Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, And Discoveries Of The 19th Century (Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions And Discoveries Through The Ages)

Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries of the 19th Century (Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions and Discoveries through the Ages)

The 19th century is known as the modern era of science. Many of the ideas, theories, and inventions developed during this time are used everyday in today's society. Windelspecht investigates the century's tremendous discoveries, inventions, and inquiries in more than 60 alphabetical entries. This reference presents familiar subjects, such as the telephone and elevator, as well as those less frequently studied, such as the spectroscope and Pasteur's development of the germ theory.