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American Economic Historian, with the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) Rewarding the Abbot Payson Usher Prize, Named in his Honor, Annually since 1961
: An American economic historian. The Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) has awarded the Abbot Payson Usher Prize, named in his honor, annually since 1961. In the late 1920s Usher, the American historian Lewis Mumford and the Swiss art historian Sigfried Giedion began to systematically investigate the social consequences of technology. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
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Quote #61 on Education Struggle Quotes >> Learning and Eccentric Thought
“Those who stand at the beginning of new things secure less public acclaim than those who bring to final statement a body of new truth or who bring into practical use various new technical devices.”
Source: "A History of Mechanical Inventions," by Abbott Payson Usher, Revised Edition, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1929, 1954, 1982. Chapter 9: Leonardo da Vinci: Engineer and Inventor, Page 215.
"A History of Mechanical Inventions," by Abbott Payson Usher, Revised Edition, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1929, 1954, 1982.
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