The Bookshelf for boys and girls Book of Wonders and Curious Things (1912)
University Society, New York · New York: University Society · leaf 27
nd their use has brought the people of the earth closertogether. By taking advantage of the invisible lines of electric conductors in the air—theether, rarer even than the air itself—we have been enabled to telephone and telegraphwithout wires. Already hundreds of lives have been saved through… … THE CONDUCTOR AND THE TRAINMAN.SIGNAL-TOWER OPERATOR. THE TRACK-HAND. 3. THE STATION-AGENT. 4. THETHE ENGINEER. 6. THE BRAKEMAN. GREAT MECHANICAL MARVELS 13 THE GREAT WONDER OF ARAILWAY TRAIN Voir must have stood some day in a country road,perhaps in a quiet place far from any town, andwatched a…
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