| | | | _With sixteen illustrations_ | | +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+ | THE ROMANCE OF | THE ROMANCE OF | | MODERN INVENTION | MODERN ENGINEERING | | | | | Containing interesting | Containing interesting | | descriptions in non-technical | descriptions in non-technical | | language of Wireless Telegraphy, | language of the Nile Dam, the | | Liquid Air, Modern Artillery, | Panama Canal, the Tower Bridge, | | Submarines, Dirigible Torpedoes, | the Brooklyn Bridge, the Trans- | | Solar Motors, Airships, etc. etc.| Siberian Railway, the Niagara | | | Falls Power Co., Bermuda | | | Floating Dock, etc. etc. | | | | | By ARCHIBALD WILLIAMS | By ARCHIBALD WILLIAMS | | B.A., F.R.G.S. | B.A., F.R.G.S. | | | | | With twenty-five illustrations | _With many illustrations_ | | | | | "There is no boy but will keenly | "Graphic and absorbing | | enjoy this admirable volume." | descriptions of the wonderful | | _Standard_ | inventions of our day." | | | _Graphic_ | +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+ | THE ROMANCE OF | THE ROMANCE OF | | MODERN LOCOMOTION | MINING | | | | | Containing interesting | Containing interesting | | descriptions of the rise and | descriptions of the Methods of | | development of the railroad | Mining for Minerals in all parts | | systems in all parts of the world| of the World | | | | | By ARCHIBALD WILLIAMS | By ARCHIBALD WILLIAMS | | B.A., F.R.G.S. | B.A., F.R.G.S. | | | | | _With twenty-five Illustrations_ | _With twenty-four illustrations_ | | | | | "Crisply written, brimful of | "We cannot praise this book too | | incident. To intelligent lads | highly."--_British Weekly_ |