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Call number | Author | Title | Date | Description | Publisher | Publisher location | Subject headings |
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PW-2454 | Abbate, Janet | Inventing the Internet | 1999 | Abbate, Janet, Inventing the Internet. Cambridge MA: MIT Press: 1999 | MIT Press | Cambridge MA | Internet
History |
PW-4383 | Abbate, Janet | From Arpanet to Internet; A History of ARPA-Sponsered Computer Networks, 1966-1968 | 1994 | Doctoral Dissertation | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | Internet
History |
PW-6424 | Abbate, Janet | Recoding Gender: Women's Changing Participation in Computing | 2012 | Janet Abbate. Recoding Gender: Women's Changing Participation in Computing. (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2012 | Computing
Computer Science Women in Engineering (WIE) Women in Computing History | ||
PW-4042 | Abbott, Arthur L. | National Electrical Code Handbook | 1932 | McGraw Hill Book Company | New York | Standards
Guide Book | |
PW-4144 | Abbott, Arthur Vaughan | The Electrical Transmission of Energy: A Manual for the Design of Electrical Circuits | 1904 | D. Van Nostrand Company | London | Power Transmission | |
PW-3272 | Abelshauser, Werner | German Industry and Global Enterprise: BASF : the History of a Company | 2004 | Abelshauser, Werner. German Industry and Global Enterprise: BASF : the History of a Company. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2004. | Cambridge University Press | Cambridge, U.K. | History |
PW-6624 | Abir-Am, Pnina G. and Clark A. Elliott, editors | Commemorative Practices in Science: Historical Perspectives on the Politics of Collective Memory. Osiris, Second Series, Volume 14. | 1999 | The study of commemorations as a new approach to the history of science. The editors contend that the history of scientific commemoration has much to teach historians about issues of collective memory and representation. | University of Chicago Press | Chicago, IL | Commemorative
Science Scientists History |
PW-1094 | Abramson, Albert | Zworykin: Pioneer of Television | 1995 | Abramson, Albert, Zworykin: Pioneer of Television. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1995. | University of Illinois Press | Champaign, IL | Chronology/Timeline
Biography Television |
PW-1820 | Abramson, Albert | The History of Television: 1880-1941 | 1984 | Abramson, Albert, The History of Television: 1880-1941. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1987. | McFarland | Jefferson, NC | Television
History |
PW-3261 | Abramson, Albert | The History of Television: 1942-2000 | 2003 | Abramson, Albert. The History of Television, 1942 to 2000. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., Publishers, 2003 | McFarland & Company | Jefferson, N.C. | Television
History |
PW-6222 | Accademia delle Scienze di Torino | Galileo Ferraris and the Conversion of Energy Developments of Electrical Engineering over a Century: Procedings of the International Symposium, October 27-29, 1997, Torino | 1997 | Accademia delle Scienze di Torino | Torino | Electrical Engineering
History | |
PW-3133 | Ackermann, Marsha E. | Cool Comfort: America's Romance with Air-Conditioning | 2002 | Ackermann, Marsha E. Cool Comfort: America's Romance with Air-Conditioning. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., 2002. | Smithsonian | Washington DC | Air Conditioning |
PW-3981 | ACM | ACM 71 : A Quarter-century View | 1971 | Association For Computing Machinary 25th anniversary publication. Includes review article
Electronic Computers: A Historical Survey by Saul Rosen. |
History
anniversary Computer Technology Computer, Digital Computers Computing | ||
PW-1488 | Acock, Reginald | Electricity Comes to Cheltenham: A Hundred Years of Light and Power | 1995 | Acock, Reginald, Electricity Comes to Cheltenham: A Hundred Years of Light and Power. Amberly, UK: Glenside Books, 1995. | Glenside Books | Amberly, UK | Centennial
Anniversary Power Distribution History |
PW-4985 | Adam Osborne | An introduction to Microcomputers | 1980 | The purpose of this book is to give you a thorough understanding ofwhat microprocessors are and how they differ from other computer products. Basic concepts are covered in considerable detail, and from basic concepts we build the necessary components of | Component
Technology Textbooks Computers Computing | ||
PW-6644 | Adams, Sean Patrick | Home Fires: How Americans Kept Warm in the 19th Century | 2014 | Heating the home and the story of domestic heating in the U.S. It examines the methods that entrepreneurs in home heating markets used to convince consumers that their product designs and fuel choices were superior, and how elite, middle class, and poor | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | Heating
Dwellings Industrialization City and town life United States |
PW-2385 | Adams, Stephen B. and Orville R. Butler | Manufacturing the Future: A History of Western Electric (New York, NY. Cambridge University Press, 1999). | 1999 | Adams, Stephen B. and Orville R. Butler, Manufacturing the Future: A History of Western Electric. | Cambridge University Press | New York | History
Western Electric Company Communication |
PW-5087 | Adamson, Glenn | Industrial Strength Design: How Brooks Stevens Shaped Your World | 2003 | Introduction to the work of visionary industrial designer Brooks Stevens (1911-1995). Believing that an industrial designer should be a businessman, an engineer, and a stylist, in that order, Stevens created thousands of ingenious and beautiful design | Industrial Design
Architecture Biography | ||
