The Romance of Modern Mechanism
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Introduction
10:50 -
Chapter I - Delicate Instruments
48:24 -
Chapter II - Calculating Machines
37:50 -
Chapter III - Workshop Machinery, part 1
24:40 -
Chapter III - Workshop Machinery, part 2
32:27 -
Chapter IV - Portable Tools
12:57 -
Chapter V - The Pedrail
29:16 -
Chapter VI - Internal Combustion Engines
39:53 -
Chapter VII - Motor-Cars
36:37 -
Chapter VIII - The Motor Afloat , part 1
24:01 -
Chapter VIII - The Motor Afloat , part 2
29:43 -
Chapter IX - The Motor-Cycle
23:18 -
Chapter X - Fire Engines
12:50 -
Chapter XI - Fire Alarms and Automatic Fire Extinguishers
25:11 -
Chapter XII - The Machinery of a Ship, part 1
37:16 -
Chapter XII - The Machinery of a Ship, part 2
36:31 -
Chapter XIII - 'The Nurse of the Navy'
5:56 -
Chapter XIV - The Mechanism of Diving
16:49 -
Chapter XV - Apparatus for Raising Sunken Ships and Treasure
7:59 -
Chapter XVI - The Handling of Grain
10:37 -
Chapter XVII - Mechanical Transporters and Conveyors
34:13 -
Chapter XVIII - Automatic Weighers
5:29 -
Chapter XIX - Transporter Bridges
11:34 -
Chapter XX - Boat and Ship Raising Lifts
23:34 -
Chapter XXI - A Self-Moving Staircase
11:33 -
Chapter XXII - Pneumatic Mail Tubes
24:19 -
Chapter XXIII - An Electric Postal System
6:27 -
Chapter XXIV - Agricultural Machinery
23:46 -
Chapter XXV - Dairy Machinery
8:43 -
Chapter XXVI - Sculpturing Machines
19:00 -
Chapter XXVII - An Automatic Rifle
22:26
The Romance of Modern Mechanism (1910) is a public domain work.
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An ordinary working day reveals a network of machines in Archibald Williams's account of modern industry. A watch, breakfast table, railway trip and office telephone each become reminders of the mechanical work behind familiar comforts. Published in 1910, this illustrated survey explains machinery and scientific instruments for general readers, beginning with the development of tools, specialized crafts and steam power. Its opening also presents a sculpturing machine capable of producing several copies from one model.
The discussion of motor cycles moves from engine cooling and variable gears to springs that soften the jolts of uneven roads. Williams connects these practical design problems with wider hopes for cheaper transport and homes farther from factories. Readers interested in engineering history can follow both the workings of early machines and the expectations attached to them, as technical improvements become part of an argument about everyday life.
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