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Boys’ Second Book of Inventions

by Ray Stannard Baker

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  1. 1Epigraph — Chapter I — The Miracle of Radium — Story of the Marvels…
  2. 2Chapter II — Flying Machines — Santos-Dumont’s Steerable Balloons
  3. 3Chapter III — The Earthquake Measurer — Professor John Milne’s Seis…
  4. 4Chapter IV — Electrical Furnaces — How the Hottest Heat Is Produced…
  5. 5Chapter V — Harnessing the Sun — The Solar Motor
  6. 6Chapter VI — The Inventor and the Food Problem — Fixing of Nitrogen…
  7. 7Chapter VII — Marconi and His Great Achievements — New Experiments…
  8. 8Chapter VIII — Sea-Builders — The Story of Lighthouse Building — St…
  9. 9Chapter IX — The Newest Electric Light…

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