{"product_id":"french-inventions-of-the-eighteenth-century-9780813153865","title":"French Inventions of the Eighteenth Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Shelby T. McCloy\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University Press of Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University Press of Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe eighteenth century, age of France's leadership in Western civilization, was also the most flourishing period of French inventive genius. Generally obscured by England's great industrial development are the contributions France made in the invention of the balloon, paper-making machines, the steamboat, the semaphore telegraph, gas illumination, the silk loom, the threshing machine, the fountain pen, and even the common graphite pencil. Shelby T. McCloy believes that these and many other inven\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46498970566807,"sku":"9780813153865","price":2805.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780813153865.webp?v=1769192379","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/french-inventions-of-the-eighteenth-century-9780813153865","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}