The Romance of Modern Invention / Containing Interesting Descriptions in Non-technical Language of Wireless Telegraphy, Liquid Air, Modern Artillery, Submarines, Dirigible Torpedoes, Solar Motors, Airships, &c. &c. |
Preface Contents List of Illustrations WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY HIGH-SPEED TELEGRAPHY. THE TELEPHONE. THE PHONOGRAPH. THE TELAUTOGRAPH. MODERN ARTILLERY. DIRIGIBLE TORPEDOES. SUBMARINE BOATS. ANIMATED PICTURES. THE GREAT PARIS TELESCOPE PHOTOGRAPHING THE INVISIBLE. SOLAR MOTORS. LIQUID AIR. HORSELESS CARRIAGES. HIGH-SPEED RAILWAYS. SEA EXPRESSES. MECHANICAL FLIGHT. TYPE-SETTING BY MACHINERY. PHOTOGRAPHY IN COLOURS. LIGHTING.
The Romance of Modern Invention
By
Archibald
Williams
The Sun-Motor used on the Pasadena Ostrich-farm, California. It works a pump capable of delivering 1,400 gallons per minute. [See pp. 210, 211.]
THE ROMANCE OF MODERN INVENTION CONTAINING INTERESTING DESCRIPTIONS IN NON-TECHNICAL LANGUAGE OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY, LIQUID AIR, MODERN ARTILLERY, SUBMARINES, DIRIGIBLE TORPEDOES, SOLAR MOTORS, AIRSHIPS, &c. &c. BY
ARCHIBALD WILLIAMS
AUTHOR OF “THE ROMANCE OF MODERN MECHANISM”
“THE ROMANCE OF MODERN ENGINEERING”
&c. &c. WITH TWENTY-FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS LONDON
SEELEY AND CO. LIMITED
38 GREAT RUSSELL STREET
1907
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