PW-6629 | Adas, Michael | Machines as the Measure of Men: Science, Technology, and Ideologies of Western Dominance | 1989 | Adas's book has become a classic in the history of technology and science as well as imperialism. It won the Society for the History of Technology's 1991 Dexter Prize. He contends that mastery of nature lay at the heart of Europe's comparison of itself | Cornell University Press | Ithaca | Technology
Science Imperialism Colonialism Western Ideology Africa China India |
PW-895 | Affrunti, Andy, Sr. | A Personal Journal: 50 Years at Motorola | 1985 | Affrunti, Andy, Sr., A Personal Journal: 50 Years at Motorola. Self published, 1985. | self-published | Employees
Journal Autobiography | |
PW-1197 | AIEE | AIEE Lightning Reference Book | 1937 | Collection of articles 1918-1935 reprinted from Transactions of the AIEE and other publications. | AIEE | New York | Lightning |
PW-1199 | AIEE | Electrical Engineering, May 1934. Special 50th Anniversary issue | 1934 | Contains historical articles, including many articles in which prominent AIEE members look back at the last fifty years various areas and applications of electrcial engineeering. Also
contains a series of biographies of AIEE presidents and other AIEE l |
History
Biography | ||
PW-1200 | AIEE | Electrical Engineering, May1959, 75th Anniversary Issue. | 1959 | Articles providing broad overviews of progress in major topics in the following areas: Basic Sciences, Communications, Industry and Applications, and Electric Power. | Anniversary | ||
PW-4041 | AIEE | The St.Louis Electrical Handbook: Being a Guide for Visitors from Abroad attending the International Electrical Congress, | 1904 | Guide to visitors to the International Electrical Congress, which was held in conjunction with the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition (a World's Fair.). This guide covers the features and the exhibits both at the Exposition and elsewhere in St. Louis th | The American Institute of Electrical Engineers | St. Louis, Mo. | Exhibit
Guide Book World's Fair |
PW-4252 | AIEE | Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Volume 1, 1884. Reprint (2 copies) | 1884 | Reprint of volume 1 of the AIEE Transactions. It includes the papers presented at the first technical meeting of the AIEE, October 1884 | Transactions
Publication | ||
PW-4319 | AIEE | Wheeler Gift | 1909 | Catalogue of Wheeler Gift, 1909
- Catalogue of the Wheeler Gift of Books, Pamphlets and Periodicals in the Library of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers - Edited by William D. Weaver - Volumes I and II - 2 Sets - Also includes the 198 |
Gifts
Bibliography | ||
PW-5121 | AIEE | Proceedings of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Volume 34, part 1, January-June, 1915 | 1915 | Monthly Publication of the AIEE. Gives preliminary version of papers presented at AIEE meetings (with questions and discussion), and news of the AIEE. Final versions of the papers were published in the annual Transactions volume. Predecessor of Journal o | Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering magazine | ||
PW-5122 | AIEE | Proceedings of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Volume 34, part 2, July-December 1915 | 1915 | Monthly Publication of the AIEE. Gives preliminary version of papers presented at AIEE meetings (with questions and discussion), and news of the AIEE. Final versions of the papers were published in the annual Transactions volume. Predecessor of Journal o | Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering magazine | ||
PW-5123 | AIEE | Proceedings of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Volume 35, part 2, January-December 1916 | 1916 | Monthly Publication of the AIEE. Gives preliminary version of papers presented at AIEE meetings (with questions and discussion), and news of the AIEE. Final versions of the papers were published in the annual Transactions volume. Predecessor of Journal o | Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering magazine | ||
PW-5124 | AIEE | Proceedings of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Volume 36, January-December 1917 | 1917 | Monthly Publication of the AIEE. Gives preliminary version of papers presented at AIEE meetings (with questions and discussion), and news of the AIEE. Final versions of the papers were published in the annual Transactions volume. Predecessor of Journal o | Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering magazine | ||
PW-5125 | AIEE | Proceedings of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Volume 37, January-December 1918 | 1918 | Monthly Publication of the AIEE. Gives preliminary version of papers presented at AIEE meetings (with questions and discussion), and news of the AIEE. Final versions of the papers were published in the annual Transactions volume. Predecessor of Journal o | Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering magazine | ||
PW-5126 | AIEE | Proceedings of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Volume 38, January-December 1919 | 1919 | Monthly Publication of the AIEE. Gives preliminary version of papers presented at AIEE meetings (with questions and discussion), and news of the AIEE. Final versions of the papers were published in the annual Transactions volume. Predecessor of Journal o | Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering magazine | ||
PW-5127 | AIEE | Journal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Volume 39, January-December 1920 | 1920 | Monthly Publication of the AIEE. Gives preliminary version of papers presented at AIEE meetings (with questions and discussion), and news of the AIEE. Final versions of the papers were published in the annual Transactions volume. Successor to th Journal | Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering magazine | ||
