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Charlotte Foltz Jones
40 familiar inventions and how they came to be –Cover.
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Originally published: New York: Doubleday, 1991.
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Presents the stories behind forty things that were invented or named by accident, including aspirin, X-rays, frisbees, silly putty, and velcro.
From Frisbees to X-Rays, Post-It Notes to penicillin, here are the fascinating stories behind the accidental inventions of 40 things, including Coca-Cola, potato chips, Silly Putty, the Slinky, and many…
