The Romance of Industry and Invention
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the Romance of Industry and Invention
ROBERT COCHRANE
PHILADELPHIA J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 1897
PREFACE.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
CONTENTS.
ROMANCE OF INDUSTRY AND INVENTION.
CHAPTER I. IRON AND STEEL.
BESSEMER STEEL.
SIR HENRY BESSEMER.
SIR CHARLES WILLIAM SIEMENS AND THE SIEMENS PROCESS.
KRUPP'S IRON AND STEEL WORKS AT ESSEN.
SIR HENRY BESSEMER.
SIR CHARLES WILLIAM SIEMENS AND THE SIEMENS PROCESS.
KRUPP'S IRON AND STEEL WORKS AT ESSEN.
CHAPTER II. POTTERY AND PORCELAIN.
WORCESTER PORCELAIN.
CHAPTER III. THE SEWING-MACHINE.
CHAPTER IV. WOOL AND COTTON.
WOOL.
COTTON.
COTTON.
CHAPTER V. GOLD AND DIAMONDS.
NUGGETS.
METHODS OF MINING.
TREATMENT OF ORE AND GOLD IN THE TRANSVAAL.
STORY OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD-FIELDS.
JOHANNESBURG—THE GOLDEN.
GOLD-FIELDS OF COOLGARDIE.
DIAMONDS.
THE HON. CECIL J. RHODES, THE DIAMOND KING.
METHODS OF MINING.
TREATMENT OF ORE AND GOLD IN THE TRANSVAAL.
STORY OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD-FIELDS.
JOHANNESBURG—THE GOLDEN.
GOLD-FIELDS OF COOLGARDIE.
DIAMONDS.
THE HON. CECIL J. RHODES, THE DIAMOND KING.
CHAPTER VI. BIG GUNS, SMALL-ARMS, AND AMMUNITION.
WOOLWICH ARSENAL.
THE ENFIELD SMALL-ARMS FACTORY.
LORD ARMSTRONG AND THE ELSWICK WORKS.
TESTING GUNS AT SHOEBURYNESS.
HIRAM S. MAXIM AND THE MAXIM MACHINE GUN.
IRONCLADS.
SUBMARINE BOATS.
THE ENFIELD SMALL-ARMS FACTORY.
LORD ARMSTRONG AND THE ELSWICK WORKS.
TESTING GUNS AT SHOEBURYNESS.
HIRAM S. MAXIM AND THE MAXIM MACHINE GUN.
IRONCLADS.
SUBMARINE BOATS.
CHAPTER VII. EVOLUTION OF THE CYCLE.
CYCLING.
CHAPTER VIII. STEAMERS AND SAILING-SHIPS.
THE CARRYING-TRADE OF THE WORLD.
THE FIRST STEAMER TO CROSS THE ATLANTIC.
THE NEW CUNARDERS.
SAILING-SHIPS.
THE FIRST STEAMER TO CROSS THE ATLANTIC.
THE NEW CUNARDERS.
SAILING-SHIPS.
CHAPTER IX. POST-OFFICE—TELEGRAPH—TELEPHONE—PHONOGRAPH.
THE STORY OF ROWLAND HILL AND PENNY POSTAGE.
A VISIT TO THE POST-OFFICE.
THE POST-OFFICE ON WHEELS.
EARLY TELEGRAPHS.
THE TELEGRAPH OF TO-DAY.
ATLANTIC CABLES.
THE STATE AND THE TELEGRAPHS.
THE TELEPHONE.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON AND THE PHONOGRAPH.
THE END.
A VISIT TO THE POST-OFFICE.
THE POST-OFFICE ON WHEELS.
EARLY TELEGRAPHS.
THE TELEGRAPH OF TO-DAY.
ATLANTIC CABLES.
THE STATE AND THE TELEGRAPHS.
THE TELEPHONE.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON AND THE PHONOGRAPH.
THE END.
BOOKS COMPILED BY
ROBERT COCHRANE
London and Edinburgh.
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