LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The Majestic, Largest Steamship in the World Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
Eohippus—From Which the Modern Horse Developed 16
Ornitholestes—A Prehistoric Animal of America 17
Huntsman, Horse, and Hunting Dog of Long Ago—From an Ancient Cretan Fresco 17
Prehistoric Paintings—An Exhibition of Copies from the Cavern at Altamira, Spain 24
Saber-Toothed Tiger That Once Roamed Over North America 25
Gutenberg's Printing Presses—Models on Exhibition 32
Benjamin Franklin's Printing Press 33
Model of the "Santa Maria," the Flagship of Columbus 48
Curtiss Navy Racer, the Airplane That Won the Pulitzer Race of 1921 49
U. S. Army Dirigible on a Transcontinental Flight 49
Electric Motor of 1834 64
Turning Lathe of 1843 64
Edison Phonograph of 1878 65
Whitney's Cotton Gin 65
De Witt Clinton Train of 1831 Beside a Modern Locomotive 80
Locomotive of the 1870 Period 81
"John Bull," a Locomotive Brought from England in 1831 81
Weather and Astronomical Instruments on the Roof of Greenwich Observatory, England 112
Mooring Tower for Airships, with the "R-24" Fastened Head On 113
Hospital Room in Which Infected Articles Are Sterilized 160
Modern Operating Room in Paris, Fitted with a Glass Dome and Radio Microphones for Observing Students and Doctors 161
Edouard Belin and the Telautograph, which Transmits Pictures by Wire 176
Lee De Forest, Inventor of the Oscillating Audion 177
Automobile with Radio Equipment for Listening in En Tour 177
Gifts for Tutankhamen Brought by One of his Viceroys 192
Tutankhamen's Tomb—Bringing Up the Hathor Couch 193
Queen Nefertiti, Mother-in-Law of Tutankhamen and Wife of Ahknaton 193