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American Inventions and Inventors

by William A. Mowry and Arthur May Mowry

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Chapter I — Fire
  3. 3Chapter II — Indian Homes
  4. 4Chapter III — Colonial Homes
  5. 5Chapter IV — Chimneys
  6. 6Chapter V — Fuel
  7. 7Chapter VI — Coal
  8. 8Chapter VII — Matches
  9. 9Section II — Light
  10. 10Chapter II — Candles
  11. 11Chapter III — Whale Oil
  12. 12Chapter IV — Kerosene
  13. 13Chapter V — Illuminating Gas
  14. 14Chapter VI — Electric Lighting
  15. 15Chapter VII — Lighthouses
  16. 16Section III — Food
  17. 17Chapter II — Cultivated Foods
  18. 18Chapter III — Implements for Planting
  19. 19Chapter IV — Implements for Harvesting
  20. 20Chapter V — Soil
  21. 21Chapter VI — A Modern Dinner
  22. 22Section IV — Clothing
  23. 23Chapter II — The Cotton Gin
  24. 24Chapter III — Cotton
  25. 25Chapter IV — Wool
  26. 26Chapter V — Leather
  27. 27Chapter VI — Needles
  28. 28Chapter VII — The Steam Engine
  29. 29Section V — Travel
  30. 30Chapter II — By Water

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