Marvels of Scientific Invention
Thomas W. Corbin
Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers
This is a chronicle of the 19 most interesting inventions of the early 20th century. Some of the inventions are still in use and of considerable impact today, while others are examples of the strong belief in progress prevalent at the time would probably be frowned upon today. In this way, the author's account of how ice was made at the time will still be very interesting for readers today, but an account of how dynamite was going to be used in farming may be seen as humorous to the contemporary reader. The subjects are as varied as science herself is, and any reader and listener should find a subject matching his or her own taste. - Summary by Carolin (9 hr 19 min)
Kapitel
| Digging with Dynamite | 30:56 | Gelesen von Mike Pelton |
| Measuring Electricity | 46:04 | Gelesen von realisticspeakers |
| The Fuel of the Future | 38:04 | Gelesen von timli |
| Some Valuable Electrical Processes | 24:36 | Gelesen von Domotov |
| Machine-made Cold | 20:32 | Gelesen von Domotov |
| Scientific Inventions at Sea | 25:17 | Gelesen von Arvindh Sundar |
| The Gyro-Compass | 15:31 | Gelesen von Robert Ray |
| Torpedoes and Submarine Mines | 22:57 | Gelesen von garyleosmith |
| Gold Recovery | 39:12 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Intense Heat | 29:03 | Gelesen von Phil Kasper |
| An Artificial Coal Mine | 26:38 | Gelesen von Arvindh Sundar |
| The Most Striking Invention of Recent Times, part 1 | 34:55 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Most Striking Invention of Recent Times, part 2 | 36:20 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| How Pictures can be sent by Wire | 39:00 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| A Wonderful Example of Science and Skill | 18:23 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Scientific Testing and Measuring | 30:28 | Gelesen von Arvindh Sundar |
| Colour Photography | 22:14 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| How Science aids the Stricken Collier | 27:37 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| How Science helps to keep us well | 13:41 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Modern Artillery | 18:26 | Gelesen von garyleosmith |
Bewertungen
excellent book....but
A LibriVox Listener
the lady from Canada could use a kind editor to be honest with her. maybe some training in diction and reading the material at least once prior to recording to be sure everything is familiar. several good books in this subject have been diminished in this way
Grace
The Vancouver lady doesn't have quite enough technical literacy
A LibriVox Listener
The book was very informative and particularly enlightening concerning the different uses of electricity.