BOOKS

BY GERTRUDE L. STONE AND
M. GRACE FICKETT

EVERY DAY LIFE IN THE COLONIES

DAYS AND DEEDS A HUNDREDYEARS AGO

FAMOUS DAYS IN THE CENTURY OFINVENTION

D. C. HEATH & CO., PUBLISHERS

FAMOUS DAYS IN THE
CENTURY OF INVENTION

BY
GERTRUDE L. STONE
INSTRUCTOR IN THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
GORHAM, MAINE

AND

M. GRACE FICKETT
INSTRUCTOR IN STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
WESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS

D. C. HEATH & CO., PUBLISHERS
BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO

CHAPTER		PAGE
I	How the Sewing Machine Won Favor	1
II	Long-Distance Talking	30
III	A New Era in Lighting	48
IV	The Triumph of Goodyear	67
V	The Easier Way of Printing	92
VI	Anna Holman's Daguerreotype	111
VII	The Story of the Reaper	124
VIII	Grandma's Introduction to Electric Cars	138

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FAMOUS DAYS IN THE CENTURY OF INVENTION

HOW THE SEWING MACHINEWON FAVOR

PART I

"It is! It is!" chattered the robins at half pastthree on an early June morning in 1845. JonathanWheeler sat up in bed with a start. This was themorning he had been waiting for all the spring,the morning he was to start for Boston with hisfather, mother, and Uncle William, and ride forthe first time on a railway train.

"Is it really pleasant?" was

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CONTENTS

FAMOUS DAYS IN THE CENTURY OF INVENTION

HOW THE SEWING MACHINEWON FAVOR

PART I

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