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A ⃒ B ⃒ C ⃒ D ⃒ E ⃒ F ⃒ G
H ⃒ J ⃒ K ⃒ L ⃒ N ⃒ O ⃒ P
R ⃒ S ⃒ T ⃒ U ⃒ V ⃒ W ⃒ Y ⃒ Z

Abildskov, Dale, 201

Abrash, Michael, 250

air-conditioning, 138–40

Alcorn, Allan, 247

Aldini, Giovanni, 193

Aldrin, Edwin “Buzz,” 37–39

Allen, Harvey, 39

America, 252–53

Ammann, Othmar, 144

amusement park, 169, 229–32

Annan, Charles, 120

Apollo 11, 37–39, 82

Appleby, John, 209

aqueduct, southern California, 215–17

Armstrong, Louis, 222

Armstrong, Neil, 37–39

Arnold, William S., 220

Artaud, Antonin, 251

Arthur, Chester Allan, 111

Asimov, Isaac, 87

Astor, John Jacob, IV, 211

Astor, Vincent, 211

athletic shoe, 113–15

Atkins, Jearum, 209

Bachelet, Emile, 44

Baer, Ralph, 247–48

Bakken, Earl, 193, 194

Balaban, A. J. and Barney,
239–40

Barisford, Bob, 201

Baruch, Bernard, 108

Barnum, P. T., 103, 129

Barth, Paul, 227

Batchelor, Charles, 76

Bath, Patricia, 123–25

Beattie, John, 191

Beauchamp, George, 227

Becquerel, Alexandre-Edmond, 179

Beecher, Catharine, 116–17, 119

Bel Geddes, Norman, 62

Bell, Alexander Graham, 74–77, 81–83, 218, 219

Bell, Chichester, 219

Berliner, Emile, 219–20

Bessemer, Henry, 132

Bissett, Enid, 108–9

blood plasma, 191–92

blues, 223–25

Boahen, Kwabena, 92

Bolden, Charles Joseph “Buddy,” 222

Booth, John Wilkes, 187

Bourdelle, Pierre, 59

Bourseul, Charles, 74

Bowerman, Bill, 114

Boyton, Paul, 230

bra, 107–9

Braddock, Edward, 132

Breer, Carl, 25–26

Breslin, Ed, 59

Bridges, Harry, 33

Brown, John, 42

Bryson, Bill, 63

Buchanan, James, 72

Budd, Edward G., 61–62

Budd, Ralph, 62, 63

Buehrig, Gordon, 26

building:

air-conditioning, 138–40

Chicago, 155–57

Fallingwater, 151–53

Golden Gate Bridge, 141–45, 171

River Rouge, 147–49

safety elevator, 127–29

steel-frame construction, 135–37, 169

steel mills, 131–33

Bullock, William, 65–66

Bunau-Varilla, Philippe, 16–17

Burgoyne, John, 184

Burlington Zephyr, 61–63

Burnham, Daniel, 135, 137

Burns, Ken, 221, 222, 224

Bushnell, Nolan, 247, 248

Butler, Charles, 155

Butterick, Ebenezer and Ellen, 102, 103

Butters, George, 117

California aqueduct, 215–17

Campbell-Swinton, A. A., 244

canals:

Erie Canal, 9–11, 16, 48, 156

Panama Canal, 16–20, 62

Čapek, Karel, 87

Carnegie, Andrew, 131–33, 136

Carrier, Willis Haviland, 138–39

cars:

flying, 41–42

Lincoln Zephyr, 25–27

River Rouge, 147–49

self-driving, 45–47

Carson, Johnny, 87

Cartier-Bresson, Henri, 109

Casement, Jack, 52

Cassatt, Alexander, 53–55, 57

Cassatt, Mary, 53

cataract surgery, 123–25

Chaikin, Andrew, 37, 39

Chapin, Daryl, 179–80

Chapin, Jonathan, 95–96

Chapman, Ray, 236

Chardack, William, 195

Chicago, 155–57

Chrysler, Walter P., 25–26

Churchill, Winston, 44, 188, 189

Clarendon, Lord, 71

Clark, Edward, 99

Clarke, Arthur C., 42

Clinton, DeWitt, 9–11, 156

clipper ships, 13–15, 16, 63

clothing:

