Historic Inventions

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Rupert Sargent Holland. Historic Inventions

Historic Inventions

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ILLUSTRATIONS

I. GUTENBERG AND THE PRINTING PRESS. About 1400-1468

II. PALISSY AND HIS ENAMEL. About 1510-1589

III. GALILEO AND THE TELESCOPE. 1564-1642

IV. WATT AND THE STEAM-ENGINE. 1736-1819

V. ARKWRIGHT AND THE SPINNING-JENNY. 1732-1792

VI. WHITNEY AND THE COTTON-GIN. 1765-1825

VII. FULTON AND THE STEAMBOAT. 1765-1815

VIII. DAVY AND THE SAFETY-LAMP. 1778-1829

IX. STEPHENSON AND THE LOCOMOTIVE. 1781-1848

X. MORSE AND THE TELEGRAPH. 1791-1872

XI. McCORMICK AND THE REAPER. 1809-1884

XII. HOWE AND THE SEWING-MACHINE. 1819-1867

XIII. BELL AND THE TELEPHONE. 1847-

XIV. EDISON AND THE ELECTRIC LIGHT. 1847-

XV. MARCONI AND THE WIRELESS TELEGRAPH. 1874-

XVI. THE WRIGHTS AND THE AIRSHIP. Wilbur Wright 1867- Orville Wright 1871-

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Rupert Sargent Holland

Published by Good Press, 2021

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