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
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MARVELS OF SCIENTIFIC INVENTION
THOMAS W. CORBIN
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
DIAGRAMS
MARVELS OF SCIENTIFIC INVENTION
CHAPTER I
DIGGING WITH DYNAMITE
CHAPTER II
MEASURING ELECTRICITY
CHAPTER III
THE FUEL OF THE FUTURE
CHAPTER IV
SOME VALUABLE ELECTRICAL PROCESSES
CHAPTER V
MACHINE-MADE COLD
CHAPTER VI
SCIENTIFIC INVENTIONS AT SEA
CHAPTER VII
THE GYRO-COMPASS
CHAPTER VIII
TORPEDOES AND SUBMARINE MINES
CHAPTER IX
GOLD RECOVERY
CHAPTER X
INTENSE HEAT
CHAPTER XI
AN ARTIFICIAL COAL MINE
CHAPTER XII
THE MOST STRIKING INVENTION OF RECENT TIMES
CHAPTER XIII
HOW PICTURES CAN BE SENT BY WIRE
CHAPTER XIV
A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF SCIENCE AND SKILL
CHAPTER XV
SCIENTIFIC TESTING AND MEASURING
CHAPTER XVI
COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY
CHAPTER XVII
HOW SCIENCE AIDS THE STRICKEN COLLIER
CHAPTER XIX
HOW SCIENCE HELPS TO KEEP US WELL
CHAPTER XIX
MODERN ARTILLERY
APPENDIX
A DESCRIPTION OF THE RIFLES SHOWN AT PAGE 240
INDEX
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