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Technology
Step into a world where everyday materials become marvels and practical know-how feels like hidden power. From radio waves and electric light to woodshops, kitchens, textiles, and the chemistry behind what we eat and use, this bookshelf reveals technology not as distant machinery, but as the craft of shaping daily life. It’s a hands-on journey through invention, industry, and domestic genius—where curiosity turns into skill, and ordinary work becomes an art.
224 Audiobooks
American Woman's Home: Or, Principles of Domestic Science; Being a Guide to the Formation and Maintenance of Economical, Healthful, Beautiful, and Christian Homes
by Catharine Esther Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe
Textiles, for Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades
by William H. (William Henry) Dooley
English Embroidered Bookbindings
by Cyril Davenport
A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes
by Charles Elmé Francatelli
Practical Mechanics for Boys
by James Slough Zerbe
Carpentry for Boys In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original Illustrations
by James Slough Zerbe
Artificial Light: Its Influence upon Civilization
by Matthew Luckiesh
An Analysis of the Lever Escapement
by H. R. Playtner
Nouveau moyen de préparer la couche sensible des plaques destinées à recevoir les images photographiques Lettre à M. Arago
by Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre
A Course In Wood Turning
by Archie Seldon Milton, Otto K. Wohlers
Bird Houses Boys Can Build
by Albert Frederick Siepert
Handwork in Wood
by William Noyes
The Radio Amateur's Hand Book A Complete, Authentic and Informative Work on Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony
by A. Frederick (Archie Frederick) Collins
Diet and Health; With Key to the Calories
by Lulu Hunt Peters
How to Prepare and Serve a Meal; and Interior Decoration
by Lillian B. Lansdown
The New Guide to Knitting & Crochet
by Marie Jane Cooper
The Book of Household Management
by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton
Woodwork joints : how they are set out, how made and where used
by William Fairham
Diggers in the Earth
by Eva March Tappan
The Story of Silk
by Sara Ware Bassett
The Art of Perfumery, and Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants With Instructions for the Manufacture of Perfumes for the Handkerchief, Scented Powders, Odorous Vinegars, Dentifrices, Pomatums, Cosmetics, Perfumed Soap, Etc., to which is Added an Appendix on Preparing Artificial Fruit-Essences, Etc.
by G. W. Septimus (George William Septimus) Piesse
A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine
by Robert Henry Thurston
The handbook of soap manufacture
by W. H. (William Herbert) Simmons, H. A. Appleton
The Builders: A Story and Study of Masonry
by Joseph Fort Newton
Chats on Old Lace and Needlework
by Emily Leigh Lowes
Theory of Silk Weaving A Treatise on the Construction and Application of Weaves, and the Decomposition and Calculation of Broad and Narrow, Plain, Novelty and Jacquard Silk Fabrics
by Arnold Wolfensberger
Laboratory Manual of Glass-Blowing
by Francis C. (Francis Cowles) Frary
Hints on the use and handling of firearms generally, and the revolver in particular
by H. Onslow (Henry Onslow) Curling
Steam Turbines A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers
by Hubert E. (Hubert Edwin) Collins
Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc.
by American School of Correspondence
The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition
by A. W. Duncan
Opportunities in Engineering
by Charles M. (Charles Marcus) Horton
Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc.
by American School of Correspondence
Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet
by Anonymous
Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife
by Marion Mills Miller
North Devon Pottery and Its Export to America in the 17th Century
by C. Malcolm Watkins
Encyclopedia of Needlework
by Thérèse de Dillmont
The House in Good Taste
by Elsie De Wolfe
The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association
by Watson Smith
Lady Hester; Or, Ursula's Narrative
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
The American Frugal Housewife
by Lydia Maria Child
Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value
by Harry Snyder
A Treatise on Domestic Economy; For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School
by Catharine Esther Beecher
Electricity for Boys
by James Slough Zerbe
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics
by Various Authors
Philippine Mats Philippine Craftsman Reprint Series No. 1
by Philippines. Bureau of Education
A Treatise on Staff Making and Pivoting Containing Complete Directions for Making and Fitting New Staffs from the Raw Material
by Eugene Edward Hall
Making Your Camera Pay
by Frederick C. Davis
Le Téléphone, le Microphone et le Phonographe
by comte Th. Du Moncel
Textiles and Clothing
by Kate Heintz Watson
Return-Loads Bureaus to Save Waste in Transportation
by United States. Council of National Defense. Highways Transport Committee
How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use
by Archibald Williams
Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay: A Renaissance (2nd edition)
by Clough Williams-Ellis
Dress design : an account of costume for artists & dressmakers
by Talbot Hughes
The Early History of the Airplane
by Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright
Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care
by Idabelle McGlauflin
The Invention of the Sewing Machine
by Grace Rogers Cooper
Steam, Steel and Electricity
by James W. Steele
Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools
by Ontario. Department of Education
How to make rugs
by Candace Wheeler
Exercises in Knitting
by Cornelia Mee
Makers of Many Things
by Eva March Tappan
Chocolate: or, An Indian Drinke By the wise and Moderate use whereof, Health is preserved, Sicknesse Diverted, and Cured, especially the Plague of the Guts; vulgarly called The New Disease
by Antonio Colmenero de Ledesma
Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition For Ironware, Tinware, Wood, Etc. With Sections on Tinplating and Galvanizing
by William Norman Brown
Screw-Thread Cutting by the Master-Screw Method since 1480
by Edwin A. Battison
The First Airplane Diesel Engine: Packard Model DR-980 of 1928
by Robert B. Meyer
The London and Country Brewer
by Anonymous
L'A. B. C. de l'aviation: Biplans et monoplans
by Louis Gastine
Mine Pumping in Agricola's Time and Later
by Robert P. Multhauf
Mission Furniture: How to Make It, Part 1
by H. H. (Henry Haven) Windsor
The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing
by Samuel J. (Samuel James) Record
Quilts: Their Story and How to Make Them
by Marie D. (Marie Daugherty) Webster
Hemp Hurds as Paper-Making Material
by Lyster H. (Lyster Hoxie) Dewey, Jason L. Merrill
The Fabric of Civilization A Short Survey of the Cotton Industry in the United States
by Guaranty Trust Company of New York
The Story of Glass
by Sara Ware Bassett
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Locomotive Performance On Grades Of Various Lengths, Paper No. 1172
by B. S. (Beverly S.) Randolph
Wood-Carving: Design and Workmanship
by George Jack
Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving
by Grace Christie
French Polishing and Enamelling: A Practical Work of Instruction
by Richard Bitmead
La Navigation Aérienne L'aviation Et La Direction Des Aérostats Dans Les Temps Anciens Et Modernes
by Gaston Tissandier
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The East River Tunnels. Paper No. 1159
by James H. Brace, Francis Mason, S. H. Woodard
All about the Klondyke gold mines
by J. Armoy (John Armoy) Knox, J. G. Pratt
Woodward's Graperies and Horticultural Buildings
by George E. (George Evertson) Woodward, F. W. (Francis W.) Woodward
Self-instructor in the art of hair work, dressing hair, making curls, switches, braids, and hair jewelry of every description.
by Mark Campbell
On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass
by Derek J. de Solla (Derek John de Solla) Price
Intarsia and Marquetry
by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
Mission Furniture: How to Make It, Part 2
by H. H. (Henry Haven) Windsor
The Preparation of Plantation Rubber
by Sidney Morgan
Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management
by Ontario. Department of Education
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Reinforced Concrete Pier Construction
by Eugene Klapp
Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines
by Henry Vizetelly