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Table of Contents
ОглавлениеWAR AS A STIMULUS OF INVENTION
DISCOVERY OF THE LEVER AND THE WEDGE
THE INCLINED PLANE AND ITS FAMILY
TELLING TIME WITH A LEAKY BUCKET
THE REMARKABLE WATER CLOCK OF CTESIBIUS
MARVELOUS PRECISION OF MODERN WATCHES
INANIMATE MATTER IN CONTINUAL MOTION
SETTING KITCHEN FAUCETS TO WORK
RAISING A BRIDGE SPAN WITH WATER
TRANSMITTING POWER WITH SOUND WAVES
THE BOY WHO DISCOVERED COMPRESSED AIR
RAISING WATER WITH ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
BORING TUNNELS THROUGH RIVER BEDS
QUELLING OCEAN BILLOWS WITH AIR
BURNING AIR IN THE AUTOMOBILE ENGINE
THE SELF IGNITING DIESEL ENGINE
THE DOUBLE-ACTING JUNKER ENGINE
POWER FROM THE CORE OF THE EARTH
A SUBMARINE OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
FULTON’S HAND-PROPELLED SUBMARINE
THE COLLAPSIBLE “EYE” OF THE SUBMARINE
PUTTING ROLLERS BETWEEN LOAD AND ROAD
ANCIENT LINEAGE OF THE AUTOMOBILE
AMERICAN PIONEERS OF THE MOTOR CAR
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC IN A DIRIGIBLE
TRANSATLANTIC AEROPLANE FLIGHTS
FORCES THAT SUPPORT AN AEROPLANE
MAINTAINING THE EQUILIBRIUM OF AN AEROPLANE
THE “FULTON” OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY
DITCHING AND TRENCHING MACHINES
EXPLORING SUBSURFACE CONDITIONS
LOCATING ROCK UNDER HUDSON RIVER
PREPARING COTTON FOR THE SPINNING MULE
WOVEN, BRAIDED, KNITTED, AND NET GOODS
INVENTION OF THE KNITTING MACHINE
HOWE’S INVENTION OF THE SEWING MACHINE
THE SINGLE-THREAD SEWING MACHINE
GETTING DOWN TO THE “BONES” OF THE WOOD
THE FOURDRINIER PAPER-MAKING MACHINE
THE CYLINDER MACHINE FOR MAKING PAPER
DEVELOPMENT OF PRINTING PRESSES
PRINTING 240,000 PAGES PER HOUR
GATHERING AND BINDING MAGAZINES
THE LINOTYPE MATRIX AND SPACE BAR
INDIVIDUAL TYPE CASTING AND COMPOSING
HEARING AND TALKING WITH A MECHANICAL “EAR”
INVENTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM
FORCES DEVELOPED IN A GYROSCOPE
EARLY USES OF LOW TEMPERATURES
