Engineering and Invention.

1936 at the bottom of the title page; 1934, 1935 on the copyright page. Preface dated January 1934. Rust cloth-covered boards, 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches, 246 pp., b/w illustrations (drawings). Very good. Rare (two OCLC library holdings). This is a school textbook, with a State of Texas form printed on the front and rear pastedowns (however, there is no indication that the book was issued to any students). Early mention of television: "The imaginations of the scientists are always busy. They dream of a world so completely run by electricity that the one in which we now live will some day seem slow and old fashioned. What are some of the miracles they see? One of them is television. Television will give us the power to see the person with whom we talk over the telephone. We shall watch our radio programs as well as listen to them." (See "Fascinating facts about the invention of the Television by Philo T. Farnsworth in 1927", at w w w . i d e a f i n d e r . c o m / h i s t o r y / i n v e n t i o n s / s t o r y 0 8 5 . h t m --- without the spaces). Contents: Wires Round the World (Wires and Words; How it was Done; The First Line; Spanning the Continent; Under the Sea; The Trouble Shooter; The Messenger Boy; Many Services); Our Electric World (Man Discovers His Slave; The Model City; A City Without Life; A Home Without Electricity; In the Hospital; Electricity and Industry; Electricity on the Farm; The Electric Eye; White Coal; The Future); Man Conquers the River (Introduction; New York City's Water Supply; More Water, More Reservoirs, Another Aqueduct; The Catskill Aqueduct; The Storm King Highway; Tunnels Under Water; Motor Cars Under the River; Bridges Over the Hudson; Bear Mountain, Storm King, Anthony's Nose; The George Washington Memorial Bridge); Down the Ship's Ways (We Enter the Shipyard; The Keel is Laid; Rat-a-tat-tat! The Riveter; Many Hands Make Light Work; Some Important People; Around and About with the Workmen; A Diver Goes Down; We Explore the Shops; A Ship is Launched). (3214029A).