Historic Inventions
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1. Front matter2. ILLUSTRATIONS3. I GUTENBERG AND THE PRINTING PRESS About 1400-14684. II PALISSY AND HIS ENAMEL About 1510-15895. III GALILEO AND THE TELESCOPE 1564-16426. IV WATT AND THE STEAM-ENGINE 1736-18197. V ARKWRIGHT AND THE SPINNING-JENNY 1732-17928. VI WHITNEY AND THE COTTON-GIN 1765-18259. VII FULTON AND THE STEAMBOAT 1765-181510. VIII DAVY AND THE SAFETY-LAMP 1778-182911. IX STEPHENSON AND THE LOCOMOTIVE 1781-184812. X MORSE AND THE TELEGRAPH 1791-187213. XI McCORMICK AND THE REAPER 1809-188414. XII HOWE AND THE SEWING-MACHINE 1819-186715. XIII BELL AND THE TELEPHONE 1847-16. XIV EDISON AND THE ELECTRIC LIGHT 1847-17. XV MARCONI AND THE WIRELESS TELEGRAPH 1874-18. XVI THE WRIGHTS AND THE AIRSHIP Wilbur Wright 1867- Orville Wright 1871-