Emerson, Jason, 1975-

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.


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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.


Presidents--United States--Biography.
Inventors--United States--Biography.
River boats--Patents--History--19th century.


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