The Romance of Modern Invention
by Archibald Williams
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About this eBook
- Author
- Williams, Archibald, 1871-1934
- Title
- The Romance of Modern Invention Containing Interesting Descriptions in Non-technical Language of Wireless Telegraphy, Liquid Air, Modern Artillery, Submarines, Dirigible Torpedoes, Solar Motors, Airships, &c. &c.
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow, Matthew Wheaton 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.
- 41160
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41160
- Release Date
- October 24, 2012
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE ROMANCE OF MODERN INVENTION
- 2.Preface
- 3.Contents
- 4.List of Illustrations
- 5.WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY
- 6.HIGH-SPEED TELEGRAPHY.
- 7.THE TELEPHONE. — Wireless Telephony.
- 8.THE PHONOGRAPH. — The Photographophone. — The Telephonograph.
- 9.THE TELAUTOGRAPH.
- 10.MODERN ARTILLERY. — Rifles. — Machine-Guns. — Heavy Ordnance. — Explosives. — In the Gun Factory.
- 11.DIRIGIBLE TORPEDOES.
- 12.SUBMARINE BOATS.
- 13.ANIMATED PICTURES.
- 14.THE GREAT PARIS TELESCOPE
- 15.PHOTOGRAPHING THE INVISIBLE. — Photography in the Dark.
- 16.SOLAR MOTORS.
- 17.LIQUID AIR.
- 18.HORSELESS CARRIAGES. — Types of Car.
- 19.HIGH-SPEED RAILWAYS.
- 20.SEA EXPRESSES.
- 21.MECHANICAL FLIGHT.
- 22.TYPE-SETTING BY MACHINERY.
- 23.PHOTOGRAPHY IN COLOURS. — Colour Printing.
- 24.LIGHTING.
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