- 1Preface
- 2Chapter I — Invention in Primeval Times
- 3Chapter II — Invention in the Orient
- 4Chapter III — Invention in Greece
- 5Chapter IV — Invention in Rome: Its Rise and Fall
- 6Chapter V — The Invention of the Gun and of Printing
- 7Chapter VI — Columbus, Copernicus, Galileo and Others
- 8Chapter VII — The Rise of Electricity, Steam and Chemistry
- 9Chapter VIII — The Age of Steam, Napoleon and Nelson
- 10Chapter IX — Inventions in Steam, Electricity and Chemistry Create…
- 11Chapter X — Certain Important Creations of Invention, and Their Ben…
- 12Chapter XI — Invention and Growth of Liberal Government, American C…
- 13Chapter XII — Invention of the Modern Military Machine, Telephone,…
- 14Chapter XIII — The Conquest of the Ether — Moving Pictures — Rise o…
- 15Chapter XIV — The Fruition of Invention
- 16Chapter XV — The Machine of Civilization, and the Dangerous Ignoran…
- 17Chapter XVI — The Future
Invention: The Master-Key to Progress
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