Technology & Engineering
Pyrotechnics
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…
Report on Securing and Growing the Digital Economy
President Obama formed The President's Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity on April 13, 2016 to develop a plan for protecting cyb…
The Romance of Modern Manufacture
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…
Careers of Danger and Daring
In this volume of adventure the author depicts the lives of certain humble modern heroes whose unconscious courage ordinarily goes unnoticed…
Contributions From the Museum of History and Technology
Part of the scholarly and scientific publications of the United States National Museum series: United States National Museum Bulletin.In the…
A Treatise on Staff Making and Pivoting
A Treatise on Staff Making and Pivoting by Eugene Edward Hall is a comprehensive guide for watchmakers and enthusiasts alike, detailing the …
Invention And Discovery
"In this little volume are brought together a number of sketches and memoranda, illustrating the history of discovery, and the lives an…
London From The Sanitary And Medical Point Of View
This little book is an expansion of two addresses delivered in January, 1889. One deals with sanitary issues in London. The other deals with…
Lecture on Artificial Flight
Lecture on artificial flight given on request of the Academy of Natural Sciences on August 7, 1876 in San Francisco, California by William G…
Recordings on MP3 players and other portable devices
This is a project which will allow us to compare recording quality of different mp3 players and portable recording devices. Each reader has …
James B. Eads
Captain James Buchanan Eads (May 23, 1820 – March 8, 1887) was a world-renowned American civil engineer and inventor, holding more than 50 p…
Rural Improvement
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
In the following pages we shall peep into the history of typical companies in Great Britain, the United States, and elsewhere; consider the …
Baltimore Hats
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…
Silent Sentinels
Possibly the first book concerning the protective relays and schemes used in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electric powe…
The Inner Chapters
The Inner Chapters journal my own quest to improve in the craft of programming. Each chapter reflects on a specific practice or principle t…
John Gutenberg, First Master Printer
This is a brief sketch of the last years of the life of Johannes (John) Gutenberg, the man who invented the movable letter press. We join hi…
Information and Entropy
Instructors: Paul Penfield, Seth Lloyd
This course explores the ultimate limits to communication and computation, with an emphasis on the p…
MIT 2.71 Optics
Instructors: George Barbastathis, Colin Sheppard, Se Baek Oh
This course provides an introduction to optical science with elementary engine…
MITSP.784S07
According to the United States Agency for International Development, 20 million people in developing countries require wheelchairs, and the …