LibriVox Audio Books Catalog (Page 3)

George Stephenson did not invent the steam engine, that was due to Newcomen and later to James Watt. He did not invent the steam locomotive,…

Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy

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Anonymous

A collection of true stories of the high seas, from the nineteenth century. Shipwrecks, mutiny, life and death decision-making -- all far fr…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 31 - All Afloat: A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways

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William Wood

No exhaustive Canadian 'water history' can possibly be attempted here. That would require a series of its own. But at least a first attempt …

The Cycle Industry, its origin, history and latest developments

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Walter Ferdinando Grew

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 Columbia Accident Investigation Board Final Report, Volume 1

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Columbia Accident Investigation Board

In 1981, Columbia became the first spacecraft of its type to fly in Earth orbit and successfully completed 27 missions over more than two de…

How It Flies or, Conquest of the Air

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Richard Ferris

In these pages, by means of simple language and suitable pictures, the author has told the story of the Ships of the Air. He has explained t…

The Story of the First Trans-Continental Railroad

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William Francis Bailey

Story of the planning, construction, and early operating of the Trans-continental railroad. There is coverage of the early proposals that be…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 32 - The Railway Builders: A Chronicle of Overland …

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Oscar D. Skelton

When the pace of railroad construction slackened in 1914, Canada had achieved a remarkable position in the railway world. Only five other co…

The Curtiss Aviation Book

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Glenn Curtiss

Glenn Hammond Curtiss, of Hammondsport, New York, won the Scientific American Trophy for the first pre-announced and officially witnessed ai…

Trips in the Life of a Locomotive Engineer

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Henry Dawson

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 Aeroplane in War

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Claude Grahame-White

"Although it is still a crude machine—in view of the perfected apparatuswhich is the aim of thoughtful designers—the aeroplane has demo…

The Romance of the Ship

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Edward Keble Chatterton

To attempt to describe within limits of one book the whole evolution of the ship from the days of her crude beginnings and limited utility t…

The Road

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Hilaire Belloc

"We are arrived at a chief turning-point in the history of the English highway. New instruments of locomotion, a greater volume of traf…

The Romance of Modern Locomotion

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Archibald Williams

In the following pages we shall peep into the history of typical companies in Great Britain, the United States, and elsewhere; consider the …

Railroads from the Investor's View Point

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Federal Securities Corporation

This small booklet was written in 1921 as a guide for Americans interested in investing in railroad securities. The majority of the book is …

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