The Dictionary of Australian Inventions and Discoveries
- ISBN-10
- 0730589110
- ISBN-13
- 9780730589112
- Category
- Inventions
- Pages
- 165
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993-01
- Author
- Margaret McPhee
Description
The range is varied, from the stump jump plough to the atomic absorption spectrophotometer, from the ingenious inventions of the early outback settlers, to the development of specialized agricultural equipment in the early 20th century, and ...
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