Twentieth Century Inventions: A Forecast: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Twentieth Century Inventions: A Forecast, credited to George Sutherland, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Twentieth Century Inventions: A Forecast by George Sutherland. Read by LibriVox Volunteers This work from 1901 predicts what technological developments will manifest in the twentieth century. The author, a technical journalist, presents ideas for inventions and new developments in the areas of power, transportation, agriculture, mining, domestic applications, electronic devices, warfare, music, art, and news. Many have come to pass. All of them provide an interesting look into how the next century was imagined and what challenges were anticipated for the progress of society. (Summary by A. Gramour)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Twentieth Century Inventions: A Forecast
• Author credits: George Sutherland
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 15
• Listed recording duration: 6:42:05

Catalogue topics

• nonfiction
• futurist technology forecasts
• 1901

Track guide

1. 00-PREFACE — 11:34
2. 01-CH.1 INVENTIVE PROGRESS — 31:00
3. 02-CH.2 NATURAL POWER — 43:24
4. 03-CH.3 STORAGE OF POWER — 27:21
5. 04-CH.4 ARTIFICIAL POWER — 26:35
6. 05-CH.5 ROAD AND RAIL — 43:53
7. 06-CH.6 SHIPS — 28:30
8. 07-CH.7 AGRICULTURE — 31:30
9. 08-CH.8 MINING — 40:01
10. 09-CH.9 DOMESTIC — 31:12
11. 10-CH.10 ELECTRIC MESSAGES, ETC. — 24:14
12. 11-CH.11 WARFARE — 18:06
13. 12-CH.12 MUSIC — 16:05
14. 13-CH.13 ART AND NEWS — 15:10
15. 14-CH.14 INVENTION AND COLLECTIVISM — 13:35

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