The Battery and the Boiler

About this eBook

Author

Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894

Title

The Battery and the Boiler: Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables

Credits

Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Electricity -- Juvenile fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

21716

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21716

Release Date

June 7, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2."The Battery and the Boiler" — Chapter One. — In which the Hero makes his First Flash and Explosion. — Chapter Two. — Refers to a Notable Character. — Chapter Three. — Early Aspirations. — Chapter Four. — Extraordinary Result of an Attempt at Amateur Cable-Laying. — Chapter Five. — Prospects of Real Cable-Laying—Robin meets with his First Electrical Acquaintances. — Chapter Six. — Tells of our Hero’s Visit to the Great Cable. — Chapter Seven. — The Big Ship—First Night Aboard. — Chapter Eight. — Laying The Cable—“Faults” and Fault-Finding—Anxieties, Accidents, and other Matters. — Chapter Nine. — In which Joys, Hopes, Alarms, Ghosts, and Leviathans Take Part. — Chapter Ten. — Tells of Great Efforts and Failures and Grand Success. — Chapter Eleven. — Home! — Chapter Twelve. — A Great Dynamo-Electric Sea-Fight. — Chapter Thirteen. — Tells of a Sudden and Unlooked-for Event. — Chapter Fourteen. — The Raft. — Chapter Fifteen. — Life on the Raft. — Chapter Sixteen. — In which will be found more Surprises than one. — Chapter Seventeen. — Strange Discoveries on Pirate Island. — Chapter Eighteen. — The Pirate’s Island—Continued. — Chapter Nineteen. — An Exploration and an Accident. — Chapter Twenty. — Various Subjects treated of, and a Great Fight detailed. — Chapter Twenty One. — Departure from Pirate Island and Hopeful News at Sarawak. — Chapter Twenty Two. — Bombay—Where Stumps comes to Grief. — Chapter Twenty Three. — Stumps in Despair—And Bombay in Raptures. — Chapter Twenty Four. — Shows the Dreadful Depravity of Man, and the Amazing Effects of Electrical Treatment on Man and Beast. — Chapter Twenty Five. — A Great Field-day, in which Slagg distinguishes himself. — Chapter Twenty Six. — Begins with a Disappointment, continues with a Great Reception, and ends with a Series of Surprises. — Chapter Twenty Seven. — Describes Several Important Events. — Chapter Twenty Eight. — The Cable Laid. — Chapter Twenty Nine. — Uncle Rik’s Adventures. — Chapter Thirty. — The Wright Family reunited, and Sam becomes highly Electrical. — Chapter Thirty One. — Describes a Happy Home and a Happier Meeting. — Chapter Thirty Two. — In which the Story finds a “Fault,” and the Electrical Current ends. — The End.

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