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The First Sheet from the Printing Press

The First Sheet from the Printing Press



GRADED SUPPLEMENTARY READING SERIES


GREAT INVENTIONS
AND DISCOVERIES


BY

WILLIS DUFF PIERCY

Pulisher's logo


NEW YORK
CHARLES E. MERRILL COMPANY

Copyright, 1911
By Charles E. Merrill Co.


CONTENTS

Chapter Page
I.Introduction7
II.The Printing Press15
III.The Steam Engine30
IV.Electricity: The Telegraph and the Telephone56
V.Electricity: Lighting, Transportation, and Other Uses78
VI.The Discovery of America92
VII.Weapons and Gunpowder108
VIII.Astronomical Discoveries and Inventions127
IX.The Cotton-gin138
X.Anæsthetics147
XI.Steel and Rubber154
XII.Stenography and the Typewriter164
XIII.The Friction Match...

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