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Appendix XII. The Three-Wire System

In Edison, His Life and Inventions

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Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin and Frank Lewis Dyer

A detailed biography of Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of such things as the telephone, the microphone, the electric motor, the storage batter…

Chapter II: New Land, part 1

In South! The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917

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Ernest Shackleton

Shackleton's most famous expedition was planned to be an attempt to cross Antarctica from the Weddell Sea south of the Atlantic to the Ross …

THE HUNTER DECLINES HIS QUARRY

In The Daffodil Mystery

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Edgar Wallace

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (April 1, 1875–February 10, 1932) was a prolific British crime writer, journalist and playwright, who wrote 17…

Introduction and Dedications

In Chocolate: or, An Indian Drinke

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Antonio Colmenero de Ledesma and Antonio Colmenero De Ledesma

The Author sings the praises of Chocolate. "By the wise and Moderate use whereof, Health is preserved, Sicknesse Diverted, and Cured, e…

CH.2 NATURAL POWER

In Twentieth Century Inventions: A Forecast

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George Sutherland

This work from 1901 predicts what technological developments will manifest in the twentieth century. The author, a technical journalist, pre…

Ch. X: Earthquakes

In The Elements of Geology

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William Harmon Norton

Geology is a science of such rapid growth that no apology is expected when from time to time a new text-book is added to those already in th…

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