athletic shoe, 113–15

bra, 107–9

copper-riveted jeans, 104–6

dress patterns, 101–3

dry cleaning, 110–12

safety pin, 94–96

sewing machine, 95, 96, 97–99, 102

Cochran, Josephine, 117–18

Coleman, Joseph, 109

Collins, Michael, 37, 39

communication:

electric telegraph, 67–69

rotary printing press, 64–66

tape recording, 78–80

telephone, 74–77

transatlantic cable, 14, 48, 71–73

computers, computing, 122, 124

cyborg, 91–93

industrial robot, 85–87

microprocessor, 81–83

Silicon Valley, 77, 82–83

3-D printing, 88–90

Condit, Carl, 137

Coney Island, 229–32

container ship, 33–35

Cooke, William Fothergill, 67

Cooper, Peter, 72

Cornell, Ezra, 69

cotton gin, 205–7

Couney, Martin, 230

covered wagon, 5–7

Cramer, Stuart, 139

Creesy, Ellen, 13–15

Creesy, Josiah, 14, 15

Crick, Francis, 203

Crocker, Charles, 49

Cromwell, William Nelson, 17

Crosby, Bing, 79, 80, 228

Crosby, Caresse, 107–9

Crosby, Harry, 107–9

Crowe, Frank, 171–72

Crump, E. H., 212

Curtiss, Glenn, 41–42

Custer, George Armstrong, 187

cyborg, 91–93

Damadian, Raymond Vahan, 197–99

Danby, Gordon, 44

Da Vinci, Leonardo, 97, 98

Davis, Jacob, 104–6

Davis, Jefferson, 156, 187

de Lesseps, Ferdinand, 16–17

Demorest, Madame, 101–3

Demorest, William Jennings, 101, 102

DeSilva, Ashanti, 203

Devol, Evelyn, 86

Devol, George, 85–87

diaper cover, 118–19

Diehl, Lorraine B., 54

dishwasher, 117–18

Dodge, Grenville, 52

Dolby, Ray Milton, 80

Donovan, Marion, 118–19

Dopyera, John, 227

Douglas, Donald, 29–31

Douglas, Sandy, 247

Drake, Edwin, 163

dress patterns, 101–3

Drew, Charles, 191–92

Dreyfuss, Henry, 41, 62

dry cleaning, 110–12

East River tunnels, 53–55

Eaton, Fred, 215–17

Eberson, John, 240–42

Edison, Thomas, 76, 175–76

electric light, 167–69, 219

phonograph, 91, 167, 218–20

Edwards, Bradley C., 43

Eisenhower, Dwight, 34

electric guitar, 226–28

electric light, 167–69, 219

electric telegraph, 67–69

elevators:

