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Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation series
Inventing for the EnvironmentUnavailable
Edited by
Arthur P. Molella
Arthur P. Molella

Arthur P. Molella is Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Director of the Smithsonian Institution's Lemelson Center. He is the co-editor (with Joyce Bedi) of Inventing for the Environment (2003, MIT Press).

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Joyce Bedi
Joyce Bedi

Joyce Bedi is Senior Historian at the Smithsonian Institution's Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/3934.001.0001
ISBN electronic:
9780262280099
Publication date:
2003
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How Bad Theory Can Lead To Good Technology: Water Supply and Sewerage in the Age of Miasmas Unavailable

By
Martin V. Melosi
Martin V. Melosi
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Doi:
https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/3934.003.0020
  • Published:
    2003

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