Project Gutenberg 2011-09-30 Public domain in the USA. 77 Piercy, Willis Duff 11016967 Great Inventions and Discoveries Reading ease score: 68.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Introduction -- The printing press -- The steam engine -- Electricity: the telegraph and the telephone -- Electricity: Lighting, transportation, and other uses -- The discovery of America -- Weapons and gunpowder -- Astronomical discoveries and inventions -- The cotton-gin -- Anæsthetics -- Steel and rubber -- Stenography and the typewriter -- The friction match -- Photography -- Clocks -- Some machines: The sewing machine. The reaper. Spinning and weaving machines -- Aeronautics. E-text prepared by Albert László and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org) "Great Inventions and Discoveries" by Willis Duff Piercy is an educational work aimed at young readers, written in the early 20th century. The book chronicles significant inventions and discoveries that have shaped human civilization, highlighting key figures and their contributions to technological advancement. Through engaging prose, it aims to instill appreciation for innovation and the historical context in which these breakthroughs occurred. The opening of the book sets the stage for a fascinating exploration of civilization's journey from primitive existence to the complex modern world. It begins with a vivid contrast between the lives of early cave-dwellers and contemporary society, emphasizing the transformative impact of inventions like the printing press, steam engine, and electric telegraph. Piercy introduces the concept of civilization as the accumulation of achievements, illustrating how each invention contributes to societal advancement, safety, and happiness. This initial chapter lays a foundation for the subsequent detailed discussions on specific technologies, urging readers to recognize humanity's capacity for progress through ingenuity and determination. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Inventions T Text Browsing: Computers & Technology Browsing: Engineering & Construction Browsing: Science - General 307590 306458 2024-10-16T03:56:32.856464 2023-09-16T10:27:40.515525 text/html text/html 302723 2011-09-29T22:49:53 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1639502 2011-09-29T22:53:35 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2104420 2024-10-16T03:56:41.894394 application/epub+zip 2110385 2024-10-16T03:56:36.850426 application/epub+zip 182722 2024-10-16T03:56:35.271416 application/epub+zip 2290765 2024-10-16T03:56:45.477421 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2278556 2024-10-16T03:56:40.787413 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 333140 2022-09-17T08:26:46.381019 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 281255 281076 2024-10-16T03:56:32.094454 2023-09-16T10:27:39.533516 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 280927 2011-09-29T22:42:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 107112 2011-09-29T22:42:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 280960 2011-09-29T22:42:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 107106 2011-09-29T22:42:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21626 2024-10-16T03:56:45.613371 application/rdf+xml 16217 2024-10-16T03:56:35.838414 image/jpeg 3823 2024-10-16T03:56:35.553426 image/jpeg 1735267 2024-10-16T03:56:32.957430 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog