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Engineering & Technology

Step into the workshop where imagination becomes machinery and bold ideas learn to fly. From the precision of drafting tables and scientific instruments to the roar of engines, industry, invention, and early computing culture, this bookshelf captures the thrill of human ingenuity in motion. It’s a journey through the blueprints, experiments, and breakthroughs that helped build the modern world.

965 Audiobooks

Fences, Gates and Bridges: A Practical Manual

Conservation Through Engineering Extract from the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior

by Franklin K. Lane

Torpedo War, and Submarine Explosions

by Robert Fulton

Earth dams, a study

by Burr Bassell

Histoire des nombres et de la numération mécanique

by Jacomy-Régnier

A Method of Tanning without Bark

by William Maple

The Palace and Park Its Natural History, and Its Portrait Gallery, Together with a Description of the Pompeian Court

by Samuel Phillips, Edward Forbes, R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham, Richard Owen, George Scharf, F. K. J. (Francis Kingston John) Shenton

Carriages & Coaches: Their History & Their Evolution

by Ralph Straus

Ocean Steamships A popular account of their construction, development, management and appliances

by French Ensor Chadwick, John H. Gould, Ridgely Hunt, J. D. Jerrold (James Douglas Jerrold) Kelley, William H. (William Henry) Rideing, A. E. (Albert Edward) Seaton

Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume II

by Samuel Finley Breese Morse

Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers

by Silvio A. Bedini

A handbook of laboratory glass-blowing

by Bernard D. (Bernard Dell) Bolas

My Airships; The Story of My Life

by Alberto Santos-Dumont

American Inventions and Inventors

by William A. (William Augustus) Mowry, Arthur May Mowry

Farm Engines and How to Run Them: The Young Engineer's Guide

by James H. Stephenson

Getting Gold: A Practical Treatise for Prospectors, Miners and Students

by J. C. F. (Joseph Colin Francis) Johnson

British Manufacturing Industries: Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork.

by Léon Arnoux, Frederick Settle Barff, John Hungerford Pollen

History of Sanitation

by J. J. (John Joseph) Cosgrove

The Bridge-Builders

by Rudyard Kipling

The Scholfield Wool-Carding Machines

by Grace Rogers Cooper

Type: A Primer of Information About the Mechanical Features of Printing Types Their Sizes, Font Schemes, &c. with a Brief Description of Their Manufacture

by A. A. (Alexander A.) Stewart

A Manual of Shoemaking and Leather and Rubber Products

by William H. (William Henry) Dooley

Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891

by Various Authors

Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882

by Various Authors

Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888

by Various Authors

Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887

by Various Authors

Synthetic resins and their raw materials A survey of the types and uses of synthetic resins, the organization of the industry, and the trade in resins and raw materials, with particular references to factors essential to tariff consideration. Under the general provisions of section 332, title III, part II, Tariff act of 1930.

by United States Tariff Commission

Time and Time-Tellers

by active 1857-1887 James W. Benson

Artificial Limbs

by Auguste Broca, Charles Ducroquet

Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881

by Various Authors

The Sewerage of Sea Coast Towns

by Henry Charles Adams

Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The Site of the Terminal Station. Paper No. 1157

by George C. Clarke

The Future of Road-making in America

by Archer Butler Hulbert

Gasoline and Oil Stoves, "New Process" and "Standard." 1901

by Standard Lighting Company

Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883

by Various Authors

Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884.

by Various Authors

Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883

by Various Authors

The Lathe & Its Uses Or, Instruction in the Art of Turning Wood and Metal. Including a Description of the Most Modern Appliances for the Ornamentation of Plane and Curved Surfaces. With an Appendix, in Which is Described an Entirely Novel Form of Lathe for Eccentric and Rose Engine Turning; a Lathe and Planing Machine Combined; and Other Valuable Matter Relating to the Art.

by James Lukin

Learning to fly in the U.S. Army : a manual of aviation practice

by E. N. (Elisha Noel) Fales

A General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam, Between Great Britain and the Eastern and Western Parts of the World

by James MacQueen

Tractor Principles The Action, Mechanism, Handling, Care, Maintenance and Repair of the Gas Engine Tractor

by Roger B. (Roger Bradbury) Whitman

The Oak Ridge ALGOL Compiler for the Control Data Corporation 1604 Preliminary Programmer's Manual

by L. L. Bumgarner

Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Final Report of Special Committee on Rail Sections, Paper No. 1177

by Various Authors

Types of canoes on Puget Sound

by T. T. (Thomas Talbot) Waterman, Geraldine Coffin

Jacquard Machines: Instruction Paper

by H. William (Hector William) Nelson

O odkryciach i wynalazkach Odczyt popularny wypowiedziany dnia 23 marca 1873 r.

by Bolesław Prus

The Mentor: Great American Inventors, Vol. 1, Num. 29, Serial No. 29

by H. Addington (Henry Addington) Bruce

Verklaring van het stoomwerktuig zijnde eene algemeen bevattelijke beschrijving van deszelfs onderscheidene deelen, zamenstelling en werking.

Lecture on Artificial Flight Given by request at the Academy of Natural Sciences

by William G. Krueger

De drooglegging der Zuiderzee. Het plan J. Ulehake contra het plan C. Lely

by J. Ulehake

Rambles on Railways

by Sir Cusack P. Roney

The Boy's Book of New Inventions

by Harry E. (Harry Edward) Maule

The Submarine in War and Peace: Its Development and its Possibilities

by Simon Lake

Waterways and Water Transport in Different Countries With a description of the Panama, Suez, Manchester, Nicaraguan, and other canals.

by J. Stephen (James Stephen) Jeans

The 1893 Duryea Automobile In the Museum of History and Technology

by Donald H. Berkebile

The engineer's sketch-book of mechanical movements, devices, appliances, contrivances and details employed in the design and construction of machinery for every purpose : classified & arranged for reference for the use of engineers, mechanical draughtsmen, managers, mechanics, inventors, patent agents, and all engaged in the mechanical arts

by Thomas Walter Barber

The Panama Canal: A history and description of the enterprise

by J. Saxon (John Saxon) Mills

On Laboratory Arts

by Richard Threlfall

Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887

by Various Authors

The A B C of Mining: A Handbook for Prospectors

by Charles A. Bramble

Invention and Discovery: Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches

by Anonymous

British Airships, Past, Present, and Future

by George Whale

À terre & en l'air... Mémoires du Géant

by Félix Nadar

Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884

by Various Authors

Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886

by Various Authors

Rudimentary Treatise on the Construction of Locks

by A. C. Hobbs, George Dodd

Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891

by Various Authors

Self-Help Mechanical Drawing: An Educational Treatise

by N. (Nehemiah) Hawkins

Scientific American, Vol. XLIII.—No. 1. [New Series.], July 3, 1880 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures

by Various Authors

Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891

by Various Authors

Hawkins Electrical Guide v. 03 (of 10) Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A progressive course of study for engineers, electricians, students and those desiring to acquire a working knowledge of electricity and its applications

by N. (Nehemiah) Hawkins

The Boys' Book of Submarines

by A. Frederick (Archie Frederick) Collins, Virgil D. (Virgil Dewey) Collins

Handbook of Railroad Construction; For the use of American engineers. Containing the necessary rules, tables, and formulæ for the location, construction, equipment, and management of railroads, as built in the United States.

by George L. (George Leonard) Vose

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 451 Volume 18, New Series, August 21, 1852

by Various Authors

Old-Time Nautical Instruments

by John Robinson

Zenith Television Receiver Operating Manual

by Anonymous

Astronomical Instruments and Accessories

by William Gaertner and Company

The Panama Canal and Its Makers

by Vaughan Cornish

Instructions for the Management of Harvey's Sea Torpedo

by Frederick Harvey

Deeds Barn and the Self Starter

by Anonymous

The Petrol Engine A Text-book dealing with the Principles of Design and Construction, with a Special Chapter on the Two-stroke Engine

by Francis John Kean

Lessons in Wireless Telegraphy

by Alfred Powell Morgan

Pneumatic conveying

by Ernest George Phillips

Report of the Hoosac Tunnel and Troy and Greenfield Railroad, by the Joint Standing Committee of 1866.

by Tappan Wentworth

Flat Machine Knitting and Fabrics

by H. D. (Horace Davis) Buck

Il nuovo lume delle gioie Opera utilissima ad'ogni persona, così a orefici, e speciali, per l'arte pratico.

by Pietro Caliari

Traité des Arènes construites au Pays de Liége, pour l'écoulement et l'épuisement des eaux dans les ouvrages souterrains des exploitations de mines de houille

by L.-M.-G de Crassier

"Puffing Billy" and the Prize "Rocket" or, the story of the Stephensons and our Railways.

by Helen C. (Helen Cross) Knight

Facts and Figures Concerning the Hoosac Tunnel

by John J. Piper

Schöpfungen der Ingenieurtechnik der Neuzeit

by Max Geitel

The Preservation of the Exterior of Wooden Buildings

by Allerton S. (Allerton Seward) Cushman, Henry A. (Henry Alfred) Gardner

De afsluiting en droogmaking der Zuiderzee. Weerlegging van bezwaren. uitgegeven door de Zuiderzee-Vereeniging

by A. A. (Anton Albert) Beekman

Gas and Oil Engines, Simply Explained An Elementary Instruction Book for Amateurs and Engine Attendants

by Walter C. Runciman

Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

by Charles Babbage

Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt

by Eugene S. Ferguson

History of the Royal Sappers and Miners, Volume 1 (of 2) From the Formation of the Corps in March 1712 to the date when its designation was changed to that of Royal Engineers

by T. W. J. (Thomas William John) Connolly

Ancient Egyptian and Greek Looms

by H. Ling (Henry Ling) Roth

Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise

by P. Gerald (Percy Gerald) Sanford

Aërial Navigation A Popular Treatise on the Growth of Air Craft and on Aëronautical Meteorology

by Albert Francis Zahm

Measuring Tools

by Unknown