Bøker av Gabriel Farrell

This book tells the remarkable story of Samuel Morey, an American inventor who built a steamboat in 1793, fourteen years before the more famous Fulton steamboat. The author provides a detailed account of Morey's life and work, drawing on a wide range of documentary sources to bring this fascinating figure to life. This book is an essential resource for anyone interested in the history of invention or the early days of steam-powered transportation.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The story of blindness is a hopeful one. From the earliest times blindness has been recognized as not only a medical, but a social problem; and in the last two centuries this recognition has increased even further. Dr. Farrell, who was for over twenty years director of the world-famous Perkins Institution, here approaches his subject historically.