Project Gutenberg 2014-06-30 Public domain in the USA. 167 Stone, Gertrude L. (Gertrude Lincoln) Fickett, M. Grace (Mary Grace) Fickett, Mary Grace Famous Days in the Century of Invention Reading ease score: 79.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. How the sewing machine won favor -- Long-distance talking -- A new era in lighting -- The triumph of Goodyear -- The easier way of printing -- Anna Holman's daguerreotype -- The story of the reaper -- Grandma's introduction to electric cars. Produced by Chris Curnow, Haragos Pál and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Famous Days in the Century of Invention" by Gertrude L. Stone and M. Grace Fickett is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book chronicles significant inventions and the stories behind them, showcasing key figures such as Elias Howe with his sewing machine and Alexander Graham Bell with the telephone. Each chapter focuses on different inventions and the challenges faced by their inventors, offering readers insights into the impact of these innovations on society. The opening of this work introduces young Jonathan Wheeler, who eagerly anticipates his first journey to Boston in 1845. The narrative describes his excitement about riding a railway train and culminates in his visit to a tailor's shop to witness the impressive workings of Elias Howe's sewing machine. Through Jonathan's eyes, we see the skepticism and challenges faced by Howe in promoting his invention, even when he successfully demonstrates the machine's superiority over hand-sewing. This early glimpse sets the stage for exploring the struggles and triumphs of inventors in the book's subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46150/46150-h/images/cover.jpg en Inventions T Text Browsing: Computers & Technology Browsing: Science - General 225383 225293 2025-02-18T15:31:11.354729 2023-09-20T06:19:21.068800 text/html text/html 221742 2020-09-04T02:17:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 6172989 2020-09-04T02:17:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 6252316 2025-02-18T15:31:19.290679 application/epub+zip 6239031 2025-02-18T15:31:12.998678 application/epub+zip 181183 2025-02-18T15:31:12.016712 application/epub+zip 6301382 2025-02-18T15:31:23.811688 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 6263411 2025-02-18T15:31:17.431720 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 237143 2022-09-21T04:26:22.386065 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 193256 2025-02-18T15:31:10.467760 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 193288 2020-09-04T02:17:20 text/plain; charset=utf-8 72329 2020-09-04T02:17:20 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 72261 2014-06-30T09:59:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20126 2025-02-18T15:31:24.158626 application/rdf+xml 25326 2025-02-18T15:31:12.161731 image/jpeg 3330 2025-02-18T15:31:12.094689 image/jpeg 6211395 2025-02-18T15:31:11.590724 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