Foreword -- Preface -- Prologue -- 1 European Origins -- 2 Migration of a Heritage -- 3 The Rise of Technical Education in America -- 4 A Family Affair -- 5 Harvard -- 6 The Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard -- 7 Pre-Historic Annals of the Institute -- 8 An Auxiliary to the Cause of Education -- 9 Facts of the Founding -- 10 Persistance Perseverance -- 11 The Land-Grant Act of 1862 -- 12 Harvard Again -- 13 The Difficult Question of Money -- 14 The Building -- 15 The Society of Arts -- 16 The Committee on Publication -- 17 The Museum of Technology -- 18 The School of Industrial Science -- 19 The School Opens -- 20 The First Faculty -- 21 The First Students -- 22 The First Six Courses -- 23 A Curricular Innovation -- 24 Methods Of Teaching -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- Notes -- Selected Sources -- Illustrations -- Index.