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Authors: Charles R. Morris
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Refineries
Remington Typewriter
Revolutionary War
Reynolds, Edwin
Rifle Works
Rifles
breech-loading(fig.)
making
muzzle-loading
Rifling machines(fig.) (fig.)
Robbins and Lawrence
Rockefeller, John D.(fig.)
leadership of
railroad rebates and
Roebling, John
Rogers, Henry
Roosevelt, Theodore
Root, Elisha King
machinery of
mass production and
patent of
Rosenwald, Julius
Rothenberg, Winifred
Rothschild, Nathan
Rothschild, “Natty,”
Rough sawing, machine for (fig.)
Royal Astronomical Society
Royal George
Royal Navy
Royal Yacht Squadron
Rubinstein, Helena
Sackets Harbor
Chauncey and
Savery, Thomas
St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence
(fig.)
(fig.)
Salisbury iron region
Sandys Creek, defeat at
Saratoga
Saw mills
portable(fig.)
Saws(fig.)
circular
crosscut/rip
Schawb, Charlie
Schiff, Jacob
Schneider Electric
Scholes, Christopher
Scholes typewriter(fig.)
Scientific American
Scott, Tom
Scott, Winfield
Scourge
Scranton, George
Scranton, Selden
Sears and Roebuck
Second Band of the United States
Seminole wars
Seward, William
Sewing machines
Sextants, development of
Shannon, Chesapeake
and
and
Sharpe, Lucien
Sharps, Christian
Sharps rifle
Sheaffe, Roger
Sheffield steel
Shih, Victor
Shipbuilders' war
Shipping
Shlakman, Vera
Shoes
Sholes, Christopher
Shreve, Henry M.
Siemens
Siemens, Charles
Simonson's
Singer, Isaac M.
Sirius
Slater, Samuel
Slaughtering
Slavery
Small arms
Smith, Adam
Smith, Sidney
Soap, making
Social security system, Chinese
Social unrest
Society for Useful Manufactures
Society in America
(Trollope)
(Trollope)
Software
Solvay technology
Spence, Michael
Sperry Rand
Spindles
Spinning
Springfield Armory
production at
Standard Oil Company
Standard Typewriter Company
Standardization
Starr, Nathan
Starrucca Viaduct
State Council
Steam Boat
Steam engines
early
Evans-model
high-pressure
machinery and
mining industry and
power from
stationary
Steam shovels
Steamboats
building
explosions on
western
Steamships
Stebbins, Josiah
Steel
production of(fig.)
railroads and
Steel industry
Steers, George
Stephenson, George
Stereoscopes
Stevens, John
Stevens, John Cox
Stevens, Robert L.
Stock duplicating machine, view of (fig.)
Stock inletting machine, detail of (fig.)
Stockton and Darlington Railroad
Stockyards
Stoves
Strutt, Jedidiah
Stubblefield, James
Summit Tunnel
Sumner, Charles
Superior
Swade, Doron
Swift, Gustavus
Sylph
Tailer, Edward
Tarbell, Ida
Tariffs
Taylorism
Technology
advanced
ball-bearing
British
clockmaking
electrolytic
ginning
information
machining
mechanical precision and
military
printing
production
spinning
stealing
steam-engine
steel/iron
suspension bridge
textile
transferring
Tecumseh
Telegraphs
Telephones
Telescopes
Ten Cylinder machine(fig.)
Terry, Eli
adjustable escapement of (fig.)
clocks and
Texas Rangers, Colt pistols and
Textile industry
Textile mills
Textiles
manufacture of
Thomas, Seth
Thomson, Edgar
Thorndike, Israel, Jr.
Thorndike, Israel, Sr.
Thornton, William
Three Gorges Dam
ThyssenKrupp
Timber, producing
Tippecanoe, battle at
Tocqueville, Alexis de
middle-class and
Tompkins, Daniel
Tools
machine
measuring
Torricelli, Evangelino
Tousard, Louis
Trade
deficits
disruption of
unfair
Transportation
Cincinnati and
extension of
steam
water
Treasury Department
Trevithick, Richard
Trip-hammer barrel welder
Trollope, Anthony
Trollope, Frances(fig.) (fig.)
camp meetings and
Cincinnati and
on industriousness
on internal improvements
on malaria
on sedition
travels of
Trollope, Henry
Tsing Hua University
Turbines
Turnpikes, building
Twain, Mark
Typewriters(fig.)
Uniformity
Urbanization
US Chamber of Commerce
US Cyber Command
US Steel
US Supreme Court
Ushant
Valves(fig.)
Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt, Cornelius
steamships by
Vernier Caliper(fig.)
Victoria, Queen
Victory
Wadsworth, Decius
armory practice and
interchangeability and
Lee and
Wadsworth and
Whitney and
Walker, Sam
Wallis, George
Waltham mill
Waltham Watch Company
Wang Linjun
War Department
War of 1812:
lake theater of(map)
Ward, Artemus
Warships
Washington
Washington, George
Washington, D.C.: burning of
Watchmaking
Water
flow
pollution of
rights
Waterpower
Waters, Asa
Waterwheels(fig.)
Watt, James
Wealth of Nations
(Smith)
(Smith)
Weaving
Webb, William H.
Webster, Ambrose
Webster, Daniel
Wellington, Duke of
Wen Jiabao
Wen Yunsong
Westervelt & Mackay
Westinghouse
Whewell, William
Whitney, Eli
case against
cotton gin of(fig.)
interchangeability and
Irvine and
Jefferson and
Madison and
manufacturing by
mechanization and
Miller and
muskets by
North and
reputational thrill ride of
Stebbins and
Tompkins and
tutorship of
Wadsworth and
Whitney, Eli, Jr.
Whitworth, Joseph
measuring machine by
Wilkinson, David
Wilkinson, Hannah
Wilkinson, John
Wilkinson, Oziel
Willcox & Gibbs
William of Ockham
Wilson, Ebenezer
lard rendering apparatus of (fig.)
Winchester
Wolcott, Oliver
Wolfe
Wood, Gordon
Woolsey, Melancthon
Woolworth, Frank
Work output
nutritional intake and
Works of Industry of All Nations
World Bank, water and
World Trade Organization
Wukan
Yarn, making
Yeo, James Lucas
Chauncey and
Kingston and
recall of
warships of
Zhu Rongji
CHARLES R. MORRIS
has written twelve books, including
The Cost of Good Intentions,
a
New York Times
Best Book of 1980;
The Coming Global Boom,
a
New York Times
Notable Book of 1990;
The Tycoons,
a
Barrons'
Best Book of 2005; and
The Trillion-Dollar Meltdown,
winner of the Gerald Loeb Award and a
New York Times
Bestseller. A lawyer and former banker, Mr. Morris's articles and reviews have appeared in many publications including the
Atlantic Monthly
, the
New York Times
, and the
Wall Street Journal
. He is a fellow of the Century Foundation and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
has written twelve books, including
The Cost of Good Intentions,
a
New York Times
Best Book of 1980;
The Coming Global Boom,
a
New York Times
Notable Book of 1990;
The Tycoons,
a
Barrons'
Best Book of 2005; and
The Trillion-Dollar Meltdown,
winner of the Gerald Loeb Award and a
New York Times
Bestseller. A lawyer and former banker, Mr. Morris's articles and reviews have appeared in many publications including the
Atlantic Monthly
, the
New York Times
, and the
Wall Street Journal
. He is a fellow of the Century Foundation and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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The Trial of Socrates,
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