In 1867, 

in the days of

purely optical 

television and 

huge steam computers,      
                                     
a group of                          
                                     
New England inventors                

met at the 

Harvard Faculty Club 

for a conference 

they dubbed 

"The Yankee Ingenuity 

Retreat Days."

  
   
   
   
   





Never before

had so many 

brilliant inventors

met in one room,

and needless to say

the Retreat Days had a 

profound effect 

in invigorating 

the applied sciences

for years to come.
         
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       Some of the most

  eminent technologists
 
           of the times

       presented papers

           ranging from

        "Pocket Hygiene

            Devices" to 

"Water-Powered Staplers

 in the Construction of 

   Worship Structures."
            
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