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• Free Innovation (Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, c2017), by Eric von Hippel (PDF with commentary at MIT Press)
• Great Inventors and Their Inventions (1918), by Frank P. Bachman (illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics)
• Eminent engineers; brief biographies of thirty-two of the inventors and engineers who did most to further mechanical progress, by Dwight Goddard ... (New York, The Derry-Collard company, 1906), by Dwight Goddard (page images at HathiTrust)
• The great inventions : their history, from the earliest period to the present. Their influence on civilization, accompanied by sketches of lives of the principal inventors; their labors, their hardships and their triumphs. By F. B. Wilkie ... (Philadelphia and Chicago, J. A. Ruth & co., 1883), by Franc B. Wilkie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Inventors at work, with chapters on discovery, by George Iles ... (New York, Doubleday, Page & company, 1906), by George Iles (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of the most eminent American mechanics: also, lives of distinguished European mechanics; together with a collection of anecdotes, descriptions, &c. &c., relating to the mechanic arts. Illustrated by fifty engravings. By Henry Howe ... (New York, Harper & brothers, 1847), by Henry Howe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stories of invention, told by inventors and their friends. By Edward E. Hale. (Boston, Roberts brothers, 1885), by Edward Everett Hale (page images at HathiTrust)
• Triumphs of invention and discovery in art and science / by J. Hamilton Fyfe. (London ; Edinburgh ; New York : T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row, 1876), by J. Hamilton Fyfe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lo siento mucho : consíderacíones y documentos relativos al famoso íngenio del hídalgo Blasco de Garay / (Madrid : M.G. Hernández, 1913), by Manuel de Saralegui y Medina (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The age of invention [electronic resource] : a chronicle of mechanical conquest / (New Haven : Yale University Press ; Toronto : Glasgow, Brook, 1921), by Holland Thompson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Leading American inventors [electronic resource] : with fifteen portraits and many illustrations / (Toronto : McClelland and Goodchild, c1912), by George Iles (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Inventors [electronic resource] : (New York : C. Scribner's Sons, 1897), by Philip G. Hubert (page images at HathiTrust)
• Industrial biography; iron workers and tool makers. (London, J. Murray, 1901), by Samuel Smiles (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life of John Ericsson / (London : S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1890), by William Conant Church (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stories of American inventions, (New York, Thomas Y. Crowell company, [c1921]), by Inez N. McFee (page images at HathiTrust)
• The book of illustrious mechanics of Europe and AMerica : translated from the French of Edward Foucaud / (New York : D. Appleton ;, 1847, 1845), by Edouard Foucaud and John Frost (page images at HathiTrust)
• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) : intellectual property provisions : joint hearing before the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration of the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, One Hundred Third Congress, second session, on H.R. 4894 ... S. 2368 ... August 12, 1994. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 1995), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration and Copyrights United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Patents (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Patent Prior User Rights Act and the Patent Reexamination Reform Act : hearing before the Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, second session, on S. 2272, to amend chapter 28 of Title 35, United States Code, to provide a defense to patent infringement based on prior use by certain persons, and for other purposes, and S. 2341, to amend chapter 30 of Title 35, United States Code, to afford third parties an opportunity for greater participation in reexamination proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and for other purposes, August 9, 1994. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 1996), by Copyrights United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Patents (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prior user rights (relative to patents) : hearing before the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, second session, September 13, 1994. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 1995), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Heroes of invention and discovery : lives of eminent inventors and pioneers in science / (Edinburgh : W.P. Nimmo, 1897), by Robert Cochrane (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The book of illustrious mechanics of Europe and America : Tr. from the French / (New York : D. Appleton, [c1845]), by Edouard Foucaud (page images at HathiTrust)
