The Age of InventionA CHRONICLE OF MECHANICAL CONQUESTReading editionChapter navigation23 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…A CHRONICLE OF MECHANICAL CONQUESTPREFATORY NOTEChapter I · BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND HIS TIMESChapter II · ELI WHITNEY AND THE COTTON GINChapter III · STEAM IN CAPTIVITYChapter IV · SPINDLE, LOOM, AND NEEDLE IN NEW ENGLANDChapter V · THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTIONChapter VI · AGENTS OF COMMUNICATIONChapter VII · THE STORY OF RUBBERChapter VIII · PIONEERS OF THE MACHINE SHOPChapter IX · THE FATHERS OF ELECTRICITYChapter X · THE CONQUEST OF THE AIRBIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTEChapter IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVChapter VChapter VIChapter VIIChapter VIIIChapter IXChapter XBeginning of this editionNext chapter →PREFATORY NOTEAll chapters and sections (23)Other sectionsA CHRONICLE OF MECHANICAL CONQUESTPREFATORY NOTEChapters12345678910Other sectionsBIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTEChapters12345678910By Holland ThompsonPREFATORY NOTE →