CONTENTSCHAPTERPAGEI.Tool-Making Animals9II.The Anatomy of a Machine20III.Machines for Making Machines42IV.Counting Seconds57V.Putting Rivers to Work75VI.Liquid Levers and Gears94VII.Airvs.Water109VIII.Air Springs and Cushions126IX.Power from Heat139X.Burning Fuel in the Engine Cylinder155XI.When Coal and Oil Are Exhausted171XII.Invasion of the Sea182XIII.Sliding, Rolling, Walking, and Creeping203XIV.Invasion of the Sky219XV.Helping the Farmer239XVI.Machining the Earth251XVII.From Fiber to Fabric268XVIII.The Making of Paper289XIX.Typesetting and Printing Machinery300XX.Cast Iron, Wrought Iron, and Steel314XXI.Animated Machinery326XXII.Heat Vacuums345XXIII.Engines of Destruction359XXIV.Summary of Mechanical Progress376
CONTENTSCHAPTERPAGEI.Tool-Making Animals9II.The Anatomy of a Machine20III.Machines for Making Machines42IV.Counting Seconds57V.Putting Rivers to Work75VI.Liquid Levers and Gears94VII.Airvs.Water109VIII.Air Springs and Cushions126IX.Power from Heat139X.Burning Fuel in the Engine Cylinder155XI.When Coal and Oil Are Exhausted171XII.Invasion of the Sea182XIII.Sliding, Rolling, Walking, and Creeping203XIV.Invasion of the Sky219XV.Helping the Farmer239XVI.Machining the Earth251XVII.From Fiber to Fabric268XVIII.The Making of Paper289XIX.Typesetting and Printing Machinery300XX.Cast Iron, Wrought Iron, and Steel314XXI.Animated Machinery326XXII.Heat Vacuums345XXIII.Engines of Destruction359XXIV.Summary of Mechanical Progress376