In 1910, when this book was published, the advancement of modern mechanism was still moving at a rapid pace. It must have seemed like very day, new inventions were made to make life easier. Most of these are still very much in use today, such as the lawn-mower, automatic milking machines in the dairy industry, fire engines, and escalators. Learn about how these worked in this volume. - Summary by Carolin
IntroductionChapter I - Delicate InstrumentsChapter II - Calculating MachinesChapter III - Workshop Machinery, part 1Chapter III - Workshop Machinery, part 2Chapter IV - Portable ToolsChapter V - The PedrailChapter VI - Internal Combustion EnginesChapter VII - Motor-CarsChapter VIII - The Motor Afloat , part 1Chapter VIII - The Motor Afloat , part 2Chapter IX - The Motor-CycleChapter X - Fire EnginesChapter XI - Fire Alarms and Automatic Fire ExtinguishersChapter XII - The Machinery of a Ship, part 1Chapter XII - The Machinery of a Ship, part 2Chapter XIII - 'The Nurse of the Navy'Chapter XIV - The Mechanism of DivingChapter XV - Apparatus for Raising Sunken Ships and TreasureChapter XVI - The Handling of GrainChapter XVII - Mechanical Transporters and ConveyorsChapter XVIII - Automatic WeighersChapter XIX - Transporter BridgesChapter XX - Boat and Ship Raising LiftsChapter XXI - A Self-Moving StaircaseChapter XXII - Pneumatic Mail TubesChapter XXIII - An Electric Postal SystemChapter XXIV - Agricultural MachineryChapter XXV - Dairy MachineryChapter XXVI - Sculpturing MachinesChapter XXVII - An Automatic Rifle
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