How it Works

This edition had all images removed. Title: How it WorksDealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use Contents: The steam-engine -- The conversion of heat energy into mechanical motion -- The steam turbine -- The internal-combustion engine -- Electrical apparatus -- The electric telegraph -- Wireless telegraphy -- The telephone -- Dynamos and electric motors -- Railway brakes -- Railway...