Every-day Science: Volume 7. The Conquest of Time and Space
Transcriber's note: The cover, other than using a photograph from this book, was created by transcriber and placed into the Public Domain.
THE WRIGHT AEROPLANE IN FRANCE IN 1908.
It will be seen that there are two passengers on the aeroplane, one being Mr. Wilbur Wright, the other a pupil.
BY HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS, M.D., LL.D. ASSISTED BY EDWARD H. WILLIAMS, M.D.
VOLUME VII.
THE CONQUEST OF TIME AND SPACE
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK AND LONDON THE GOODHUE COMPANY PUBLISHERS · MDCCCCX
Copyright, 1910, by The Goodhue Co. All rights reserved
Henry Smith Williams
Edward Huntington Williams
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EVERY-DAY SCIENCE
THE MARINER'S COMPASS
SAILING BY DEAD RECKONING
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SEXTANT
PERFECTING THE CHRONOMETER
FINDING THE TIME WITHOUT A CHRONOMETER
ASCERTAINING THE SHIP'S LONGITUDE
MEASURING A DEGREE OF LATITUDE
THE NAUTICAL ALMANAC
SOUNDINGS AND CHARTS
THE LURE OF THE UNKNOWN
THE QUEST OF THE POLE
MEDIÆVAL SHIPS
MODERN SAILING SHIPS
EARLY ATTEMPTS TO INVENT A STEAMBOAT
FULTON AND THE CLERMONT
SEA-GOING STEAMSHIPS
SHIPS BUILT OF IRON AND STEEL
THE TRIUMPH OF THE TURBINE
SUBMARINE SIGNALING
LIQUID FUEL
THE FIRST SUBMARINE
ROBERT FULTON'S EXPERIMENTS
A SUCCESSFUL DIVING BOAT
RECENT SUBMARINES AND SUBMERSIBLES
PRESENT STATUS OF SUBMARINE BOATS
STEPHENSON SOLVES THE PROBLEM
IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCOMOTIVES IN RECENT YEARS
THE WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE
AUTOMATIC COUPLINGS
A COMPARISON—THE OLD AND THE NEW
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BICYCLE
THE COMING OF THE AUTOMOBILE
AN EXTRAORDINARY PIECE OF LEGISLATION
SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS OF AUTOMOBILE RACING
A MIRACULOUS TRANSFORMATION OF ENERGY
CABLE SYSTEMS
EARLY SELF-CONTAINED SYSTEMS
THE EDISON ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE
THIRD RAILS AND TROLLEYS
STORAGE-BATTERY SYSTEMS
MONORAIL SYSTEMS
GYROSCOPIC ACTION EXPLAINED
MR. BRENNAN'S MODEL CAR
HOW THE BRENNAN GYROSCOPES WORK
THE EVOLUTION OF AN IDEA
BESSEMER'S COSTLY EXPERIMENT
DR. SCHLICK'S SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT
THEORETICAL DANGERS OF THE GYROSCOPE
THE BALLOON INVENTED
PROGRESS IN MECHANICAL FLIGHT
GIFFARD, "THE FULTON OF AERIAL NAVIGATION"
EARLY WAR-BALLOONS AND DIRIGIBLE BALLOONS
THE DIRIGIBLE BALLOON ACHIEVED
LANGLEY'S EARLY EXPERIMENTS AND DISCOVERIES
EXPERIMENTS IN SOARING
THE FLYING MACHINES OF MAXIM AND LANGLEY
THE IMPOSSIBLE ACCOMPLISHED
