Discoveries and Inventions of the Ninteenth Century

ISBN-13: 9781138605602 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 872 str.

Robert Routledge

Opis

Published in 1900. From Atoms to Warships and everything in between, Robert Routledge lists a vast and varied illustrated collection of the revolutionary advances in engineering and pioneering discoveries of the 19^th century.

Spis treści

1.  Introduction.  2. Steam Engines.  3. Iron.  4. Tools.  5. Railways.  6. Steam Navigation.  7. Ships of War.  8. Fire-Arms.  9. Ship Canals.  10. Iron Bridges.  11. Printing Machines.  12. Hydraulic Power.  13. Pneumatic Dispatch.  14. Rock Boring.  15. Light.  16. Light (Continued)  17. The Spectroscope.  18. Roentgen’s X Rays.   19.  Sight.   20. Electricity.   21. The Electric Telegraph.  22. Lighthouses.  23. Photography.  24. Printing Processes.  25. Recording Instruments.  26. Aquaria.  27. Gold and Diamonds.  28. New Metals.  29. India-Rubber and Gutta-Percha.  30. Anaesthetics.  31. Explosives.  32. Mineral Combustibles.  33. Coal-Gas.  34. Coal-Tar Colours.  35. The Greatest Discovery of the Age.  36. Notes.

O autorze

Robert Routledge