safety, 127–29, 169

space, 41–44

Eliot, T. S., 83

Ellington, Duke, 221, 222

Ellis, Charles Alton, 144

Elmquist, Rune, 195

Engelberger, Joseph F., 86–87

Ericsson, Henry, 136

Erie Canal, 9–11, 16, 48, 156

Europe, James Reese, 222

Everson, George, 244

Faget, Maxime, 37

Faggin, Federico, 83

Fairchild, Sherman, 82

Fallingwater, 151–53

Farmer, Moses, 169

farming, mechanized, 208–10

Farnsworth, Pem, 244, 245

Farnsworth, Philo, 243–45

Fender, Leo, 228

Field, Cyrus, 71–73

Filius, Mary, 109

Fisher, Fred J., 25

flying car, 41–42

Ford, Edsel, 26–27, 149

Ford, Henry, 26–27, 42, 147–49, 175–76

Ford Motor Company, 26–27, 210

River Rouge, 147–49

Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 187

Forster, George, 193, 194

Franklin, Benjamin, 138, 139, 167, 193

Fraser, Simon, 184

Friedmann, Theodore, 203

Fritts, Charles, 179

Fuller, Calvin Souther, 179–80

Fulton, Robert, 107

Fulton, Robert Edison, Jr., 41

Gage, Andrew, 195

Gale, Leonard, 68

Galey, John H., 164

Galvani, Luigi, 193

Gardner, Cliff, 244, 245

Gates, Charles, 139

Gates, John, 139

Gatling, Richard Jordan, 188–90

Gatling gun, 188–90

Gelsinger, Jesse, 203–4

gene therapy, 203–4

Gershwin, George, 221, 225

Giannini, Amadeo, 144

Gilbert, Cass, 137

Ginsburg, Charles, 80

Glass, Louis T., 220

Golden Gate Bridge, 141–45, 171

Goldsmith, Michael, 198–99

Goldsmith, Thomas T., Jr., 246–47

Goode, Sara Elizabeth, 118

Goodyear, Charles, 113–14

Gorgas, William Crawford, 20

Gorky, Maxim, 232

Gorrell, Leslie, 244

Gorrie, John, 138, 139

Graafstra, Amal, 91

Graetz, Martin, 247

Grand Central Terminal, 22, 57–58

Grant, Ulysses S., 186

Gray, Elisha, 76

Greatbatch, Wilson, 193–95

Greene, Catharine Littlefield, 206–7

Greene, Nathanael, 206

Guffey, James M., 164

guitar, electric, 226–28

guns:

