Technology & Engineering

Sir Christopher Wren: Scientist, Scholar and Architect

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Lawrence Weaver

This 1923 monograph on the life and work of Sir Christopher Wren was written by Lawrence Weaver, an English architectural writer and editor.…

Insomnia Collection Vol. 006

Read by Verla Viera

Various

Drift off to dreamland with excerpts from this vintage collection of books about mechanical and engineering topics. You’ll be sure to snooze…

Pyrotechnics: The History and Art of Firework Making

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Alan St. Hill Brock

Captain St. Hill Brock presents here, in Part I, a brief history of pyrotechnics from origins in the East through the present. Part II delv…

The Romance of Modern Locomotion

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Archibald Williams

In the following pages we shall peep into the history of typical companies in Great Britain, the United States, and elsewhere; consider the …

Rural Improvement

Read by Leon Harvey

Frank Albert Waugh

The principles of civic art applied to rural conditions including village improvement and the betterment of the open country. Big issues are…

The Romance of Modern Manufacture

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Charles R. Gibson

Those of us who have grown up with the results of Modern Manufacture around us are apt to miss the romance of the subject. Indeed, it is di…

James B. Eads

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Louis How

Captain James Buchanan Eads (May 23, 1820 – March 8, 1887) was a world-renowned American civil engineer and inventor, holding more than 50 p…

Silent Sentinels: Protective Relays for A-C and D-C Systems

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Westinghouse Electric And Manufacturing Company

Possibly the first book concerning the protective relays and schemes used in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electric powe…

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