PW-5128 | AIEE | Journal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Volume 40, January-December 1921 | 1921 | Monthly Publication of the AIEE. Gives preliminary version of papers presented at AIEE meetings (with questions and discussion), and news of the AIEE. Final versions of the papers were published in the annual Transactions volume. Successor to th Journal | Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering magazine | ||
PW-5129 | AIEE | Journal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Volume 41, January-December 1922 | 1922 | Monthly Publication of the AIEE. Gives preliminary version of papers presented at AIEE meetings (with questions and discussion), and news of the AIEE. Final versions of the papers were published in the annual Transactions volume. Successor to th Journal | Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering magazine | ||
PW-5130 | AIEE | Journal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Volume 42, January-December 1923 | 1923 | Monthly Publication of the AIEE. Gives preliminary version of papers presented at AIEE meetings (with questions and discussion), and news of the AIEE. Final versions of the papers were published in the annual Transactions volume. Successor to th Journal | Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering magazine | ||
PW-5131 | AIEE | Journal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Volume 43, January-December 1924 | 1924 | Monthly Publication of the AIEE. Gives preliminary version of papers presented at AIEE meetings (with questions and discussion), and news of the AIEE. Final versions of the papers were published in the annual Transactions volume. Successor to th Journal | Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering magazine | ||
PW-5132 | AIEE | Journal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Volume 44, January-December 1925 | 1925 | Monthly Publication of the AIEE. Gives preliminary version of papers presented at AIEE meetings (with questions and discussion), and news of the AIEE. Final versions of the papers were published in the annual Transactions volume. Successor to th Journal | Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering magazine | ||
PW-5133 | AIEE | Journal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Volume 45, January-December 1926 | 1926 | Monthly Publication of the AIEE. Gives preliminary version of papers presented at AIEE meetings (with questions and discussion), and news of the AIEE. Final versions of the papers were published in the annual Transactions volume. Successor to th Journal | Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering magazine | ||
PW-5134 | AIEE | Journal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Volume 46, January-December 1927 | 1927 | Monthly Publication of the AIEE. Gives preliminary version of papers presented at AIEE meetings (with questions and discussion), and news of the AIEE. Final versions of the papers were published in the annual Transactions volume. Successor to th Journal | Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering magazine | ||
PW-5135 | AIEE | Journal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Volume 48, January-December 1929 | 1929 | Monthly Publication of the AIEE. Gives preliminary version of papers presented at AIEE meetings (with questions and discussion), and news of the AIEE. Final versions of the papers were published in the annual Transactions volume. Successor to th Journal | Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering magazine | ||
PW-5136 | AIEE | Journal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Volume 49, January-December 1930 | 1930 | Monthly Publication of the AIEE. Gives preliminary version of papers presented at AIEE meetings (with questions and discussion), and news of the AIEE. Final versions of the papers were published in the annual Transactions volume. Successor to th Journal | Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering magazine | ||
PW-3496 | AIEE | Transactions of the AIEE. Volumes 10 (1893) through 70 (1962) except for volume 14 (1897) and 15 (1898). Variously known as the Proceedings,and Transactions. | AIEE | Journal of the AIEE | |||
PW-3500 | AIEE | AIEE Membership Directory, 1961-1962 | 1961 | AIEE |
membership Membership Directory | ||
PW-3516 | AIEE | Electrical Engineering, 75th Anniversary Special Issue, May 1959 | 1959 | Basic Science, Communications, Industry and Applications, Electric Power | AIEE | New York | Anniversary
History Communication Electrical Industry |
PW-3681 | AIEE | AIEE Transaction Index, 1884-1900 | 1900 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3682 | AIEE | AIEE Transaction Index, 1901-1910 | 1910 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3683 | AIEE | AIEE Transaction Index, 1911-1921 | 1921 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3684 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1893 | 1893 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3685 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1894 | 1894 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3686 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1895 | 1895 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3687 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1896 | 1896 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3688 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1899 | 1899 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3689 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1900 | 