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

44 BOOKS ON THE HISTORY OF INDUSTRY Mason, Otis Tufton. 609.1 P500 11147 The origins of invention: a study of industry among primitive peoples. 419 p. il. 9 pl. D. [Contemporary science series, vol. 28.] London: W. Scott, 1895. Piercy, Willis Duff. 609 R101 90161 ... . Great inventions and discoveries, by Willis Duff Piercy. New York, C. E. Merrill Company [ci9i 1 ]. 206 p. incl. front., illus. I9cm. (Graded supplementary reading series.) Nineteenth and twentieth centuries Bakewell, Frederick C 609 L900 62117 Great facts; a popular history and description of the most re- markable inventions during the present century. By Frederick C. Bakewell, ... . Illustrated with numerous engravings. New York, D. Appleton and Co., i860. xii, 307 p. front., illus. 2Ocm. Byrn, Edward Wright. 609 Qooi 26642 Thg prOgress of invention in the nineteenth century. [2],viii, 476 p. 306 il. i pl. O. New York: Munn & Co., 1900. “Chronology of leading inventions of the nineteenth century,” p. 7-14. Corbin, Thomas W 609 R102 38556 Mechanical inventions of today. Interesting descriptions of modern mechanical inventions told in non-technical language, by Thomas W. Corbin, .... With 112 illustrations & diagrams. London, Seeley, Service & Co., ltd., 1912. 323, [1] p. front., 88 illus, incl. diagrs., 23 pl. 2Ocm. [Science of to-day series.] Doolittle, William Henry, 1844- 909.8 N62 v.16 38839 ... . Inventions in the century, by William H. Doolittle .... London & Edinburgh, W. & R. Chambers, ltd.; Philadelphia, [etc.], The Bradley-Garretson Co., ltd., 1903. xxx, [2], 495 p. 6 ports, incl. front. 2i^cm. (Zw The nineteenth century series, vol. XVI.) Hanson, John Wesley. pg02 Wonders of the nineteenth century. A panoramic review of the inventions and discoveries of the past hundred years, including descriptions and pictures of the improvements in agriculture, medicine, ... , printing, photography, etc., etc,, and the progress of mankind in peace, prison reform, literature, art, temperance, and all modern improvements, .... 641 p. il. 30 p. of pl. 23 pl. 22 paged in, 7 pl. of por. paged in, 2 gr. of por. paged in, 1 por. paged in. O. Chicago: W. B. Conkey, 1900,