[Gutenberg 44502] • Every-day Science: Volume 6. The Conquest of Nature by Williams, Edward Huntington -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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EVERY-DAY SCIENCE CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS THE CONQUEST OF NATURE I

MAN AND NATURE THE STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE SCIENCE AND CIVILIZATION

HOW WORK IS DONE WHEELS AND PULLEYS OTHER MEANS OF TRANSMITTING POWER INCLINED PLANES AND DERRICKS FRICTION AVAILABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY

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THE ANIMAL MACHINE THE TWO TYPES OF MUSCLES THE NATURE OF MUSCULAR ACTION APPLICATIONS OF MUSCULAR ENERGY THE WHEEL AND AXLE MODIFIED LEVERS DOMESTICATED ANIMALS

THE WORK OF AIR AND WATER SUCTION AND PRESSURE AIR IN MOTION INHERENT DEFECTS OF THE WINDMILL RUNNING WATER HYDRAULIC POWER

CAPTIVE MOLECULES: THE STORY OF THE STEAM ENGINE BEGINNINGS OF MODERN DISCOVERY THOMAS SAVERY'S STEAM PUMP DENIS PAPIN INVENTS THE PISTON ENGINE THOMAS NEWCOMEN'S IMPROVED ENGINE THE COMING OF JAMES WATT ROTARY MOTION FINAL IMPROVEMENTS AND MISSED OPPORTUNITIES THE SUPREME IMPORTANCE OF WATT THE PERSONALITY OF JAMES WATT

THE MASTER WORKER HIGH-PRESSURE STEAM COMPOUND ENGINES ROTARY ENGINES TURBINE ENGINES

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GAS AND OIL ENGINES

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THE SMALLEST WORKERS FRANKLIN'S ONE-FLUID THEORY MODERN VIEWS HOW ELECTRICITY IS DEVELOPED THE WORK OF THE DYNAMICAL CURRENT THEORIES OF ELECTRICAL ACTION PRACTICAL USES OF ELECTRICITY

MAN'S NEWEST CO-LABORER: THE DYNAMO THE MECHANISM OF THE DYNAMO THE ORIGIN OF THE DYNAMO PERFECTING THE DYNAMO A MYSTERIOUS MECHANISM

NIAGARA IN HARNESS WITHIN THE POWER-HOUSE PENSTOCKS AND TURBINES A MIRACULOUS TRANSFORMATION OF ENERGY SUBTERRANEAN TAIL-RACES THE EFFECT ON THE FALLS THE TRANSMISSION OF POWER "STEP UP" AND "STEP DOWN" TRANSFORMERS

THE BANISHMENT OF NIGHT PRIMITIVE TORCH AND OPEN LAMP TALLOW CANDLE AND PERFECTED OIL LAMP GAS LIGHTING THE INCANDESCENT GAS MANTLE THE INTRODUCTION OF ACETYLENE GAS THE TRIUMPH OF ELECTRICITY DAVY AND THE FIRST ELECTRIC LIGHT THE JABLOCHKOFF CANDLE THE IMPROVED ARC LIGHT EDISON AND THE INCANDESCENT LAMP THE TUNGSTEN LAMP THE MERCURY-VAPOR LIGHT OF PETER COOPER HEWITT

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THE MINERAL DEPTHS CONDITIONS TO BE CONSIDERED IN MINING ELECTRIC MACHINERY IN MINING TRACTION IN MINING ELECTRIC MINING PUMPS ELECTRICITY IN COAL MINING ELECTRIC LIGHTING OF MINES

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THE AGE OF STEEL THE LAKE SUPERIOR MINES FROM MINE TO FURNACE THE CONVERSION OF IRON ORE INTO IRON AND STEEL SIR HENRY BESSEMER OPEN-HEARTH METHOD ALLOY STEELS

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SOME RECENT TRIUMPHS OF APPLIED SCIENCE NITROGEN FROM THE AIR ANOTHER METHOD OF NITROGEN FIXATION ELECTRICAL ENERGY AND HIGH TEMPERATURES OTHER INDUSTRIAL PROBLEMS OF TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW

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