Gatling gun, 188–90

Pennsylvania rifle, 182–84

repeating rifle, 185–87

Gutenberg, Johannes, 64

Gyalpo, Thangtong, 141

Hadley, John, 138

Halliburton, Richard, 20

Hamill, Curt and Al, 164–65

Hamilton, Alexander, 205, 206, 252–53

Hamilton, Margaret Heafield, 38

Harbisson, Neil, 91

Harrison, Bill, 248

Harvey, David, 35

Hawley, Jesse, 9, 10

Hay, John, 17

Hayes, Rutherford B., 77

Hefner, Hugh, 82

Heilig, Morton, 249

Henderson, Greg, 45

Henry, Beulah Louise, 124

Henry, Joseph, 68, 75

Henry, Patrick, 124

Higgins, Andrew Jackson, 34

Higgins, Pattillo, 164

Higinbotham, Willy, 247

Hoe, Richard, 64–66

Hoff, Marcian “Ted,” 83

Hoover, Herbert, 29, 171

Hoover Dam, 171–73

Hopkins, Mark, 49

Hopper, Grace, 124

Hoskins, Willis, 94

hoverboard, 45

Howe, Elias, 97–99

Hubbard, Gardiner, 75, 76

Hubbard, Mabel, 74–75, 77

Hudson tunnels, 53–55

Hughes, Howard, 30

Hull, Chuck, 89, 90

Hunt, George W., 96

Hunt, Walter, 94–96, 97–99, 185

Huntington, Collis P., 49

Hussey, Obed, 208–10

Huxtable, Ada Louise, 57

Hyman, Albert and Charlie, 194

Jackson, Kenneth T., 23

Jackson, Lloyd E., 111

Jacob, Mary Phelps “Polly” (Caresse Crosby), 107–9

Jacobs, Charles, 55

jazz, 221–22, 224, 225

jeans, copper-riveted, 104–6

Jefferson, Thomas, 10, 206, 253

Jennings, Elizabeth, 111

Jennings, Thomas L., 111, 112

Jenny, William Le Baron, 135–37

Jerome, Leonard, 189

Johnson, Robert, 223–25

Joliet, Louis, 155

Jones, Walt, 201

Joplin, Scott, 222

Judah, Theodore, 48–49, 52

Kahn, Albert, 147

Katz, Sam, 239

Kauffman, Clayton Orr “Doc,” 228

Kaufmann, Edgar, Jr., 151, 153

Kaufmann, Edgar, Sr., 151–53

Kaufmann, Gordon B., 173

Keir, Samuel, 163

Kekuku, Joseph, 226

Keller, Helen, 74

Kelly, Kate, 119

Kettering, Charles, 61

Kevlar, 122–23

Kilby, Jack, 83

Knight, Margaret E., 120–21

Knight, Phil, 114, 115

Knox, Ziba, 94

Koch, Christof, 92

Kruesi, John, 218

Kuhler, Otto, 62

Kwolek, Stephanie, 122–23

Lacey, Robert, 27

Lamb, Thomas, 239

Lanier, Jaron, 251

Larsson, Arne, 195

Lauterbur, Paul C., 199

Leder, Phillip, 204

Leonardo Da Vinci, 97, 98

Levinson, Marc, 34

Lewis, David L., 148

Lillehei, C. Walton, 194

Lincoln, Abraham, 9, 49, 68, 156, 157, 185–87, 189

Lincoln Zephyr, 25–27

Lippincott, Joseph B., 215–16

Liquid Paper, 121–22, 125

Loar, Lloyd, 227

London, Jack, 197

Los Angeles Water Works, 25, 215–17

Louis XV, 128

Loew, Marcus, 239

Loewy, Raymond, 62

Lucas, Anthony, 164

Luckey, Palmer Freeman, 251

Lydiard, Arthur, 114

MacWilliam, John Alexander, 194

Madison, James, 10, 253

maglev train, 44–45

magnetic tape recording, 78–80

Mann, Estle Ray, 246

Mansfield, Peter, 199

Marcus, Gary, 92

Marsh, Charles and William, 209

Masters, Sybilla, 117

Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 14, 15, 71

Maxim, Hiram, 190

Mayer, Louis B., 239

Mays, Willie, 237

McClintock, Barbara, 124–25

McCormack, William, 33

McCormick, Cyrus, 157, 208–10

McEvoy, Brian, 93

McKay, Donald, 13–15

McKim, Charles, 57

McLean, Malcom, 33–35

mechanization:

cotton gin, 205–7

farming, 208–10

medicine:

artificial pacemaker, 193–95

blood plasma, 191–92

gene therapy, 203–4

MRI, 197–99

prosthesis, 200–202

Melville, Herman, 161

microprocessor, 81–83

Miller, Phineas, 206–7

Mills, Victor, 119

Minkoff, Lawrence, 198–99

Moisseiff, Leon, 144

Moller, Paul, 41

Moore, Gordon, 82, 83

Moore, Hiram, 209

Morgan, Daniel, 183–84

Morgan, J. P., 133, 169

Morrow, Irving, 144

Morse, Samuel, 67–69, 71

Morton, Jelly Roll, 222

movie palaces, 169, 239–42

MRI, 197–99

Mulholland, William, 215–17

Mullin, Jack, 79, 80

Mullins, Aimee, 202

Murphy, Tim, 184

Mushet, Robert Forester, 132

music:

blues, 223–25

electric guitar, 226–28

jazz, 221–22, 224, 225

phonograph, 91, 167, 218–20

Musk, Elon, 46

Nahai, David, 216

Napoleon, 76

Nasaw, David, 169

Naylor, David, 241

Nelson, “Big Eye” Louis, 224

Nesmith, Bette, 121–22, 125

Nesmith, Michael, 121

Newhouse, Benjamin, 128

New York:

