| #7535744 in Books | ReadHowYouWant | 2013-03-29 | 2013-03-29 | Format: Large Print | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 10.00 x.87 x7.75l,1.63 | File type: PDF | 384 pages | ||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Fair|By Kirk Alan Edwards|Overview of innovations which failed.Either due to lack of merit or ignorance of producers/public.Diverse and well worth reading.Tesla and Edison are included.|0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| The Less Successful Inventions|By George Poirier|It almost goes without saying that not all|From Booklist|Wearing details 16 inventions that never took off and lists the personality traits that typify the inventive mind. They include determination, rebelliousness, financial unrealism, and thinking in red
Edison's Concrete Piano highlights the careers of famous inventors - revealing the lesser - known and most fascinating facts about their careers, their wackier hobbies, and especially their big flops and great successes. Take Thomas Edison for example, who revolutionized our world with the light bulb, the phonograph, and the forerunner to the movie camera. He also created a concrete piano, a non - operational helicopter made from box kites and piano wire, and a ma...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Edison's Concrete Piano: Flying Tanks, Six-Nippled Sheep, Walk-on-Water Shoes, and 12 Other Flops from Great Inventors | Judy Wearing. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
