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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Fed Up
Bread
Breakfast Cereals
Corn and Wheat Flakes
Wheaties
Coffee
Cracker Jack
Crêpes Suzette
The Ice Cream Soda
Peanut Brittle
Raisins
Vinegar
Worcestershire Sauce
Chapter 2: Child’s Play
Kites
Nursery Rhymes
“Humpty Dumpty”
“Jack and Jill”
“Little Jack Horner”
“Ring Around the Rosey”
The Yo-Yo
Chapter 3: Patriotic Accidents
The Crack in the Liberty Bell
Independence Day
The National Anthem
Chapter 4: A Dose of Medicine
Ether and Nitrous Oxide
Inoculation
Quinine
Artificial Sweeteners
Saccharin
Sucaryl
NutraSweet
Chapter 5: Handy Around the House
Avon Cosmetics
Buttons On Jacket Sleeves
Cellophane
Dry Cleaning
Dyes For Fabrics
Masonite
Matches
Microwave Cooking
Rayon
Stainless Steel
Chapter 6: Things to Write Home About
Liquid Paper
Modern Paper
Qwerty
Chapter 7: Tricks of the Trade
Arc Welding
Bakelite
Fingerprinting
Gravity
Photography
The Telephone
Chapter 8: Explosive Discoveries
Celluloid
Guncotton (Nitrocellulose)
Nitroglycerin
Dynamite
The National Inventors Hall of Fame
Camp Invention
Project XL
Bibliography
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