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Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century

LIST OF PLATES.

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Plate I.

TO FACE

The Great Wheel in Action Title page

Plate II.

North-Eastern Railway Locomotive 18

Plate III.

The Great Steam Hammer, Royal Gun Factory, Woolwich 28

Plate IV.

The American Tract Society Building 76

Plate V.

General View of the Great Wheel at Earl’s Court 84

Plate VI.

Mount Washington Inclined Track 124

Plate VII.

Pike’s Peak Railroad, Rocky Mountains 128

Plate VIII.

The “Clermont” from a Contemporary Drawing 130

Plate IX.

The “Mary Powell” 144

Plate X.

The “New York” 148

Plate XI.

H.M.S. “The Terrible” 168

Plate XII.

The 110–Ton Armstrong Gun 202

Plate XIII.

The Forth Bridge 292

Plate XIV.

The Tower Bridge in course of Construction 298

Plate XV.

The Brooklyn Bridge 304

Plate XVI.

The North Mouth of the Great Tunnel, St. Gothard Railway 374

Plate XVII.

Spectra (Coloured Plate) 422

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Wind, Steam, and Speed (after Turner).

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