Little Masterpieces of Science - Invention and Discovery
by George Iles
About this book
A collection of essays on various inventions and scientific discoveries, this volume of Little Masterpieces of Science from 1902 includes topics such as the discovery of electricity, the invention of the telegraph, the telephone, Roentgen rays, and other advances. - Summary by J. M. Smallheer
Chapters (10)
1Franklin Identifies Lightning with Electricity
2Faraday's Discoveries Leading Up to the Electric Dynamo and Motor
3Professor Joseph Henry's Invention of the Electric Telegraphc
4The First Atlantic Cables
5Bell's Telephonic Researches
6Photographing the Unseen: The Roentgen Ray
7The Wireless Telegraph
8Electricity, What Its Mastery Means: With a Review and a Propect
9Count Rumford Identifies Heat with Motion
10Victory of the "Rocket" Locomotive
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