Marvels of Scientific Invention

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Thomas W. Corbin. Marvels of Scientific Invention

Marvels of Scientific Invention

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DIAGRAMS

MARVELS OF SCIENTIFIC. INVENTION

CHAPTER I

DIGGING WITH DYNAMITE

CHAPTER II

MEASURING ELECTRICITY

CHAPTER III

THE FUEL OF THE FUTURE

CHAPTER IV

SOME VALUABLE ELECTRICAL PROCESSES

CHAPTER V

MACHINE-MADE COLD

CHAPTER VI

SCIENTIFIC INVENTIONS AT SEA

CHAPTER VII

THE GYRO-COMPASS

CHAPTER VIII

TORPEDOES AND SUBMARINE MINES

CHAPTER IX

GOLD RECOVERY

CHAPTER X

INTENSE HEAT

CHAPTER XI

AN ARTIFICIAL COAL MINE

CHAPTER XII

THE MOST STRIKING INVENTION OF RECENT TIMES

CHAPTER XIII

HOW PICTURES CAN BE SENT BY WIRE

CHAPTER XIV

A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF SCIENCE AND SKILL

CHAPTER XV

SCIENTIFIC TESTING AND MEASURING

CHAPTER XVI

COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY

CHAPTER XVII

HOW SCIENCE AIDS THE STRICKEN COLLIER

CHAPTER XIX

HOW SCIENCE HELPS TO KEEP US WELL

CHAPTER XIX

MODERN ARTILLERY

APPENDIX

A DESCRIPTION OF THE RIFLES SHOWN AT PAGE 240

INDEX

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Thomas W. Corbin

Published by Good Press, 2019

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Indeed the only danger which is to be feared with these operations is about on a par with that which every farm hand runs from the kick of a horse. Any careful, trustworthy man could be quite safely taught to do this work, and with the assistance of a labourer he could do all that is necessary. Given a fair amount of intelligence, too, he would take but little teaching. Altogether there is no doubt that the use of explosives is going to have a marked effect upon farming operations in the near future.

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