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Inventors at Work, with Chapters on Discovery — George Iles

Inventors at Work, with Chapters on Discovery

George Iles

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 463 pages

A collection of essays on invention and engineering by George Iles. It discusses how structures such as girders and bridges are designed, and how inventors solve practical problems. Listeners interested in the history of technology will find clear explanations of form and discovery.

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the end of this text.
INVENTORS AT WORK
Copyright by Park & Co., Brantford, Ontario.
PROFESSOR ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL.
Inventors at Work
With Chapters on Discovery
By George Iles
Author of “Flame, Electricity and the Camera”

Copiously Illustrated

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New York

Doubleday, Page & Company

1907

Copyright, 1906, by

GŧLjǡƄŧ IƯŧǪ

Published October, 1906

All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the

Scandinavian

TO MY FRIEND

JOSEPHUS NELSON LARNED

OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK

CONTENTS

PAGE

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

xiii

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

xxi

CHAPTER

I.

INTRODUCTORY

1

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Contents

  1. INVENTORS AT WORK
  2. CONTENTS
  3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  5. CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
  6. CHAPTER II FORM
  7. CHAPTER III FORM—Continued. BRIDGES
  8. CHAPTER IV FORM—Continued. WEIGHT AND FRICTION DIMINISHED.
  9. CHAPTER V FORM—Continued. SHIPS
  10. CHAPTER VI FORM—Continued. SHAPES TO LESSEN RESISTANCE TO MOTION
  11. CHAPTER VII FORM—Continued. LIGHT ECONOMIZED BY RIGHTLY SHAPED GLASS. HEAT SAVED BY WELL DESIGNED CONVEYORS AND RADIATOR
  12. CHAPTER VIII FORM—Continued. TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTS SHAPED FOR EFFICIENCY
  13. CHAPTER IX FORM—Continued. FORM IN ABORIGINAL ART, AS AFFECTED BY MATERIALS. OLD FORMS PERSIST IN NEW MATERIALS
  14. CHAPTER X SIZE
  15. CHAPTER XI PROPERTIES
  16. CHAPTER XII PROPERTIES—Continued
  17. CHAPTER XIII PROPERTIES—Continued. STEEL
  18. CHAPTER XIV PROPERTIES—Continued
  19. CHAPTER XV PROPERTIES—Continued. RADIO-ACTIVITY
  20. CHAPTER XVI MEASUREMENT
  21. CHAPTER XVII MEASUREMENT—Continued
  22. CHAPTER XVIII NATURE AS TEACHER
  23. CHAPTER XIX ORIGINAL RESEARCH
  24. CHAPTER XX OBSERVATION
  25. CHAPTER XXI EXPERIMENT
  26. CHAPTER XXII AUTOMATICITY AND INITIATION
  27. CHAPTER XXIII SIMPLIFICATION
  28. CHAPTER XXIV THEORIES HOW REACHED AND USED
  29. CHAPTER XXV THEORIZING—Continued
  30. CHAPTER XXVI NEWTON, FARADAY AND BELL AT WORK

and 9 more chapters

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