Technology Books

The Alhambra

Albert Frederick Calvert

The Alhambra may be likened to an exquisite opera which can only be appreciated to the full when one is under the spell of its magic influence. But as the witchery of an inspired score can be recalled..

Deeds Barn and the Self Starter

Anonymous

Deeds was absorbed in many responsibilities at the NCR and could not devote the necessary time to the perfection of the motor. He wanted a bright young electrical engineer to whom the electrification ..

The Steam Fire Engine and the Old-time Fire Bell

Anonymous

The development of fire-fighting machines cannot be claimed exclusively by recent generations. As early as the reign of the Ptolemies in Egypt, some 200 years before the Christian era, a hand-pump fir..

The Fireless Locomotive

Anonymous

The Rubicon ran three or four hours on a charge, depending on the work load. Normally, three or four daily trips were made to the roundhouse, to exchange a “tired” engine for a freshly-charged one. Ei..

The Men of the Merchant Service

Frank Thomas Bullen

The recollection of many kindly criticisms on the preface to the "Log of a Sea-Waif," scolding me good-naturedly for what it has pleased them to term my exaggerated modesty, prevents me from sinning n..

Pyrotechnics

A. St. H. Brock

Pyrotechny is possibly the only art which can compete with nature; anyone who has seen a first-class firework display will admit that for impressive grandeur, colour effects, and contrasts of light an..

Magic Shadows - The Story of the Origin of Motion Pictures

Martin Quigley

The audience for the first screen performance was as distinguished as any that has since graced a Hollywood production. Other professors of the Roman College were there to note for themselves on which..

An Illustrated Directory of the Specifications of All Domestic and Foreign Motor-cars

Various Authors

An Illustrated Directory of the Specifications of All Domestic and Foreign Motor-cars and Motor Business Wagons, Gasoline, Steam and Electric, Sold in This Country, 1907..