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Inventions · In English · 1910

How It Works

How steam engines, telephones, cameras and lifts worked in 1910, explained simply. A clear view of what modern technology grew from.

22 chapters · about 5 h of reading

Opening the book

Opening the book

How the book begins

The punctuation and spelling from the original text have been faithfully preserved. Only obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Subscripts are represented as X_1. Superscripts are represented by X^1.

I beg to thank the following gentlemen and firms for the help they have given me in connection with the letterpress and illustrations of "How It Works"—

Messrs. F.J.C. Pole and M.G. Tweedie (for revision of MS.); W. Lineham; J.F. Kendall; E. Edser; A.D. Helps; J. Limb; The Edison Bell Phonograph Co.; Messrs. Holmes and Co.; The Pelton Wheel Co.; Messrs. Babcock and Wilcox; Messrs. Siebe, Gorman, and Co.; Messrs. Negretti and Zambra; Messrs. Chubb; The Yale Lock Co.; The Micrometer Engineering Co.; Messrs. Marshall and Sons; The Maignen Filter Co.; Messrs. Broadwood and Co.

Contents

  1. 01Opening
  2. 02Chapter I. THE STEAM-ENGINE
  3. 03Chapter II. THE CONVERSION of HEAT ENERGY into MECHANICAL MOTION
  4. 04Chapter III. THE STEAM TURBINE
  5. 05Chapter IV. THE INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE
  6. 06Chapter V. ELECTRICAL APPARATUS
  7. 07Chapter VI. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH
  8. 08Chapter VII. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY
  9. 09Chapter VIII. THE TELEPHONE
  10. 10Chapter IX. DYNAMOS and ELECTRIC MOTORS
  11. 11Chapter X. RAILWAY BRAKES
  12. 12Chapter XI. RAILWAY SIGNALLING
  13. 13Chapter XII. OPTICS
  14. 14Chapter XIII. THE MICROSCOPE, the TELESCOPE, and the MAGIC-LANTERN
  15. 15Chapter XIV. SOUND and MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
  16. 16Chapter XV. WIND INSTRUMENTS
  17. 17Chapter XVI. TALKING-MACHINES
  18. 18Chapter XVII. WHY the WIND BLOWS
  19. 19Chapter XVIII. HYDRAULIC MACHINERY
  20. 20Chapter XIX. HEATING and LIGHTING
  21. 21Chapter XX. VARIOUS MECHANISMS (1/2)
  22. 22Chapter XX. VARIOUS MECHANISMS (2/2)

About this edition

Public domain: the author died in 1934, more than seventy years ago, and the book was first published in 1910. It is free to read, copy and share in the EU, Russia and the United States.

We removed the source's wrapper, rejoined the lines and split the book into chapters. The words are the author's.

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