How It Works
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How It Works

Dealing in Simple Language with Steam, Electricity, Light, Heat, Sound, Hydraulics, Optics, etc.

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eBook - ePub

How It Works

Dealing in Simple Language with Steam, Electricity, Light, Heat, Sound, Hydraulics, Optics, etc.

About this book

How the ordinary machinery of the world works: the steam engine and the turbine, the telephone and wireless, the talking-machine, railway brakes and signals, the microscope and the magic-lantern, explained with diagrams and no equations. Archibald Williams wrote for readers who wanted to understand what they saw every day. It is a snapshot of Edwardian technology, taken by someone who had opened all of it. Its 142 original illustrations have been carefully restored and coloured for this edition.

Information

Publisher
Aeneas Press
Year
2026
Topic
Literature
eBook ISBN
9785501464513
Subtopic
Classics
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. Author’s Note
  4. Preface
  5. Chapter I. The Steam-Engine
  6. Chapter II. The Conversion of Heat Energy Into Mechanical Motion
  7. Chapter III. The Steam Turbine
  8. Chapter IV. The Internal-Combustion Engine
  9. Chapter V. Electrical Apparatus
  10. Chapter VI. The Electric Telegraph
  11. Chapter VII. Wireless Telegraphy
  12. Chapter VIII. The Telephone
  13. Chapter IX. Dynamos and Electric Motors
  14. Chapter X. Railway Brakes
  15. Chapter XI. Railway Signalling
  16. Chapter XII. Optics
  17. Chapter XIII. The Microscope, the Telescope, and the Magic-Lantern
  18. Chapter XIV. Sound and Musical Instruments
  19. Chapter XV. Wind Instruments
  20. Chapter XVI. Talking-Machines
  21. Chapter XVII. Why the Wind Blows
  22. Chapter XVIII. Hydraulic Machinery
  23. Chapter XIX. Heating and Lighting
  24. Chapter XX. Various Mechanisms
  25. About the Author

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