Thomas W Corbin: 2 books

The Romance of Modern Railways

by Thomas W. Corbin
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION (1922): The Story of Mechanical Locomotion, with a description of the Construction & Working of the most up-to-date Inventions, Appliances and Devices for Securing Speed, Facility and Safety in Operation

Marvels of Scientific Invention: An Interesting Account in Non-Technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-To-Date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography and Many Other Recent Discoveries of Science

Book cover of Marvels of Scientific Invention: An Interesting Account in Non-Technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-To-Date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography and Many Other Recent Discoveries of Science

Marvels of Scientific Invention: An Interesting Account in Non-Technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-To-Date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography and Many Other Recent Discoveries of Science

by Thomas W. Corbin
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015

Most people are afraid of the word explosion and shudder with apprehension at the mention of dynamite. The latter, particularly, conjures up visions of anarchists, bombs, and all manner of wickedness. Yet the time seems to be coming when every farmer will regard explosives, of the general type known...