Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth CenturyRoutledge, Robert
History
Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century
Routledge, Robert
Inventions -- History -- 19th century
LIGHT 380
SOME PHENOMENA OF LIGHT 382
VELOCITY OF LIGHT 384
REFLECTION OF LIGHT 388
REFRACTION 397
DOUBLE REFRACTION AND POLARISATION 399
CAUSE OF LIGHT AND COLOUR 408
THE SPECTROSCOPE 416
CELESTIAL CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS 436
ROENTGEN’S X RAYS 445
SIGHT 452
THE EYE 454
VISUAL IMPRESSIONS 468
ELECTRICITY 481
ELEMENTARY PHENOMENA OF ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM 483
THEORY OF ELECTRICITY 487
ELECTRIC INDUCTION 488
DYNAMICAL ELECTRICITY 490
INDUCED CURRENTS 502
MAGNETO-ELECTRICITY 507
THE GRAMME MAGNETO-ELECTRIC MACHINE 511
ELECTRIC LIGHTING AND ELECTRIC POWER 519
THE NEW ELECTRICITY 538
THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH 547
TELEGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTS 553
TELEGRAPHIC LINES 572
THE TELEPHONE 581
LIGHTHOUSES 593
PHOTOGRAPHY 607
PHOTOGRAPHY IN COLOURS 630
PRINTING PROCESSES 632
STEREOTYPING 632
LITHOGRAPHY 636
OTHER PROCESSES 640
THE LINOTYPE MACHINE 645
RECORDING INSTRUMENTS 653
THE PHONOGRAPH 665
AQUARIA 675
THE CRYSTAL PALACE AQUARIUM 677
THE BRIGHTON AQUARIUM 682
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