Project Gutenberg 2012-07-19 Public domain in the USA. 446 Hale, Edward Everett 1822 1909 Ingham, Frederic Darragh, J. Thomas Hale, E. E. (Edward Everett) Hale, Edward E. 05025161 Stories of Invention, Told by Inventors and their Friends Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Stories of Invention, Told by Inventors and their Friends" by Edward Everett Hale is a collection of tales detailing famous inventions and the inventors behind them, written in the late 19th century. This work serves as a celebration of creativity and innovation, exploring figures from various eras, their struggles, and the breakthroughs that shaped technology and society. At the start of the narrative, we meet Uncle Fritz, an intriguing character who engages a group of young visitors in discussions about historical inventions through the medium of storytelling. In a series of lively conversations, the children learn about the significance of public libraries and the importance of inventors, setting the stage for further tales about influential figures such as Archimedes and Friar Bacon. Uncle Fritz's engaging recounting of their lives and inventions invites readers into a world where ingenuity meets history, inspiring curiosity about these remarkable personalities and their contributions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40276/40276-h/images/i_cover.png Reading ease score: 63.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Technology -- Juvenile literature Inventions Inventors PZ T Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: History - Other Category: Engineering & Technology 588328 2025-08-16T10:46:39.389516 text/html 568112 2024-10-23T09:45:21 text/html 771709 2025-08-16T10:46:49.731462 application/epub+zip 775047 2025-08-16T10:46:42.686511 application/epub+zip 302201 2025-08-16T10:46:41.083477 application/epub+zip 545556 2025-08-16T10:46:54.292424 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 500112 2025-08-16T10:46:48.038477 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 367806 2022-09-18T12:31:37.357722 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 534461 2025-08-16T10:46:38.676508 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 514482 2024-10-23T09:45:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17425 2025-08-16T10:46:54.426423 application/rdf+xml 15571 2025-08-16T10:46:41.196495 image/jpeg 2415 2025-08-16T10:46:41.139490 image/jpeg 1108579 2025-08-16T10:46:39.446537 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia