Download or read book The Wonderful Century written by Alfred Russel Wallace and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1925. This study examines the advances in engineering and science in the nineteenth century. The author examines topics on locomotion and sea travel, photography, chemistry, electricity amongst many other industrial and scientific developments. This title will be of interest to historians as well as scientists and engineers.