Rear Admiral Bradley Fiske, himself a prolific inventor of naval instruments, traces invention from primeval tools through ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, gunpowder and printing, Copernicus and Galileo, to the age of steam, electricity, chemistry and photography. His argument is that inventors, in government and thought as well as machinery, are the true engines of progress and deserve encouragement.
An energetic 1921 survey for readers interested in the history of technology. Download the free EPUB.