The Mentor

The Mentor: Great American Inventors, Vol. 1, Num. 29, Serial No. 29

Bruce, H. Addington (Henry Addington), 1874-1959· 2 chapters· 5,712 words

Anyone who reads the history of the United States must be impressed with the supremely important part played by the inventor in the evolution of the nation. The explorer and pioneer, the statesman, diplomat, and soldier,--all these have contributed, and contributed notably, to...

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1. Part 1

Anyone who reads the history of the United States must be impressed with the supremely important part played by the inventor in the evolution of the nation. The explorer and pio...

2. Part 2

He went to Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1835, to work in a cotton mill. Two years later he obtained a place in a Cambridge machine shop, in which his cousin, Nathaniel P. Banks, af...