=The Leading Facts.= _1._ Fulton's invention greatly increased
commerce before the coming of railroads. _2._ Congress granted
Morse money to build a telegraph line, after many delays. _3._ Bell
and Gray invented the telephone. _4._ Marconi invented wireless
telegraphy. _5._ Cyrus Field after many failures laid a permanent
cable across the Atlantic in 1866. _6._ McCormick's reaper hastened
the settlement of the West. _7._ Howe became rich through the
invention of the sewing machine.
=Study Questions.= _1._ Tell of early attempts to build steamboats.
_2._ Give the story of the _Clermont_. _3._ Give an account of the
steps by which Morse won success. _4._ How many attempts did Field
make before a permanent cable was laid? _5._ What was the great
importance of McCormick's reaper? _6._ Describe Howe's first sewing
machine.
=Suggested Readings.= ROBERT FULTON: Glascock, _Stories of
Columbia_, 186-188; Wright, _Children's Stories of American
Progress_, 104-120; Thurston, _Robert Fulton_.
SAMUEL F. B. MORSE: Trowbridge, _Samuel Finley Breeze Morse_;
Mowry, _American Inventions and Inventors_, 270-277; Holland,
_Historic Inventions_, 168-188.
BELL AND GRAY: Holland, _Historic Inventions_, 215-232.
CYRUS WEST FIELD: Judson, _Cyrus W. Field_; Doubleday, _Stories
of Inventors_, 3-16; Mowry, _American Inventions and Inventors_,
278-285.
CYRUS H. MCCORMICK: Brooks, _The Story of Corn_, 218-220; Forman,
_Stories of Useful Inventions_, 91-96; Sanford, _The Story of
Agriculture in the United States_, 144-149.
ELIAS HOWE: Hubert, _Inventors_, 99-110.