The Age of Invention

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