BOOK
Title:
The Pneumatics of Hero of Alexandria
Creator:
Heroof Alexandria
Publication:
C. Whittingham, London, 1851.
Notes:
Includes index. Readex Microprint edition.
Call #:
LMK
Extent:
xix p., 117 p., [1] p., 2 p.
Subjects:
Format
Subject
BOOK
Title:
A history of inventions, discoveries, and origins
Alt. Title:
Beyträge zur Geschichte der Erfindungen. English. 1846
Creators:
Beckmann, Johann, 1739-1811 | Johnston, William | Francis, William, 1817-1904 | Griffith, J. W. (John William)
Publication:
H.G. Bohn, London, 1846.
Notes:
German ed. published 1783-1805 with title: Beyträge zur geschichte der erfindungen.
Call #:
608 B38h.4 v.1, 2
Extent:
2 v. : 2 port. (incl. front.) ; 18 1/2 cm.
Subjects:
ANALYTIC
Title:
Why won't they work?
Parent:
American heritage, v.12, no.3
Creator:
Hicks, Clifford B.
Publication:
New York, 1961.
Call #:
973.06 AM3SA V.12, NO.3
Extent:
p.78-83, 85 : illus. ; quarto.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
Inventors at work: with chapters on discovery
Creator:
Iles, George, 1852-1942
Publication:
Doubleday, Page & company, New York, 1906.
Notes:
Last 2 pages advertisements. "Books on iron and steel chosen and annotated by Professor Bradley Stoughton": p. 176-179.
Call #:
608 IL3I
Extent:
xxii, 503, [2] p. : front. (port.), illus., diagrs., plates. ; 23 cm.
Subjects:
ANALYTIC
Title:
Engineering and invention in the eighteenth century
Parent:
The Philosophical magazine. Commemoration number, July, 1948
Creator:
Smith, Edgar Crosby, 1870-
Publication:
London, 1948.
Call #:
505 L84 1948 (COMMEMORATION N
Extent:
p.92-112. quarto.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
Discoveries and inventions of the 20th century
Creator:
Crowther, J. G. (James Gerald), 1899-
Publication:
Routledge & K. Paul, London, [1966]
Call #:
608 C88D.5
Extent:
xix, 434 p. : illus., maps, tables, diagrs. ; 26cm.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
Connections
Creator:
Burke, James, 1936-
Publication:
Little, Brown, Boston, c1978.
Notes:
Includes index. Bibliography: p. 296-298.
Call #:
609 B91C
Extent:
[iii], 304 p. : (col.) illus. ; 26 cm.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
A popular history of American invention
Creator:
Kaempffert, Waldemar, 1877-1956
Publication:
AMS Press, New York, 1975]
Notes:
Reprint of the edition published in New York, 1924, by Charles Scribner's Sons.
Call #:
609.73 K11p.r v.1, 2
Extent:
2 v. : fronts. (ports.), illus., ports., facsims., map ; 22 1/2 cm.
BOOK
Title:
A history of inventions and discoveries
Alt. Title:
Beyträge zur Geschichte der Erfindungen. English
Creator:
Beckmann, Johann, 1739-1811
Publication:
J. Bell, London, 1797.
Notes:
Readex Microprint edition. Translation of: Beytrp7sage zur Geschichte der Erfindungen. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Call #:
LMK v.1-3
Extent:
3 v. ([1] p l, p.[i]-ii, [v]-xii, 488 p; [4], 443; [4] p, 491 p.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
The greatest inventions of the past 2,000 years
Creator:
Brockman, John, 1941-
Publication:
Simon & Schuster, New York, [c2000]
Call #:
609 G815b
Extent:
192 p. ; 22 cm.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
Spiritali di Herone Alessandrino
Alt. Title:
Pneumatica. Italian. 1592
Creators:
Heroof Alexandria | Giorgi, Alessandroda Urbino
Publication:
appresso Bartholomeo, e Simone Ragusi fratelli, In Urbino, 1592.
Notes:
Title vignette. Historiated initials. Bound in 19th century 1/4 vellum.
Call #:
609 H43s.i
Extent:
[4], 82 leaves : illus. ; octavo.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
The Harwin chronology of inventions, innovations, discoveries from pre-history to the present day
Creator:
Desmond, Kevin.
Publication:
Constable and Co, London, Eng, [c1986]
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call #:
609 D47h
Extent:
[245] p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
BOOK
Title:
United States patents, 1790-1870: new uses for old ideas
Creator:
Welsh, Peter C.
Publication:
Smithsonian Institution; for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Govt. Print. Off, Washington, 1965]
Notes:
Bibliographical footnotes.
Call #:
509.73 Un3 no.48
Extent:
110-151 p. illus. 28 cm.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
The innovators: the discoveries, inventions, and breakthroughs of our time
Creator:
Diebold, John, 1926-
Publication:
Dutton, New York, c1990.
Notes:
"Truman Talley books." Includes index. Bibliography: p. 285-286.
Call #:
608 D57I
Extent:
xiii, 303 p. : illus., ports., facsims. ; 24 cm.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
The Development of electrical technology in the 19th century
Creator:
King, W. James (William James), 1915-
Publication:
Smithsonian institution, Washington, 1962.
Call #:
509.73 Un3 no.28-30
Extent:
3 pts. : illus. ; quarto.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
The scientific breakthrough: The impact of modern invention
Creator:
Clark, Ronald William.
Publication:
Putnam, New York, 1974.
Notes:
Includes index.
Call #:
608 C55S
Extent:
208 p. : illus., col. plates ; 25 1/2 cm.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
A history of mechanical inventions
Creator:
Usher, Abbott Payson, 1883-1965
Publication:
Harvard University Press, Cambridge], 1954.
Call #:
608 US3.R
Extent:
450 p. : illus. ; 25 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Tinkers and genius: the story of the Yankee inventors
Creator:
Fuller, Edmund, 1914-
Publication:
Hastings House, New York, [1955]
Notes:
Includes bibliography: p.305-306.
Call #:
608 F95T
Extent:
xii, 308 p. : illus., facsims., ports. ; 20 1/2 cm.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
The progress of invention in the nineteenth century
Creator:
Byrn, Edward W. (Edward Wright), 1849-1921
Publication:
Russell & Russell, New York, [1970]
Notes:
Reprint of the 1900 ed.
Call #:
608 B99P.R
Extent:
476 p. illus. 25 cm.
Subjects:
ANALYTIC
Title:
Patents purloined: Railroads, inventors, and the diffusion of inovation in 19th-century America
Parent:
Technology and culture, v.32, no.4
Creator:
Usselman, Steven W.
Publication:
Chicago], 1991.
Call #:
609 T225 V.32, NO.4
Extent:
p.1047-1075 ; 22 1/2 cm.
Subjects:
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