The Romance of Modern Mechanism

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Author

Williams, Archibald, 1871-1934

Title

The Romance of Modern Mechanism With Interesting Descriptions in Non-technical Language of Wonderful Machinery and Mechanical Devices and Marvellously Delicate Scientific Instruments

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Quentin Campbell 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

Electric machinery

Category

Text

eBook-No.

46094

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46094

Release Date

June 25, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.THE ROMANCE OF MODERN MECHANISM
6. 6.Untitled
7. 7.INTRODUCTION
8. 8.AUTHOR'S NOTE
9. 9.TABLE OF CONTENTS
10. 10.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
11. 11.THE ROMANCE OF MODERN MECHANISM CHAPTER I DELICATE INSTRUMENTS
12. 12.CHAPTER II CALCULATING MACHINES
13. 13.CHAPTER III WORKSHOP MACHINERY — PLANING-MACHINES — THE STEAM HAMMER — HYDRAULIC TOOLS — ELECTRIC TOOLS IN A SHIPYARD
14. 14.CHAPTER IV PORTABLE TOOLS — PNEUMATIC TOOLS
15. 15.CHAPTER V THE PEDRAIL: A WALKING STEAM-ENGINE
16. 16.CHAPTER VI INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES — OIL ENGINES — THE DIESEL OIL ENGINE, — ENGINES WORKED BY PRODUCER-GAS — BLAST-FURNACE GAS ENGINES
17. 17.CHAPTER VII MOTOR-CARS — THE MOTOR OMNIBUS — RAILWAY MOTOR-CARS
18. 18.CHAPTER VIII THE MOTOR AFLOAT — PLEASURE BOATS — MOTOR LIFEBOATS — MOTOR FISHING BOATS — A MOTOR FIRE FLOAT — THE MECHANISM OF THE MOTOR BOAT — THE TWO-STROKE MOTOR — MOTOR BOATS FOR THE NAVY
19. 19.CHAPTER IX THE MOTOR CYCLE
20. 20.CHAPTER X FIRE ENGINES
21. 21.CHAPTER XI FIRE-ALARMS AND AUTOMATIC FIRE EXTINGUISHERS — THE HISTORY OF FIRE-ALARMS — AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS
22. 22.CHAPTER XII THE MACHINERY OF A SHIP — THE REVERSING ENGINE — MARINE ENGINE SPEED GOVERNORS — STEERING ENGINES — BLOWING AND VENTILATING APPARATUS — PUMPS — FEED HEATERS — FEED-WATER FILTER, — DISTILLERS — REFRIGERATORS — THE SEARCH-LIGHT — WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY INSTRUMENTS — SAFETY DEVICES — THE TRANSMISSION OF POWER ON A SHIP
23. 23.CHAPTER XIII "THE NURSE OF THE NAVY"
24. 24.CHAPTER XIV THE MECHANISM OF DIVING
25. 25.CHAPTER XV APPARATUS FOR RAISING SUNKEN SHIPS AND TREASURE
26. 26.CHAPTER XVI THE HANDLING OF GRAIN — THE ELEVATOR — THE SUCTION PNEUMATIC GRAIN-LIFTER — THE PNEUMATIC BLAST GRAIN-LIFTER — THE COMBINED SYSTEM
27. 27.CHAPTER XVII MECHANICAL TRANSPORTERS AND CONVEYERS — MECHANICAL CONVEYERS — ROPEWAYS — CABLEWAYS — TELPHERAGE — COALING WARSHIPS AT SEA
28. 28.CHAPTER XVIII AUTOMATIC WEIGHERS
29. 29.CHAPTER XIX TRANSPORTER BRIDGES
30. 30.CHAPTER XX BOAT AND SHIP RAISING LIFTS — A SHIP-RAISING LIFT
31. 31.CHAPTER XXI A SELF-MOVING STAIRCASE
32. 32.CHAPTER XXII PNEUMATIC MAIL TUBES
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIII AN ELECTRIC POSTAL SYSTEM
34. 34.CHAPTER XXIV AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY — PLOUGHS — DRILLS AND SEEDERS — REAPING MACHINES, — THRESHING MACHINES — PETROL-DRIVEN FIELD MACHINERY — ELECTRICAL FARMING MACHINERY
35. 35.CHAPTER XXV DAIRY MACHINERY — MILKING MACHINES — CREAM SEPARATORS — A MACHINE FOR DRYING MILK
36. 36.CHAPTER XXVI SCULPTURING MACHINES — THE WENZEL SCULPTURING MACHINE — THE BONTEMPI SCULPTURING MACHINE,
37. 37.CHAPTER XXVII AN AUTOMATIC RIFLE — A BALL-BEARING RIFLE

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