The Battery and the Boiler

The Battery and the Boiler

R. M. Ballantyne, scottish author of juvenile fiction who wrote more than 100 books (1825-1894)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- IN WHICH THE HERO MAKES HIS FIRST FLASH AND EXPLOSION

-03- REFERS TO A NOTABLE CHARACTER

-04- EARLY ASPIRATIONS

-05- EXTRAORDINARY RESULT OF AN ATTEMPT AT AMATEUR CABLE-LAYING

-06- PROSPECTS OF REAL CABLE-LAYING

-07- TELLS OF OUR HERO’S VISIT TO THE GREAT CABLE

-08- THE BIG SHIP—FIRST NIGHT ABOARD

-09- LAYING THE CABLE

-10- IN WHICH JOYS, HOPES, ALARMS, GHOSTS, AND LEVIATHANS TAKE PART

-11- TELLS OF GREAT EFFORTS AND FAILURES AND GRAND SUCCESS

-12- HOME

-13- A GREAT DYNAMO-ELECTRIC SEA-FIGHT

-14- TELLS OF A SUDDEN AND UNLOOKED-FOR EVENT

-15- THE RAFT

-16- LIFE ON THE RAFT

-17- IN WHICH WILL BE FOUND MORE SURPRISES THAN ONE

-18- STRANGE DISCOVERIES ON PIRATE ISLAND

-19- THE PIRATE’S ISLAND—CONTINUED

-20- AN EXPLORATION AND AN ACCIDENT

-21- VARIOUS SUBJECTS TREATED OF, AND A GREAT FIGHT DETAILED

-22- DEPARTURE FROM PIRATE ISLAND AND HOPEFUL NEWS AT SARAWAK

-23- BOMBAY—WHERE STUMPS COMES TO GRIEF

-24- STUMPS IN DESPAIR—AND BOMBAY IN RAPTURES

-25- SHOWS THE DREADFUL DEPRAVITY OF MAN

-26- A GREAT FIELD-DAY, IN WHICH SLAGG DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF

-27- BEGINS WITH A DISAPPOINTMENT, CONTINUES WITH A GREAT RECEPTION

-28- DESCRIBES SEVERAL IMPORTANT EVENTS

-29- THE CABLE LAID

-30- UNCLE RIK’S ADVENTURES

-31- THE WRIGHT FAMILY REUNITED, AND SAM BECOMES HIGHLY ELECTRICAL

-32- DESCRIBES A HAPPY HOME AND A HAPPIER MEETING

-33- IN WHICH THE STORY FINDS A FAULT, AND THE ELECTRICAL CURRENT ENDS