History of engineering & technology books

Against the backdrop of the extraordinary history of Great Lakes shipping, Too Much Sea for Their Decks chronicles...  Read More >>

Against the backdrop of the extraordinary history of Great Lakes shipping, Too Much Sea for Their Decks chronicles...  Read More >>

"In delightful digressions, Petroski looks at libraries, lets Seneca have his say on the ""evils of book collecting,...  Read More >>

"Are you ready to embark on an extraordinary journey through the fascinating world of trains? Step aboard as we...  Read More >>

"The book ""Stop to Nuclear: Dreaming of a World Without Nuclear Energy and Atomic Bombs"" is a profound exploration...  Read More >>

A compilation of articles on the original ideas of a true visionary and the subsequent research and development...  Read More >>

Gibson Technology has grown into the most prolific winner at Le Mans and across global sports-prototype racing,...  Read More >>

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First book to include the role of women in civil aviation's 100-year history. The first book to include all aspects...  Read More >>

This book introduces the basic knowledge, concepts, terms and development process of high-speed rail (HSR) and summarizes...  Read More >>

This book examines the development of nuclear propulsion in the Royal Navy from the first proposal in 1946 to the...  Read More >>

und niemand tat so viel, um das Problem des menschlichen Fluges in die freie Luft zu verlegen, wo es hingehörte.""Diese...  Read More >>

"Flanders' Motorcycles is the extraordinary history of a motorcycle brand from the dawn of automotive manufacturing...  Read More >>

"""The Barcode tells the real story of the team at IBM that developed the technology we use today, why it was selected...  Read More >>

This book provides a history of Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), a large Britain- based chemical firm which was...  Read More >>

Pioneer Aviators records the various stages of man's journey into the skies, taking the reader from the earliest...  Read More >>

This book traces the diffusion trajectory of the second and third generation of British steam engines, the Watt...  Read More >>

The Road, a classical and rare book that has been considered essential throughout human history, so that this work...  Read More >>

The Road and the Roadside, a classical and rare book that has been considered essential throughout human history,...  Read More >>

The romance of industry and invention. This book, The romance of industry and invention, by Robert Cochrane, is...  Read More >>

The Telephone in America: Bell Telephone System, a classical and rare book that has been considered essential throughout...  Read More >>

The Romance of War Inventions; A Description of Warships, Guns, Tanks, Rifles, Bombs, and Other Instruments and...  Read More >>

The Telephone: A lecture entitled Researches in Electric Telephony, a classical and rare book that has been considered...  Read More >>

The Romance of Modern Invention; Containing Interesting Descriptions in Non-technical Language of Wireless Telegraphy,...  Read More >>

Excerpt: ...These numbers are to be interpreted thus: Suppose that we have a tuning-fork giving 256 vibrations per...  Read More >>