Rupert Sargent Holland tells the life stories behind great inventions: Gutenberg and the printing press, Palissy and his enamels, Galileo’s telescope, Watt’s steam-engine, Arkwright’s spinning machine, Whitney’s cotton-gin, Fulton’s steamboat, Davy’s safety-lamp, Stephenson’s locomotive and Morse’s telegraph. Each chapter is a short biography of struggle and success.
Written for young readers in 1911, it still makes an inspiring introduction to the history of technology. Download the free EPUB.