BOYS' SECOND BOOK OF
INVENTIONS

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

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
PAGE
The Miracle of Radium3
  Story of the Marvels and Dangers of the New Element
Discovered by Professor and Madame Curie.
CHAPTER II
Flying Machines27
 Santos-Dumont's Steerable Balloons.
CHAPTER III
The Earthquake Measurer79
 Professor John Milne's Seismograph.
CHAPTER IV
Electrical Furnaces113
 How the Hottest Heat is Produced—Making Diamonds.
CHAPTER V
Harnessing the Sun153
 The Solar Motor.
CHAPTER VI
The Inventor and the Food Problem173
 Fixing of Nitrogen—Experiments of Professor Nobbe.
CHAPTER VII
Marconi and his Great Achievements207
 New Experiments in Wireless Telegraphy.
CHAPTER VIII
Sea-Builders255
 The Story of Lighthouse Building—Stone-Tower Lighthouses,
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