1900 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3690 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1901 | 1901 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3691 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1902 | 1902 | 2 volumes | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3692 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1903 | 1903 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3693 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1904 | 1904 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3694 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1905 | 1905 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3695 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1906 | 1906 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3696 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1907 | 1907 | Part I Part II | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3697 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1908 | 1908 | Part I Part II | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3698 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1909 | 1909 | Part I Part II | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3699 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1910 | 1910 | Part I Part II | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3700 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1911 | 1911 | Part I Part II Part III | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3701 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1912 | 1912 | Part I Part II | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3702 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1913 | 1913 | Part I Part II | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3703 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1914 | 1914 | Part I Part II | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3704 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1915 | 1915 | Part I Part II | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3705 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1916 | 1916 | Part I Part II | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3706 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1917 | 1917 | One Volume | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3707 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1918 | 1918 | Part I Part II | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3708 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1919 | 1919 | Part I Part II | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3709 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1920 | 1920 | Part I Part II | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3710 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1921 | 1921 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3711 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1922 | 1922 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3712 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1923 | 1923 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3713 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1924 | 1924 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3714 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1925 | 1925 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3715 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1926 | 1926 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3716 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1927 | 1927 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3717 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1928 | 2928 | January April July October | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3718 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1929 | 1929 | 4 Issues: January/April/June October | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3719 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1930 | 1930 | 4 Issues: January/April/June/October | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3720 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1931 | 1931 | 4 Issues: March/June/September/December | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3721 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1932 | 0932 | 4 Issues: March/June/September/December | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3722 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1933 | 1933 | 3 Issues: March June Sept & Dec together | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3723 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1934 | 1934 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3724 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1935 | 1935 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3725 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1936 | 1936 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3726 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1937 | 1937 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3727 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1938 | 1938 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3728 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1939 | 1939 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3729 | AIEE | AIEE Transaction, 1940 | 1940 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3730 | AIEE | AIEE Transaction, 1941 | 1941 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3731 | AIEE | AIEE Transaction, 1942 | 1942 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3732 | AIEE | AIEE Transaction, 1943 | 1943 