The Romance of Modern Invention by Archibald Williams
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| Author | Williams, Archibald, 1871-1934 |
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| Title |
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. |
| Contents | Wireless telegraphy -- High-speed telegraphy -- The telephone; wireless telephony -- The phonograph; the rotographophone; 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. |
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Produced by Chris Curnow, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | T: Technology |
| Subject | Inventions |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 41160 |
| Release Date | Oct 24, 2012 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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