Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 553–54.

Inventive Korea

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Homer B Hulbert Harper's New Monthly Magazine

Subjects:

Invention, Technology


    Expresses astonishment that 'the Hermit Kingdom' was 'the birthplace of such remarkable inventions as those of moveable metal type, the ironclad war-ship, the suspension-bridge, the bomb and mortar, and a pure phonetic alphabet' (553).



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