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3733 | AIEE | AIEE Transaction, 1944 | 1944 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3734 | AIEE | AIEE Transaction, 1945 | 1945 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3735 | AIEE | AIEE Transaction, 1946 | 1946 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3736 | AIEE | AIEE Transaction, 1947 | 1947 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3737 | AIEE | AIEE Transaction, 1948 | 1948 | Part I Part II | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3738 | AIEE | AIEE Transaction, 1949 | 1949 | Part I Part II | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3739 | AIEE | AIEE Transaction, 1950 | 1950 | Part I Part II | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3740 | AIEE | AIEE Transaction, 1951 | 1951 | Part I Part II | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3741 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1952 | 1952 | Part I Part II | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3742 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1953 | 1953 | 2 Volumes: Part 1, Part 2. | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3743 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1954 | 1954 | 2 Volumes: Part 1, Part 2. | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3744 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions. 1955 | 1955 | 2 Volumes: Part 1, Part 2. | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3745 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1956 | 1956 | 2 Volumes: Part 1, Part 2. | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3746 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1957 | 1957 | 2 Volumes: Part 1, Part 2. | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3748 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1958 | 1958 | 2 Volumes: Part 1, Part 2. | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3749 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1959 | 1959 | 2 Volumes: Part 1, Part 2. | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3750 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1960 | 1960 | 2 Volumes: Part 1, Part 2. | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3752 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1961 | 1961 | 2 Volumes: Part 1, Part 2. | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3753 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions, 1962 | 1962 | 2 Volumes: Part 1, Part 2. | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions |
PW-3781 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions Index, 1922-1938 | 1938 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3782 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions Index, 1939-1949 | 1949 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3783 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions Index, 1950-1959 | 1959 | AIEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3854 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions Index, 1884-1910 | AIEE | Transactions
Index | |||
PW-3855 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions Index, 1901-1910 | AIEE | Transactions
Index | |||
PW-3856 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions Index, 1911-1921 (2 Copies) | AIEE | Transactions
Index | |||
PW-3857 | AIEE | AIEE Transactions Index, 1922-1938 | AIEE | Transactions
Index | |||
PW-3858 | AIEE | Electrical Engineering Magazine | 1947 | 1947 Inclusive | AIEE | Electrical Engineer magazine | |
PW-3859 | AIEE | Electrical Engineering magazine 1948 Inclusive | 1948 | AIEE | Electrical Engineer magazine | ||
PW-3860 | AIEE | Electrical Engineering magazine 1950, May issue is missing | 1950 | AIEE | Electrical Engineer magazine | ||
PW-3861 | AIEE | Electrical Engineering magazine 1951: Inclusive | 1951 | AIEE | Electrical Engineer magazine | ||
PW-3862 | AIEE | Electrical Engineering magazine | 1952 | 1952 Inclusive | AIEE | Electrical Engineer magazine | |
PW-3863 | AIEE | Electrical Engineering magazine | 1986 | 1953: February & March are missing | AIEE | Electrical Engineer magazine | |
PW-3864 | AIEE | Electrical Engineering magazine | 1954 | 1954 Inclusive | AIEE | Electrical Engineer magazine | |
PW-3865 | AIEE | Electrical Engineering magazine | 1955 | 1955 Inclusive | AIEE | Electrical Engineer magazine | |
PW-3866 | AIEE | Electrical Engineering magazine | 1956 | 1956 Inclusive | AIEE | Electrical Engineer magazine | |
PW-3867 | AIEE | Electrical Engineering magazine | 1957 | 1957 Inclusive | AIEE | Electrical Engineer magazine | |
PW-3868 | AIEE | Electrical Engineering magazine | 1958 | 1958 Inclusive | AIEE | Electrical Engineer magazine | |
PW-3869 | AIEE | Electrical Engineering magazine | 1959 | 1959 Inclusive | AIEE | Electrical Engineer magazine | |
PW-3870 | AIEE | Electrical Engineering magazine | 1960 | 1960 Inclusive | AIEE | Electrical Engineer magazine | |
PW-3871 | AIEE | Electrical Engineering magazine | 1961 | 1961 Inclusive | AIEE | Electrical Engineer magazine | |
PW-3872 | AIEE | Electrical Engineering magazine | 1962 | 1962: Missing July Issue | AIEE | Electrical Engineer magazine | |
PW-3875 | AIEE | Electrical Engineering magazine | 1963 | Only the December issue, Volume 82 No. 12 | AIEE | Electrical Engineer magazine | |
PW-4392 | AIEE | Journal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers | 1924 | 1924, January-June. This is the predecessor to Electrical Engineering. AIEE news and articles of General Interest and papers presented at AIEE meetings, but not printed in the AIEE Transactions. | AIEE | Electrical Engineer magazine
