Invention and Discovery

A fascinating collection of scientific stories and inventions are included.

Some of what is included:

Banks', Sir Joseph, Balance 37
Benefit of a Wife to an Author 40
Black, Dr., The Death of 133
Brindley the Engineer 43
Brongniart's Early Life 33
Brougham's, Lord, Scientific Blunders 90
Buckingham Palace Gates 37
Burning Mirrors of Archimedes, The 140
Carnot when a Child 23
Catching Electric Eels 74
Character of Engineers in their Works 43
Clearness of the Sky at the Cape of Good Hope 88
Coal Gas in Bal...