Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE.3. LIST OF PLATES.4. INTRODUCTION.5. STEAM ENGINES.6. IRON.7. IRON. (continued 2)8. TOOLS.9. RAILWAYS.10. STEAM NAVIGATION.11. SHIPS OF WAR.12. FIRE-ARMS.13. FIRE-ARMS. (continued 2)14. TORPEDOES.15. SHIP CANALS.16. IRON BRIDGES.17. PRINTING MACHINES.18. HYDRAULIC POWER.19. PNEUMATIC DISPATCH.20. ROCK BORING.21. LIGHT.22. THE SPECTROSCOPE.23. ROENTGEN’S X RAYS.24. SIGHT.25. ELECTRICITY.26. ELECTRICITY. (continued 2)27. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.28. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. (continued 2)29. LIGHTHOUSES.30. PHOTOGRAPHY.31. PRINTING PROCESSES.32. RECORDING INSTRUMENTS.33. AQUARIA.34. GOLD AND DIAMONDS.35. NEW METALS.36. INDIAN-RUBBER and GUTTA-PERCHA.37. ANÆSTHETICS.38. EXPLOSIVES.39. MINERAL COMBUSTIBLES.40. COAL-GAS.41. COAL-TAR COLOURS.42. THE GREATEST DISCOVERY OF THE AGE.43. NOTES A and B.44. INDEX45. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES