Great Facts

Great Facts

Frederick Collier Bakewell, English physicist who improved on the concept of the facsimile machine introduced by Alexander Bain in 1842 and demonstrated a working laboratory version at the 1851 World's Fair in London (1800 – 1869)


This ebook presents «Great Facts», from Frederick Collier Bakewell. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.


Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Preface

- The Progress Of Invention

- Steam Navigation

- Steam Carriages And Railways

- The Air Engine

- Photography

- Dissolving Views

- The Kaleidoscope

- The Magic Disc

- The Diorama

- The Stereoscope

- The Electric Telegraph

- Electro Magnetic Clocks

- Electro Metallurgy

- Gas Lighting

- The Electric Light

- Instantaneous Lights

- Paper Making Machinery

- Printing Machines

- Lithography

- Aerated Waters

- Revolvers And Minie Rifles

- Centrifugal Pumps

- Tubular Bridges

- Royal Albert Bridge Over The Tamar At Saltash

- Self Acting Engines

- Footnotes