Discoveries and inventions

Explores some of the discoveries and inventions that have improved working conditions in offices, from the fountain pen to the telephone.

Text, photographs, and illustrations survey the early history of railroads, describing advances in surveying and track construction, the intricacies of timetabling, the first tickets and ticketing systems, etc.

Discusses the development of domestic technology--heating and lighting, cooking, laundry, the modern bathroom, carpet sweeping, and assorted gadgetry.

Describes the changing ways of thinking about time, the emergence of the calendar, and the quest for a more accurate means of measuring time.