Marvels of Scientific Invention
Thomas W. Corbin
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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)
Capítulos
| Digging with Dynamite | 30:56 | Leído por Mike Pelton |
| Measuring Electricity | 46:04 | Leído por realisticspeakers |
| The Fuel of the Future | 38:04 | Leído por timli |
| Some Valuable Electrical Processes | 24:36 | Leído por Domotov |
| Machine-made Cold | 20:32 | Leído por Domotov |
| Scientific Inventions at Sea | 25:17 | Leído por Arvindh Sundar |
| The Gyro-Compass | 15:31 | Leído por Robert Ray |
| Torpedoes and Submarine Mines | 22:57 | Leído por garyleosmith |
| Gold Recovery | 39:12 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Intense Heat | 29:03 | Leído por Phil Kasper |
| An Artificial Coal Mine | 26:38 | Leído por Arvindh Sundar |
| The Most Striking Invention of Recent Times, part 1 | 34:55 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Most Striking Invention of Recent Times, part 2 | 36:20 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
| How Pictures can be sent by Wire | 39:00 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
| A Wonderful Example of Science and Skill | 18:23 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Scientific Testing and Measuring | 30:28 | Leído por Arvindh Sundar |
| Colour Photography | 22:14 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
| How Science aids the Stricken Collier | 27:37 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
| How Science helps to keep us well | 13:41 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Modern Artillery | 18:26 | Leído por garyleosmith |
Reseñas
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.