Necessity's Child: The Story of Walter Hunt, America's Forgotten Inventor

by Joseph Nathan Kane

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If the sewing machine was the greatest of Walter Hunt's inventions, close behind were the safety pin and the fountain pen. In 1829 he patented a knife sharpener still manufactured and widely used... This description may be from another edition of this product.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0786402792

ISBN13:9780786402793

Release Date:January 1997

Publisher:McFarland & Company

Length:318 Pages

Weight:1.88 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 7.3" x 10.3"

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Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Modern (16th-21st Centuries)

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