Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 276 Doubleday, Russell 1872 1949 Stories of Inventors: The Adventures of Inventors and Engineers How Guglielmo Marconi telegraphs without wires -- Santos-Dumont and his air-ship -- How a fast train is run -- How automobiles work -- The fastest steamboats -- The life-savers and their apparatus -- Moving pictures: some strange subjects and how they were taken -- Bridge builders and some of their achievements -- Submarines in war and peace -- Long-distance telephony: what happens when you talk into a telephone receiver -- A machine that thinks: a type-setting machine that makes mathematical calculations -- How heat produces cold: artificial ice-making. Produced by Dave Morgan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Stories of Inventors: The Adventures of Inventors and Engineers" by Russell Doubleday is a collection of historical accounts written in the early 20th century. The book chronicles the exciting and often challenging journeys of notable inventors and engineers, such as Guglielmo Marconi and Alberto Santos-Dumont, as they bring to life groundbreaking technologies and overcome societal skepticism in their pursuits of innovation. The opening of this work sets the stage for the adventures that will ensue, starting with the inspiring story of Guglielmo Marconi. It details Marconi's early experiments in wireless telegraphy, showcasing his quiet determination as he develops the idea that would enable communication across vast distances without the use of wires. In a mix of personal background and scientific discovery, Marconi’s character emerges as both determined and inventive, laying the groundwork for a narrative rich in personal triumphs against technical and societal challenges. This introduction establishes the theme of human ingenuity and innovation throughout the book, aiming to make the thrilling incidents of invention accessible and entertaining to readers. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 56.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Inventions Inventors T Text Browsing: Computers & Technology Browsing: Engineering & Construction 278693 2025-06-05T06:30:20.140875 text/html 274019 2020-12-25T19:44:25 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 3630953 2025-06-05T06:30:30.723755 application/epub+zip 3620212 2025-06-05T06:30:24.706742 application/epub+zip 162263 2025-06-05T06:30:22.839838 application/epub+zip 3876078 2025-06-05T06:30:35.476765 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3841629 2025-06-05T06:30:28.603775 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 301466 2022-09-05T12:56:46.807382 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 261540 2023-10-05T09:07:08.463868 text/plain 16162 2025-06-05T06:30:35.647721 application/rdf+xml 25190 2025-06-05T06:30:23.467760 image/jpeg 4639 2025-06-05T06:30:23.166785 image/jpeg 3593189 2025-06-05T06:30:20.337789 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia