The Story of a Blind Inventor: Being Some Account of the Life and Labours of Dr. James Gale, M.A., F. G. S., F. C. S., Inventor of the Non-Explosive ... and Cornwall Institution for the Instruction - Hardcover

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Excerpt from The Story of a Blind Inventor: Being Some Account of the Life and Labours of Dr. James Gale, M.A., F. G. S., F. C. S., Inventor of the Non-Explosive Gunpowder Process, Etc;, Etc;, And Founder of the South Devon and Cornwall Institution for the Instruction and Employment of the Blind

The compilation of this little memoir of a very remark able individual has been considerably facilitated by the kind assistance which the author has received from various friends of Dr. James Gale, to whom also he is indebted for many details not otherwise procurable, and for the rectification of various inaccuracies which have crept into some of the published accounts of the inven tions alluded to in the latter portion of this work.

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