Technology & Engineering
Seeking a Human Spaceflight Program Worthy of a Great Nation
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Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee and Review Of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee
"The [Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee] shall conduct an independent review of ongoing U.S. human space flight plans a…
The Romance of Modern Engineering
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Archibald Williams
As it would be impossible to treat, in the compass of a few hundred pages, all the great engineering feats of modern times without reducing …
Report on Securing and Growing the Digital Economy
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The Commission On Enhancing National Cybersecurity
President Obama formed The President's Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity on April 13, 2016 to develop a plan for protecting cyb…
Little Masterpieces of Science - Invention and Discovery
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George Iles
A collection of essays on various inventions and scientific discoveries, this volume of Little Masterpieces of Science from 1902 includes to…
Underground London
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John Hollingshead
From the Preface: "This book contains an account, more or less readable, of most things belonging to "Underground London", pa…
Baltimore Hats
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William T. Brigham
It is not impossible that some useful information may be conveyed by this book. Should these pages prove of such service, their cost in labo…
Report to the President by the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Cha…
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Presidential Commission On The Space Shuttle Challenger
Since being sworn in on February 6, 1986, the Commission has been able to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the Challenger accident. …
History of the Johnstown Flood
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Willis Fletcher Johnson
An account of the Johnstown Flood, the most devastating loss of civilian life in the United States prior to the terrorist attacks of Septemb…
The Romance of Mining
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Archibald Williams
Any writer on mining in its general aspect is, when casting about for a starting-point, driven to express what others have said before him-t…
Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240 Contribu…
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Various
Part of the scholarly and scientific publications of the United States National Museum series: United States National Museum Bulletin.In the…
Inventions in the Century
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William Henry Doolittle
The author was an Expert and Patent Solicitor, Ex-Examiner in the Patent Office and AssistantCommissioner of Patents at Washington, Writer o…
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
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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…
Rural Improvement
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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 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 …
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…