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Stories of Inventors

by Russell Doubleday

Doubleday chronicles the history of everyday inventions that form the foundation of technology now common through the world. While some of the inventions are no longer used, each example shows how inventors contributed to technology through perseverance, inspiration and clever observations. In each chapter, he gives a clear, understandable background of the technology.

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English

Original Language

English

Published In

1904

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Russell Doubleday

United States

Russell Doubleday was an American author, editor and publisher. He was the brother of Frank Nelson Doubleday, and son of William Edwards Doubleday and Ellen Maria "Ella" Dickinson.    D...

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How Guglielmo Marconi Telegraphs Without Wires
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Santos-Dumont and His Air-Ship
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How a Fast Train Is Run
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How Automobiles Work
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The Fastest Steamboats
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The Life-Savers and Their Apparatus
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Moving Pictures—Some Strange Subjects and How They Were Taken
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Bridge Builders and Some of Their Achievements
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Submarines in War and Peace
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Long-Distance Telephony—What Happens When You Talk into a Telephone Receiver
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A Machine That Thinks—A Type-Setting Machine That Makes Mathematical Calculations
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How Heat Produces Cold—Artificial Ice-Making
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