Flame, electricity and the camera; man's progress from the first kindling of fire to the wireless telegraph and the photography of color (1901)
Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York, Doubleday & McClure co. · leaf 60
pidly pro-duced, pasture and arable landwould begin to spread over thesurface of the country. With thedisappearance of the forest wildanimals would become scarce,hunting would cease to be so im-portant, agriculture would im-FiG. 8. prove, and a higher civilisation Primitive bronze horn, Swe-… … IRON AS CHIEF 39 In its Egyptian varieties bronze is as hard as steel, furnish-ing tools almost indestructible. From its beauty the com-pound metal gave opportunity to decorative as well as touseful art. Ancient horns and bracelets of bronze woulddo credit to modern workshops (Fig. 8). Why, it may…
Fire · Electricity · Color photography
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