Every-day Science: Volume VII. The Conquest of Time and Space
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EVERY-DAY SCIENCE
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
THE CONQUEST OF TIME AND SPACE
INTRODUCTION
I THE CONQUEST OF THE ZONES
THE MARINER'S COMPASS
SAILING BY DEAD RECKONING
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SEXTANT
PERFECTING THE CHRONOMETER
FINDING THE TIME WITHOUT A CHRONOMETER
ASCERTAINING THE SHIP'S LONGITUDE
MEASURING A DEGREE OF LATITUDE
THE NAUTICAL ALMANAC
SOUNDINGS AND CHARTS
THE LURE OF THE UNKNOWN
THE QUEST OF THE POLE
II THE HIGHWAY OF THE WATERS
MEDIÆVAL SHIPS
MODERN SAILING SHIPS
EARLY ATTEMPTS TO INVENT A STEAMBOAT
FULTON AND THE CLERMONT
SEA-GOING STEAMSHIPS
SHIPS BUILT OF IRON AND STEEL
THE TRIUMPH OF THE TURBINE
SUBMARINE SIGNALING
LIQUID FUEL
III SUBMARINE VESSELS
THE FIRST SUBMARINE
ROBERT FULTON'S EXPERIMENTS
A SUCCESSFUL DIVING BOAT
RECENT SUBMARINES AND SUBMERSIBLES
PRESENT STATUS OF SUBMARINE BOATS
IV THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE
STEPHENSON SOLVES THE PROBLEM
IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCOMOTIVES IN RECENT YEARS
THE WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE
AUTOMATIC COUPLINGS
A COMPARISON—THE OLD AND THE NEW
V FROM CART TO AUTOMOBILE
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BICYCLE
THE COMING OF THE AUTOMOBILE
AN EXTRAORDINARY PIECE OF LEGISLATION
SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS OF AUTOMOBILE RACING
A MIRACULOUS TRANSFORMATION OF ENERGY
VI THE DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRIC RAILWAYS
CABLE SYSTEMS
EARLY SELF-CONTAINED SYSTEMS
THE EDISON ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE
THIRD RAILS AND TROLLEYS
STORAGE-BATTERY SYSTEMS
MONORAIL SYSTEMS
VII THE GYROCAR
GYROSCOPIC ACTION EXPLAINED
MR. BRENNAN'S MODEL CAR
HOW THE BRENNAN GYROSCOPES WORK
THE EVOLUTION OF AN IDEA
VIII THE GYROSCOPE AND OCEAN TRAVEL
BESSEMER'S COSTLY EXPERIMENT
DR. SCHLICK'S SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT
DID GYROSCOPIC ACTION WRECK THE VIPER?
THEORETICAL DANGERS OF THE GYROSCOPE
IX NAVIGATING THE AIR
THE BALLOON INVENTED
PROGRESS IN MECHANICAL FLIGHT
GIFFARD, "THE FULTON OF AERIAL NAVIGATION"
THE VOYAGES OF THE GIANT
EARLY WAR-BALLOONS AND DIRIGIBLE BALLOONS
THE DIRIGIBLE BALLOON ACHIEVED
X THE TRIUMPH OF THE AEROPLANE
LANGLEY'S EARLY EXPERIMENTS AND DISCOVERIES
EXPERIMENTS IN SOARING
THE FLYING MACHINES OF MAXIM AND LANGLEY
THE IMPOSSIBLE ACCOMPLISHED
APPENDIX REFERENCE LIST AND NOTES
CHAPTER II THE HIGHWAY OF THE WATERS
CHAPTER III SUBMARINE VESSELS
CHAPTER IV THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE
CHAPTER VI THE DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRIC RAILWAYS
CHAPTER IX NAVIGATING THE AIR
CHAPTER X THE TRIUMPH OF THE AEROPLANE
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