Technology & Engineering

Inventions in the Century

by William Henry Doolittle • Read by LibriVox Volunteers • 5★

The author was an Expert and Patent Solicitor, Ex-Examiner in the Patent Office and AssistantCommissioner of Patents at Washington, Writer o…

The Progress of Invention

by Edward Wright Byrn • Read by LibriVox Volunteers • 4.8★

The 1800s saw a meteoric rise in modern technology in many areas. The century set the stage for modern life with developments such as the el…

Contributions From the Museum of History and Technology

by Various • Read by realisticspeakers

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

Insomnia Collection

by Various • Read by Verla Viera • 4.7★

Drift off to dreamland with excerpts from this vintage collection of books about mechanical and engineering topics. You’ll be sure to snooze…

Sir Christopher Wren

by Lawrence Weaver • Read by David Wales • 4.5★

This 1923 monograph on the life and work of Sir Christopher Wren was written by Lawrence Weaver, an English architectural writer and editor.…

Pyrotechnics

by Alan St. Hill Brock • Read by LibriVox Volunteers • 4.5★

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…

The Romance of Modern Manufacture

by Charles R. Gibson • Read by LibriVox Volunteers • 5★

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…

Water-Closets

by Glenn Brown • Read by LibriVox Volunteers • 5★

Plunge into the wonderful world of water-closets (a.k.a. toilets) with Virginia architect Glenn Brown. Follow the evolution of the humble to…

The Romance of Modern Locomotion

by Archibald Williams • Read by LibriVox Volunteers • 3.5★

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

by Frank Albert Waugh • Read by Leon Harvey • 4★

The principles of civic art applied to rural conditions including village improvement and the betterment of the open country. Big issues are…

James B. Eads

by Louis How • Read by Barry Eads • 4.4★

Captain James Buchanan Eads (May 23, 1820 – March 8, 1887) was a world-renowned American civil engineer and inventor, holding more than 50 p…

Lecture on Artificial Flight

by William G. Krueger • Read by LibriVox Volunteers • 4★

Lecture on artificial flight given on request of the Academy of Natural Sciences on August 7, 1876 in San Francisco, California by William G…

Silent Sentinels

by Westinghouse Electric And Manufacturing Company • Read by LibriVox Volunteers

Possibly the first book concerning the protective relays and schemes used in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electric powe…

The Magic Lantern and its Management

by T. C. Hepworth • Read by James R. Hedrick • 5★

There is no optical instrument so well known or so highly held in popular estimation as the Magic Lantern. It is somewhat unfortunate that i…