ABSTRACT

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 19th century.

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 |30 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

Anæthetics

chapter |11 pages

Explosives

chapter |13 pages

Mineral Combustibles

chapter |17 pages

Coal-Gas

chapter |20 pages

Coal-Tar Colours

chapter |10 pages

The Greatest Discovery of the Age