Every-day Science: Volume 7. The Conquest of Time and Space

Geographical knowledge of the ancient Egyptians, p. 5--The mariner's compass, p. 7--Reference to the thirty-two points of the compass by Chaucer, p. 9--Halley's observations on...

Use of sails in ancient times, p. 56--Ships with many banks of oars, p. 57--Mediæval ships, p. 59--Modern sailing ships, p. 60--The sailing record of _The Sovereign of the Seas_...

Slow development of submarine navigation, p. 93--The first submarine, p. 94--Description of David Bushnell's boat, p. 94--Attempts to sink a war vessel during the American Revol...

The earliest railroad, p. 119--The substitution of flanged wheels for flanged rails, p. 120--The locomotive of Richard Trevithick, p. 121--The cable road of Chapman, p. 123--Ste...

When were carts first used? p. 152--The development of the bicycle, p. 154--The pneumatic tire introduced, p. 155--The coming of the automobile, p. 156--The gas engine of Dr. Ot...

New York the first city to have a street railway, p. 175--Cable systems, p. 177--Early self-sustained systems, p. 178--The electro-magnetic locomotive of Moses G. Farmer, p. 179...

Mr. Louis Brennan's car exhibited before the Royal Society in London, p. 195--How the gyroscope is installed on this car, p. 196--Gyroscopic action explained, p. 197--Why does t...

Bessemer's costly experiment, p. 217--Dr. Schlick's successful experiment, p. 219--The action of Dr. Schlick's invention explained, p. 220--Did gyroscopic action wreck the _Vipe...

Some mediæval traditions about airships, p. 266--The flying machines devised by Leonardo da Vinci, p. 277--The flying machine of Besnier, p. 228--The discovery of hydrogen gas a...

Balloon versus aeroplane, p. 272--The kite as a flying machine, p. 273--How the air sustains a heavier-than-air mechanism, p. 274--Langley's early experiments, p. 275--Experimen...

(pp. 95, 98). The first submarine. As stated in the text the quotation is from a letter written to Thomas Jefferson by David Bushnell, and published in the _Transactions of the...

(pp. 179-181). Early experimental railways. The quotation is from the article on "Street and Electric Railways," by Thomas Commerford Martin, in the Special Report of the U. S....

(p. 298). Cross-country Bight by French officers. The quotation is from the _Scientific American_ of June 18, 1910. This periodical has shown great interest in the new science o...