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Margaret Knight : girl inventor /

Describes how Mattie Knight developed her first invention, a stop-motion device to make looms safer for workers.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brill, Marlene Targ
Other Authors: Friar, Joanne H. (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Brookfield, Conn. : Millbrook Press, [2001]
Subjects:
Knight, Margaret, > -1914 > Juvenile literature.
Children as inventors > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Looms > United States > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature.
Knight, Margaret, > -1914.
Inventors.
Women > Biography.
Description
Summary:Describes how Mattie Knight developed her first invention, a stop-motion device to make looms safer for workers.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Awards:Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies, 2002.
ISBN:0761317562 (lib. bdg.)