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Winter: Archibald Campion is born in Chicago Illinois. 1888 1893 1894 1895 |
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| 1896 Summer: Campion witnesses Otto Lilienthal's death in an aeroplane crash. Winter: Boilerplate is photographed by motion-picture cameras as part of a movie craze sweeping the U.S. 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1904 1916 1918 |
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| Lost to Time: The Inventions of Prof. Archibald Balthazar Campion Robert Stewart (Schubert Press, 1954). A pictoral overview. A Man and His Machines Edward Barnes (Foundation Publishing, 1925). A biography of Campion. Equal to the Task Eva Polston (Boston Books, 1977). A biography of Campion's sister Lily. Weird Weapons of War Samuel Nicholas (Fort Sheridan, 1959). A chapter devoted to Boilerplate. Famous Inventors of the Colored Races Rev. Alvin Ray (Pilgrims Press, 1928). A chapter on Campion's assistant, DuSable. Beyond DaVinci: 20 Inventions Ahead of Their Time Jean Minot (Montparnasse Books, 1987). Boilerplate is number 8. Robot's Rise Harold Marsden (Tudor House, 1983). A history of mechanization. Four paragraphs on Boilerplate, with a photograph that can also be found in Lost to Time. Brief references to Boilerplate in text: The Explorers Henry Gruppe (Time-Life Books, 1979). The Rough Riders Theodore Roosevelt (Scribners, 1899). Dispatches from Cuba Stephen Crane (Hearst Publishing, 1899). Exciting Experiences in the Japanese-Russian War Marshall Everett (Neil Publishing, 1904). The Lost Squadron Don Lawson (Parcel Press, 1962). Blackjack and Pancho: General Pershing's Punitive Expedition Against General Villa Richard Fullerton and George Monroe (Strategy Publishing, 1991). Fire and Blood: A Modern Chronicle of Mexico T.R. Fehrenbach (Macmillan Publishing, 1973). One or two photos of Boilerplate: A Photographic History of the World's Fair James Wilson Pierce (R.H. Woodward & Co., 1893). The Chicago World's Fair of 1893 Stanley Appelbaum (Dover Publications, 1980). Chicago at the Turn of the Century in Photographs Larry Viskochil (Dover Publications, 1984). American Labor M.B. Schnapper (Public Affairs Press, 1975). What George Wore and Sally Didn't: Surprising Stories from America's Past Rosemary Adams (Chicago Historical Society, 1998). |
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| The presentation of new technology at World’s Fairs London 1851 - telegraph; Colt revolvers Paris 1867 - artificial limbs; hydraulic elevator; reinforced concrete Philadelphia 1876 - telephone; typewriter; sewing machine Paris 1878 - electric lighting; ice machine Antwerp 1885 - gasoline engine Paris 1889 - phonograph; moving sidewalks Chicago 1893 - radio; hand-held cameras; mechanical man Scientific discoveries in the century preceding Boilerplate's construction 1789 - Uranium 1794 - Ball bearings 1795 - Hydraulics 1800 - Infrared; metal submarine 1803 - Spray gun 1805 - Amphibious vehicle 1806 - Carbon paper 1807 - Gas-drven automobile 1814 - Steam locomotive 1820 - Electromagnetism 1821 - Electric motor 1825 - Binoculars 1826 - Gas stove 1827 - Microphone; water turbine; aluminum 1828 - Differential gear; stethoscope 1833 - Differential calculating machine 1835 - Automatic revolver 1837 - Daguerreotype; telegraph; Morse code 1839 - Vulcanization of rubber; fuel cell; protoplasm 1841 - Incandescent lamp 1842 - Ether 1847 - Nitroglycerine; chloroform 1851 - Flash photography 1852 - Steam-powered airship; piloted glider; microfilm 1853 - Hypodermic syringe 1855 - Stopwatch; safety match 1858 - Cell-replication theory 1859 - Darwin’s evolution theory; cathode rays; internal combustion engine 1860 - Linoleum; snap buttons 1861 - Pneumatic drill 1862 - Machine gun 1863 - T.N.T. 1864 - Electromagnetic wave transmission 1865 - Genetics; electric arc-welding; reinforced concrete 1866 - Transatlantic cable 1867 - Bicycle; typewriter 1868 - Stapler; plywood; margarine 1869 - Color photography; celluloid 1875 - Mimeograph 1876 - Telephone; refrigerator 1877 - Phonograph; liquid oxygen; switchboard 1878 - Cathode-ray tube; electric alternator; carbon filament 1879 - Incandescent bulb; arc lighting; cash register; saccharine 1880 - Roll film; hearing aid 1881 - Telephotography (fax); rechargeable battery 1884 - Steam turbine 1887 - Mach scale; contact lens 1888 - Data-processing computer; alternating-current motor; monorail 1890 - Motion pictures; electric subway train 1891 - Electric motorcar; silicone; flashlight; zipper 1893 - Photoelectric cell; diesel engine; electric toaster 1894 - Helium; escalator 1895 - X-rays; wireless telegraph; motorcycle 1896 - Electrons; radioactivity 1898 - Neon; krypton 1899 - Aspirin
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