TransliterationGlavneyshie tehnicheskie primeneniya para, elektrichestva i sveta, d-ra Molya i Rauka. St. Petersburg. 1860

Publication Date: 1860

Publication Place: St. Petersburg

Description: In Russian. Short description: The main technical applications of steam, electricity, and light. Steam engines, electric telegraphs, galvanoplasty, and photography. With many polytypes by Doctors Mole and Rauk. St. Petersburg: Public Benefit, 1860. 6, 110, 4, XXX, 104 pages. 22×14.5 cm. This book, published in the mid-19th century, discusses the most significant technical inventions of that time. The publication will be useful to anyone interested in both invention and the history of science. It allows us to see how everyday things we take for granted today, such as electricity and steam, were introduced into peoples lives. Electric telegraphs, steam engines, galvanoplasty - all these innovations, intended to simplify daily life, were something frightening and incomprehensible in that era, often posing risks to life. Nevertheless, they quickly became an integral part of everyones life. The book provides detailed descriptions of the operation of each mechanism and the structural features of each machine. Please contact us for details on condition of available copies of the book. SKUSU000006

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