Lincoln the inventor [electronic resource] /
Jason Emerson.
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2009.
- xv, 111 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-107) and index.
Abraham Lincoln's mechanical mind -- Lincoln's lecture on discoveries and inventions : the unknown draft -- Appendix 1 : patent no. 6.469, May 22, 1849, Buoying vessels over shoals, Abraham Lincoln, of Springfield, Illinois -- Appendix 2 : Lincoln's first and second lectures on discoveries and inventions.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Presidents--United States--Biography. Inventors--United States--Biography. River boats--Patents--History--19th century.