Transportation
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…
Trips in the Life of a Locomotive Engineer
Henry Dawson has written several vignettes of railroad men from the days of steam locomotives. His goal is to show the reader that they 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 …
The Cycle Industry
From the velocipede to the motor cycle in twenty chapters. A short history of the British bicycle industry from its origins in a Coventry se…
The Western Boundary
Moltke’s The Western Boundary was originally published in the journal Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift in 1841. The essay came in the wake of ca…
Railroads from the Investor's View Point
This small booklet was written in 1921 as a guide for Americans interested in investing in railroad securities. The majority of the book is …
The Aeroplane in War
"Although it is still a crude machine—in view of the perfected apparatuswhich is the aim of thoughtful designers—the aeroplane has demo…
The Art and Science of Boat
Instructors: Christopher Dewart, Kurt Hasselbalch, Prof. Nicholas Patrikalakis, Reuben Smith, Antonio Dias
This class is jointly sponsored …