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By permission of Messrs. Chance Bros. and Co., Ltd. A Huge Lamp

The marvellous arrangement of lenses and prisms which enables the lighthouse to send out its guiding flashes, with the mechanism

for turning it. Made for "Chilang" Lighthouse, China Frontispiece

MARVELS OF

SCIENTIFIC INVENTION

AN INTERESTING ACCOUNT IN NON-TECHNICAL LANGUAGE OF THE INVENTION OF GUNS, TORPEDOES, SUBMARINES MINES, UP-TO-DATE SMELTING, FREEZING, COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY, AND MANY OTHER RECENT

DISCOVERIES OF SCIENCE

BY

THOMAS W. CORBIN

AUTHOR OF

"ENGINEERING OF TO-DAY," "MECHANICAL INVENTIONS OF TO-DAY," "THE ROMANCE OF SUBMARINE ENGINEERING," &c., &c.

WITH 32 ILLUSTRATIONS & DIAGRAMS PHILADELPHIA

J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY

LONDON: SEELEY, SERVICE & CO. LTD.

1917 [Pg 5]

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