VOLUME 1: COLONIAL AMERICA TO 1865 Introduction , Chronology , Section 1: Colonial America and Enlightenment Science, Overview ,American Philosophical Society,Primary Document: Memorial of the American Philosophical Society Favoring an Exploration of the Alaskan Coast (1868),Astronomical Almanacs,Primary Document: Aphorisms from Poor Richard''s Almanack (1732-1758),Banneker, Benjamin (1731-1806),Primary Document: Letter of Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Banneker, Expressing Jefferson''s Belief That Blacks Had Talents Equal to Other Races (1791),Primary Document: Frontispiece of Benjamin Banneker''s Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Almanack and Ephemeris (1792),Bifocals,Primary Document: Benjamin Franklin''s Letter Describing His Invention of Bifocals (1725),Bushnell, David (1740-c. 1824),Primary Document: Engraving of David Bushnell''s American Turtle (1775),Colden, Jane (1724-1766),Daylight Saving Time,Extension Arm (Long Arm),Fire Safety,Flexible Catheter,Food Production, Native American,Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790),Primary Document: Letter of Benjamin Franklin Describing His Experiments with Electricity (c. 1750),Franklin Stove,Primary Document: Excerpt from Benjamin Franklin''s An Account of the New Invented Pennsylvanian Fire-Places (1744),Glass Harmonica (Armonica),Primary Document: Excerpt of Benjamin Franklin''s Letter to Father Giambatista Beccaria Describing the Glass Harmonica (1762),Glover, Elizabeth (d. 1643),Godfrey, Thomas (1704-1749),Iron- and Silversmithing,Kentucky Long Rifle,Lightning Rod,Primary Document: Frontispiece and Title Page of Benjamin Franklin''s Experiments and Observations on Electricity (1774),Loom,Primary Document: Excerpts from the Diary of Martha Ballard Describing Home Weaving (1787),Lucas, Eliza (1722-1793),Primary Document: Letter of Eliza Lucas to Her Father (1741),Masters, Sybilla (c. 1675-1720),Mather, Cotton (1663-1728),Natural History,Onesimus (fl. 1706-1716),Peale, Charles Willson (1741-1827),Primary Document: Letter of Charles Willson Peale to Thomas Jefferson Regarding New Agricultural Inventions and Innovations (1815),Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804),Rittenhouse, David (1732-1796),Primary Document: Letter of Thomas Jefferson to David Rittenhouse (1778),"Saugus Pot,"Schooner,Smallpox Inoculation,Primary Document: George Washington''s Order for All Soldiers to Receive a Smallpox Inoculation (1778) and Letter of Edward Rowse to Thomas Jefferson Suggesting the Possibility of Vaccines for Other Diseases (1805),Spinning Wheel,Primary Document: An "Address to the Ladies" Urging American Women to Boycott British Goods (1767),Street Lighting,Swim Fins,Three-Wheel Clock,Primary Document: James Ferguson''s Description of Benjamin Franklin''s Three-Wheel Clock (1773), Turtle Submarine,Primary Document: Letter of David Bushnell to Thomas Jefferson Regarding Bushnell''s Experiments with Submarines (1787),Whiton, David Erskine (1825-1904),Winthrop, John (1714-1779),Primary Document: John Winthrop Describes His Observation of the Planet Venus (1761), Section 2: The New Republic and the Market Economy (1780-1820), Overview ,Amphibious Steam Vehicle,Primary Document: Image of an Amphibious Steam Vehicle (1834),Apple Parers,Primary Document: Apple Parer Patent Document Image (1836),Babbitt, Sarah "Tabitha" (1779-1853),Ballard, Martha (1735-1812),Banjo Clock,Blackwell, Elizabeth (1821-1910),Primary Document: Excerpts from "Address on the Medical Education of Women" by Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell (1863),Burr Truss Bridge,Canals,Canning Factory,Charting the Gulf Stream,Circular Saw,Coffee Percolator,Cotton Gin,Cotton Sewing Thread,Dental Floss,Diffraction Grating,Erie Canal,Primary Document: Letter of Robert Fulton to George Washington Urging Him to Support the Construction of Canals (1797),Evans, Oliver (1755-1819),Primary Document: Letters from Oliver Evans to Thomas Jefferson (1804, 1808),Fire Hydrant,Primary Document: Account of the Detroit Fire (1805),Fitch, John (1743-1798),Flatboat,Fulton, Robert (1765-1815),Gas Tungsten Arc Welding,Greene, Catharine Littlefield (1755-1814),High-Pressure Steam Engine,Interchangeable Parts,Internal Combustion Engine,Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826),Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806),Primary Document: Excerpts from the Journal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1805, 1806),Lobster Trap,Lowell Mill System,Primary Document: Description of the Life of a Mill Girl from the Lowell Offering (1845),Milling Machine,Morey, Samuel (1762-1843),Multitubular Boiler,National Road,Odometer,Patent and Copyright Statutes,Practical Ocean Navigation, Report on Manufactures (1791),River Steamer,Rumford Fireplace,Rush, Benjamin (1746-1813),Primary Document: Excerpt from the Medical Writings of Benjamin Rush (1805),Screw-Cutting Lathe,Slater, Samuel (1768-1835),Steam Engine,Steam Tractor,Steamboat,Primary Document: Newspaper Announcement of Robert