Edison: His Life And Inventions - 9781530576340

THE year 1847 marked a period of great territorial acquisition by the American people, with incalculable additions to their actual and potential wealth. By the rational compromise with England in the dispute over the Oregon region, President Polk had secured during 1846, for undisturbed settlement, three hundred thousand square miles of forest, fertile land, and fisheries, including the whole fair Columbia Valley. Our active "policy of the Pacific" dated from that hour.

• | Author: Frank Lewis Dyer|Thomas Commerford Martin
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Jun 30, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 202 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1530576342
• | ISBN-13: 9781530576340