The Age of Invention: A Chronicle of Mechanical Conquest

by Holland Thompson

EN·~5 hours·25 chapters

Chapters

25 total

THE AGE OF INVENTION, - A CHRONICLE OF MECHANICAL CONQUEST

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By Holland Thompson

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PREFATORY NOTE

2:06

THE AGE OF INVENTION

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CHAPTER I. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND HIS TIMES

38:46

CHAPTER II. ELI WHITNEY AND THE COTTON GIN

26:56

CHAPTER III. STEAM IN CAPTIVITY

39:22

CHAPTER IV. SPINDLE, LOOM, AND NEEDLE IN NEW ENGLAND

32:16

CHAPTER V. THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION

21:44

CHAPTER VI. AGENTS OF COMMUNICATION

36:53

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Release date

2001-11-01

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Public domain in the USA.

Source

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Subjects

Inventions -- History Inventors -- United States T

About the author

Holland Thompson

1873–1940

Best known for writing about the changing South, this early 20th-century historian turned big social shifts into clear, readable stories. His books trace how industry, education, and modern life reshaped the region he knew firsthand.

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