Includes bibliographical references (page 24) and index.
Contents
Colonies in North America -- Building on ideas from Europe -- Benjamin Franklin: A leading colonial scientist -- Benjamin Franklin: A man of many inventions -- David Rittenhouse and the first telescope in the colonies -- Sybilla Masters: First American woman inventor -- Benjamin Banneker: First African American scientist -- Thomas Jefferson: Statesman and inventor -- Wagons and weapons -- Remembering America's early inventors.