• American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 : report (to accompany H.R. 1907) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). ([Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1999-), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Medical Procedures Innovation and Affordability Act and Inventor Protection Act of 1995 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first session, on H.R. 1127 ... and H.R. 2419 ... October 19, 1995. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 1997), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stories of inventors; the adventures of inventors and engineers. True incidents and personal experiences, (New York, Doubleday, Page & co., 1911), by Russell Doubleday (page images at HathiTrust)
• The great inventions : their history, from the earliest period to the present. Their influence on civilization, accompanied by sketches of lives of the principal inventors; their labors, their hardships and their triumphs. (Philadelphia and Chicago, J. A. Ruth & co., 1883), by Franc B. Wilkie (page images at HathiTrust)
• The triumphs of invention and discovery, &c., &c. / (London ; New York : T. Nelson, 1861), by J. Hamilton Fyfe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fortunes made in business : life struggles of successful people. (London : Amalgamated Press, [1901?]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The inventors and inventions of Cayuga County, N.Y. / (Auburn, N.Y. : Published by the author, 1882), by Cyrenus Wheeler (page images at HathiTrust)
• A brief memoir of the late Captn. Joseph Huddart, F.R.S. and an account of his inventions in the manufacture of cordage, as contained in a letter [signed: W. Cotton] to James Walker, etc. (London, 1855), by William Cotton (page images at HathiTrust)
• How inventors can aid national defense., by United States. Department of Commerce and National Inventors Council (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Inventors, (New York, C. Scribner's sons, 1896), by Philip Gengembre Hubert (page images at HathiTrust)
• The National Inventors Hall of Fame : dedicated to the spirit of invention. ([Washington, D.C.?] : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office, [1984?]), by United States Patent and Trademark Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stories of great inventors : Fulton, Whitney, Morse, Cooper, Edison / (Boston : Educational Pub. Co., c1897), by Hattie E. Macomber (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prior user rights : strengthening U.S. manufacturing and innovation : hearing before the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, second session, February 1, 2012 (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2012), by Competition United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Intellectual Property (page images at HathiTrust)
• Erfinder und entdecker, (Frankfurt am Main, Rütten & Loening, [1908]), by Wilhelm Ostwald (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• James Watt of Soho and Heathfield : annals of industry and genius / (Birmingham : Cornish, 1905), by T. Edgar Pemberton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Intellectual Property and Communications Omnibus Reform Act of 1999 : conference report (to accompany H.R. 1554). ([Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1999]), by 1st session : 1999) United States. Congress (106th (page images at HathiTrust)
• Patent trolls : fact or fiction? : hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, June 15, 2006. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2006), by the Internet United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Patent harmonization : hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, April 27, 2006. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2006), by the Internet United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Eminent engineers; brief biographies of thirty-two of the inventors and engineers who did most to further mechanical progress, (New York, N.W. Henley Publishing Company, 1908 [c1906]), by Dwight Goddard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Juden als Erfinder und Entdecker. (Berlin-Wilmersdorf : Welt-Verlag, 1913), by Ernst. Biographien jüdischer Erfinder und Entdecker Heppner and Nathan Birnbaum (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Memoirs of the most eminent American mechanics: also, lives of distinguished European mechanics; together with a collection of anecdotes, descriptions, &c., &c., relating to the mechanics arts. Illustrated by fifty engravings. (New York : Derby & Jackson, 1858 [c1846]), by Henry Howe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Uppfinnare och upptäckare / (Stockholm : H. Geber, [1911]), by Wilhelm Ostwald and O. H. Dumrath (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The age of invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest / (Toronto : Glasgow, Brook ; New York : United States Publishers Association, c1921), by Holland Thompson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Materialien zum deutschen unterricht in handwerker-fortbildungsschulen / (Berlin : C. Chun, 1878), by A. Chun (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hammerschlæge; 70 jahre deutscher arbeiter und erfinder. (Leipzig, K.F. Koehler, 1923), by Heinrich Ehrhardt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Government Patent Policy. : hearings before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights, Eighty-Seventh Congress, first session. