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Abbot, C. G. (Charles Greeley), 1872 / Great inventions (1932)

Pioneering in Electricity
Dynamos and Motors
	The Dynamo
	The Alternating-Current Motor
Electrons and X Rays
	Solids and Electric Conduction
	The Electron Tube Amplifier
	X Rays
	Practical Use of Properties of Atomic Structures
Telegraphy and Telephony
	Early Work on Electric Signaling
	The First Commercial Telegraph
	The Cable
	The Telephone
Radio Transmission
The Electric Light
Prime Movers
	Water Power
	Heat Power
	Steam Engines
	Internal Combustion Engines
Mechanical Transportation
	The Steamboat
	The Locomotive and Other Railroad Inventions
	Two Great Railroad Pioneers
	The Automobile
Household and Farm Inventions
	Mechanical Refrigeration
	The Sewing Machine
	Inventions Concerned with Agriculture
Outstanding Manufactured Products
	Paper
	Rubber
	Glass
	Steel
The Graphic Arts
	Wood and Metal Engraving
	Photography
	Photoengraving
	Photolithography
	Photogravure