Great Facts / A Popular History and Description of the Most Remarkable Inventions During the Present Century
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The conveniences, the comforts, and luxuries conferred on Society by the many important Inventions of the present century, must naturally excite a desire to know the origin and progress of the application of scientific principles, by which such advantages have been gained. Practically considered, those Inventions are of much greater value than the discoveries of Science on which most of them depend; and the scientific inquirer who confines his views to abstract principles, without looking beyond them to the varied methods of their application to useful purposes, may be compared to a traveller ...
Chapters (331)
- GREAT FACTS.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- GREAT FACTS.
- THE PROGRESS OF INVENTION.
- STEAM NAVIGATION.
- STEAM CARRIAGES AND RAILWAYS.
- THE AIR ENGINE.
- PHOTOGRAPHY.
- DISSOLVING VIEWS.
- THE KALEIDOSCOPE.
- THE MAGIC DISC.
- THE DIORAMA.
- THE STEREOSCOPE.
- THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
- ELECTRO-MAGNETIC CLOCKS.
- ELECTRO-METALLURGY.
- GAS LIGHTING.
- THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.
- INSTANTANEOUS LIGHTS.
- PAPER MAKING MACHINERY.
- PRINTING MACHINES.
- LITHOGRAPHY.
- AERATED WATERS.
- REVOLVERS AND MINIE RIFLES.
- CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS.
- TUBULAR BRIDGES.
- SELF-ACTING ENGINES.
- FOOTNOTES:
- Works on Chemistry.
- Class-book of Chemistry.
- Chemical Chart:
- History of Philosophy.
- A History of Philosophy: AN EPITOME.
- Moral Philosophy.
- Elements of Moral Philosophy: ANALYTICAL, SYNTHETICAL, AND PRACTICAL.
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