Boys' second book of inventions
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1. Front matter2. Introductory material3. Introductory material4. CHAPTER I THE MIRACLE OF RADIUM Story of the Marvels and Dangers of the New Element Discovered by Professor and Madame Curie5. CHAPTER II FLYING MACHINES [1] Santos-Dumont's Steerable Balloons6. CHAPTER III THE EARTHQUAKE MEASURER Professor John Milne's Seismograph7. CHAPTER IV ELECTRICAL FURNACES How the Hottest Heat is Produced—Making Diamonds8. CHAPTER V HARNESSING THE SUN The Solar Motor9. CHAPTER VI THE INVENTOR AND THE FOOD PROBLEM Fixing of Nitrogen—Experiments of Professor Nobbe10. CHAPTER VII MARCONI AND HIS GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS New Experiments in Wireless Telegraphy11. CHAPTER VIII SEA-BUILDERS The Story of Lighthouse Building—Stone-tower Lighthouses, Iron Pile Lighthouses, and Steel Cylinder Lighthouses12. CHAPTER IX THE NEWEST ELECTRIC LIGHT Peter Cooper Hewitt and His Three Great Inventions—The Mercury Arc Light—The New Electrical Converter—The Hewitt Interrupter