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Gutenberg and the printing press -- Palissy and his enamel -- Galileo and the telescope -- Watt and the steam-engine -- Arkwright and the spinning-jenny -- Whitney and the cotton-gin -- Fulton and the steamboat -- Davy and the safety-lamp -- Stephenson and the locomotive -- Morse and the telegraph -- Mccormick and the reaper -- Howe and the sewing-machine -- Bell and the telephone -- Edison and the electric light -- Marconi and the wireless telegraph -- The Wrights and the airship.