The Dawn of Innovation by Morris, Charles R. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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ALSO BY CHARLES R. MORRIS Title Page Dedication Introduction CHAPTER ONE - The Shipbuilders’ War

A War of Honor The Lake Arena: Early Stumbles Industrial War in the Wilderness Chauncey Rules Ontario: October 1812 to May 1813 Countermove Some Not-So-Close Encounters: Ontario, Summer–Fall 1813 The Battle of Lake Erie The Arms Race Escalates The Battle of Lake Champlain Denouement

CHAPTER TWO - The Hyperpower

A Very British Industrial Revolution The Longitude Problem The Quest for Truth The Millionth-of-an-Inch Measuring Machine Charles Babbage And It Worked The Portsmouth Block-Making Factory

CHAPTER THREE - The Giant as Adolescent

Affordable Clocks Samuel Slater Rips Off the British But Lowell Invents a New Kind of Company The Locks & Canal Company The Keiretsu Extended Of Shoes, Stoves, and Steam Engines

CHAPTER FOUR - American Arms

The Crafts of Gun Making Eli Whitney’s Reputational Thrill Ride Pistol Maker to the Nation The Military Thinks Long Term The Machine Geek The Quest for the Holy Grail The Significance of Armory Practice

CHAPTER FIVE - The Rise of the West

Nascent Colossus Striving The Western Steamboat Anxiety The Coming of the Railroads

CHAPTER SIX - America Is Number Two

The Queen City of the West Porkopolis America’s First Chemical Industry . . . And Mass Production of Furniture Steamships Baldwin Locomotive Corliss Engines Hoe Printing

CHAPTER SEVEN - On the Main Stage

The Great Race Elisha K. Root The Amazing Samuel Colt The London Armory The Expansion of Armory Practice America in 1860: On the Brink

CHAPTER EIGHT - The Newest Hyperpower

Infrastructure The First Middle-Class Nation Leaving Britain Behind While England Slept

CHAPTER NINE - Catching Up to the Hyperpower

The Pleasures of Starting in Second Place Challenges Can China Cope?

APPENDIX - Did Eli Whitney Invent the Cotton Gin? IMAGE SOURCES, CREDITS, AND PERMISSIONS Acknowledgments NOTES INDEX Copyright Page