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A PRIMITIVE USE OF THE ANIMAL MACHINE THAT IS STILL IN VOGUE IN MANY EUROPEAN COUNTRIES Frontispiece
HORSE AND CATTLE POWER Facing p. 32
CRANES AND DERRICKS " 38
A BELGIAN MILK-WAGON " 56
TWO APPARATUSES FOR THE UTILIZATION OF ANIMAL POWER " 60
WINDMILLS OF ANCIENT AND MODERN TYPES " 68
WATER WHEELS " 72
HYDRAULIC PRESS AND HYDRAULIC CAPSTAN " 76
THOMAS SAVERY'S STEAM ENGINE " 86
DIAGRAMS OF EARLY ATTEMPTS TO UTILIZE THE POWER OF STEAM " 88
A MODEL OF THE NEWCOMEN ENGINE " 92
WATT'S EARLIEST TYPE OF PUMPING-ENGINE " 96
WATT'S ROTATIVE ENGINE " 100
JAMES WATT " 108
OLD IDEAS AND NEW APPLIED TO BOILER CONSTRUCTION " 114
COMPOUND ENGINES " 118
ROTARY ENGINES " 122
THE ORIGINAL PARSONS' TURBINE ENGINE AND THE RECORD-BREAKING SHIP FOR WHICH IT IS RESPONSIBLE " 128
GAS AND OIL ENGINES " 136
AN ELECTRIC TRAIN AND THE DYNAMO THAT PROPELS IT " 174
WILDE'S SEPARATELY EXCITED DYNAMO " 178
THE EVOLUTION OF THE DYNAMO " 180
VIEW IN ONE OF THE POWER HOUSES AT NIAGARA " 186
ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMERS " 198
THOMAS A. EDISON AND THE DYNAMO THAT GENERATED THE FIRST COMMERCIAL INCANDESCENT LIGHT " 228
A FLINT-AND-STEEL OUTFIT, AND A MINER'S STEEL MILL " 248
THE LOCOMOTIVE "PUFFING BILLY" AND A MODERN COLLIERY TROLLEY " 258

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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