Chapter V: From Cart to Automobile

When were carts first used? p. 152--The development of the
bicycle, p. 154--The pneumatic tire introduced, p. 155--The
coming of the automobile, p. 156--The gas engine of Dr. Otto,
p. 157--Cugnot's automobile, p. 158--The automobile of William
Murdoch, 1785, p. 158--Opposition in England to the introduction
of automobiles, p. 159--An extraordinary piece of legislation,
p. 161--Scientific aspects of automobile racing, p. 164--Some
records made at Ormonde, p. 165--Records made by Oldfield
in 1910, p. 166--Comparative speeds of various vehicles and
animals, p. 167--Speed of birds in flight, p. 168--A miraculous
transformation of energy, p. 170--Electrical timing device for
measuring automobile speeds, p. 171.

CHAPTER VI

THE DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRIC RAILWAYS

New York the first city to have a street railway, p. 175--Cable
systems, p. 177--Early self-sustained systems, p. 178--The
electro-magnetic locomotive of Moses G. Farmer, p. 179--The
efforts of Professor Page to produce a storage battery car,
p. 180--The experiments of Siemens and Halske with electric
motors, p. 181--The Edison electric locomotive, p. 182--Third
rails and trolleys, p. 184--The inventions of Daft and Van
Depoele, p. 185--The work of Frank J. Sprague in developing
electric railways, p. 186--How the word "trolley" was coined, p.
187--Storage battery systems, p. 188--The Edison storage battery
car of 1910, p. 189--Monorail systems, p. 191--Electric aerial
monorail systems, p. 193.