Outlines of the world's history, ancient, mediæval, and modern, with special relation to the history of civilization and the progress of mankind .. . and the Wandering Jew. INVENTORS. Brunei, Sir Isambard (1769-1849), a distinguished engineer—great-est work, the Thames Ttcnnel; begun 1826, finished 1843- Stephenson, George (1781- 1848), born at Wylam, Northumberland— the great railway engineer — inventor of the locomotive engine—died at Tapton, aged 67 — his son Robert is distinguished as the engi-neer of the Tubular Bridge over the Menai Strait. Daguerre (1789 - 1851), inventor of the daguerr
Outlines of the world's history, ancient, mediæval, and modern, with special relation to the history of civilization and the progress of mankind .. . and the Wandering Jew. INVENTORS. Brunei, Sir Isambard (1769-1849), a distinguished engineer—great-est work, the Thames Ttcnnel; begun 1826, finished 1843- Stephenson, George (1781- 1848), born at Wylam, Northumberland— the great railway engineer — inventor of the locomotive engine—died at Tapton, aged 67 — his son Robert is distinguished as the engi-neer of the Tubular Bridge over the Menai Strait. Daguerre (1789 - 1851), inventor of the daguerreotype — the productionby light of images on a sensitive surface was already known, butDaguerre discovered how to fix the image in hyposulphate of soda. Morse, Professor S. F. B. (i 791-1872), born in Massachusetts —educated for a painter, but devoted himself to science—his world-wide fame is based on his invention of the electric telegraph. Edison, Thomas A. (1847- ), born in Ohio—an eminent elec-trician, and inventor of many improvements in telegraphic and tele-phonic instruments, the phonograph, and the incandescent
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