- 1Introduction
- 2Author’s Note
- 3Chapter I — Delicate Instruments
- 4Chapter II — Calculating Machines
- 5Chapter III — Workshop Machinery
- 6Chapter IV — Portable Tools
- 7Chapter V — The Pedrail: A Walking Steam-Engine
- 8Chapter VI — Internal Combustion Engines
- 9Chapter VII — Motor-Cars
- 10Chapter VIII — The Motor Afloat
- 11Chapter IX — The Motor Cycle
- 12Chapter X — Fire Engines
- 13Chapter XI — Fire-Alarms and Automatic Fire Extinguishers
- 14Chapter XII — The Machinery of a Ship
- 15Chapter XIII — “The Nurse of the Navy”
- 16Chapter XIV — The Mechanism of Diving
- 17Chapter XV — Apparatus for Raising Sunken Ships and Treasure
- 18Chapter XVI — The Handling of Grain
- 19Chapter XVII — Mechanical Transporters and Conveyers
- 20Chapter XVIII — Automatic Weighers
- 21Chapter XIX — Transporter Bridges
- 22Chapter XX — Boat and Ship Raising Lifts
- 23Chapter XXI — A Self-Moving Staircase
- 24Chapter XXII — Pneumatic Mail Tubes
- 25Chapter XXIII — An Electric Postal System
- 26Chapter XXIV — Agricultural Machinery
- 27Chapter XXV — Dairy Machinery
- 28Chapter XXVI — Sculpturing Machines
- 29Chapter XXVII — An Automatic Rifle
The Romance of Modern Mechanism
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