In 1910, when this book was published, the advancement of modern mechanism was still moving at a rapid pace. It must have seemed like very day, new inventions were made to make life easier. Most of these are still very much in use today, such as the lawn-mower, automatic milking machines in the dairy industry, fire engines, and escalators. Learn about how these worked in this volume. - Summary by Carolin
Chapters
1 Introduction 11 min 2 Chapter I - Delicate Instruments 48 min 3 Chapter II - Calculating Machines 38 min 4 Chapter III - Workshop Machinery, part 1 25 min 5 Chapter III - Workshop Machinery, part 2 32 min 6 Chapter IV - Portable Tools 13 min 7 Chapter V - The Pedrail 29 min 8 Chapter VI - Internal Combustion Engines 40 min 9 Chapter VII - Motor-Cars 37 min 10 Chapter VIII - The Motor Afloat , part 1 24 min 11 Chapter VIII - The Motor Afloat , part 2 30 min 12 Chapter IX - The Motor-Cycle 23 min 13 Chapter X - Fire Engines 13 min 14 Chapter XI - Fire Alarms and Automatic Fire Extinguishers 25 min 15 Chapter XII - The Machinery of a Ship, part 1 37 min 16 Chapter XII - The Machinery of a Ship, part 2 37 min 17 Chapter XIII - 'The Nurse of the Navy' 6 min 18 Chapter XIV - The Mechanism of Diving 17 min 19 Chapter XV - Apparatus for Raising Sunken Ships and Treasure 8 min 20 Chapter XVI - The Handling of Grain 11 min 21 Chapter XVII - Mechanical Transporters and Conveyors 34 min 22 Chapter XVIII - Automatic Weighers 5 min 23 Chapter XIX - Transporter Bridges 12 min 24 Chapter XX - Boat and Ship Raising Lifts 24 min 25 Chapter XXI - A Self-Moving Staircase 12 min 26 Chapter XXII - Pneumatic Mail Tubes 24 min 27 Chapter XXIII - An Electric Postal System 6 min 28 Chapter XXIV - Agricultural Machinery 24 min 29 Chapter XXV - Dairy Machinery 9 min 30 Chapter XXVI - Sculpturing Machines 19 min 31 Chapter XXVII - An Automatic Rifle 22 min
