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The Story of Books - Gertrude Burford Rawlings
The Story of Books - Gertrude Burford Rawlings
- Author: Gertrude Burford Rawlings
- Genre: History / Technology & Engineering
Rawlings follows the development of printing from the origins of writing to modern printing. Some of the earliest records are ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman recordings on papyrus and wax tablets. However, Rawlings acknowledges the sparse nature...
San Francisco Before And After The Earthquake - William Henry Irwin
San Francisco Before And After The Earthquake - William Henry Irwin
- Author: William Henry Irwin
- Genre: Technology & Engineering / Modern (20th C) / Earth Sciences
As all but Martians know (and who knows, perhaps even they), the city of San Francisco, California, was destroyed by massive earthquake and unquenchable fire in April, 1906. Will Irwin was a sometime San Franciscan who was then living in New York....
How I Filmed the War - Geoffrey H. Malins
How I Filmed the War - Geoffrey H. Malins
- Author: Geoffrey H. Malins
- Genre: Technology & Engineering / Memoirs / Modern (20th C)
An account of World War I and the experience of filming it by an early cinematographer (and, after the war, successful director) who was there. (Summary by R. S. Steinberg)...
Careers of Danger and Daring - Cleveland Moffett
Careers of Danger and Daring - Cleveland Moffett
- Author: Cleveland Moffett
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Animals / Technology & Engineering
In this volume of adventure the author depicts the lives of certain humble modern heroes whose unconscious courage ordinarily goes unnoticed. Mr. Moffett has chosen unusual and picturesque careers, and has offered dramatic scenes from the lives of...
The Night The Mountain Fell; The Story Of The Montana-Yellowstone Earthquake - Edmund Christopherson
The Night The Mountain Fell; The Story Of The Montana-Yellowstone Earthquake - Edmund Christopherson
- Author: Edmund Christopherson
- Genre: Nature / Technology & Engineering / Modern (20th C)
A severe earthquake, centered in the vacation area of West Yellowstone, Montana, shook the ground and its inhabitants and visitors on August 17, 1959, at 11.37 pm. A mountainside fell, a lake formed, roads and houses disappeared, people were...
Final Report from the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling - National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oi
Final Report from the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling - National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oi
- Author: National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oi
- Genre: Technology & Engineering / Earth Sciences
On April 20, 2010, the Macondo well blew out, costing the lives of 11 men, and beginning a catastrophe that sank the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and spilled over 4 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The spill disrupted an...
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge FAA-H-8083-25A - Federal Aviation Administration
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge FAA-H-8083-25A - Federal Aviation Administration
- Author: Federal Aviation Administration
- Genre: Education / Technology & Engineering
"The Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge provides basic knowledge that is essential for pilots. This handbook introduces pilots to the broad spectrum of knowledge that will be needed as they progress in their pilot training. Except for the...
Marvels of Scientific Invention - Thomas W. CORBIN
Marvels of Scientific Invention - Thomas W. CORBIN
- Author: Thomas W. CORBIN
- Genre: Technology & Engineering
This is a chronicle of the 19 most interesting inventions of the early 20th century. Some of the inventions are still in use and of considerable impact today, while others are examples of the strong belief in progress prevalent at the time would...
London (Ancient And Modern) From The Sanitary And Medical Point Of View - George Vivian POORE
London (Ancient And Modern) From The Sanitary And Medical Point Of View - George Vivian POORE
- Author: George Vivian POORE
- Genre: Medical / Technology & Engineering
This little book is an expansion of two addresses delivered in January, 1889. One deals with sanitary issues in London. The other deals with medical issues, mainly through the lives and careers of physicians. Though ancients are included, the main...
A Treatise on Staff Making and Pivoting - Eugene Edward HALL
A Treatise on Staff Making and Pivoting - Eugene Edward HALL
- Author: Eugene Edward HALL
- Genre: Technology & Engineering
This instruction manual contains complete directions for making and fitting new staffs for watches from raw material. The author refers to several illustrations throughout the text. These can be seen at the Online text in the Links section on this...
The Bomb: The 1945 Test of the First Atomic Bomb - Various
The Bomb: The 1945 Test of the First Atomic Bomb - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: War & Military / History / Technology & Engineering
These two publications put out by the U.S. government are about the Trinity site in New Mexico where in 1945 the first atomic bomb was tested. Each publication (about 1984 and about 1995) complements the other, though there is some duplication....
Baltimore Hats - William T. BRIGHAM
Baltimore Hats - William T. BRIGHAM
- Author: William T. BRIGHAM
- Genre: Social Science (Culture & Anthropology) / Technology & Engineering
It is not impossible that some useful information may be conveyed by this book. Should these pages prove of such service, their cost in labor is most cheerfully donated. This volume is composed of a series of articles which appeared in a Trade...
Recordings on MP3 players and other portable devices 'Written in March' (Microphone Showdown) - William Wordsworth
Recordings on MP3 players and other portable devices 'Written in March' (Microphone Showdown) - William Wordsworth
- Author: William Wordsworth
- Genre: Poetry / Technology & Engineering
This is a project which will allow us to compare recording quality of different mp3 players and portable recording devices. Each reader has recorded the poem "Written in March" by William Wordsworth. For more information on actions taken on...
