INDEX.
Reading edition
Ætna, 213
Air brakes, 236
Allen, Nicholas, 48
Allston, Washington, 272
Ancient writing, 249
Arc light, 87
Arnold, Edwin, 169
Atlantic Telegraph Co., 281
Automobile, 243
Axe, 25
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 226
Baskerville, John, 254
Bay-Path, 192
Bell, Alexander Graham, 286
Bicycle, 243
Binder, 120
Blackstone canal, 221
Boulton and Watt, 179
Brooklyn bridge, 239
Brush, Charles Francis, 85
Burlingame, Anson, 288
Cable, Atlantic, 278
Cable cars, 242
Cables, submarine, 284
Cabot, John, 18
Calashes, 201
Canals, 215
Candelabra, 71
Candles, 67
Canoe, 197
Carrying fire, 52
Central Pacific Railroad, 228
Chappe, Claude, 266
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, 221
Chicago and Alton Railroad, 236
Chimneys, 31
Clayton, John, 81
"Clermont," 212, 215
"Clinton's big ditch," 221
Coal, 44
anthracite, 47
bituminous, 47
sea, 45
Coffee, 139
Colonial conditions, 143
Colonial cooking, 29, 30
Colonial homes, 24
Conant, Roger, 124
Cooking, colonial, 29, 30
Corliss, George H., 175, 179
Corn, Indian, 105
Cotton, 150, 153
Cotton gin, 148-151
Darling, Grace, 92-94
Delaware and Hudson canal, 221
Dinner, a modern, 131
Dodge, John Adams, 174
Drake, E. L., 78
Dugout, 197
Dunster, Rev. Henry, 254
Dutch ovens, 27
Dynamo, 85
Edison, Thomas A., 86
Electric cars, 242
Electric lighting, 85
Electrotyping, 257
Eliot's Indian Bible, 254
Ellsworth, Miss, 274
Erie canal, 221
Evans, Oliver, 209
Fabius, 63
Fairbanks, Richard, 259
Faraday, Michael, 85
Farmer, Moses G., 268
Faust, John, 253
Field, Cyrus W., 280
Fire, 14
Fire, carrying, 52
Fireplace, Pennsylvania, 34
Fireplaces, 26
Fishing, whale, 73
Fitch, John, 209
Flail, 109, 120, 123
Flax, 147
Flint, 53
Foods, uncultivated, 99
Fork, 118
Franklin, Benjamin, 34, 68
Franklin press, 255
Franklin stove, 34
Freight, cost of transportation, 218
Fuel, 37
Fulton, Robert, 210, 272
Furnaces, 36
Gang plow, 114
Gas, illuminating, 81
Gasometer, 83
Gideon, 63
Gin, cotton, 148-151
Gore, Obadiah, 48
Greene, Nathaniel, 148
Greenough, J. J., 175
Grist mills, 145
Grover, William O., 175
Gutenberg, John, 254
Hannibal, 63
Harvesting, implements for, 117
Heat, 11
Hennepin, Father, 46
Hoe, 109
Hoe perfecting press, 253
Homes, colonial, 24
Homes, Indian, 17
Hood, Thomas, 173
Horseback, 191
Howe, Elias, 175
Hunt, Walter, 175
Illuminating gas, 81
Implements for harvesting, 117
for planting, 111
Incandescent light, 87
Indian Bible, Eliot's, 254
Indian corn, 105
Indian homes, 17
Inns, 205
Iroquois, 19
Irrigation, 127, 128
Jackson, Andrew, 156
Jewel, Marshall, 170
Kerosene, 77
Kitchen, a New England, 10
Knight, Sarah, 200
Lamp, modern, 76
Lamps, ancient, 65
Language, 247
Leather, 164
Leifer, Thomas, 224
Letters, 247
Lewis, Ida, 94
Light, arc, 87
Lighthouses, 90
Lighting, electric, 85
Linotype, 257
Livingston, Robert R., 212
Log cabin, 26
Longstreet, William, 209
Loom, 147
Lord of Padua, 32
Mail car, 262
Matches, 51
McCormick, Cyrus H., 122
Menlo Park, 87
Message, first, across the Atlantic, 282
Middlesex canal, 221
Miles, General, in New Mexico, 268
Modern land travel, 235
water travel, 229
Money orders, 261
Morey, Samuel, 209
Morse, Samuel F. B., 270
his titles and honors, 276
Mower, 117
Murdoch, William, 82
Myer, Major, 266
Needles, 172
Nott, Eliphalet, 159
Ogle, Henry, 122
Oil wells, 79
Ovens, Dutch, 27
Padua, Lord of, 32
Peck, General, at Suffolk, 267
Pepper, 132
Pine knots, 62
Planter, 115
Planting, implements for, 111
Plow, 109, 112
Plow, sulky, 114
Postage stamps, 261
Postal system, 258
Postmaster-general, 260
Power of speech, 247
Printing press, Franklin, 255
modern, 246
Prometheus, 15
Pruning hook, 109
Pullman sleeper, 237
Queen of Sheba, 249
Railroad train, old-style, 227
Railroads, 223
Rake, 118
Raleigh, Walter, 106
"Rand, Old Ma'am," 271
Range, 36
Reaper, 120
Rumford, Count, 33-35
Rumsey, James, 209
Scholfield, Arthur, 160
Scholfield, John, 160
Scots Magazine, 269
Scribe, ancient, 251
Scythe, 109, 117
Sea coal, 45
Sewing machines, 175
Shoemaker, Colonel, 48
Signal station, Suffolk, 267
Signaling, 265
Singer, Isaac M., 175
Slater, John F., 156
Slater, Samuel, 153
Soil, 124
Solomon, 249
Sower, 114
Sower, Christopher, 255
Special delivery, 261
Spotswood, Colonel, 260
Squanto, 108
Stagecoaches, 200
Steamboats, 207
Steam engine, 178
Stephenson, George, 225
Stereotyping, 257
Stevens, John, 209
Stockton and Darlington Railway, 226
Stoves, 36
Subway, Boston, 242
Sulky plow, 114
"Sully," packet ship, 272
Suspension bridge, Niagara, 240
Taverns, 206
Telegraph, 270
Telephone, 286
Telephone incident, 290
Thimmonier, Barthélemy, 176
Thompson, Benjamin, 33
Thompson, Elihu, 86
Thresher, 121
Threshing, 123
Tinder box, 53
Torches, 61
Travel by horseback, 191
by land, 187
by water, 194
Uncultivated foods, 99
Union Pacific Railroad, 228
United States post offices, 264
University press, 255
Vestal Virgin, 14
Victoria Jubilee, 284
Vinegar, 135
Walter press, 252
Watt, James, 179
Wells, oil, 79
West, Benjamin, 272
Westinghouse, George, Jr., 236
Whale fishing, 73
Whale oil, 72
Whitman, Marcus, 168
Whitney, Eli, 149
Wilson, Allen B., 175
Wool, 158