The Romance of Modern Mechanism / With Interesting Descriptions in Non-technical Language of Wonderful Machinery and Mechanical Devices and Marvellously Delicate Scientific Instruments

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION	v
AUTHOR'S NOTE	xi
CHAPTER I
DELICATE INSTRUMENTS — WATCHES AND CHRONOMETERS — THE MICROTOME — THE DIVIDING ENGINE — MEASURING MACHINES	17
CHAPTER II
CALCULATING MACHINES	42
CHAPTER III
WORKSHOP MACHINERY — THE LATHE — PLANING MACHINES — THE STEAM HAMMER — HYDRAULIC TOOLS — ELECTRICAL TOOLS IN THE SHIPYARD	59
CHAPTER IV
PORTABLE TOOLS	90
CHAPTER V
THE PEDRAIL: A WALKING STEAM-ENGINE	97
CHAPTER VI
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES — OIL ENGINES — ENGINES WORKED WITH PRODUCER GAS — BLAST FURNACE GAS ENGINES	112
CHAPTER VII
MOTOR-CARS — THE MOTOR OMNIBUS — RAILWAY MOTOR-CARS	130
CHAPTER VIII
THE MOTOR AFLOAT — PLEASURE BOATS — MOTOR LIFEBOATS — MOTOR FISHING BOATS — A MOTOR FIRE FLOAT — THE MECHANISM OF THE MOTOR BOAT — THE TWO-STROKE MOTOR — MOTOR BOATS FOR THE NAVY	150
CHAPTER IX
THE MOTOR CYCLE	175
CHAPTER X
FIRE ENGINES	185
CHAPTER XI
FIRE-ALARMS AND AUTOMATIC FIRE EXTINGUISHERS	191
CHAPTER XII
THE MACHINERY OF A SHIP — THE REVERSING ENGINE — MARINE ENGINE SPEED GOVERNORS — THE STEERING ENGINE — BLOWING AND VENTILATING APPARATUS — PUMPS — FEED HEATERS — FEED-WATER FILTERS — DISTILLERS — REFRIGERATORS — THE SEARCH-LIGHT — WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY INSTRUMENTS — SAFETY DEVICES — THE TRANSMISSION OF POWER ON A SHIP	203
CHAPTER XIII
"THE NURSE OF THE NAVY"	236
CHAPTER XIV
THE MECHANISM OF DIVING	240
CHAPTER XV
APPARATUS FOR RAISING SUNKEN SHIPS AND TREASURE	248
CHAPTER XVI
THE HANDLING OF GRAIN — THE ELEVATOR — THE SUCTION PNEUMATIC GRAIN-LIFTER — THE PNEUMATIC BLAST GRAIN-LIFTER — THE COMBINED SYSTEM	252
CHAPTER XVII
MECHANICAL TRANSPORTERS AND CONVEYERS — ROPEWAYS — CABLEWAYS — TELPHERAGE — COALING WARSHIPS AT SEA	258
CHAPTER XVIII
AUTOMATIC WEIGHERS	274
CHAPTER XIX
TRANSPORTER BRIDGES	277
CHAPTER XX
BOAT- AND SHIP-RAISING LIFTS	283
CHAPTER XXI
A SELF-MOVING STAIRCASE	295
CHAPTER XXII
PNEUMATIC MAIL TUBES	301
CHAPTER XXIII
AN ELECTRIC POSTAL SYSTEM	315
CHAPTER XXIV
AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY — PLOUGHS — DRILLS AND SEEDERS — REAPING MACHINES — THRESHING MACHINES — PETROL-DRIVEN FIELD MACHINERY — ELECTRICAL FARMING MACHINERY	318
CHAPTER XXV
DAIRY MACHINERY — MILKING MACHINES — CREAM SEPARATORS — A MACHINE FOR DRYING MILK	330
CHAPTER XXVI
SCULPTURING MACHINES	335
CHAPTER XXVII
AN AUTOMATIC RIFLE — A BALL-BEARING RIFLE	345

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