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CONTENTS

[I].Gutenberg and the Printing Press9
[II].Palissy and His Enamel42
[III].Galileo and the Telescope53
[IV].Watt and the Steam-Engine70
[V].Arkwright and the Spinning-Jenny84
[VI].Whitney and the Cotton-Gin96
[VII].Fulton and the Steamboat111
[VIII].Davy and the Safety-Lamp126
[IX].Stephenson and the Locomotive140
[X].Morse and the Telegraph168
[XI].McCormick and the Reaper189
[XII].Howe and the Sewing-Machine206
[XIII].Bell and the Telephone215
[XIV].Edison and the Electric Light233
[XV].Marconi and the Wireless Telegraph261
[XVI].The Wrights and the Airship273

ILLUSTRATIONS

[Gutenberg Takes the First Proof]Frontispiece
[Palissy the Potter After an Unsuccessful Experiment]Facing page 46
[Galileo’s Telescope]58
[Watt First Tests the Power of Steam]72
[Sir Richard Arkwright]88
[The Inventor of the Cotton Gin]104
[The Clermont, the First Steam Packet]120
[The Davy Safety Lamp]136
[One of the First Locomotives]156
[Morse and the First Telegraph]180
[The Earliest Reaper]194
[Elias Howe’s Sewing-Machine]210
[The First Telephone]222
[Edison and the Early Phonograph]258
[Wireless Station in New York City Showing the Antenna]268
[The Wright Brothers’ Airship]281

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GUTENBERG AND THE PRINTING PRESS
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