Project Gutenberg 2022-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 162 Lynde, Francis 1856 1930 Shrader, E. Roscoe (Edwin Roscoe) 1879 1960 Shrader, Edwin Roscoe 12023516 Scientific Sprague $aUnited States :$bChas. Scribner's Sons,$c1912. The wire-devil -- High finance in Cromarty Gulch -- The electrocution of Tunnel Number Three -- The mystery of the Black Blight -- The cloud-bursters -- The high kibosh. D A Alexander, with thanks to the University of Colorado, Boulder, for providing a scan of the cover, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was made using scans of public domain works put online by Harvard University Library's Open Collections Program.) "Scientific Sprague" by Francis Lynde is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows Calvin Sprague, a government chemist who becomes embroiled in a series of mysterious incidents surrounding the Nevada Short Line railroad, particularly regarding a deceptive wire that leads to chaos and panic among railroad employees. As the plot unfolds, the narrative delves into themes of deception, the pressures of high finance, and the intersections between science and detective work. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to a tense situation in the despatcher's office of the Nevada Short Line railroad, where the employees deal with a potentially disastrous false report of a train wreck involving the Apache Limited. The characters Connolly and Bolton engage in banter about their personal lives while attending to their crucial roles in the operations. Meanwhile, Maxwell, the railroad's superintendent, learns about the dire situation and seeks to save the day, eventually calling on Calvin Sprague, a friend and expert, for help. The opening effectively sets the stage for the ensuing drama, laying the groundwork for what appears to be a thrilling mystery involving sabotage and the uncovering of a larger conspiracy at play within the railroad's operations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/ScientificSprague/mode/2up 20210526080235lynde 1912 US Reading ease score: 79.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Mystery and detective stories Railroad stories American fiction -- 20th century PS Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels 574811 2025-07-27T04:10:12.830296 text/html 557090 2024-10-18T20:41:28 text/html 870845 2025-07-27T04:10:21.032221 application/epub+zip 872954 2025-07-27T04:10:14.169276 application/epub+zip 301720 2025-07-27T04:10:13.484311 application/epub+zip 1023198 2025-07-27T04:10:25.861279 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 885908 2025-07-27T04:10:20.310229 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 417756 2022-09-30T13:28:17.676159 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 523454 2025-07-27T04:10:11.596271 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 503365 2024-10-18T20:41:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18213 2025-07-27T04:10:26.026209 application/rdf+xml 19120 2025-07-27T04:10:13.601348 image/jpeg 3553 2025-07-27T04:10:13.542333 image/jpeg 814813 2025-07-27T04:10:12.893268 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 en.wikipedia