A CABLE SHIP AT WORK
FROM THE PAINTING OF A MAMMOTH ON A CAVE WALL
A STONE AGE AXE
A BOWMAN OF THE LATER STONE AGE
BONE HARPOONS
PERUVIAN TERRA-COTTA VASE
MAKING FIRE WITH STRAP-DRILL
THE DISCOVERY OF GLASS
A CARRYING BASKET MADE BY NAVAHO INDIANS
ASSYRIANS TRANSPORTING A BLOCK OF STONE
ROMAN AQUEDUCT NEAR NÎMES
MONS MEG
EDWARD IV WITH HIS CANNON
A MONK WRITING
A PRINTER'S SHOP, FIFTEENTH CENTURY
A SPECIMEN OF CAXTON'S PRINTING
CAXTON'S HOUSE AT WESTMINSTER
RIOTERS DESTROYING DUDLEY'S WORKS
A CLEPSYDRA
OLD CLOCK OF ST. GYLES', EDINBURGH
MEDIEVAL FIGURE IN WELLS CATHEDRAL
THE CLOCK AT WELLS CATHEDRAL
PETER HENLEIN EXHIBITING HIS WATCH
A CLOCKMAKER'S SHOP, SIXTEENTH CENTURY
WATT'S FIRST EXPERIMENT
"SYMONS STOOD WATCHING WITH EAGER EYES"
THE "CLERMONT"
STEPHENSON'S RAILWAY TRAIN
A LAMPLIGHTER
DAVY'S SAFETY LAMP
ELECTRIC SAFETY LAMP
ANCIENT WOODEN LOCK AND KEY FROM KHORSABAD
LIPS' LOCK AND KEY
HOW OUR FOREFATHERS SECURED THEIR TREASURE
MODERN YALE BANK LOCK
MORSE'S ORIGINAL CRUDE MODEL
A TAPE MACHINE
MAKE-UP OF A SUBMARINE CABLE
A CABLE BUOY
A TOLL GATE
A STATE COACH, EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
THE MENAI STRAIT, WITH TELFORD'S BRIDGE IN THE DISTANCE
NEW BRIDGE AT SYDNEY
SAINT'S SEWING MACHINE
THIMONIER'S SEWING MACHINE
HOWE'S SEWING MACHINE
THE FIRST SINGER MACHINE
PEARL DIVER IN THE PERSIAN GULF
DEEP-SEA DIVER ENTRENCHED WITHIN CASTLE WALLS
A CAISSON
THE STUDIO AT READING OPENED BY HENRY FOX TALBOT
    AFTER HE HAD PATENTED HIS CALOTYPE PROCESS
THE DIVER'S HELMET
DIVER'S ELECTRIC HAND LAMP
KOENIG'S FIRST STEAM CYLINDER PRESS
MODERN ROTARY PRESS
AUTOMATIC PRESS FOR MAKING AND DRYING MOLDS
MACHINE FOR MAKING STEREOTYPE PLATES
THE LINOTYPE COMPOSING MACHINE
THE MONOTYPE KEYBOARD
THE MONOTYPE MACHINE FOR CASTING TYPE
BELL'S FIRST TELEPHONE
"DIOS! IT TALKS!"
AN AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE
A WIND-PROPELLED CARRIAGE, SIXTEENTH CENTURY
TREVITHICK'S STEAM CARRIAGE
SERPOLLET'S STEAM CARRIAGE
DAIMLER CAR MADE FOR KING EDWARD VII IN 1900
DAIMLER LANDAULETTE OF 1925
EDISON WATCHING THE LAMP
THE FIRST PHONOGRAHP
LANA'S AERONAUTICAL MACHINE
INTERNAL BALLONETS OF A ZEPPELIN
"LA FRANCE"
VINCENT LUNARDI'S ASCENT
GASOLINE TANKS INSIDE CENTER SECTIONS
    OF THE U. S. NAVY AIRSHIP ZR-I
ADER'S FLYING MACHINE
THE FIRST WRIGHT BIPLANE
TEN-CYLINDER AEROPLANE ENGINE
HANDGUNMAN, FIFTEENTH CENTURY
INFANTRYMAN WITH MATCHLOCK, SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
LANGLEY LAUNCHING HIS AEROPLANE
TESTING THE WINGS OF A GIANT MONOPLANE
BREECH OF THE MANNLICHER RIFLE
THE FIRST ARMSTRONG GUN, 1855
JACKET ABOUT TO BE SHRUNK ON BARREL OF GUN
110-TON ARMSTRONG GUN
DRILLING ROCKS FOR BLASTING CHARGES
A 12-INCH ARMSTRONG NAVAL GUN FIRING CORDITE CHARGE
FILMING A THEATER SCENE IN THE STUDIO
FILMING A "CLOSE-UP"
A CINEMATOGRAPH CAMERA
A CINEMATOGRAPH PROJECTOR
THE COHERER--THE FIRST DETECTOR
  USED BY MARCONI FOR RECEIVING WIRELESS SIGNALS
THE LISTENING-IN APPARATUS AT SIGNAL HILL
SENATORE MARCONI AND HIS STAFF FLYING THE KITE TO
   ELEVATE THE AERIAL AT SIGNAL HILL PILOT'S COCKPIT IN AEROPLANE, SHOWING WIRELESS APPARATUS
THE LONDON STUDIO OF THE BRITISH BROADCASTING    COMPANY
BROADCASTING THE SONG OF A NIGHTINGALE
CIGARS BEING TREATED UNDER THE X-RAY
A SIMPLE ELECTRIC FURNACE
SAFETY DRESS FOR USER OF OXYACETYLENE
INTERIOR OF A DOUBLE-VORTEX TURBINE
A PELTON WHEEL
TURBINE AT NIAGARA
MOLDS BEING FILLED WITH HOT STEEL AT
   PITTSBURG STEEL WORKS
THE SOLAR MOTOR AT SOUTH PASADENA
A MONSTER TURBINE
A DAIMLER TRACTOR DRAWING A FIVE-FURROW PLOUGH
THE STEAM NAVVY AT WORK

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