The Age of Invention
by Holland Thompson
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About this eBook
- Author
- Thompson, Holland, 1873-1940
- Title
- The Age of Invention: A Chronicle of Mechanical Conquest
- Credits
- Produced by The James J. Kelly Library of St. Gregory's University, Alev Akman, Dianne Bean, and David Widger
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- T: Technology
- Subject
- Inventors -- United States
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 2900
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2900
- Release Date
- November 1, 2001
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE AGE OF INVENTION,
- 2.A CHRONICLE OF MECHANICAL CONQUEST
- 3.By Holland Thompson
- 4.PREFATORY NOTE — THE AGE OF INVENTION
- 5.CHAPTER I. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND HIS TIMES
- 6.CHAPTER II. ELI WHITNEY AND THE COTTON GIN
- 7.CHAPTER III. STEAM IN CAPTIVITY
- 8.CHAPTER IV. SPINDLE, LOOM, AND NEEDLE IN NEW ENGLAND
- 9.CHAPTER V. THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION
- 10.CHAPTER VI. AGENTS OF COMMUNICATION
- 11.CHAPTER VII. THE STORY OF RUBBER
- 12.CHAPTER VIII. PIONEERS OF THE MACHINE SHOP
- 13.CHAPTER IX. THE FATHERS OF ELECTRICITY
- 14.CHAPTER X. THE CONQUEST OF THE AIR
- 15.BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE — GENERAL
- 16.CHAPTER I
- 17.CHAPTER II
- 18.CHAPTER III
- 19.CHAPTER IV
- 20.CHAPTER V
- 21.CHAPTER VI
- 22.CHAPTER VII
- 23.CHAPTER VIII
- 24.CHAPTER IX
- 25.CHAPTER X
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