| THE WRIGHT AEROPLANE IN FRANCE IN 1908 | Frontispiece |
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| "TAKING THE SUN" WITH THE SEXTANT | 22 |
| THE OLD AND THE NEW—A CONTRAST | 60 |
| MARINE ENGINES AND AN EARLY TYPE OF STEAMBOAT | 64 |
| THE STEAMSHIPS "CHARLOTTE DUNDAS" AND "CLERMONT" | 68 |
| THE "CLERMONT" | 72 |
| ROBERT FULTON | 98 |
| THE AMERICAN SUBMARINE BOAT "CUTTLEFISH" IN DRY DOCK AT THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD | 108 |
| A FLEET OF BRITISH SUBMARINES MANŒUVERING AT THE SURFACE | 116 |
| GEORGE STEPHENSON | 124 |
| A CENTURY'S PROGRESS IN LOCOMOTIVE BUILDING | 128 |
| CUGNOT'S TRACTION ENGINE AND THE "NOVELTY" LOCOMOTIVE | 132 |
| THE FAMOUS LOCOMOTIVES "ROCKET" AND "SANS-PAREIL" | 134 |
| THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOCOMOTIVE | 150 |
| THE HOBBY-HORSE OF 1820 CONTRASTED WITH THE MOTOR CYCLE OF TO-DAY | 154 |
| THE EVOLUTION OF THE BICYCLE | 156 |
| THE EXTREMES OF AUTOMOBILE DEVELOPMENT | 158 |
| AN ENGLISH STEAM COACH OF 1827 AND A NEW YORK TAXICAB OF 1909 | 162 |
| A RACING AUTOMOBILE | 166 |
| RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT IN TRANSPORTATION—THE DE WITT CLINTON TRAIN AND THE GYROCAR | 200 |
| TWO VIEWS OF MR. LOUIS BRENNAN'S MONORAIL GYROCAR | 216 |
| AN INTERNATIONAL BALLOON RACE | 242 |
| TWO FAMOUS FRENCH WAR BALLOONS | 264 |
| THE ZEPPELIN DIRIGIBLE BALLOON | 266 |
| AN ENGLISH DIRIGIBLE BALLOON | 268 |
| ENGLISH AND AMERICAN DIRIGIBLE WAR BALLOONS AND A WRIGHT AEROPLANE | 270 |
| THE AEROPLANE OF M. SANTOS-DUMONT | 272 |
| LEARNING HOW TO FLY | 278 |
| FLYING MACHINES OF THE MONOPLANE TYPE | 284 |
| THE WRIGHT AEROPLANE | 288 |
| MR. WILBUR WRIGHT PREPARING TO ASCEND IN HIS AEROPLANE WITH HIS PUPIL M. CASSANDIER | 292 |
| THE FARMAN AEROPLANE | 294 |
| THE MONOPLANES OF BLÉRIOT AND LATHAM | 296 |
| A BRITISH AEROPLANE | 298 |
| MR. WILBUR WRIGHT FLYING OVER NEW YORK HARBOR, OCTOBER 4, 1909 | 300 |
