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Table of Contents CHAPTER I - THE MIRACLE OF RADIUM Story of the Marvels and Dangers of the New Element Discovered by Professor and Madame Curie. CHAPTER II - FLYING MACHINES Santos-Dumont's Steerable Balloons. CHAPTER III - THE EARTHQUAKE MEASURER Professor John Milne's Seismograph. CHAPTER IV - ELECTRICAL FURNACES How the Hottest Heat is Produced Making Diamonds. CHAPTER V - HARNESSING THE SUN The Solar Motor. CHAPTER VI - THE INVENTOR AND THE FOOD PROBLEM Fixing of Nitrogen Experiments of Professor Nobbe. CHAPTER VII - MARCONI AND HIS GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS New Experiments in Wireless Telegraphy. CHAPTER VIII - SEA-BUILDERS The Story of Lighthouse Building Stone-Tower Lighthouses, Iron Pile Lighthouses, and Steel Cylinder Lighthouses. CHAPTER IX - THE NEWEST ELECTRIC LIGHT Peter Cooper Hewitt and his Three Great Inventions The Mercury Arc Light The New Electrical Converter The Hewitt Interrupter.
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