PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

GREAT FACTS.

THE PROGRESS OF INVENTION.

STEAM NAVIGATION.

STEAM CARRIAGES AND RAILWAYS.

THE AIR ENGINE.

PHOTOGRAPHY.

DISSOLVING VIEWS.

THE KALEIDOSCOPE.

THE MAGIC DISC.

THE DIORAMA.

THE STEREOSCOPE.

THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

ELECTRO-MAGNETIC CLOCKS.

ELECTRO-METALLURGY.

GAS LIGHTING.

THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.

INSTANTANEOUS LIGHTS.

PAPER MAKING MACHINERY.

PRINTING MACHINES.

LITHOGRAPHY.

AERATED WATERS.

REVOLVERS AND MINIE RIFLES.

CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS.

TUBULAR BRIDGES.

SELF-ACTING ENGINES.

FOOTNOTES:

Works on Chemistry. Class-book of Chemistry.

History of Philosophy. A History of Philosophy: AN EPITOME.

Moral Philosophy. Elements of Moral Philosophy: ANALYTICAL, SYNTHETICAL, AND PRACTICAL.

Transcribers' Notes:

Transcribers' Note:
Greek transliterations were added by the transcribers and enclosed in {curly braces.}

GREAT FACTS.

GREAT FACTS:
A
POPULAR HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION
OF THE MOST
REMARKABLE INVENTIONS
DURING THE PRESENT CENTURY.

BY
FREDERICK C. BAKEWELL,
AUTHOR OF
"PHILOSOPHICAL CONVERSATIONS," "MANUAL OF ELECTRICITY," ETC.

ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS.

NEW YORK:
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,
346 & 348 BROADWAY.
1860.