PART I. PRIMARY PRODUCTION -- 1. GROWTH OF FOOD PRODUCTION / G. E. FUSSELL -- 2. MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION OF FOOD / T. N. MORRIS -- 3. THE STEEL INDUSTRY / H. R. SCHUBERT -- 4. NEW EXTRACTION PROCESSES FOR METALS / R. CHADWICK -- 5. PETROLEUM / R. J. FORBES -- PART II. PRIME MOVERS -- 6. THE STATIONARY STEAM-ENGINE, 1830-1900 / A. STOWERS -- 7. THE MARINE STEAM-ENGINE / H. PHILIP SPRATT -- 8. INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES / D. C. FIELD -- PART III. THE RISE OF THE ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY -- 9. THE GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY / C. MACKECHNIE JARVIS -- 10. THE DISTRIBUTION AND UTILIZATION OF ELECTRICITY / C. MACKECHNIE JARVIS -- PART IV. THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY -- 11. HEAVY CHEMICALS / TREVOR I. WILLIAMS -- 12. DYESTUFFS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY / E. J. HOLMYARD -- 13. EXPLOSIVES / J. McGRATH -- 14. FINE CHEMICALS / ARTHUR W. SLATER -- PART V. TRANSPORT -- 15. THE DEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAY ENGINEERING / C. HAMILTON ELLIS -- 16. SHIP-BUILDING / A. M. ROBB -- 17. AERONAUTICS / PETER W. BROOKS -- 18. MECHANICAL ROAD-VEHICLES / D. C. FIELD -- 19. CARTOGRAPHY AND AIDS TO NAVIGATION / D. H. FRYER -- PART VI. CIVIL ENGINEERING -- 20. BUILDING MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES / S. B. HAMILTON -- 21. BRIDGES AND TUNNELS / H. SHIRLEY SMITH -- 22. HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING / J. ALLEN -- 23. WATER-SUPPLY / F. E. BRUCE -- PART VII. MANUFACTURE -- 24. PART I THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY: WOVEN FABRICS / D. A. FARNIE -- 24. PART II THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY: HOSIERY AND LACE / F. A. WELLS -- 25. THE WORKING OF |