Triumphs and Wonders of the 19th Century: The True Mirror of a Phenomenal Era: A volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress — John Shaqi
Triumphs and Wonders of the 19th Century: The True Mirror of a Phenomenal Era: A volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progressBoyd, James P. (James Penny)
History
Triumphs and Wonders of the 19th Century: The True Mirror of a Phenomenal Era: A volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress
Boyd, James P. (James Penny)
Inventions; Progress
Battle of Trafalgar. _Full page_ 71
The Growth of Ordnance. Four cuts. _Full page_ 73
The Distribution of Armor. Twelve cuts. _Full page_ 78–79
The Growth of Armor. Eight cuts. _Full page_ 81
The Movement of Uranus and Neptune 89
Professor James H. Coffin 91
The Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, Cal. _Full page_ 93
The Spectroscope 94
Yerkes Telescope, University of Chicago. _Full page_ 95
Professor William Harkness 97
Zenith Telescope, made for University of Pennsylvania 100
Three-inch Transit. By Warner & Swasey 103
Carolus Linnæus of Sweden 105
The Green Rose 106
Head of White Clover, with Branch from Centre 107
The Peanut-Pod Magnified 108
Outline of White Dogwood Flower 109
Yellow Toad-Flax in Peloria State 110
Grained Corn-Tassel 111
Banana Flowers 112
The Cruel Plant 113
Old Potato penetrated by Rootlet 113
Fungus growing from Head of Caterpillar 114
Mary Elizabeth Lease 117
Emma Willard 119
George Eliot 121
Frances Willard 123
Distaff and Spindle 126
Spinning Wheel 126
Primitive Hand Loom 127
Early Spinning Jenny 128
Ginning Cotton. Old way prior to 1800 129
Ginning Cotton. New way 129
The Modern Mule 130
Hand Comb of the Eighteenth Century 131
Noble Comb of 1890 132
Plain Power Loom, 1840 133
Weaving. The Old Way 135
Weaving. The New Way 135
Loom of 1890 136
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