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1961), by Trademarks United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Patents (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modern Americans in science and technology. (New York, Dodd, Mead, [1962]), by Edna Yost (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The making of America. (Philadelphia : J. D. Morris and company, [©1905]), ed. by Robert M. La Follette and William Matthews Handy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of the most eminent American mechanics : also, lives of distinguished European mechanics; together with a collection of anecdotes, descriptions, &c. &c., relating to the mechanic arts / (New York : J. C. Derby, 1856), by Henry Howe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Great inventors and their inventions, (New York, Cincinnati [etc.] American Book Company, [c1918]), by Frank Puterbaugh Bachman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Académie Aéronautique Bartholomeu de Gusmão ... : son rôle et son action dans les revendictions émises en faveur de B. de Gusmão (1685-1724), inventeur des aérostats et précurseur des navigateurs aériens : lettres, notes, documents et extraits de journaux : illustrations et dessins hors texte. (Lausanne : Imprimeries Réunies S.A., 1913), by Antonio de Portugal Faria and Académie Aéronautique Bartholomeu de Gusmāo (Paris) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Caveat inventor : invention marketing scams : hearing before the Subcommittee on Regulation and Government Information of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, second session, September 2, 1994. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 1995), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Regulation and Government Information (page images at HathiTrust)
• The making of America / (Chicago : De Bower, Chapline & Co., 1907), ed. by Robert M. La Follette (page images at HathiTrust)
• A calendar of invention and discovery. (New York, McGraw, 1903), by John Cassan Wait (page images at HathiTrust)
• The romance of invention: vignettes from the annals of industry and science. (London, New York [etc.] Cassell & company, limited, 1886), by James Burnley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Erfinder und Erfindungen / (Berlin : Ullstein, 1913, c1912), by Albert Neuburger (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Inventions : pamphlet volume. (1842-189-?) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Modern wonder workers : a popular history of American invention / (New York : Blue ribbon books, [1931]), by Waldemar Kaempffert (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Memoirs of the most eminent American mechanics : also, lives of distinguished European mechanics, together with a collection of anecdotes, descriptions, etc., etc. ... / (New York : W.F. Peckham, 1840), by Henry Howe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les artisans illustres, (Paris, Béthune et Plon, 1841), by Edouard Foucaud, M. Blanqui, and baron Charles (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and times of Samuel Crompton of Hall-in-the-Wood, inventor of the spinning machine called the mule. (Manchester, Charles Simms and Co., 1862), by Gilbert J. French (page images at HathiTrust)
• Heroes of the laboratory and the workshop / (London ; New York : G. Routledge and Sons, [1859]), by C. L. Brightwell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lights of two centuries, (N.Y. : American bk. co., c1887), by Edward Everett Hale, Cynthia Morgan St. John, and Wordsworth Collection (page images at HathiTrust)
• Great movements, and those who achieved them, (New York, Harper & Brothers, 1882), by Henry James Nicoll (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lights of two centuries : illustrated with fifty portraits / (New York : A. S. Barnes, c1887), by Edward Everett Hale (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stories of inventors and discoverers in science and the useful arts : a book for old and young / (London : Kent, 1860), by John Timbs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of the most eminent American mechanics : also, lives of distinguished European mechanics : together with a collection of anecdotes ... relating to the mechanic arts : illustrated by fifty engravings / (New York : Harper & Brothers, 1852), by Henry Howe and New York Museum of Science and Industry. Library (page images at HathiTrust)
• Great inventors: the sources of their usefulness, and the results of their efforts ... (London, Ward and Lock, [1864]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hercules Florence (1804-1879) : ensaio historico-litterario / (São Paulo : Typographia Andrade, Mello, & Comp., 1900), by Estevam Leão Bourroul (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The story of a blind inventor; being some account of the life and labours of Dr. James Gale. (London : William Tweedie, 1868), by John Plummer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Brief biographies of inventors of machines for the manufacture of textile fabrics. (London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts and Green, 1863), by Bennet Woodcroft (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of the most eminent American mechanics: also, lives of distinguished European mechanics; together with a collection of anecdotes, descriptions, &c. &c., relating to the mechanic arts. Illustrated by fifty engravings. (New York, A. V. Blake, [c1841]), by Henry Howe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Triumphs of genius. (Philadelphia : A. R. Keller Co., 1893), by W. Sanford Ramey (page images at HathiTrust)
• The book of illustrious mechanics, of Europe and America. Translated from the French. (New York, D. Appleton, 1846), by Edouard Foucaud (page images at HathiTrust)
