BOOKS
BY GERTRUDE L. STONE AND
M. GRACE FICKETT
EVERY DAY LIFE IN THE COLONIES
DAYS AND DEEDS A HUNDRED YEARS AGO
FAMOUS DAYS IN THE CENTURY OF INVENTION
D. C. HEATH & CO., PUBLISHERS

FAMOUS DAYS IN THE
CENTURY OF INVENTION
BY
GERTRUDE L. STONE
INSTRUCTOR IN THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
GORHAM, MAINE
AND
M. GRACE FICKETT
INSTRUCTOR IN STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
WESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
D. C. HEATH & CO., PUBLISHERS
BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO

Copyright, 1920,
By D. C. Heath & Co.

[CONTENTS]

CHAPTERPAGE
I[How the Sewing Machine Won Favor]1
II[Long-Distance Talking]30
III[A New Era in Lighting]48
IV[The Triumph of Goodyear]67
V[The Easier Way of Printing]92
VI[Anna Holman's Daguerreotype]111
VII[The Story of the Reaper]124
VIII[Grandma's Introduction to Electric Cars]138