Robert Routledge

Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century

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Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1901. This study presents an account of the remarkable discoveries and inventions which distinguished the nineteenth-century. The author examines an assortment of developments, including that in the sciences, architecture, travel, and communications.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 872
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 44mm
• Gewicht: 993g
• ISBN-13: 9781138392786
• ISBN-10: 1138392782
• Artikelnr.: 69899165

Autorenporträt

Robert Routledge

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Steam Engines 3. Iron 4. Tools 5. Railways 6. Steam
Navigation 7. Ships of War 8. Fire-Arms 9. Torpedoes 10. Ship Canals 11.
Iron Bridges 12. Printing Machines 13. Hydraulic Power 14. Pneumatic
Dispatch 15. Rock Boring 16. Light 17. The Spectroscope 18. Roentgen's X
Rays 19. Sight 20. Electricity 21. The Electric Telegraph 22. Lighthouses
23. Photography 24. Printing Processes 25. Recording Instruments 26.
Aquaria 27. Gold and Diamonds 28. New Metals 29. India-Rubber and
Gutta-Percha 30. Anaesthetics 31. Mineral Combustibles 32. Coal-Gas 33.
Coal-Tar Colours 34. The Greatest Discovery of the Age; Notes; Index