How it Works
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
21 Chapters
- 1 THE STEAM-ENGINE.
- 2 THE CONVERSION OF HEAT ENERGY INTO MECHANICAL MOTION.
- 3 THE STEAM TURBINE.
- 4 THE INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE.
- 5 ELECTRICAL APPARATUS.
- 6 THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
- 7 WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
- 8 THE TELEPHONE.
- 9 DYNAMOS AND ELECTRIC MOTORS.
- 10 RAILWAY BRAKES.
- 11 RAILWAY SIGNALLING.
- 12 OPTICS.
- 13 THE MICROSCOPE, THE TELESCOPE, AND THE MAGIC-LANTERN.
- 14 SOUND AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
- 15 WIND INSTRUMENTS.
- 16 TALKING-MACHINES.
- 17 WHY THE WIND BLOWS.
- 18 HYDRAULIC MACHINERY.
- 19 HEATING AND LIGHTING.
- 20 VARIOUS MECHANISMS.
- 21 INDEX.