A Machine-made Miracle!

From hand drudgery to push-button automation, from horse and wagon to supersonic flight-this is the distance mankind has traveled since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, a bare two centuries ago.

Here is the dramatic, richly inspiring story of the men and the machines that made these gigantic forward strides possible. It is the story of both social and technological change, the problems this change has sometimes brought, and the vastly greater benefits it has vastly greater benefits it has bestowed and continues to bestow upon the peoples of the world.