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