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DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

Written by Edward Cressy
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd. in 1914

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Front cover

Cover of DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY by Edward Cressy

Contents

  • The revival of water power
  • Coal, gas, and petroleum
  • Steam power
  • Gas, Petrol, and oil engines
  • Generation and transmission of electricity
  • Electric lighting and heating
  • Speed and economy in factory and workshop
  • Foundry and forge
  • The electric furnace and its applications
  • The artificial production of cold and its applications
  • Soil and crops
  • Railways
  • Electric traction
  • Motor-cars
  • Modern ships
  • The conquest of the air
  • Wireless telegraphy
  • Ships of war and their weapons
  • Some applications of photography
  • Radium, electricity, and matter