Fulton''s Steamboat (1807) and Charles Dickens''s Account of His Ride on an American Steamboat (1842),Submarine,Suspension Bridge,Swivel Chair,Thompson, Benjamin (Count Rumford) (1753-1814),Three-Piece Iron Plow,Primary Document: Petition to Congress Asking for a Renewal of the Patent on Jethro Wood''s Cast-Iron Plow (1846),Vapor-Compression Refrigerator,Waltham-Lowell Textile System,Wheel Cipher,Primary Document: Excerpts from Thomas Jefferson''s Notes on the Wheel Cipher (Undated),Whitney, Eli (1765-1825),Primary Document: Letter of Eli Whitney to His Father Regarding the Ginning of Cotton (1793), Section 3: Antebellum Industrialization and the Civil War (1820-1865), Overview ,Adhesive Tape,Agassiz, Louis (1807-1873),Primary Document: Excerpt from the Journal of Louis Agassiz Describing a Trip to the United States (1846),Anesthesia,Ball Bearings and Babbitt Metal, Best Friend Steam Engine,Breast Pump,Brown Truss,Burglar Alarm,Calliope (Steam Organ),Cannon, Double-Barrel,Primary Document: Excerpt from the Memoirs of Former Confederate General Edward Porter Alexander on "Artillery Hell" at Antietam (1907),Civil War Medicine (1861-1865),Primary Document: Report of Medical Director Robert Murray on Union Casualties Suffered at the Battle of Shiloh (1862),Civil War Nursing,Primary Document: Clara Barton''s Poem "The Women Who Went to the Field" (1892),Clipper Ship,Primary Document: Excerpts from the Journal of Alexander Van Valen Describing His Journey to California via Clipper Ship (1849),Clothespin,Coal-Mining Technologies,Coil Magnet/Electromagnet,Colgate, William (1783-1857),Colored Female Free Produce Society,Colt, Samuel (1814-1862),Colt Revolver,Columbiad Cannon,Combine Harvester,Compact Iron Stove,Conestoga Wagon,Primary Document: Excerpt from John G. Abbott''s Recollections of Traveling to California by Wagon Train (1852),Corn Sheller,Corset,Coston, Martha (1826-1904),Cowboy Hat (Stetson),Crumpler, Rebecca (1831-1895),Cylinder Pin Tumbler Lock,Dahlgren Gun,Deere, John (1804-1886) and Deere and Company,Dental Chair,Detachable Collar,Dix, Dorothea (1802-1887),Dustpan,Eggbeater,Electric Doorbell,Electric Stove,Electric Street Railway,Elevator Safety Brake,Equatorial Sextant,Field, Cyrus West (1819-1892),Fire Alarm Call Box,Floating Dry Dock (1849),Primary Document: Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln''s Patent Application for the Floating Dry Dock (1849),Gas Well,Gold-Mining Technologies,Goodyear, Charles (1800-1860),Grain Elevator,Gridiron for Cooking,Hand-Cranked Ice Cream Maker,Health Reform,Henry, Joseph (1797-1878),Hoop Skirt,Horse-Drawn Streetcar,Primary Document: Image of a Horse-Drawn Streetcar (c. 1920),Hospital Transport Service, Women''s Department,Howe, Elias (1819-1867),Howe Truss,Interchangeable Gun Parts,Inverted Microscope,Jervis, John B.

(1795-1885),Land Mines,Long, Crawford Williamson (1815-1878),Machine/Gatling Gun,Mason Jar,Maynard, Edward (1813-1891),Maynard Carbine,McCormick, Cyrus (1809-1884),Primary Document: Letter of Robert E. Lee to Cyrus McCormick Regarding the Curriculum at Washington College (1865),Mechanical Reaper,Merrick, Solymon (1806-1852),Military Technology (Civil War),Mitchell, Maria (1818-1889),Morse, Samuel F. B. (1791-1872),Morse Code,National Academy of Sciences (NAS),Nightingale Plan,North, Simeon (1765-1852),Omnibus System,Papermaking Machine,Pencil Eraser,Pepper (and Salt) Shaker,Perkins, Jacob (1766-1849),Platform Scale,Polished Steel Plow,Printing,Printing Telegraph,Pullman, George Mortimer (1831-1897),Railroad T-Rail and Tie,Railroads,Primary Document: Pacific Railway Act (1862),Ratchet Wrench,Relay,Repeating Rifle,Roller Skates,Rotary Hook (for Sewing Machines),Rucker Ambulance,Safety Pin,Sewing Machine, Automated,Sewing Pattern,Solar Compass,Spar Torpedo,Steam Locomotive,Steam Shovel,Stevens, Robert Livingston (1787-1856),Strauss, Levi (1829-1902),Telegraph,Primary Document: Act Authorizing Construction of a Transcontinental Telegraph (1855),Ten-Hour Movement,Primary Document: Excerpt from the Preamble and Constitution of the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association (1846),Toothpaste,Torpedo,Transatlantic Cable,Transverse Shuttle,Twine Knotter,Twist Drill,United States Capitol Building, Construction of,U.S. Sanitary Commission (USSC),Vulcanization,Walker, Mary (1832-1919),Western Union Telegraph Company,Zipper, Bibliography: Colonial America to 1865 , Index , VOLUME 2: RECONSTRUCTION THROUGH WORLD WAR II Section 1: The Rise of Industrialism, Reconstruction, and the Gilded Age (1866-1900), Overview ,Abbe, Cleveland (1838-1916),AC Generator and Transformer,Primary Document: American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) Member Biography for William Stanley (1934),AC Induction Motor,Primary Document: Nikola Tesla''s Patent for an AC Induction Motor (1896),Adding Machine with Keys,Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA),American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T),Asphalt,Aspirin,Barbed Wire,Primary Document: Excerpts from an Arti.