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Marvels Of Scientific Invention is An Intriguing Account In Non-Technical Language Of The Invention Of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarines Mines, Up-To-Date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, And Many Other Discoveries Of Science in the 19th Century. <p> Contents: Digging With Dynamite, Measuring Electricity, The Fuel Of The Future, Some Valuable Electrical Processes, Machine-Made Cold, Scientific Inventions At Sea, The Gyro-Compass, Torpedoes And Submarine Mines, Gold Recovery, Intense Heat, An Artificial Coal Mine, The Most Striking Invention Of Recent Times, How Pictures Can Be Sent By Wire, A Wonderful Example Of Science And Skill, Scientific Testing And Measuring, Colour Photography, How Science Aids The Stricken Collier, How Science Helps To Keep Us Well, Modern Artillery