The age of invention
Subtitle: a chronicle of mechanical conquest
By: by Holland Thompson.
Series: The Chronicles of America series, Allen Johnson, editor -- v. 37; Chronicles of America series -- v. 37.
Publisher: Yale university press; [etc., etc.]
Published: 1921
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Inventions -- History; Inventors -- United States
Table of contents: label: I
title: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND HIS TIMES Page
pagenum: 1; label: II
title: ELI WHITNEY AND THE COTTON GIN "
pagenum: 32; label: III
title: STEAM IN CAPTIVITY "
pagenum: 53; label: IV
title: SPINDLE, LOOM, AND NEEDLE IN NEW ENGLAND "
pagenum: 84; label: V
title: THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION "
pagenum: 110; label: VI
title: AGENTS OF COMMUNICATION "
pagenum: 128; label: VII
title: THE STORY OF RUBBER "
pagenum: 157; label: VIII
title: PIONEERS OF THE MACHINE SHOP "
pagenum: 175; label: IX
title: THE FATHERS OF ELECTRICITY "
pagenum: 194; label: X
title: THE CONQUEST OF THE AIR "
pagenum: 220; title: BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE "
pagenum: 247; title: INDEX "
pagenum: 255