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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1908
Page
25
Thomas A Edison surveys the half century of invention predicting ongoing progress in electrical power, transportation, and signaling. He weighs future rail developments, notes the limits of monorail and gyro scopes, and argues that efficiency, safety, and cost drive rail evolution despite uncertain leaps.
Commissioner of Patents Edward B Moore extols invention’s progress and forecasts explosive growth. He notes patent volumes and tech advances, from reapers to plows, bevel gears, wireless telegraphy, and the flying machine, predicting new foundational principles may emerge and redefine industry in the coming decades.
A sweeping outlook on invention, engineering, and energy, arguing that progress rests on greater rewards and appreciation for inventors. It highlights the expansion of power, steel, cement, and naval tech, predicts oil and gas engine roles, wireless transmission, and storage, and envisions future ships, bridges, turbines, and submarines driven by ever-advancing materials and science.
Ernest Flagg argues that invention and progress in architecture depend on shared purpose and diverse influences. He urges careful adoption of French Italian and English styles, calling for a national, universal art rooted in good taste and sound engineering, produced by a generation of capable American architects.
Over ten thousand signatures in Switzerland protest plans to build mountain railways and hotels in the Alps. The Swiss League and Alpine Club of London back the effort to block snowline railways on Matterhorn and Aletsch glacier, urging European clubs to join in defense of alpine scenery. A French cab driver anecdote follows about a life of Theodore Roosevelt.
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