All About Inventions and Discoveries
The Romance of modern scientific and mechanical Achievements
Forfatter: Frederick A. Talbot
År: 1916
Forlag: Cassell and Company, LTD
Sted: London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne
Sider: 376
UDK: 6(09)
With a Colour Plate and numerous Black-and-White Illustrations.
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Speed ! ........ Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
Picture Diagram of how Wireless Communication is
Maintained between a Ship and a Land Station . 16
A Triumph for Bessemer Work. ..... 32
The Modern Method of Loading Wagons with Coke . 52
Charging and Drawing Retorts by Hand. ... 52
Charging a Gas Retort ....... 64
The Rear End of a Retort ...... 64
The Engine Room of a Holland Submarine ... 72
The Bow Torpedo Tubes of a Holland Submarine . . 80
Rivals 1 .......... 96
The First Electric Railway........................112
Steam Superseded by Electricity . . . . .112
The Improved Westinghouse Brake ..... 128
The Triumph of the Westinghouse Brake . . . I34
The First Telephone...............................i42
The Secret of Long-distance Telephoning . . . j42
In a Large Telephone Exchange (Avenue, London). . 146
Front of Position where Calls are Originated . . 150
Plug by which Connections are made . . . .150
Back of Operator’s Position and Register . . .160
A Triumph of Telephony ...... 166
The First Commercial Typewriter...................182
The Latest Remington Model........................x82
The First Parson’s Turbine Steamer .... 198
A Giant Parson’s Turbine..........................I98
A Comparison of Progress..........................204