The Silent Revolution

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Excerpt from The Silent Revolution: Or the Future Effects of Steam and Electricity Upon the Condition of Mankind "Pater ipse Colendi Haud facilem esse viam voluit primusq. per artem Movit agros, curis acuens mortalia corda Nec torpere gravi passus sua regna veterno." Introduction. New epoch in the history of man. - Intellectual activities and their objects. - Practical tendencies of the age. - Achievements of science: the power it bestows upon mankind. - Illustrations of the energy and adaptation of steam in subserving human purposes: its applications and benefits. - Locomotion by steam: its effects in developing enterprise. - Power of the imponderable elements. - Electricity: its probable destination as a channel of intelligence: general ideas of its power as an agent of communication. - The electric telegraph: its wonderful properties, annihilates time, unaffected by position. - The land telegraph. - The submarine telegraph. - Mind the prime mover of all physical forces: its character: necessity of its study in order to a right idea of human progress. - The past our surest guide in conjecturing the future. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.