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by William Gurstelle
ReMaking History, Volume 3, 1st Edition
Titlepage
Copyright
Acknowledgments
About the Author
The Golden Age of Invention
World’s Fairs and Expos
How This Book Is Organized
First Things First: Working Safely
Getting Started
Part I: Blue Ribbon Projects
Chapter 1: Rudolf Diesel and the Fire Piston
A New Kind of Automobile Engine
Making a Fire Piston
How Fire Pistons Work
Making Charcloth
Chapter 2: Samuel Morse and the Telegraph
From Artist to Inventor
Making a Morse-Style Telegraph
How the Telegraph Works
Chapter 3: Squire Whipple and the Truss Bridge
The Origin of the Truss
Whipple and the Design of Structures
Building a Warren Truss Bridge
How Truss Bridges Stand
Chapter 4: Lee de Forest and the Amplifier
De Forest Develops the Amplifying Vacuum Tube
Building an Amplifier-Based Touch Switch
How Amplifiers Work
Chapter 5: August Möbius and the Möbius Strip
The Arrival of the Möbius Strip
The Möbius Strip Coffee Cup Carrier
How Does the Möbius Strip Coffee Cup Carrier Work?
Part II: Inspired by Hephaestus
Chapter 6: Hans Goldschmidt and the Invention of Thermite
Goldschmidt Discovers Thermite
Producing the Thermite Reaction
How the Thermite Reaction Works
Chapter 7: The Brothers Lumière and the Motion Picture
The Rise of the Lumières
Making a Lumière Cam and Follower Mechanism Desk Toy
Understanding the Cam
Chapter 8: Chester Rice and the Loudspeaker
Chester Rice at Home
Making a Dynamic Loudspeaker
How Does a Loudspeaker Make Sounds?
Chapter 9: Joseph McKibben and the Air Muscle
McKibben and the Atom Bomb
A Human Muscle, Powered by Air
Making an Air Muscle
How Air Muscles Work
Chapter 10: Sir George Cayley and the Glider
Flying without Flapping
The Four Forces of Flight
Making a Cayley-Inspired Glider
How Do Airplanes Work?
Appendix: Going Further, Deeper, and Higher
The Inventor’s Workshop
The Workbench
Necessary Tools
Ideas for Further Study
Ride a Möbius Strip Roller Coaster
Fly a Glider
See Samuel Morse’s Greatest Artwork
Walk across a Squire Whipple Bridge
See a Movie at the Institut Lumière
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