CHAPTER XXXVII

Robert Fulton, George Stephenson, and the Triumphs of Invention

Anglo-Saxon Activity in Invention--James Watt and the Steam Engine--Labor-Saving Machinery of the Eighteenth Century--The Steamboat and the Locomotive--The First Steamboat Trip up the Hudson--Development of Ocean Steamers--George Stephenson and the Locomotive--First American Railroads--Development of the Railroad--Great Railroad Bridges--The Electric Steel Railway--The Bicycle and the Automobile--Marvels in Iron and Woodworking--Progress in Illumination and Heating--Howe and the Sewing Machine--Vulcanization of Rubber--Morse and the Telegraph--The Inventions of Edison--Marconi and Wireless Telegraphy--Increase of Working Power of the Farmer--The American Reapers and Mowers--Commerce of the United States 535