ABSTRACT

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.

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

chapter |26 pages

Steam Engines.

chapter |56 pages

Iron

chapter |16 pages

Tools.

chapter |28 pages

Railways.

chapter |20 pages

Steam Navigation.

chapter |20 pages

Ships of War

chapter |58 pages

Fire-Arms.

chapter |22 pages

Torpedoes.

chapter |27 pages

Ship Canals.

chapter |29 pages

Iron Bridges.

chapter |19 pages

Printing Machines.

chapter |16 pages

Hydraulic Power

chapter |9 pages

Pneumatic Dispatch

chapter |31 pages

Rock Boring

chapter |36 pages

Light

chapter |29 pages

The Spectroscope.

chapter |7 pages

Roentgen’s X Rays.

chapter |29 pages

Sight.

chapter |66 pages

Electricity.

chapter |46 pages

The Electric Telegraph

chapter |14 pages

Lighthouses.

chapter |25 pages

Photography.

chapter |21 pages

Printing Processes.

chapter |22 pages

Recording Instruments.

chapter |12 pages

Aquaria.

chapter |27 pages

Gold and Diamonds.

chapter |10 pages

New Metals.

chapter |7 pages

Indian-Rubber and Gutta-Percha.

chapter |9 pages

Anᴁsthetics.

chapter |11 pages

Explosives.

chapter |13 pages

Mineral Combustibles.

chapter |17 pages

Coal-Gas.

chapter |20 pages

Coal-Tar Colours.

chapter |11 pages

The Greatest Discovery of the Age.

chapter |1 pages

Notes A and B