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EVERY-DAY SCIENCE CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS THE CONQUEST OF TIME AND SPACE INTRODUCTION I THE CONQUEST OF THE ZONES

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

II THE HIGHWAY OF THE WATERS

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

III SUBMARINE VESSELS

THE FIRST SUBMARINE ROBERT FULTON'S EXPERIMENTS A SUCCESSFUL DIVING BOAT RECENT SUBMARINES AND SUBMERSIBLES PRESENT STATUS OF SUBMARINE BOATS

IV THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE

STEPHENSON SOLVES THE PROBLEM IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCOMOTIVES IN RECENT YEARS THE WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE AUTOMATIC COUPLINGS A COMPARISON—THE OLD AND THE NEW

V FROM CART TO AUTOMOBILE

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

VI THE DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRIC RAILWAYS

CABLE SYSTEMS EARLY SELF-CONTAINED SYSTEMS THE EDISON ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE THIRD RAILS AND TROLLEYS STORAGE-BATTERY SYSTEMS MONORAIL SYSTEMS

VII THE GYROCAR

GYROSCOPIC ACTION EXPLAINED MR. BRENNAN'S MODEL CAR HOW THE BRENNAN GYROSCOPES WORK THE EVOLUTION OF AN IDEA

VIII THE GYROSCOPE AND OCEAN TRAVEL

BESSEMER'S COSTLY EXPERIMENT DR. SCHLICK'S SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT DID GYROSCOPIC ACTION WRECK THE VIPER? THEORETICAL DANGERS OF THE GYROSCOPE

IX NAVIGATING THE AIR

THE BALLOON INVENTED PROGRESS IN MECHANICAL FLIGHT GIFFARD, "THE FULTON OF AERIAL NAVIGATION" THE VOYAGES OF THE GIANT EARLY WAR-BALLOONS AND DIRIGIBLE BALLOONS THE DIRIGIBLE BALLOON ACHIEVED

X THE TRIUMPH OF THE AEROPLANE

LANGLEY'S EARLY EXPERIMENTS AND DISCOVERIES EXPERIMENTS IN SOARING THE FLYING MACHINES OF MAXIM AND LANGLEY THE IMPOSSIBLE ACCOMPLISHED

APPENDIX REFERENCE LIST AND NOTES

CHAPTER II THE HIGHWAY OF THE WATERS CHAPTER III SUBMARINE VESSELS CHAPTER IV THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE CHAPTER VI THE DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRIC RAILWAYS CHAPTER IX NAVIGATING THE AIR CHAPTER X THE TRIUMPH OF THE AEROPLANE

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