Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth CenturyRoutledge, Robert
History
Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century
Routledge, Robert
Inventions -- History -- 19th century
17. Blast Furnace 41
18. Section and Plan of Blast Furnace (obsolete type) 42
19. Section of a Reverberatory Furnace 45
20. Fibrous Fracture of Wrought Iron 47
21. Cup and Cone 49
22. Section of Blast Furnace 51
23. Experiments at Baxter House 58
24. Bessemer Converter 63
25. Model of Bessemer Steel Apparatus 65
26. Section of Regenerative Stoves and Open Hearth 68
26_a_. Rolling Mill 71
26_b_. The Eiffel Tower in course of construction 73
26_c_. The Eiffel Tower 75
26_d_. St. Paul Building, N. Y. 77
26_e_. Manhattan Insurance Co.’s Building in course of 79
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26_f_. Manhattan Insurance Co.’s Building nearly completed 80
26_g_. Original Design for the Great Wheel 82
27. Portrait of Sir Joseph Whitworth 85
28. Whitworth’s Screw Dies and Tap 86
29. Screw-cutting Lathe 87
30. Whitworth’s Measuring Machine 89
31. Whitworth’s Drilling Machine 91
32. Whitworth’s Planing Machine 93
33. Pair of Whitworth’s Planes or Surface Plates 94
34. Interior of Engineer’s Workshop 95
35. Blanchard Lathe 96
36. Vertical Saw 98
37. Circular Saw 99
38. Pit-Saw 100
39. Box Tunnel 101
40. Coal-pit, Salop 102
41. Sankey Viaduct 103
42. Rails and Cramp-gauge 104
43. Fish-plate 105
44. Section of Rails and Fish-plates 106
45. Conical Wheels 107
46. Centrifugal Force 107
47. Points 108
48. Signal Box on North London Railway 109
49. Post Office Railway Van 111
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