First published in 1925. This study examines the advances in engineering and science in the nineteenth century. The author examines topics on locomotion and sea travel, photography, chemistry, electricity amongst many other industrial and scientific developments. This title will be of interest to historians as well as scientists and engineers.
Part One: Successes;
1. Modes of Travelling
2. The Advance in Locomotion
on the Ocean
3. Labour-Saving Machinery
4. The Conveyance of Thought
5. Fire
and Light
6. New Applications of Light Photography
7. Light: Its Nature and
Properties
8. Physical Principles and Their Applications
9. The Importance of
Dust: A Source of Beauty and Essential to Life
10. Some of the Chief Problems
and Discoveries of Chemistry
11. Electricity: The Science of the Century
12.
Astronomy: The Solar System
13. The Suns Nature and Constitution
14. The
Stars
15. The Structure of the Heavens
16. Geology: The Glacial Epoch, and
the Antiquity of Man
17. Evolution and Natural Selection
18. Popular
Discoveries in Physiology
19. The Nineteenth Compared with Preceding
Centuries; Part Two: Failures;
20. The Neglect of Phrenology
21. The
Opposition to Hypnotism and Physical Research
22. Militarism The Curse of
Civilisation
23. The Demon of Greed
24. The Plunder of the Earth
Conclusion; Appendix; Index
Alfred Russel Wallace
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