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Inventions

and

Inventors

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MAGILL’S CHOICE

Inventions

and

Inventors

Volume 1

Abortion pill — Laminated glass

1 – 458

edited by

Roger Smith

Salem Press, Inc.

Pasadena, California

Hackensack, New Jersey

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lem Press, Inc., P.O. Box 50062, Pasadena, California 91115.

Essays originally appeared in Twentieth Century: Great Events

(1992, 1996), Twentieth Century: Great Scientific Achievements (1994),

and Great Events from History II: Business and Commerce Series

(1994). New material has been added.

The paper used in these volumes conforms to the American

National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library

Materials, Z39.48-1992 (R1997).

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Inventions and inventors / edited by Roger Smith

p.cm. — (Magill’s choice)

Includes bibliographical reference and index

ISBN 1-58765-016-9 (set : alk. paper) — ISBN 1-58765-017-7

(vol 1 : alk. paper) — ISBN 1-58765-018-5 (vol 2. : alk. paper)

1. Inventions—History—20th century—Encyclopedias. 2. Inven-

tors—Biography—Encyclopedias. I. Smith, Roger, 1953-

II. Series.

T20 .I59 2001

609—dc21

2001049412

printed in the united states of america