Project Gutenberg 2003-10-01 Public domain in the USA. 161 Appleton, Victor Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone or the Picture That Saved a Fortune Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Swift_and_His_Photo_Telephone Produced by Robert Rowe, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone, or The Picture That Saved a Fortune" by Victor Appleton is a fiction novel written during the early 20th century. The book follows the young inventor Tom Swift as he embarks on a quest to create a revolutionary device that transmits images over telephone lines, which his father doubts is possible due to the limitations of science. Determined to prove his father wrong, Tom delves into the challenge amidst a backdrop of adventure, friendship, and the inevitable obstacles posed by rival inventors and shady characters. At the start of the story, Tom discusses his ambitious plans for the photo telephone with his father, who expresses skepticism about the invention's feasibility. Their conversation is interrupted by an unexpected incident involving a birdman whose aircraft gets caught in Tom’s wireless equipment, illustrating the chaotic yet adventurous life Tom leads. The opening sets the stage for Tom's challenges as he faces not only technical hurdles but also potential threats from unscrupulous individuals, highlighted later when he's attacked with chloroform in his workshop. This incident raises tension and sets up a mystery surrounding the safety of his inventions, making for an engaging beginning as readers are drawn into Tom's inventive world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 85.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction Swift, Tom (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction Video telephone -- Juvenile fiction PZ PS Text Children's Book Series Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 270878 2025-07-02T11:20:41.535426 text/html 259976 2020-12-28T02:44:08 text/html 188210 2025-07-02T11:20:48.590402 application/epub+zip 190409 2025-07-02T11:20:44.710389 application/epub+zip 164727 2025-07-02T11:20:43.546399 application/epub+zip 446610 2025-07-02T11:20:51.257332 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 429342 2025-07-02T11:20:47.877351 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 386045 2022-09-02T15:09:48.323559 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 251048 2025-07-02T11:20:40.938453 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 250842 2020-12-28T02:44:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19365 2025-07-02T11:20:51.380377 application/rdf+xml 24456 2025-07-02T11:20:44.058370 image/jpeg 4485 2025-07-02T11:20:43.797371 image/jpeg 92268 2020-12-28T02:44:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 91199 2020-12-28T02:44:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 186021 2025-07-02T11:20:41.557413 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