Historic Inventions

Rupert S. Holland

Jan 2013 · GEORGE W. JACOBS & COMPANY

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Historic Inventions

I. Gutenberg and the Printing Press

II. Palissy and His Enamel

III. Galileo and the Telescope

IV. Watt and the Steam-Engine

V. Arkwright and the Spinning-Jenny

VI. Whitney and the Cotton-Gin

VII. Fulton and the Steamboat

VIII. Davy and the Safety-Lamp

IX. Stephenson and the Locomotive

X. Morse and the Telegraph

XI. McCormick and the Reaper

XII. Howe and the Sewing-Machine

XIII. Bell and the Telephone

XIV. Edison and the Electric Light

XV. Marconi and the Wireless Telegraph

XVI. The Wrights and the Airship

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