Stories of
Stories of Great Inventors Fulton, Whitney, Morse, Cooper, Edison
作者：Macomber, Hattie E.
体例：题 章数：43
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章节目录
共 43 题- STORIES OF
- GREAT INVENTORS
- BY
- HATTIE E. MACOMBER
- CONTENTS.
- Eli Whitney 41
- Samuel Morse 79
- Peter Cooper 121
- Thomas A. Edison 147
- ROBERT FULTON.
- So he said, "Who are you and what do you want?"
- I'll be your servant always, in a thousand other ways."
- Then people laughed the harder and called him "a crank."
- For this reason they called him "Quicksilver Bob."
- This little story is told of Mr. Fulton:--
- Everybody made fun of his "grand rights."
- The boat was called by people, "Fulton's Folly."
- ELI WHITNEY.
- People of olden times called it the "wool of trees."
- The Germans still call it "tree-wool."
- He at last gave his consent in this way:--
- SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE MORSE.
- The school mistress was known as, "Old Ma'am Rand."
- One of these was called, "Freshmen Climbing the Hill of Science."
- Mr. West said, "Very well, sir, very well; go on and finish it."
- It was a picture of the "Dying Hercules."
- It was called "The House of Representatives."
- The name of this ship was the "Sully."
- You must be mistaken."
- The words are: "What hath God wrought!"
- Professor Morse said this of the words of the message:--
- Mr. Morse said to him:--
- PETER COOPER.
- Yes, but other men in our country do that
- His pastor, Mr. Collyer, said this of him:--
- He forgot the old saying, "A rolling stone gathers no moss."
- A GREAT INVENTOR.
- This was called the "Paul Pry."
- Do you wonder that he is called "The Wizard of Menlo Park?"
- One, a girl, Mary, is nicknamed "Dot."
- The other, a son, Thomas, is called "Dash."
- Mr. Edison says, "Anything is possible with electricity."
- End of Project Gutenberg's Stories of Great Inventors, by Hattie E. Macomber