The Age of Invention
- Subtitle
- A Chronicle of Mechanical Conquest
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1. A CHRONICLE OF MECHANICAL CONQUEST2. PREFATORY NOTE3. CHAPTER I. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND HIS TIMES4. CHAPTER II. ELI WHITNEY AND THE COTTON GIN5. CHAPTER III. STEAM IN CAPTIVITY6. CHAPTER IV. SPINDLE, LOOM, AND NEEDLE IN NEW ENGLAND7. CHAPTER V. THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION8. CHAPTER VI. AGENTS OF COMMUNICATION9. CHAPTER VII. THE STORY OF RUBBER10. CHAPTER VIII. PIONEERS OF THE MACHINE SHOP11. CHAPTER IX. THE FATHERS OF ELECTRICITY12. CHAPTER X. THE CONQUEST OF THE AIR13. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE14. CHAPTER I15. CHAPTER II16. CHAPTER III17. CHAPTER IV18. CHAPTER V19. CHAPTER VI20. CHAPTER VII21. CHAPTER VIII22. CHAPTER IX23. CHAPTER X