Full name: The Age of Invention: A Chronicle of Mechanical Conquest

Author: Holland Thompson Year: 1921 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: ManyBooks Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9781360145938 1360145931

For the beginnings of the enslavement of steam, that mighty giant whose work has changed the world we live in, we must return to the times of Benjamin Franklin. James Watt, the accredited father of the modern steam engine, was a contemporary of Franklin, and his engine was twenty-one years old when Franklin died. The discovery that steam could be harnessed and made to work is not, of course, credited to James Watt. The precise origin of that discovery is unknown. This book is part of the "Chronicles of America" series. Here are some other books from this series: "The Agrarian Crusade" First published in 1920 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "The Age of Big Business" First published in 1919 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "The Railroad Builders" First published in 1919 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "The Anti-Slavery Crusade" First published in 1919 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Abraham Lincoln and the Union" First published in 1918 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: