Stories of Inventors: The Adventures of Inventors and Engineers
The author and publishers take pleasure in acknowledging the courtesy of
The Scientific American
The Booklovers Magazine
The Holiday Magazine , and
Messrs. Wood & Nathan Company
for the use of a number of illustrations in this book.
From The Scientific American , illustrations facing pages 16, 48, 78, 80, 88, 94, 118, 126, 142, and 162.
From The Booklovers Magazine , illustrations facing pages 184, 190, 194, and 196.
From The Holiday Magazine , illustrations facing pages 100 and 110.
Russell Doubleday
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STORIES OF INVENTORS
The Adventures Of Inventors And Engineers. True Incidents And Personal Experiences
RUSSELL DOUBLEDAY
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
STORIES OF INVENTORS
HOW GUGLIELMO MARCONI TELEGRAPHS WITHOUT WIRES
SANTOS-DUMONT AND HIS AIR-SHIP
HOW A FAST TRAIN IS RUN
HOW AUTOMOBILES WORK
THE FASTEST STEAMBOATS
THE LIFE-SAVERS AND THEIR APPARATUS
MOVING PICTURES
BRIDGE BUILDERS AND SOME OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS
SUBMARINES IN WAR AND PEACE
LONG-DISTANCE TELEPHONY
A MACHINE THAT THINKS
HOW HEAT PRODUCES COLD