This is a volume of exploration into the newest inventions of the turn of the previous century. Journalist Archibald Williams walks the reader through diverse inventions which were changing the world at just that point in time. - Summary by Carolin
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Wireless Telegraphy
32:57 - Chapter 2
High-speed Telegraphy
17:40 - Chapter 3
The Telephone
23:56 - Chapter 4
The Phonograph
29:20 - Chapter 5
The Telautograph
15:12 - Chapter 6
Modern Artillery - Rifles, Machine guns
35:48 - Chapter 7
Modern Artillery - Heavy Ordnance, Exploxives, In the Gun Factory
37:30 - Chapter 8
Dirigible Torpedoes
23:25 - Chapter 9
Submarine Boats
40:01 - Chapter 10
Animated Pictures
26:10 - Chapter 11
The Great Paris Telescope
20:35 - Chapter 12
Photographing the Invisible
17:47 - Chapter 13
Solar Motors
11:12 - Chapter 14
Liquid Air
15:51 - Chapter 15
Horseless Carriages
16:43 - Chapter 16
Horseless Carriages - Types of Car
40:10 - Chapter 17
High-Speed Railways
20:16 - Chapter 18
Sea Expresses
16:29 - Chapter 19
Mechanical Flight
31:39 - Chapter 20
Type-setting by Machinery
22:05 - Chapter 21
Photography in Colours
22:43 - Chapter 22
Lighting
23:34