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Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240 Contribu…

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Part of the scholarly and scientific publications of the United States National Museum series: United States National Museum Bulletin.In the…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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

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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…

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…

The Balloonist Pt 4 The Story of a Boy Who Ran Away in a Big Balloon

In Careers of Danger and Daring

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Cleveland Moffett


In this volume of adventure the author depicts the lives of certain humble modern heroes whose unconscious courage ordinarily goes unnoticed…

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