Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century (Classic Reprint)

Robert Routledge

ISBN 10: 0666373000 / ISBN 13: 9780666373007

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century

He will be told of a machine mor; patent in shaping the destinies of our race than warlike engines - the steam printing-press He may hear of a chemistry which effects endless and marvellous transformations; which from dirt and dross extracts fragrant essences and dyes of resplendent hue. He may hear something of a wonderful instrument which can make a faint beam of light, reaching us after a journ of a thousand years, unfold its tale and reveal the secrets of the stars. I these and of other invert tions and discoveries which distinguish the present age it is the purpose 01 this work to give som;account.

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Titel: Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth...
Verlag: Forgotten Books
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Einband: HRD
Zustand: New