Boys' Second Book of Inventions

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I THE MIRACLE OF RADIUM Story of the Marvels and

CHAPTER II FLYING MACHINES [1] Santos-Dumont's Steerable Balloons

CHAPTER III THE EARTHQUAKE MEASURER Professor John Milne's Seismograph

CHAPTER IV ELECTRICAL FURNACES How the Hottest Heat is Produced Making Diamonds

CHAPTER V HARNESSING THE SUN The Solar Motor

CHAPTER VI THE INVENTOR AND THE FOOD PROBLEM Fixing of Nitrogen Experiments of Professor Nobbe

CHAPTER VII MARCONI AND HIS GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS New Experiments in Wireless Telegraphy

CHAPTER VIII SEA-BUILDERS The Story of Lighthouse

CHAPTER IX THE NEWEST ELECTRIC LIGHT Peter Cooper Hewitt and

BOYS' SECOND BOOK OF
INVENTIONS

BOYS' SECOND BOOK
OF INVENTIONS

BY RAY STANNARD BAKER
Author of
Boys' Book of Inventions, Seen in
Germany

FULLY ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
MCMIX

Copyright, 1903, by
McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
Published, November, 1903, N

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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