummer, 1786-1805. 5 vol. i8cm. Each volume in four parts with special title-pages, dated 1783-1805. “Bibliographie der Geschichte der Erfindungen,” vol. 3, p. 449-466, 559“57&5 v°l- 4» p. 464-471; vol. 5, p. 147-154, SOS-510. “Register aller angeführten Schriften,” in each volume. Beckmann, Johann, 1739-1811. 609 H400 4355 A history of inventions and discoveries. By John Beckmann, a .... Translated from the German, by William Johnston. Sec- ond edition, carefully corrected, and enlarged by a fourth volume. In four volumes. Vol. I— [iv]. London, J. Walker & Co., etc., 1814. 4 vol. 23cm. Bibliographical references in foot notes. “Index to the authors and books quoted,” in each volume. Beckmann, Johann, 1739-1811. 609 H700 90012 A history of inventions and discoveries. By John Beckmann, a .... Translated from the German, by William Johnston. Third edition, carefully corrected, and enlarged by the addition of sev- eral new articles, .... London, printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1817. 4 vol. 2licm. “Bibliography of the history of inventions,” vol. I, p. 475-518. Bibliographical references in foot notes. “Index to the authors and books quoted,” in each volume. Vol. 4 wanting. Beckmann, Johann, 1739-1811. 609 K600 829 A history of inventions, discoveries, and origins. By John Beck- b mann, ... . Translated from the German, by William Johnston. Fourth edition, carefully revised and enlarged by William Francis, ... ; and J. W. Griffith, .... Vol.* London, H. G. Bohn, 1846. 2 vol. fronts, (ports.) i8åcm. [Bohn’s standard library.] “Memoir of the author,” by H. G. Bohn, vol. I, p. xv-xxiii. Bibliographical references in foot notes. Burnley, James, 1842- 6o9 0600 61028 The romance of invention: vignettes from the annals of industry and science. By James Burnley_______ With six illustrations by Gordon Browne. London, New York, [etc.], Cassel & Co., ltd., 1886. viii, 376 p. front., 5 pl. I9cm.