THE ROMANCE OF MODERN MECHANISM CHAPTER I DELICATE INSTRUMENTS CHAPTER II CALCULATING MACHINES CHAPTER III WORKSHOP MACHINERY CHAPTER V THE PEDRAIL: A WALKING STEAM-ENGINE CHAPTER VI INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES CHAPTER XI FIRE-ALARMS AND AUTOMATIC FIRE EXTINGUISHERS CHAPTER XII THE MACHINERY OF A SHIP CHAPTER XIII "THE NURSE OF THE NAVY" CHAPTER XIV THE MECHANISM OF DIVING CHAPTER XV APPARATUS FOR RAISING SUNKEN SHIPS AND TREASURE CHAPTER XVI THE HANDLING OF GRAIN CHAPTER XVII MECHANICAL TRANSPORTERS AND CONVEYERS CHAPTER XVIII AUTOMATIC WEIGHERS CHAPTER XIX TRANSPORTER BRIDGES CHAPTER XX BOAT AND SHIP RAISING LIFTS CHAPTER XXI A SELF-MOVING STAIRCASE CHAPTER XXII PNEUMATIC MAIL TUBES CHAPTER XXIII AN ELECTRIC POSTAL SYSTEM CHAPTER XXIV AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY CHAPTER XXVI SCULPTURING MACHINES CHAPTER XXVII AN AUTOMATIC RIFLE Transcriber's Note: Minor typographical errors have been corrected. Printer's inconsistencies in the use of accents, hyphens, and punctuation have been retained unless otherwise noted. Archaic spellings have been left unchanged. For a complete list of corrections, please see the end of this document. Note that left-clicking an illustration on some devices will display a larger version of it. THE ROMANCE OF WITH INTERESTING DESCRIPTIONS IN NON-TECHNICAL LANGUAGE OF WONDERFUL MACHINERY AND MECHANICAL DEVICES AND MARVELLOUSLY DELICATE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, &c., &c. BY ARCHIBALD WILLIAMS, B.A., Oxon., F.R.G.S.
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