Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth CenturyRoutledge, Robert
History
Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century
Routledge, Robert
Inventions -- History -- 19th century
50. Gower Street Station, Metropolitan Railway 115
51. Map of the Route of Pacific Railway 117
52. Trestle Bridge 118
53. American Canyon 119
54. “Cape Horn” 121
55. Snow Plough 122
56. First Steam Railroad Train in America 123
57. Railway Embankment 124
57_a_. Train ascending the Rigi 126
57_b_. At the summit of the Rigi 127
58. The _Great Eastern_ at Anchor 129
59. Casting Cylinder of a Marine Steam Engine 131
60. Screw Propeller 132
61. Section of _Great Eastern_ Amidships 134
62. The _Great Eastern_ in course of construction 135
63. The _Great Eastern_ ready for launching 136
64. Comparative sizes of Steamships 137
65. The ss. _City of Rome_ 138
66. The _Castalia_ in Dover Harbour 140
67. The same—End View 141
68. Bessemer Steamer 142
68_a_. A Whaleback Steamer, No. 85, built at West 146
Superior, Wisconsin
69. H.M.S. _Devastation_ in Queenstown Harbour 149
70. Section of H.M.S. _Hercules_ 151
71. Section of H.M.S. _Inconstant_ 153
72. Section, Elevation and Plan of Turret of H.M.S. 154
_Captain_
73. H.M.S. _Captain_ 155
74. Diagram of H.M.S. _Captain_ 158
75. Ditto 159
76. H.M.S. _Glatton_ 162
77. H.M.S. _Thunderer_ 163
78. The _König Wilhelm_ 165
78_a_. The _Victoria_ leaving Newcastle-on-Tyne 166
78_b_. Firing at Floating Battery 168
79. Krupp’s Works at Essen, Prussia 169
80. Trajectory of a Projectile 174
81. Diagram for Trajectory of a Projectile 176
82. Muzzle-loading Musket and Rifles (obsolete 179
patterns)
83. The Minié Bullet 181
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