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EBOOK MARVELS OF MODERN SCIENCE ***
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MARVELS OF MODERN SCIENCE
By PAUL SEVERING
Edited by THEODORE WATERS
1910
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
FLYING MACHINES
Early attempts at flight. The Dirigible. Prof. Langley's
experiments. The Wright Brothers. Count Zeppelin. Recent aeroplane
records.
CHAPTER II
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY
Primitive signalling. Principles of wireless telegraphy. Ether
vibrations. Wireless apparatus. The Marconi system.
CHAPTER III
RADIUM
Experiments of Becquerel. Work of the Curies. Discovery of Radium.
Enormous energy. Various uses.
CHAPTER IV
MOVING PICTURES
Photographing motion. Edison's Kinetoscope. Lumiere's
Cinematographe. Before the camera. The mission of the moving
picture. Edison's latest triumph.
CHAPTER V
SKY-SCRAPERS AND HOW THEY ARE BUILT
Evolution of the sky-scraper. Construction. New York's giant
buildings. Dimensions.
CHAPTER VI
OCEAN PALACES
Ocean greyhounds. Present day floating palaces. Regal
appointments. Passenger accommodation. Food consumption. The one
thousand foot boat.
CHAPTER VII
WONDERFUL CREATIONS IN PLANT LIFE
Mating Plants. Experiments of Burbank. What he has accomplished.
CHAPTER VIII
LATEST DISCOVERIES IN ARCHAEOLOGY
Prehistoric time.
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