Millington's "The Innovators": Summary

Part I of Essay
The Innovators, by David P. Millington is a book which takes a look at the most prominent minds of the later part of the technological world and their respective contributions to science and society. Millington utilizes an extensive technological background to elaborate on ....

Part II of Essay
.... "The mind of the individual inventor or projector was the ultimate key… The men who emerged as the most effective in developing designs of complete steamboats based upon individual and unique combinations of a complex of elements all enjoyed a capacity for spatial thinking". This shows that he himself was aware that success was as much a function of application as it was of theory. Another importuned development still paramount in toadies world, whose influence will be felt indefinitely is the development of the telegraph. Morse, throug ....