HISTORIC INVENTIONS
RUPERT S. HOLLAND
Gutenberg Takes the First Proof
Historic Inventions
PHILADELPHIA
GEORGE W. JACOBS & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1911, by
George W. Jacobs and Company
Published August, 1911
All rights reserved
Printed in U.S.A.
To
J. W. H.
CONTENTS
| I. | Gutenberg and the Printing Press | 9 |
| II. | Palissy and His Enamel | 42 |
| III. | Galileo and the Telescope | 53 |
| IV. | Watt and the Steam-Engine | 70 |
| V. | Arkwright and the Spinning-Jenny | 84 |
| VI. | Whitney and the Cotton-Gin | 96 |
| VII. | Fulton and the Steamboat | 111 |
| VIII. | Davy and the Safety-Lamp | 126 |
| IX. | Stephenson and the Locomotive | 140 |
| X. | Morse and the Telegraph | 168 |
| XI. | McCormick and the Reaper | 189 |
| XII. | Howe and the Sewing-Machine | 206 |
| XIII. | Bell and the Telephone | 215 |
| XIV. | Edison and the Electric Light | 233 |
| XV. | Marconi and the Wireless Telegraph | 261 |
| XVI. | The Wrights and the Airs ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |