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E-raamat: Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century [Taylor & Francis e-raamat]

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First published in 1901. This study presents an account of the remarkable discoveries and inventions which distinguished the nineteenth-century. The author examines an assortment of developments, including that in the sciences, architecture, travel, and communications. This title will be of great interest to students of the history of science and technology.

Introduction 1(2)
Steam Engines
3(26)
The Locomotive
14(10)
Portable Engines
24(1)
The Steam Hammer
25(4)
Iron
29(56)
Iron In Architecture
72(9)
Big Wheels
81(4)
Tools
85(16)
The Blanchard Lathe
96(2)
Sawing Machines
98(3)
Railways
101(28)
The Metropolitan Railways
114(2)
The Pacific Railway
116(9)
Inclined Railways
125(4)
Steam Navigation
129(20)
River And Lake Steamboats Of America
144(5)
Ships of War
149(20)
Fire-Arms
169(58)
The Military Rifle
170(20)
Rifled Cannon
190(28)
Machine Guns
218(9)
Torpedoes
227(22)
Ship Canals
249(27)
The Suez Canal
251(11)
The Manchester Ship Canal
262(9)
The North Sea Canal
271(1)
The Panama And Nicaragua Canal Projects
272(4)
Iron Bridges
276(29)
Girder Bridges
280(4)
Suspension Bridges
284(7)
Cantilever Bridges
291(6)
The Tower Bridge, London
297(6)
The Great Brooklyn Bridge
303(2)
Printing Machines
305(19)
Letterpress Printing
306(15)
Pattern Printing
321(3)
Hydraulic Power
324(16)
Pneumatic Dispatch
340(9)
Rock Boring
349(31)
The Mont Cenis Tunnel
351(4)
Rock-Drilling Machines
355(9)
The Channel Tunnel
364(7)
The St. Gothard Railway
371(9)
Light
380(36)
Some Phenomena of Light
382(2)
Velocity of Light
384(4)
Reflection of Light
388(9)
Refraction
397(2)
Double Refraction And Polarisation
399(9)
Cause of Light And Colour
408(8)
The Spectroscope
416(29)
Celestial Chemistry And Physics
436(9)
Roentgen's X Rays
445(7)
Sight
452(29)
The Eye
454(14)
Visual' Impressions
468(13)
Electricity
481(66)
Elementary Phenomena of Electricity And Magnetism
483(4)
Theory of Electricity
487(1)
Electric Induction
488(2)
Dynamical Electricity
490(12)
Induced Currents
502(5)
Magneto-Electricity
507(4)
The Gramme Magneto-Electric Machine
511(8)
Electric Lighting And Electric Power
519(19)
The New Electricity
538(9)
The Electric Telegraph
547(46)
Telegraphic Instruments
553(19)
Telegraphic Lines
572(9)
The Telephone
581(12)
Lighthouses
593(14)
Photography
607(25)
Photography In Colours
630(2)
Printing Processes
632(21)
Stereotyping
632(4)
Lithography
636(4)
Other Processes
640(5)
The Linotype Machine
645(8)
Recording Instruments
653(22)
The Phonograph
665(10)
Aquaria
675(12)
The Crystal Palace Aquarium
677(5)
The Brighton Aquarium
682(5)
Gold and Diamonds
687(27)
Gold
687(9)
Diamonds
696(18)
New Metals
714(10)
India-Rubber and Gutta-Percha
724(7)
India-rubber
724(4)
Gutta-Percha
728(3)
Anesthetics
731(9)
Explosives
740(11)
Mineral Combustibles
751(13)
Coal
751(6)
Petroleum
757(4)
Paraffin
761(3)
Coal-Gas
764(17)
Coal-Tar Colours
781(20)
The Greatest Discovery of the Age
801(10)
Notes 811(2)
Index 813
Robert Routledge