Coney Island, 229–32

Erie Canal, 9–11, 16, 48, 156

Grand Central Terminal, 22, 57–58

Hudson and East River tunnels, 53–55

Pennsylvania Station, 54, 57–58, 173

subway, 21–23

Nirenberg, Marshall, 203

Nobel, Alfred, 190

Norris, George, 176, 177

Northrop, Jack, 30

Noyce, Robert, 82, 83

Ochoa, Ellen, 125

Ogden, William, 155–57, 209

Ohl, Russell, 179

oil rig, 163–65

Oster, Daryl, 46

Otis, Elisha Graves, 127–29, 169

pacemaker, 193–95

Page, Larry, 93

Panama Canal, 16–20, 62

paper bags, 120–21

Parker, John H., 190

Paul, Les, 227–28

Pearson, Gerald, 179–80

Pearson, Jerome, 42–43

Pennsylvania rifle, 182–84

Pennsylvania Station, 54, 57–58, 173

Perkins, Jacob, 138, 139

Pershing, John, 190

Phillips, Van, 200–202

phonograph, 91, 167, 218–20

Pierce, Franklin, 72

plane, transcontinental, 29–31

Polo Grounds, 233–37

Poniatoff, Alexander M., 78–80

Pound, Ezra, 169

Powell, James, 44

power:

electric light, 167–69, 219

Hoover Dam, 171–73

oil rig, 163–65

solar cell, 179–81

Tennessee Valley Authority, 175–77

whaling ship, 136, 159–61

prairie schooner, 5–7

printing press, 64–66

production:

cotton gin, 205–7

mechanized farming, 208–10

southern California aqueduct, 215–17

supermarket, 211–13

prosthesis, 200–202

Purcell, Edward, 198

Rabi, Isidor Isaac, 197, 199

Ragsdale, Earl J. W., 61

railroad, transcontinental, 7, 16, 31, 48–52, 53, 171

Raymond, Charles W., 55

Rea, Samuel, 55

recreation:

amusement park, 169, 229–32

blues, 223–25

electric guitar, 226–28

jazz, 221–22, 224, 225

movie palaces, 169, 239–42

phonograph, 91, 167, 218–20

Polo Grounds, 233–37

television, 91, 243–45

video game, 246–48

virtual environment, 249–51

Reed, Walter, 17–20

Reis, Johann Philipp, 74, 77

Reiss, F. Winold, 59

Reuther, Walter, 149

Ribas, Moon, 91

Richards, Keith, 223

Richardson, Jonathan, 95–96

Rickenbacker, Adolph, 227, 228

Rickenbacker, Eddie, 30

rifles:

Pennsylvania, 182–84

repeating, 185–87

Riley, William J., 115

Ripley, James, 186

Rivera, Diego, 149

River Rouge, 147–49

Roblin, Richard, 203

robot, industrial, 85–87

Rockefeller, John D., 163, 164

Rockne, Knute, 29, 30

Roebling, John and Washington, 141

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 148, 176, 245

Roosevelt, Theodore “Teddy,” 17, 20, 190, 216

Root, John Wellborn, 135, 137

Rosenthal, Ida “Itel,” 108–9

Rosenthal, William, 108, 109

rotary printing press, 64–66

Rothafel, Samuel, 240

Rothrock, Mary Utopia, 177

Rusch, Bill, 248

Russell, Steve, 247

safety pin, 94–96

Salter, Robert M., Jr., 46

Sanders, Thomas, 75, 76

Sarnoff, David, 180, 245

Saunders, Clarence, 211–13

Savage, John L., 172

Schwab, Matty, 236

Scudder, John, 191

Seinfeld, Jerry, 41

self-driving car, 45–47

Selsted, Walt, 80

Senning, Åke, 195

sewing:

dress patterns, 101–3

sewing machine, 95, 96, 97–99, 102

Sheeler, Charles, 149

Shelley, Mary, 193–94

Sheridan, Phil, 187

Sherman, William Tecumseh, 187

Shima, Masatoshi, 83

ships:

