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The First Sheet from the Printing Press
GRADED SUPPLEMENTARY READING SERIES
GREAT INVENTIONS
AND DISCOVERIES
BY
WILLIS DUFF PIERCY
NEW YORK
CHARLES E. MERRILL COMPANY
Copyright, 1911
By Charles E. Merrill Co.
CONTENTS
| Chapter | Page | |
| I. | Introduction | 7 |
| II. | The Printing Press | 15 |
| III. | The Steam Engine | 30 |
| IV. | Electricity: The Telegraph and the Telephone | 56 |
| V. | Electricity: Lighting, Transportation, and Other Uses | 78 |
| VI. | The Discovery of America | 92 |
| VII. | Weapons and Gunpowder | 108 |
| VIII. | Astronomical Discoveries and Inventions | 127 |
| IX. | The Cotton-gin | 138 |
| X. | Anæsthetics | 147 |
| XI. | Steel and Rubber | 154 |
| XII. | Stenography and the Typewriter | 164 |
| XIII. | The Friction Match | ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |