The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century
- Downloads
- Under 100
- Pages
- 377
Listen to The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century Audiobook Free
-
Preface; Chapter I The Perspective View
13:56 -
Chapter II Chronology of Leading Inventions of the Nineteenth Century
24:25 -
Chapter III The Electric Telegraph
31:58 -
Chapter IV The Atlantic Cable
15:18 -
Chapter V The Dynamo and Its Applications
20:12 -
Chapter VI The Electric Motor
21:41 -
Chapter VII The Electric Light
19:21 -
Chapter VIII The Telephone
29:54 -
Chapter IX Electricity, Miscellaneous
21:48 -
Chapter X The Steam Engine
34:50 -
Chapter XI The Steam Railway
25:06 -
Chapter XII Steam Navigation
38:47 -
Chapter XIII Printing
24:59 -
Chapter XIV The Typewriter
24:18 -
Chapter XV The Sewing Machine
41:18 -
Chapter XVI The Reaper
32:05 -
Chapter XVII Vulcanized Rubber
25:44 -
Chapter XVIII Chemistry
26:22 -
Chapter XIX Food and Drink
35:55 -
Chapter XX Medicine, Surgery, and Sanitation
34:59 -
Chapter XXI The Bicycle and Automobile
27:35 -
Chapter XXII The Phonograph
27:06 -
Chapter XXIII Optics
35:26 -
Chapter XXIV Photography
38:47 -
Chapter XXV The Roentgen or X-Rays
18:38 -
Chapter XXVI Gas Lighting
25:36 -
Chapter XXVII Civil Engineering
42:11 -
Chapter XXVIII Woodworking
27:16 -
Chapter XXIX, Part 1 Metal Working
27:49 -
Chapter XXIX, Part 2 Metal Working
27:17 -
Chapter XXX, Part 1 Fire Arms and Explosives
26:39 -
Chapter XXX, Part 2 Fire Arms and Explosives
30:00 -
Chapter XXXI Textiles
34:02 -
Chapter XXXII Ice Machines
21:31 -
Chapter XXXIII Liquid Air
20:29 -
Chapter XXXIV Minor Inventions, and Patents of Principal Countries of the World
18:42 -
Chapter XXXV Epilogue
6:33
The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century (1900) is a public domain work.
The audio edition streams in the page. There is no audio file to download.
About this book
Telegraph wires, electric lights and steam engines share space with sewing machines and artificial limbs in Edward W. Byrn's survey of nineteenth-century invention. Published in 1900, the book follows developments across communication, transport, manufacturing and medicine. Its contents range from the Atlantic cable and telephone to photography, bicycles and early automobiles. Byrn describes his purpose as a broad historical overview and explains his reliance on patents for dates and accounts of inventions.
The section on dentistry and artificial limbs shows how closely the narrative attends to materials and construction. Rubber plates, metal bridges and the grain of wood become part of the history alongside named inventors and patent references. Readers interested in technology can explore how many separate improvements contributed to machines and devices in everyday use. The medical passages also offer a record of the period's ideas about treatment and scientific progress.
Contents
About the author
More from this genre
See all- B The Beauties of Nature, and the Wonders of the World We Live InThe Beauties of Nature, and the Wonders of the World We Live In
- S The Scientific Evidences of Organic EvolutionThe Scientific Evidences of Organic Evolution
- N The New HeavensThe New Heavens
- R Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and FancyRound-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy
- B The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific EssaysThe Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays
- D Disease and Its CausesDisease and Its Causes
Discussion
No comments yet. Share a thought, a question or a favourite passage.
Copyright concern? Read our DMCA policy
Read or download
Public domain book This work is in the public domain and free of copyright. Anyone may read, download and share it.
- PDF 21 MB
- EPUB 18 MB
Downloads start right away. How to open EPUB on your phone
Book facts
- Author
- Edward W. Byrn
- Reading time
- About 10 hours
- Genre
- Popular Science
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
- Audio read by
- Bryan Travis, Verla Viera, Louise Jaeschke and others