Marvels of Scientific Invention
by Thomas W. Corbin
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About this eBook
- Author
- Corbin, Thomas W.
- Title
- Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-Technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-Date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and Many Other Recent Discoveries of Science
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow, Julia Neufeld and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- T: Technology
- Subject
- Inventions
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 38045
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38045
- Release Date
- November 18, 2011
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.MARVELS OF SCIENTIFIC INVENTION
- 2.THOMAS W. CORBIN
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5.DIAGRAMS
- 6.MARVELS OF SCIENTIFIC INVENTION
- 7.CHAPTER I — DIGGING WITH DYNAMITE
- 8.CHAPTER II — MEASURING ELECTRICITY
- 9.CHAPTER III — THE FUEL OF THE FUTURE
- 10.CHAPTER IV — SOME VALUABLE ELECTRICAL PROCESSES
- 11.CHAPTER V — MACHINE-MADE COLD
- 12.CHAPTER VI — SCIENTIFIC INVENTIONS AT SEA
- 13.CHAPTER VII — THE GYRO-COMPASS
- 14.CHAPTER VIII — TORPEDOES AND SUBMARINE MINES
- 15.CHAPTER IX — GOLD RECOVERY
- 16.CHAPTER X — INTENSE HEAT
- 17.CHAPTER XI — AN ARTIFICIAL COAL MINE
- 18.CHAPTER XII — THE MOST STRIKING INVENTION OF RECENT TIMES
- 19.CHAPTER XIII — HOW PICTURES CAN BE SENT BY WIRE
- 20.CHAPTER XIV — A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF SCIENCE AND SKILL
- 21.CHAPTER XV — SCIENTIFIC TESTING AND MEASURING
- 22.CHAPTER XVI — COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY
- 23.CHAPTER XVII — HOW SCIENCE AIDS THE STRICKEN COLLIER
- 24.CHAPTER XIX — HOW SCIENCE HELPS TO KEEP US WELL
- 25.CHAPTER XIX — MODERN ARTILLERY
- 26.APPENDIX — A DESCRIPTION OF THE RIFLES SHOWN AT PAGE 240
- 27.INDEX — FOOTNOTE:
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