The Wonder Book of Knowledge
- Subtitle
- The Marvels of Modern Industry and Invention, the Interesting Stories of Common Things, the Mysterious Processes of Nature Simply Explained
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1. Front matter2. THE WONDER BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE3. Preface4. The Story of the Submarine[1]5. The Story of the Panama Canal6. The Story in the Talking Machine[3]7. The Story of the Motorcycle[4]8. The Story in a Watch[5]9. The Story in a Rifle[6]10. The Story of Rubber11. The Story of Rope[7]12. The Story of Self-Loading Pistols[8]13. The Story in Firecrackers and Sky-Rockets[9]14. The Story in the Making of a Picture[10]15. The Story in a Newspaper[11]16. The Story in a Honey-Comb[12]17. The Story of Electricity in the Home[13]18. The Story in the Telephone[14]19. The Story in Elevators and Escalators[15]20. The Story of Coal Mining21. The Story in a Silver Teaspoon[16]22. The Story of the Wireless Telegraph23. The Story of the Building of a Silo[17]24. The Story of the Advance of Electricity[18]25. The Story in the Making of a Magazine[19]26. The Story of America’s First Horseless Carriage27. The Story in a Sausage[20]28. The Story of the Big Redwood Trees[23]29. The Story in a Billiard Table[24]30. The Story in a Pin[25]31. Pictorial Story Of The Fishing Industry32. The Story in a Box of California Oranges33. The Story of a Piece of Chewing Gum[26]34. The Story of the Calculating Machine35. The Story in a Bowling Alley[27]36. The Story of the Addressograph[28]37. The Story in a Chemical Fire Extinguisher[29]38. The Story in Photo-Engraving[30]39. The Story in a Giant Cannon40. Pictorial Story of the Steel Industry41. The Story in the Making of a Pair of Shoes[46]42. Pictorial Story of Fire Apparatus43. The Story of the Taking of Food From the Air[52]44. The Story of a Deep Sea Monster[54]45. The Story of Salt[56]46. The Story of the Growth of the Motor Truck[57]47. The Story of the Tunnels Under the Hudson River[58]48. Pictorial Story of the Airship49. The Story of an Automobile Factory[59]50. Railroad Scenes from Shop and Road51. The Story of an Up-to-Date Farm[68]52. The Story of the Motion-Picture Projecting Machine[69]53. The Story of Leather[70]54. The Story in Diamond-Cutting[71]55. The Story in the Modern Lifting Magnet[72]56. Index57. Acknowledgment58. Transcriber’s Notes