Necessity's Child: The Story of Walter Hunt, America's Forgotten Inventor

by Joseph Nathan Kane

If the sewing machine was the greatest of Walter Hunt's inventions, close behind were the safety pin and the fountain pen. In 1829 he patented a knife sharpener still manufactured and widely used... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786402792
• ISBN13: 9780786402793
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 10.3"