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Tables of Contents for The Innovators
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Illustrations
v
2
Preface
vii
Part I Iron, Steam, and Early Industry, 1776-1855
1
94
Chapter 1 Modern Engineering and the Transformation of America
3
18
Chapter 2 Watt, Telford, and the British Beginnings
21
20
Chapter 3 Fulton's Steamboat and the Mississippi
41
26
Chapter 4 Lowell and the American Industrial Revolution
67
12
Chapter 5 Francis and the Industrial Power Network
79
16
Part II Crossing the Continent, 1830-1883
95
126
Chapter 6 The Stephensons, Thomson, and the Eastern Railroads
97
22
Chapter 7 Henry, Morse, and the Telegraph
119
20
Chapter 8 St. Louis versus Chicago and the Continental Railroads
139
20
Chapter 9 Carnegie and the Climax of Steel
159
20
Chapter 10 Edison and the Network for Light
179
20
Chapter 11 The Centennial Revolutions, 1876-1883
199
22
Notes and References
221
16
Index
237
10
Problems
247