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Triumphs of Invention and Discovery

by J. Hamilton Fyfe

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  1. 1“Peace hath her victories, no less…
  2. 2Epigraph — I — John Gutenberg
  3. 3II — William Caxton
  4. 4III — The Printing Machine
  5. 5I — The Marquis of Worcester
  6. 6II — James Watt
  7. 7I — Kay and Hargreaves
  8. 8II — Sir Richard Arkwright
  9. 9III — Samuel Crompton
  10. 10IV — Dr. Cartwright
  11. 11V — Sir Robert Peel
  12. 12I — “The Flying Coach”
  13. 13II — The Stephensons: Father and Son
  14. 14III — The Growth of Railways
  15. 15I — The Eddystone
  16. 16II — The Bell Rock
  17. 17III — The Skerryvore
  18. 18I — James Symington
  19. 19II — Robert Fulton
  20. 20III — Henry Bell
  21. 21IV — Ocean Steamers
  22. 22Henry Cort
  23. 23I — Mr. Cooke
  24. 24II — Professor Wheatstone
  25. 25III — The Submarine Telegraph
  26. 26I — John Lombe
  27. 27II — William Lee
  28. 28III — Joseph Marie Jacquard
  29. 29I — Luca Della Robbia
  30. 30II — Bernard Palissy
  31. 31III — Josiah Wedgwood
  32. 32Sir Humphrey Davy
  33. 33Lieutenant Waghorn

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