Inventors at Work, with Chapters on DiscoveryIles, George
History
Inventors at Work, with Chapters on Discovery
Iles, George
Inventions -- History; Inventors
Pressed seamless pitcher 185
Barrel of pressed steel 185
Range front of pressed steel 186
Pressed paint tube and cover 186
Norwegian cooker 189
Aladdin oven 190
Mayer’s floating magnets 193
Alum crystal, broken and restored 194
Marble before and after deformation by pressure 195
PROFESSOR ERNEST RUTHERFORD _facing_ 202
PROFESSOR A. A. MICHELSON _facing_ 214
Michelson interferometer 215
Light-wave distorted by heated air 216
Ancient Egyptian balance 219
Rueprecht balance 220
Earnshaw compensated balance wheel 223
Riefler clock 224
Photometer 227
Compass needle deflected by electric wire 230
Compass needle deflected by electric coil 231
Maxwell galvanometer 231
Weston voltmeter 232
Micrometer caliper measuring 1/1000 inch 236
Plug and ring for standard measurements 237
Two lenses as pressed together by Newton 237
Newton’s rings 238
Flat jig or guide 239
Deciduous cypress 247
Deciduous cypress, hypothetical diagram 248
Section of pipe or moor grass; of bulrush 251
Human hip joint 252
Valves of veins 252
Built-up gun 253
Achromatic prisms and lens 255
Three levers 256
Arm holding ball 256
Beaver teeth 258
Narwhal with twisted tusk 259
Lower part of warrior ants’ nest, showing dome 260
Wasp using pebble as hammer 260
Cuban firefly 263
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