How It Works

About this eBook

Author

Williams, Archibald, 1871-1934

Title

How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use

Credits

Produced by Steven Gibbs, Greg Bergquist and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

T: Technology

Subject

Science -- Juvenile literature

Category

Text

eBook-No.

28553

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28553

Release Date

April 10, 2009

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HOW IT WORKS
2. 2.AUTHOR'S NOTE.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.HOW IT WORKS. — Chapter I. — THE STEAM-ENGINE. — Chapter II. — THE CONVERSION OF HEAT ENERGY INTO MECHANICAL MOTION. — Chapter III. — THE STEAM TURBINE. — Chapter IV. — THE INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE. — Chapter V. — ELECTRICAL APPARATUS. — Chapter VI. — THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. — Chapter VII. — WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. — Chapter VIII. — THE TELEPHONE. — Chapter IX. — DYNAMOS AND ELECTRIC MOTORS. — Chapter X. — RAILWAY BRAKES. — Chapter XI. — RAILWAY SIGNALLING. — Chapter XII. — OPTICS. — Chapter XIII. — THE MICROSCOPE, THE TELESCOPE, AND THE MAGIC-LANTERN. — Chapter XIV. — SOUND AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. — Chapter XV. — WIND INSTRUMENTS. — Chapter XVI. — TALKING-MACHINES. — Chapter XVII. — WHY THE WIND BLOWS. — Chapter XVIII. — HYDRAULIC MACHINERY. — Chapter XIX. — HEATING AND LIGHTING. — Chapter XX. — VARIOUS MECHANISMS.
6. 6.INDEX.

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