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Index
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Advertising, 7, 69, 107, 140, 151–52, 153, 235
Aerodynamics, 36
African-Americans, 110, 112
Airbus, 30
Air-conditioning, 2, 3, 62, 76–84, 77, 78, 81, 82, 236
demographic impacts of, 3, 6, 8, 49–50, 80–84
science behind invention of, 64–65
Alexandria, Lighthouse of, 118
Allen, William F., 182–83
American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T), 100–102, 107
American Woman’s Home, The (Stowe and Beecher), 138
Amplification, see Sound amplification
impact on public speeches of, 8
Amsterdam, 127
Analytical Engine, 245, 248, 249, 252
Ankhesenamun, 199
Apalachicola (Florida), 62
Apple, 210, 254
Archimedes, 198
Architecture, 127, 229
air-conditioning and, 66
for icehouses, 53
postmodern, 226, 230
See also Skyscrapers
Arcy-sur-Cure caves, 87–90, 89, 120, 122
Aristotle, 25
Ark of the Covenant, 216
Armstrong, Louis, 110, 112
Army, U.S., Signal Corps, 104
Ashenburg, Katherine, 138
Astronomy, 38, 41, 170, 184, 187
See also Observatories; Telescopes
Atomic clocks, 186–88
Audion, 106, 107
Automobiles, 74, 92, 133, 185, 229