The Age of Invention

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CONTENTS

Prefatory Note

Chapter I: Benjamin Franklin and His Times

Chapter II: Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin

Chapter III: Steam in Captivity

Chapter IV: Spindle, Loom, and Needle in New England

Chapter V: The Agricultural Revolution

Chapter VI: Agents of Communication

Chapter VII: The Story of Rubber

Chapter VIII: Pioneers of the Machine Shop

Chapter IX: The Fathers of Electricity

Chapter X: The Conquest of the Air

Bibliographical Note