• Information bulletin. ([Washington] U.S. Govt. Print. Off.), by United States. National Inventors Council (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lights of two centuries, (New York, Chicago, A. S. Barnes, 1887), ed. by Edward Everett Hale (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biographie des grands inventeurs dans les sciences, les arts et l'industrie, (Paris, Léautey, 1856), by Charles Beaufrand (page images at HathiTrust)
• Heroes and martyrs of invention, (Boston, Lee and Shepard, 1899), by George M. Towle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Men of invention and industry / (New York : Harper & Brothers, 1885), by Samuel Smiles (page images at HathiTrust)
• Inventors, (New York, C. Scribner's sons, 1893), by Philip Gengembre Hubert (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Prentice-Hall book about inventions, (New York, Prentice-Hall, [1955]), by Egon Larsen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• From immigrant to inventor, (New York : Scribner, 1925 [c1923]), by Michael Pupin (page images at HathiTrust)
• The creators of the age of steel. (London, Chapman and Hall, limited, 1884), by William T. Jeans (page images at HathiTrust)
• Heroes of science : Mechanicians /, by Thomas Crompton Lewis and Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain). General Literature Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Men of invention and industry / (London : J. Murray, 1890), by Samuel Smiles (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les inventeurs et leurs inventions : histoire élémentaire des principales découvertes dans lo̓rdre des sciences physiques / (Paris : Delagrave, 1881), by Jean-Henri Fabre (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fortunes made in business : a series of original sketches, biographical and anecdotic, from the recent history of industry and commerce / (London : Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh, [1891?]), by James Hogg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionnaire biographique des inventeurs, ingénieurs & constructeurs ... (Paris, Impr. de l'Armorial français, G. Colombier, [1895]), by Paul Hubert (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les inventeurs et leurs inventions : histoire élémentaire des principales découvertes dans l'ordre des sciences physiques / (Paris : Librairie Ch. Delagrave, 1893), by Jean-Henri Fabre (page images at HathiTrust)
• Denis Papin, sa vie et son oeuvre (1647-1714) / (Paris : Hachette, 1883), by Alfred Auguste Ernouf (page images at HathiTrust)
• Heroes and martyrs of invention, (Boston, Lee and Shepard; New York, C. T. Tillingham, 1890), by George M. Towle (page images at HathiTrust)
• The creators of the age of steel, (New York, Scribner, 1884), by William T. Jeans (page images at HathiTrust)
• The age of invention; a chronicle of mechanical conquest, (New Haven : Yale university press; [etc., etc.], 1921), by Holland Thompson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Alphabetical index of patentees of inventions ([London, Evelyn, Adams & Mackay, 1969-), by Great Britain. Patent Office and Bennet Woodcroft (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of the most eminent American mechanics: also, lives of distinguished European mechanics; together with a collection of anecdotes, descriptions, &c. &c., relating to the mechanic arts. (New York, A. V. Blake, 1844), by Henry Howe (page images at HathiTrust)
• The great inventions: their history, from the earliest period to the present. Their influence on civilization, accompanied by sketches of lives of the principal investors. (Philadelphia, J.A. Ruth, 1883), by Franc B. Wilkie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lights of two centuries, (New York, Chicago, A. S. Barnes, 1887), ed. by Edward Everett Hale (page images at HathiTrust)
• Conquests of invention; Cyrus H. McCormick, Elias Howe, Thomas A. Edison, William Murdock, Robert Fulton, Guglielmo Marconi, Charles Goodyear, George Westinghouse, Eli Whitney, Alexander Graham Bell, (New York, The Century co., 1921), by Mary Rosetta Parkman (page images at HathiTrust)
• The book of illustrious mechanics, of Europe and America. Translated from the French. (New York, D. Appleton, 1846), by Edouard Foucaud (page images at HathiTrust)
• Protection of the rights of inventors. Hearing before the Committee on military affairs, United States Senate, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, on S. 4277, a bill to protect the rights of inventors. (Washington, U. S. Govt. print. off., 1940), by United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historical and descriptive anecdotes of steam-engines, and of their inventors and improvers: (London, Wightman and Cramp, 1829), by Robert Stuart (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fortunes made in business: a series of original sketches, biographical and anecdotic, from the recent history of industry and commerce, (London, S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1884-87) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The psychology of the inventor : a study of the patentee / (Washington, D.C. : Inventors Pub. Co., 1931), by Joseph Rossman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Inventors at work, with chapters on discovery, (New York, Doubleday, Page & company, 1906), by George Iles (page images at HathiTrust)
• Elias E. Ries, inventor / (New York : Philosophical Library, 1951), by Estelle H. Ries (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stories of inventors; the adventures of inventors and engineers. True incidents and personal experiences, (New York, Doubleday, Page & co., 1904), by Russell Doubleday (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life of James Watt, with selections from his correspondence. (London, J. Murray, 1858), by James Patrick Muirhead (page images at HathiTrust)
