BOYS' SECOND BOOK OF
INVENTIONS


BY RAY STANNARD BAKER
Author of
Boys' Book of Inventions, Seen in
Germany
FULLY ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
MCMIX
Copyright, 1903, by
McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
Published, November, 1903, N
| CHAPTER I | ||
| PAGE | ||
| The Miracle of Radium | 3 | |
| Story of the Marvels and Dangers of the New Element Discovered by Professor and Madame Curie. | ||
| CHAPTER II | ||
| Flying Machines | 27 | |
| Santos-Dumont's Steerable Balloons. | ||
| CHAPTER III | ||
| The Earthquake Measurer | 79 | |
| Professor John Milne's Seismograph. | ||
| CHAPTER IV | ||
| Electrical Furnaces | 113 | |
| How the Hottest Heat is Produced—Making Diamonds. | ||
| CHAPTER V | ||
| Harnessing the Sun | 153 | |
| The Solar Motor. | ||
| CHAPTER VI | ||
| The Inventor and the Food Problem | 173 | |
| Fixing of Nitrogen—Experiments of Professor Nobbe. | ||
| CHAPTER VII | ||
| Marconi and his Great Achievements | 207 | |
| New Experiments in Wireless Telegraphy. | ||
| CHAPTER VIII | ||
| Sea-Builders | 255 | |
| The Story of Lighthouse Building—Stone-Tower Lighthouses, ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! | ||