In the original dust jacket. Green cloth binding with gilt title on the spine.

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Please view photographs.  204 pp. Over 2000 entries. “The purpose of this work is to set out in alphabetical order some of the scientific, technological, and kindred inventions, discoveries and developments made since earliest times, indicating to whom each is attributable, together with the year in which they were made or introduced, if known. This knowledge has been gathered from many thousands of literary and factual sources, and represents the culmination of many years of intensive research, inquiry and travel.” Cross-referenced with the inventors.