How it Works / Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common useArchibald Williams
How it Works / Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use
Archibald Williams
Essays
Book language: English
247 pages
How It Works by Archibald Williams is a collection of popular-science essays. It explains steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics and optics, and how they are applied in common apparatus. It is worth listening to for its clear, plain-language introduction to everyday science and technology.
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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
Transcriber’s Note The punctuation and spelling from the original text have been faithfully preserved. Only obvious typographical errors have been corrected. HOW IT WORKS AUTHOR'S NOTE. I beg to thank the following gentlemen and firms for the help they have given me in connection with the letterpress and illustrations of "How It Works"— Messrs. F.J.C. Pole and M.G. Tweedie (for revision of MS.); W. Lineham; J.F. Kendall; E. Edser; A.D. Helps; J. Limb; The Edison Bell Phonograph Co.; Messrs. Holmes and Co.; The Pelton Wheel Co.; Messrs. Babcock and Wilcox; Messrs. Siebe, Gorman, and Co.; Messrs. Negretti and Zambra; Messrs. Chubb; The Yale Lock Co.; The Micrometer Engineering Co.; Messrs. Marshall and Sons; The Maignen Filter Co.; Messrs. Broadwood and Co. ON THE FOOTPLATE OF A LOCOMOTIVE. ON THE FOOTPLATE OF A LOCOMOTIVE.
How It Works Dealing in Simple Language with Steam, Electricity, Light, Heat, Sound, Hydraulics, Optics, etc. and with their applications to Apparatus in Common Use By ARCHIBALD WILLIAMS Author of "The Romance of Modern Invention," "The Romance of Mining," etc., etc. THOMAS NELSON AND SONS London, Edinburgh, Dublin, and New York PREFACE.
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