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Page 14
... enlarged his experience and his reputation . He visited nearly all the post offices in the colonies and introduced many improvements into the service . ; In none of his positions did his transcendent busi- 14 THE AGE OF INVENTION.
... enlarged his experience and his reputation . He visited nearly all the post offices in the colonies and introduced many improvements into the service . ; In none of his positions did his transcendent busi- 14 THE AGE OF INVENTION.
Page 27
... improved since the days of Rameses . He sowed his wheat by hand , cut it with a sickle , flailed it out upon the floor , and laboriously winnowed away the chaff . . In that same year , 1790 , came a great boon and encouragement to ...
... improved since the days of Rameses . He sowed his wheat by hand , cut it with a sickle , flailed it out upon the floor , and laboriously winnowed away the chaff . . In that same year , 1790 , came a great boon and encouragement to ...
Page 28
... improved method of " Making Pot and Pearl Ashes . " The world knows nothing of this Samuel Hopkins , but the potash industry , which was evidently on his mind , was quite im- portant in his day . Potash , that is , crude potas- sium ...
... improved method of " Making Pot and Pearl Ashes . " The world knows nothing of this Samuel Hopkins , but the potash industry , which was evidently on his mind , was quite im- portant in his day . Potash , that is , crude potas- sium ...
Page 29
... improvements in making nails , in making bedsteads , in the manufacture of boats , and for propelling boats by cattle . On August 26 , 1791 , James Rumsey , John Stevens , and John Fitch ( all three will appear again in this narrative ) ...
... improvements in making nails , in making bedsteads , in the manufacture of boats , and for propelling boats by cattle . On August 26 , 1791 , James Rumsey , John Stevens , and John Fitch ( all three will appear again in this narrative ) ...
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... improved fifty per cent by the use of his gin , and that it is absurd to say that the cotton could be injured in any way in the process of cleaning . " I think , " he says , writing to Miller , " you will be able to convince the candid ...
... improved fifty per cent by the use of his gin , and that it is absurd to say that the cotton could be injured in any way in the process of cleaning . " I think , " he says , writing to Miller , " you will be able to convince the candid ...
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afterwards Albany American balloon became began Benjamin Franklin better boat Boston Boulton and Watt brothers built Canal CHAPTER Charles Goodyear chine Clermont cloth colonies Colt Congress cotton gin Curtiss discovery Dwight Goddard dynamo early Edison electricity Eli Whitney England experiments factory farm father flying Haven Henry Howe's hundred idea improved industry invention inventor James Watt John Stevens labor Langley later light Livingston locomotive London Lowell machinery manufacture mechanical ment miles Miller mills Morse motor newspapers Oliver Evans partners Patent Act Pennsylvania Philadelphia ploughs practical principle printing produced profits railway reaper Robert Fulton rubber Samuel Samuel Colt SAMUEL F. B. MORSE says sewing machine sold soon South spinning steam engine steamboat story success telegraph thousand dollars tion took turn United Washington Whitney's wings wire Wright York young