A History of Inventing in New Jersey - From Thomas Edison to the Ice Cream Cone (Paperback)

Many Americans are familiar with Thomas Edison's "invention factory" in Menlo Park, where he patented the phonograph, the light bulb and more than one thousand other items. Yet many other ideas have grown in the Garden State, too--New Jerseyans brought sound and music to movies and built the very first drive-in theater. In addition to the first cultivated blueberry, tasty treats like ice cream cones and M&Ms are also Jersey natives. Iconic aspects of American life, like the batting cage, catcher's mask and even professional baseball itself, started in New Jersey. Life would be a lot harder without the vacuum cleaner, plastic and Band-Aids, and many important advances in medicine and surgery were also developed here. Join author Linda Barth as she explores groundbreaking, useful, fun and even silly inventions and their New Jersey roots.

General

Imprint:	Arcadia Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	Linda J Barth
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	189
ISBN-13:	978-1-62619-206-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General Promotions
LSN:	1-62619-206-5
Barcode:	9781626192065

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