Technology & Engineering

Lasers

by Hal Hellman • Read by LibriVox Volunteers • 4.9★

Among great technologic developments of the twentieth century has to be that of laser light with its myriad of applications in industry, com…

The Romance of Modern Manufacture

by Charles R. Gibson • Read by LibriVox Volunteers • 4.2★

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…

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…

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…

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…

The Inner Chapters

by Thomas Gideon • Read by Thomas Gideon • 4.5★

The Inner Chapters journal my own quest to improve in the craft of programming. Each chapter reflects on a specific practice or principle t…

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…