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THE ROMANCE OF MODERN INVENTION
ARCHIBALD WILLIAMS
LONDON SEELEY AND CO. LIMITED 38 GREAT RUSSELL STREET 1907
PREFACE The object of this book is to set before young people in a bright and interesting way, and without the use of technical language, accounts of some of the latest phases of modern invention; and also to introduce them to recent discoveries of which the full development is yet to be witnessed.
Contents
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY
HIGH-SPEED TELEGRAPHY
THE TELEPHONE--WIRELESS TELEPHONY
THE PHONOGRAPH--THE HOTOGRAPHOPHONE--THE TELEPHONOGRAPH
THE TELAUTOGRAPH
MODERN ARTILLERY--RIFLES--MACHINE GUNS--HEAVY ORDNANCE--EXPLOSIVES--IN THE GUN FACTORY
DIRIGIBLE TORPEDOES
SUBMARINE BOATS
ANIMATED PICTURES
THE GREAT PARIS TELESCOPE
PHOTOGRAPHING THE INVISIBLE--PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE DARK
SOLAR MOTORS
LIQUID AIR
HORSELESS CARRIAGES
HIGH-SPEED RAILWAYS
SEA EXPRESSES
MECHANICAL FLIGHT
TYPE-SETTING BY MACHINERY
PHOTOGRAPHY IN COLOURS
LIGHTING
THE SUN MOTOR USED ON THE PASADENA OSTRICH-FARM
A CORNER OF MR. MARCONI'S CABIN
MR. MARCONI'S TRAVELLING STATION
THE POLDHU TOWER
GUGLIELMO MARCONI
HIGH-SPEED TELEGRAPHY: A RECEIVING INSTRUMENT
HIGH-SPEED TELEGRAPHY. SPECIMEN OF PUNCHED TAPE
A UNIQUE GROUP OF PHONOGRAPHS
THE TELAUTOGRAPH: RECEIVER AND TRANSMITTER
THE TELAUTOGRAPH, SHOWING THE PRINCIPAL PARTS
THE TELAUTOGRAPH, SPECIMEN OF THE WORK DONE
THE SIMMS ARMOUR-CLAD MOTOR CAR
THE "HOLLAND" SUBMARINE BOAT
AN INTERIOR VIEW OF THE "HOLLAND"
THE "HOLLAND" SUBMARINE IN THE LAST STAGES OF SUBMERSION
THE GREAT PARIS TELESCOPE
THE LIQUID AIR COMPANY'S FACTORY AT PIMLICO
M. SERPOLLET ON THE "EASTER EGG"
A MOTOR CAR DRIVEN BY LIQUID AIR
DIAGRAM OF LIQUID AIR MOTOR CAR
H.M.S. TORPEDO DESTROYER "VIPER"
AIRSHIP OF M. SANTOS-DUMONT ROUNDING THE EIFFEL TOWER
M. SANTOS-DUMONT'S AIRSHIP RETURNING TO LONGCHAMPS
THE LINOTYPE MACHINE
THE MONOTYPE CASTING MACHINE
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