Stories of Inventors The Adventures of Inventors and Engineers
By Russell Doubleday
Length4h 24m
About this audiobook
Excerpt: "There are many thrilling incidents—all the more attractive because of their truth—in the study, the trials, the disappointments, the obstacles overcome, and the final triumph of the successful inventor. Every great invention, afterward marvelled at, was first derided. Each great inventor, after solving problems in mechanics or chemistry, had to face the jeers of the incredulous. The story of James Watt's sensations when the driving-wheels of his first rude engine began to revolve will never be told; the visions of Robert Fulton, when he puffed up the Hudson, of the fleets of vessels that would follow the faint track of his little vessel, can never be put in print. It is the purpose of this book to give, in a measure, the adventurous side of invention. The trials and dangers of the builders of the submarine; the triumphant thrill of the inventor who hears for the first time the vibration of the long-distance message through the air; the daring and tension of the engineer who drives a locomotive at one hundred miles an hour. The wonder of the mechanic is lost in the marvel of the machine; the doer is overshadowed by the greatness of his achievement. These are true stories of adventure in invention."
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length4 hrs 24 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 20, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1INTRODUCTION
8MOVING PICTURES
2HOW GUGLIELMO MARCONI TELEGRAPHS WITHOUT WIRES
9BRIDGE BUILDERS AND SOME OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS
3SANTOS-DUMONT AND HIS AIR-SHIP
10SUBMARINES IN WAR AND PEACE
4HOW A FAST TRAIN IS RUN
11A PEACEFUL SUBMARINE
5HOW AUTOMOBILES WORK
12LONG-DISTANCE TELEPHONY
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6THE FASTEST STEAMBOATS
13A MACHINE THAT THINKS
7THE LIFE-SAVERS AND THEIR APPARATUS
14HOW HEAT PRODUCES COLD
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