pt. 1. Iron, steam, and early industry, 1776-1855. Modern engineering and the transformation of America
Watt, Telford, and the British beginnings
Fulton's steamboat and the Mississippi
Lowell and the American industrial revolution
Francis and the industrial power network
pt. 2. Crossing the continent, 1830-1883. The Stephensons, Thomson, and the eastern railroads
Henry, Morse, and the telegraph
St. Louis versus Chicago and the continental railroads
Carnegie and the climax of steel
Edison and the network for light
The Centennial revolutions, 1876-1883.