container, 33–35

Yankee clipper, 13–15, 16, 63

Shockley, William, 81–82

shoe, athletic, 113–15

Sibley, Hiram, 69

Silicon Valley, 77, 82–83

Silverstein, Abe, 37

Singer, Isaac Merritt, 96, 98–99

Skelton, Owen, 25–26

Slater, Hannah, 121

Smith, Francis O. J., 69

Smith, Oberlin, 79

Smullen, Charles, 122

Snow, Richard, 230

solar cell, 179–81

southern California aqueduct, 215–17

space elevator, 41–44

space race, 37–39, 82

Spencer, Christian Miner, 185–87

Sprague, Frank Julian, 22

Sproull, Bob, 249

Stanford, Leland, 49

steel-frame construction, 135–37, 169

steel mills, 131–33

Stephens, Alexander, 187

Stevens, John F., 62

Stewart, Martha, 118

Stieglitz, Alfred, 137

Stoddard, William Joseph, 111

Stout, William B., 62

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 116

Strauss, Joseph P., 141–45

Strauss, Levi, 104–5

streamlined trains, 61–63

Stuart, Jeb, 187

subway, New York, 21–23

Sullivan, Louis, 135

supermarket, 211–13

Sutherland, Ivan, 249, 250

Tainter, Charles Sumner, 77, 219

Tantlinger, Keith, 34

tape recording, 78–80

Taylor, Chuck, 114

telegraph, 67–69, 71, 74, 75, 167, 218

telephone, 74–77, 167, 218, 227

television, 91, 243–45

Temple, Lewis, 159

Tennessee Valley Authority, 175–77

Thomson, Bobby, 237

Thompson, Frederic, 230

Tom Thumb, General, 102–3

3-D printing, 88–90

Tilyou, George C., 229–32

Tjaarda, John, 27

Tolman, Justin, 244, 245

trains:

Hudson and East River tunnels, 53–55

maglev, 44–45

New York subway, 21–23

streamlined, 61–63

train stations, 57–59

Transcontinental Railroad, 7, 16, 31, 48–52, 53, 171

transatlantic cable, 14, 48, 71–73

transcontinental plane, 29–31

Transcontinental Railroad, 7, 16, 31, 48–52, 53, 171

transistors, 81–83, 87, 179

transportation:

container ship, 33–35

Erie Canal, 9–11, 16, 48, 156

flying car, 41–42

hoverboard, 45

Hudson and East River tunnels, 53–55

Lincoln Zephyr, 25–27

maglev train, 44–45

New York subway, 21–23

Panama Canal, 16–20, 62

prairie schooner, 5–7

self-driving car, 45–47

space elevator, 41–44

streamlined train, 61–63

train stations, 57–59

transcontinental plane, 29–31

Transcontinental Railroad, 7, 16, 31, 48–52, 53, 171

whaling ship, 136, 159–61

Yankee clippers, 13–15, 16, 63

Traub, Jim, 168

True, Allen Tupper, 173

Trump, Fred, 232

Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin, 42, 43

tunnels, Hudson and East River, 53–55

Union Terminal, 58

Upson, Ralph H., 62

Vail, Alfred, 68, 69

Van Dusen, Hugh, 59

Victoria, Queen, 72, 75

video game, 246–48

video tape recording, 79, 80

Villiers, Alan, 13

virtual environment, 249–51

Volta, Alessandro, 76, 193

von Braun, Wernher, 37

wagons and wagon trains, 5–7

Ward, Geoffrey C., 221, 222, 224

Warren, Lavinia, 102–3

Washington, George, 132, 183, 206, 207

Watson, Harry, 227

Watson, James, 203

Watson, Thomas A., 75, 76

Webster, Walt, 113

Welles, Gideon, 185

whaling ship, 136, 159–61

Wheatstone, Charles, 67

Whitehouse, Edward Orange Wildman, 72

Whiteman, Paul, 221

Whitney, Asa, 48

Whitney, Eli, 48, 147, 206–7

Wiitanen, Wayne, 247

Wilder, John T., 186

Wilgus, William J., 22

Willème, François, 90

Wilson, Richard Guy, 29

Wilson, Woodrow, 175

Winchester, Oliver, 185, 187

Withington, Charles, 209

Wolfe, Thomas, 57

women:

blues singers, 225

inventors, 116–19, 120–25

Wright, Frank Lloyd, 136,
151–53

Wright, Orville, 25

Yankee clippers, 13–15, 16, 63

Zeder, Fred, 25–26

Zukor, Adolph, 239

Zworykin, Vladimir, 245