The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
by Edward W. Byrn
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Contents
- Preface
- Chapter I. The Perspective View
- Chapter II. Chronology of Leading Inventions of the Nineteenth Century
- Chapter III. The Electric Telegraph
- Chapter IV. The Atlantic Cable
- Chapter V. The Dynamo and Its Applications
- Chapter VI. The Electric Motor
- Chapter VII. The Electric Light
- Chapter VIII. The Telephone
- Chapter IX. Electricity—Miscellaneous
- Chapter X. The Steam Engine
- Chapter XI. The Steam Railway
- Chapter XII. Steam Navigation
- Chapter XIII. Printing
- Chapter XIV. The Typewriter
- Chapter XV. The Sewing Machine
- Chapter XVI. The Reaper
- Chapter XVII. Vulcanized Rubber
- Chapter XVIII. Chemistry
- Chapter XIX. Food and Drink
- Chapter XX. Medicine, Surgery, Sanitation
- Chapter XXI. The Bicycle and Automobile
- Chapter XXII. The Phonograph
- Chapter XXIII. Optics
- Chapter XXIV. Photography
- Chapter XXV. The Roentgen or X-Rays
- Chapter XXVI. Gas Lighting
- Chapter XXVII. Civil Engineering
- Chapter XXVIII. Woodworking
- Chapter XXIX. Metal Working
- Chapter XXX. Firearms and Explosives
- Chapter XXXI. Textiles
- Chapter XXXII. Ice Machines
- Chapter XXXIII. Liquid Air
- Chapter XXXIV. Minor Inventions and Patents in Principal Countries of the World
- Chapter XXXV. Epilogue
- Advice in Regard to Patents