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 | |
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