Time Telling Through the Ages - Harry Chase BREARLEY
Time Telling Through the Ages - Harry Chase BREARLEY
- Author: Harry Chase BREARLEY
- Genre: Technology & Engineering
A history of timekeeping from the stone age through to American mass production, covering timepieces from the sundial and water clock through the key inventions driving advances in the accuracy of clocks and watches in both Europe and America. The...
Invention And Discovery: Curious Facts And Characteristic Sketches - Unknown
Invention And Discovery: Curious Facts And Characteristic Sketches - Unknown
- Author: Unknown
- Genre: Technology & Engineering
"In this little volume are brought together a number of sketches and memoranda, illustrating the history of discovery, and the lives and labours of inventors and explorers, not of our own country alone, but of others, for knowledge is of no country,...
The Early History of the Airplane - Orville WRIGHT
The Early History of the Airplane - Orville WRIGHT
- Author: Orville WRIGHT
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Technology & Engineering / Memoirs
The Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air flight, on 17th December 1903. They were not the first to build and fly aircraft, but they invented the controls that were necessary for a pilot...
The Romance of Modern Invention - Archibald WILLIAMS
The Romance of Modern Invention - Archibald WILLIAMS
- Author: Archibald WILLIAMS
- Genre: Technology & Engineering
This is a volume of exploration into the newest inventions of the turn of the previous century. Journalist Archibald Williams walks the reader through diverse inventions which were changing the world at just that point in time. - Summary by Carolin...
The Hurricane Hunters - Ivan Ray TANNEHILL
The Hurricane Hunters - Ivan Ray TANNEHILL
- Author: Ivan Ray TANNEHILL
- Genre: Nature / Science / Technology & Engineering
This 1955 book by an acknowledged authority is an absorbing account of meteorology before the advent of weather satellites. “This is the lively account of the hair-raising experiences of the men who have probed by sea and air into the inner...
Passages from the Life of a Philosopher - Charles BABBAGE
Passages from the Life of a Philosopher - Charles BABBAGE
- Author: Charles BABBAGE
- Genre: Mathematics / Philosophy / Technology & Engineering
Some men write their lives to save themselves from ennui, careless of the amount they inflict on their readers. Others write their personal history, lest some kind friend should survive them, and, in showing off his own talent, unwittingly show them...
The Story of the Atlantic Cable - Sir Charles Bright
The Story of the Atlantic Cable - Sir Charles Bright
- Author: Sir Charles Bright
- Genre: Technology & Engineering
The electric telegraph, together with the railway-train and the steamship, constituted the three most conspicuous features of late 19th century civilization. Indeed, it may be truly said that the harnessing electricity to the service of man for...
Inventions Of The Great War - Alexander Russell Bond
Inventions Of The Great War - Alexander Russell Bond
- Author: Alexander Russell Bond
- Genre: War & Military / Technology & Engineering
“… this war was not one of mere destruction. It set men to thinking as they had never thought before. It intensified their inventive faculties, and as a result, the world is richer in many ways. Lessons of thrift and economy have been taught us....
Marvels of Modern Science - Paul Severing
Marvels of Modern Science - Paul Severing
- Author: Paul Severing
- Genre: Science / Technology & Engineering
The purpose of this little book is to give a general idea of a few of the great achievements of our time. For instance, the flying machine is engaging the attention of the old, the young and the middle-aged, and soon the whole world will be on the...
Little Masterpieces of Science - Invention and Discovery - George ILES
Little Masterpieces of Science - Invention and Discovery - George ILES
- Author: George ILES
- Genre: Science / Technology & Engineering
A collection of essays on various inventions and scientific discoveries, this volume of Little Masterpieces of Science from 1902 includes topics such as the discovery of electricity, the invention of the telegraph, the telephone, Roentgen rays, and...
Report to the President by the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident - Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Chall
Report to the President by the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident - Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Chall
- Author: Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Chall
- Genre: Technology & Engineering
Since being sworn in on February 6, 1986, the Commission has been able to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the Challenger accident. This report documents our findings and makes recommendations for your consideration. Our objective has been...
Fires and Fire-Fighters - John Kenlon
Fires and Fire-Fighters - John Kenlon
- Author: John Kenlon
- Genre: Technology & Engineering
John Kenlon became a New York City firefighter in 1887, and was appointed Fire Chief in 1911. In 1913, he wrote this authoritative book surveying the history of fire-fighting from ancient Rome to 20th-century New York. The first part of the book...
Report on Securing and Growing the Digital Economy - The Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity
Report on Securing and Growing the Digital Economy - The Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity
- Author: The Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity
- Genre: Technology & Engineering
President Obama formed The President's Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity on April 13, 2016 to develop a plan for protecting cyberspace and America's economic reliance upon it. The commission's final report was released in December 2016....
Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240 Contributions From the Museum of History and Technology Papers 34-44 on Science and Technology - Various
Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240 Contributions From the Museum of History and Technology Papers 34-44 on Science and Technology - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Science / Technology & Engineering / Modern (20th C)
Part of the scholarly and scientific publications of the United States National Museum series: United States National Museum Bulletin. In these series, the Museum publishes original articles and monographs dealing with the collections and work of...
Seeking a Human Spaceflight Program Worthy of a Great Nation - Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee
Seeking a Human Spaceflight Program Worthy of a Great Nation - Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee
- Author: Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee
- Genre: Technology & Engineering / Exploration
"The [Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee] shall conduct an independent review of ongoing U.S. human space flight plans and programs, as well as alternatives, to ensure the nation is pursuing the best trajectory for the future of human...