• The age of invention; a chronicle of mechanical conquest, (New Haven, Yale University Press; [etc., etc.], 1921), by Holland Thompson (page images at HathiTrust)
• A popular history of American invention, (New York [etc.] C. Scribner's sons, 1924), by Waldemar Bernhard Kaempfert (page images at HathiTrust)
• B. Franklin, inventor. (New York : [s.n.], 1960), by John DePol and John DePol Collection (Library of Congress) DLC. (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Stories of inventors and discoverers in science and the useful arts. A book for old and young. (New York, Harper & Brothers, 1860), by John Timbs (page images at HathiTrust)
• The book of illustrious mechanics, of Europe and America. (Hartford, W. J. Hamersley, [1845]), by Edouard Foucaud and John Frost (page images at HathiTrust)
• Edison, his life and inventions / (New York ; London : Harper & Brothers, c1910), by Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Four American inventors: (New York, Chicago [etc.] Werner school book company, [1901]), by F. M. Perry (page images at HathiTrust)
• Inventors, (New York, C. Scribner's sons, 1896), by Philip Gengembre Hubert (page images at HathiTrust)
• Four American inventors; Robert Fulton, Samuel F. B. Morse, Eli Whitney, Thomas A. Edison; a book for young Americans (New York Chicago [etc.] Werner school book co., [1901]), by F. M. Perry (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stories of inventors; the adventures of inventors and engineers. True incidents and personal experiences, (New York, Doubleday, Page & Co., 1915), by Russell Doubleday (page images at HathiTrust)
• Inventors / (New York : C. Scribner's, 1895, c1893), by Philip Gengembre Hubert (page images at HathiTrust)
• Thomas Alva Edison, miracle maker. (Champaign, Ill., Garrard Pub. Co., [1962]), by Mervyn D. Kaufman and Louis F. Cary (page images at HathiTrust)
• A light is extinguished / ([S.l. : The Author?], 1932), by L. W. McChesney (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fools and foolishness, (Topeka, Kan., School activities Pub. Co., 1943), by Harry C. McKown (page images at HathiTrust)
• How they blazed the way : men who have advanced civilization / (New York : Dodd, Mead & Co., 1939), by J. Walker McSpadden (page images at HathiTrust)
• Alexander Graham Bell, man of sound. (Champaign, Ill., Garrard Pub. Co., [1963]), by Elizabeth Rider Montgomery and Gray Morrow (page images at HathiTrust)
• Leaders of modern industry; biographical sketches. (London, Allen, 1894), by George Barnett Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of the most eminent American mechanics: also, lives of distinguished European mechanics; together with a collection of anecdotes, descriptions, &c. &c., relating to the mechanic arts. (New York, Harper & brothers, 1847), by Henry Howe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Erfinderbeteiligung; (Berlin, Verlag Chemie, g. m. b. h., 1927), by Lothar Beckmann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Stories of invention, told by inventors and their friends. (Boston, Roberts brothers, 1885), by Edward Everett Hale (page images at HathiTrust)
• Masters of science and invention, (New York, Harcourt, Brace and company, [c1923]), by Floyd L. Darrow (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hires feltalálók / (Budapest : Singer és Wolfner : Karriérek Kiadóhivatala, 1912), by Kálmán Sztrókay and Ignác Balla (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The new industrialism. Part 1: The age of invention, (New Haven, Yale university press; [etc., etc., 1926]), by Holland Thompson and Burton J. Hendrick (page images at HathiTrust)
• Thomas A. Edison : the life-story of a great American. (London : George G. Harrap & Co., 1917) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Leading American inventors, (New York, H. Holt and company, 1912), by George Iles (page images at HathiTrust)
• A popular history of American invention. / ([New York : AMS Press, 1975]), by Waldemar Kaempffert (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Memoirs of the most eminent American mechanics : also, lives of distinguished European mechanics ; together with a collection of anecdotes, descriptions & etc. relating to the mechanic arts. Illustrated by fifty engravings / (New York : Alexander V. Blake, 1842), by Henry Howe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Men of invention and industry. (London, J. Murray, 1884), by Samuel Smiles (page images at HathiTrust)
• Eminent engineers; brief biographies of thirty-two of the inventors and engineers who did most to further mechanical progress, (New York, The Derry-Collard company, 1906), by Dwight Goddard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Invention and society, (Chicago, American library association, 1930), by Waldemar Kaempffert (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Inventors at Work, with Chapters on Discovery, by George Iles (Gutenberg ebook)
• Stories of Invention, Told by Inventors and their Friends, by Edward Everett Hale (Gutenberg ebook)
• Inventors, by Philip Gengembre Hubert (Gutenberg ebook)
• Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science, by J. Hamilton Fyfe (Gutenberg ebook)
• Stories of Inventors: The Adventures of Inventors and Engineers, by Russell Doubleday (Gutenberg ebook)

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