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Historic Inventions

by Rupert Sargent Holland

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  1. 1Dedication — I — Gutenberg and the Printing Press — About 1400-1468
  2. 2II — Palissy and His Enamel — About 1510-1589
  3. 3III — Galileo and the Telescope 1564-1642
  4. 4IV — Watt and the Steam-Engine 1736-1819
  5. 5V — Arkwright and the Spinning-Jenny 1732-1792
  6. 6VI — Whitney and the Cotton-Gin 1765-1825
  7. 7VII — Fulton and the Steamboat 1765-1815
  8. 8VIII — Davy and the Safety-Lamp 1778-1829
  9. 9IX — Stephenson and the Locomotive 1781-1848
  10. 10X — Morse and the Telegraph 1791-1872
  11. 11XI — McCormick and the Reaper 1809-1884
  12. 12XII — Howe and the Sewing-Machine 1819-1867
  13. 13XIII — Bell and the Telephone 1847
  14. 14XIV — Edison and the Electric Light 1847
  15. 15XV — Marconi and the Wireless Telegraph 1874
  16. 16XVI — The Wrights and the Airship — Wilbur Wright 1867- Orville Wri…

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