THE FRANKLIN STOVE, 10
FRANKLIN'S BIRTHPLACE, BOSTON, 14
FRANKLIN ENTERING PHILADELPHIA, 17
THE FRANKLIN PENNY, 27
FRANKLIN'S GRAVE, 43
ROBERT FULTON, 46
BIRTHPLACE OF ROBERT FULTON, 48
FULTON BLOWING UP A DANISH BRIG, 53
JOHN FITCH'S STEAMBOAT AT PHILADELPHIA, 56
FULTON'S FIRST EXPERIMENT WITH PADDLE-WHEELS, 57
THE "DEMOLOGOS," OR "FULTON THE FIRST," 65
THE CLERMONT, 68
ELI WHITNEY, 70
WHITNEY WATCHING THE COTTON-GIN, 75
THE COTTON-GIN, 78
ELIAS HOWE, 100
BIRTHPLACE OF S.F.B. MORSE, BUILT 1775, 111
S.F.B. MORSE, 113
UNDER SIDE OF A MODERN SWITCHBOARD, SHOWING 2,000 WIRES, 121
THE FIRST TELEGRAPH INSTRUMENT, AS EXHIBITED IN 1837 BY 125
MORSE,
THE MODERN MORSE TELEGRAPH, 127
MORSE MAKING HIS OWN INSTRUMENT, 129
TRAIN TELEGRAPH--THE MESSAGE TRANSMITTED BY INDUCTION FROM 131
THE MOVING TRAIN TO THE SINGLE WIRE,
INTERIOR OF A CAR ON THE LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD, SHOWING 132
THE METHOD OF OPERATING THE TRAIN TELEGRAPH,
DIAGRAM SHOWING THE METHOD OF TELEGRAPHING FROM A MOVING 134
TRAIN BY INDUCTION,
MORSE IN HIS STUDY, 139
THE SIPHON RECORDER FOR RECEIVING CABLE MESSAGES--OFFICE OF 146
THE COMMERCIAL CABLE COMPANY, 1 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK,
NO. 5 WEST TWENTY-SECOND STREET, NEW YORK, WHERE MORSE 151
LIVED FOR MANY YEARS AND DIED,
CALENDERS HEATED INTERNALLY BY STEAM, FOR SPREADING INDIA 164
RUBBER INTO SHEETS OR UPON CLOTH, CALLED THE "CHAFFEE
MACHINE,"
CHARLES GOODYEAR'S EXHIBITION OF HARD INDIA-RUBBER GOODS AT 169
THE CRYSTAL PALACE, SYDENHAM, ENGLAND,
COUNCIL MEDAL OF THE EXHIBITION, 1851, 173
GRANDE MEDAILLE D'HONNEUR, EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE 1855, 176
JOHN ERICSSON'S BIRTHPLACE AND MONUMENT, 180
THE NOVELTY LOCOMOTIVE, BUILT BY ERICSSON TO COMPETE WITH 184
STEPHENSON'S ROCKET, 1829,
ERICSSON ON HIS ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND, AGED TWENTY-THREE, 186
MRS. JOHN ERICSSON, NÉE AMELIA BYAM, 187
EXTERIOR VIEW OF ERICSSON'S HOUSE, NO. 36 BEACH STREET, NEW 189
YORK, 1890,
SOLAR-ENGINE ADAPTED TO THE USE OF HOT AIR, 191
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