World Education: A Discussion of the Favorable Conditions for a World Campaign for Education (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from World Education: A Discussion of the Favorable Conditions for a World Campaign for EducationThe progress of commerce is one Of the noteworthy facts of the century. To the commercial activity of the times the inventions and discoveries, made or more fully applied during the period, contributed. The steam engine is chiefly associated with the name Of James Watt who died in 1815. The names Of Fulton, Stephenson, Morse, Henry, Edison, Bell and others, men Of scientific genius, are associated with steam - boat, steam-railway, telegraph and applica tions of electric power. The first steam locomotive ran in 1804, a steamboat made a successful trip in 1807, in 1819 the steamer Savannah crossed the Atlantic. The first Atlantic telegraph landed in 1858 and 1866. It has-been followed by a tele graphic system which brings the business centres in touch with all parts of the globe. Important and numerous electric inventions and discoveries mark the closing years Of the century, and make inter communication easy the world over. These condi tions have been further changed during the first decade of this century by the good roads movement, the automobile, wireless telegraphy and aerial navigation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.