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INDEX Ackley, Joshua, 40 Adams, George Matthew, 17 agricultural revolution, 51, 52, 56, 68, 71,199 aileron, 187, 195 aircraft, 160-1; B-24 bomber, 161; Baumann RB Racer, 188-9; Boeing Model 40, 191; Curtiss Seagull, 187; De Haviland Moth, 128,185; Douglas DC-3, 161, 197; flivver, 161; Fokker Trimotor, 190; Ford Tri-Motor, 161, 193-4; helicopter, 196; Josephine Ford, 190; Laird racer, 186; Liberty, 160,185; Pitcairn autogiro, 195; Spirit of St. Louis, 161, 192 Akeley Camera, Inc., 369 ALAM. See Association of Licensed Automotive Manufacturers Albany cutter. See sleighs Allen & Jewett, 320 Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co., 69 B. Altman & Co., 135 Amaryllis, 181 Amati, Nicolo, 317 America First Committee, 103 American Cow Milking Machine Co., 60 American Cyanamid Co., 259 American LaFrance Fire Engine Co., 138 American Locomotive Co., 173 American Revolution.See Revolutionary War American ShipbuildingCo., 184 American Telephone and Telegraph Co. (AT&T), 346, 356, 368 American Wringer Co., 273 Amos and Andy (radio show), 312 amphibious vehicles, 112 Ampico, 329 Ansonia Clock Co., 309 Anthelin, Ludwig, 274 anthracite, 263 appliances, household: electric cooker, 272; dishwasher, 272; dry cleanerwasher , 274; washer-dryer, 275; washing machine, 273 S.S.Arapahoe, 357 Archer, Scott, 336 Arkwright, Richard, 200 assembly line, 108, 232. See also automation ; mass production; standardization Association of Edison Illuminating Cos., 18,24 Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers (ALAM), 111, 116 Atwood, William Hooker, 117 automation, 228, 229 AT&T. See American Telephone and Telegraph Co. Atomic Energy Commission, 215 automobiles, 107-9; Bugatti Royale, 129; Chevrolet Bel Aire, 131; Cord roadster , 153; De Dion-Bouton Motorette, 114,115; DeSoto Airflow, 153; electric , 117-18, 119,134,135; Lincoln X-100,132; Lincoln Zephyr, 153; Mercury convertible, 155; Rolls-Royce Phantom 1,127; Selden's motor buggy, 110-11; solar-powered, 134; steam-powered, 115,124; survival car, 131; Winton, 116. See also Model A; Model T; Quadricycle; racing cars Automobile in American Life (exhibit), 143-58 Autoped Company of America, 102 Avery, R.H., 56 Babbage, Charles, 379 Babcock & Wilcox, 29-30, 210 Baekeland, Leo, 258 Baird, John Logie, 348, 367 Baker Motor Vehicle Co., 119 Baker, Walter C., 119 Baldwin Locomotive Works, 167-8 baling press, hay, 62 bandwagons, 83-84 Bardeen, John, 366 Barris Kustom Industries, 155 Barnum & Bailey Circus, 80 Barrow, Clyde, 401 base burners. See stoves bathtubs, 267-8 batteries, 117, 118 Baumann, Milton C., 188 Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., 343 BBC. See British Broadcasting Corp. Bear of Oakland, 242-3 Bedford, Alma, 90 Beech Aircraft Corp., 49 Beetleware, 258-9 Belin, Eduoard, 368 Bell, Alexander Graham, 346-7, 353 Bell Telephone Co. of Boston, 346-7 Bell Telephone Laboratories, 353, 354, 360, 366 Belter, John Henry, 283 Bendix Home Appliances, 275 Benz, Karl, 112,201 S. Bergmann & Co., 322 Berliner, Emile, 346 B.F. & Co., 336 bicycle, history of, 71-73, 91 bicycles: Avatar 2000 (recumbent), 101; Blue Streak (racer), 97; boneshaker, 72; companion (two-person), 85; Henry Ford's first, 72; Ingo Bike, 100; motor wheel, 99; ordinary, 72, 92; Oriten (ten-person), 96; safety, 72, 93; St. Clair, 98; Van Cleeves, 98; velocipede , 72, 91; Wright brothers', 98. See also tricycles bike sulky. See sulky billboards. See signs bird's nest, 412 Birney safety cars, 176-7 Bisbee, Jep, 316 Bishop, Jim, 113 Black, Fred L., 348 Black Manufacturing Co., 97 Blackstone, Eleanor, 278 Blanchard, Thomas, 232 Blue-Backed Speller. See Noah Webster boats, 159-60; catamaran, 181; catboat, 180; Dolpin speedboat, 183; Eagle, 160, 182, 217. See also ships Bode Wagon Works, 328 426 INDEX Bodine Corp., 229 Boehm, Ludwig, 32, 297 Boeing Aircraft Co., 191 Bogardus, James, 302 boiler, dangers of, 207, 208, 211 boneshaker. See bicycle Boone, Daniel, 304 Booth, John Wilkes, 244 Botsford Inn, 11,247 Boudreau, Victoria and Loraine, 279 Boulton, Georges, 115 Boulton, Matthew, 200, 203 Boyer, Robert, 227 Branley, Edouard, 347 Brattain, Walter H., 366 Brayton, George Bailey, 201, 207 break, 89 J.W. Brewster & Co., 78, 127 bridge, Ackley covered, 40 Briggs & Stratton, 99 J.G. Brill Co., 176 Brisbane, Arthur, 66 British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC), 367 British Cyanides Co., 258 Brooks, Harry, 161 broughams. See carriages Browning, Samuel Colt, 240 Brown Street Clock Co., 308 Brunei, Isambard K., 351 Brunelleschi, Filippo, 301 bucket, sap, 408 Ettore Bugatti, 129 buildings: doctor's office, 41-42; Menlo Park, 21-32; plantation house, 42-43; saltbox house, 36-37 Bundy, W.L., 382 J.H. Bunnell & Co., 357, 373 bunty (primitive thresher), 59 Burbank, Luther, 10, 17, 66 Burma Shave signs, 148 Burroughs, John, 11, 18, 231, 409 Burt...

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