Electrical Engineering magazine Electrical Engineering | |
PW-4393 | AIEE | Journal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers | 1924 | 1924, July-December. This is the predecessor to Electrical Engineering. AIEE news and articles of general interest and papers presented at AIEE meetings, but not printed in the AIEE Transactions. | AIEE | New York | Electrical Engineering magazine
Electrical Engineering |
PW-4394 | AIEE | Journal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers | 1925 | 1925, January-June. This is the predecessor to Electrical Engineering. AIEE news and articles of general interest and papers presented at AIEE meetings, but not printed in the AIEE Transactions. | AIEE | New York | Electrical Engineering magazine
Electrical Engineering |
PW-4395 | AIEE | Journal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers | 1929 | 1929, January-June. This is the predecessor to Electrical Engineering. AIEE news and articles of general interest and papers presented at AIEE meetings, but not printed in the AIEE Transactions. | AIEE | New York | Electrical Engineering magazine
Electrical Engineering |
PW-4396 | AIEE | Journal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers | 1930 | 1930. This is the predecessor to Electrical Engineering. AIEE news and articles of general interest and papers presented at AIEE meetings, but not printed in the AIEE Transactions. | AIEE | New York | Electrical Engineering magazine
Electrical Engineering |
PW-4397 | AIEE | Electrical Engineering: The Journal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers | 1931 | 1931. AIEE news and articles of general interest. | AIEE | New York | Electrical Engineering magazine
Electrical Engineering |
PW-4398 | AIEE | Electrical Engineering: The Journal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers | 1932 | 1932. AIEE news and articles of general interest. | AIEE | New York | Electrical Engineering magazine
Electrical Engineering |
PW-4399 | AIEE | Electrical Engineering: The Journal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers | 1933 | 1933. AIEE news and articles of general interest. | AIEE | New York | Electrical Engineering magazine
Electrical Engineering |
PW-4400 | AIEE | Electrical Engineering: The Journal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers | 1934 | 1934 AIEE news and articles of general interest. | AIEE | New York | Electrical Engineering magazine
Electrical Engineering |
PW-4401 | AIEE | Electrical Engineering: The Journal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers | 1935 | 1935 AIEE news and articles of general interest. | AIEE | New York | Electrical Engineering magazine
Electrical Engineering |
PW-4402 | AIEE | Electrical Engineering: The Journal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers | 1936 | 1936 AIEE news and articles of general interest. | AIEE | New York | Electrical Engineering magazine
Electrical Engineering |
PW-4403 | AIEE | Electrical Engineering: The Journal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers | 1936 | 1936 AIEE news and articles of general interest. | AIEE | New York | Electrical Engineering magazine
Electrical Engineering |
PW-4404 | AIEE | Electrical Engineering: The Journal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers | 1937 | 1937 AIEE news and articles of general interest. | AIEE | New York | Electrical Engineering magazine
Electrical Engineering |
PW-4405 | AIEE | Electrical Engineering: The Journal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers | 1938 | 1938 AIEE news and articles of general interest. | AIEE | New York | Electrical Engineering magazine
Electrical Engineering |
PW-4413 | AIEE | Annual Indexes to the Journal of the AIEE, Electrical Engineering, and Transactions of the AIEE | Indexes: Journal of the AIEE, 1929-1930; Electrical Engineering 1931-1955; AIEE Transactions 1937-1946. Note: This is a bound volume of annual indexes, and not a cumulative index. | AIEE | New York | Index
Journal of the AIEE Electrical Engineering magazine | |
PW-3784 | AIEE/IEEE | AIEE/IEEE Transactions Index, 1960-1974 | 1974 | IEEE | New York | History
Transactions | |
PW-3216 | Aitken, Hugh G.J. | Syntony and Spark: The Origins of Radio | 1985 | Aitken, Hugh G.J., Syntony and Spark: The Origins of Radio, Princeton University Press, 1985, Princeton, New Jersey | Princeton University Press | Princeton, NJ | History
Radio |
PW-6209 | Aitken, Hugh G.J. | The Continuous Wave: Technology and American Radio, 1900-1932 | 1985 | Historical analysis of the development of radio in the United States from 1900-1932, the period in which continuous wave technology first made reliable long-distance wireless communication possible and opened up opportunities for broadcasting voice and m | Princeton University Press | Princeton | Radio
Radio Corporation of America (RCA) History |
PW-2938 | Akera, Atshushi and Nebeker, Frederick | From 0 to1: An Authoritative History of Modern Computing | 2002 | Oxford University Press, 2002 | Oxford University | Oxford | History
Computing Programming Programming languages |
PW-4020 | Akera, Atsushi | Calculating a Natural World: Scientists, Engineers, and Computers during the Rise of U.S. Cold War Research | 2007 | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Cold War
Computers Research and Development (R&D) | |
PW-5111 | Alan Stone | How America got on-line:Politics, Markets, and the Revolution in Telecommunications | 1997 | The author traces the telecommunication industry's evolution from the telegraph to the World Wide Web, showing how once descrete communications sectors have converged in a new hypercommunications structure that is reshaping the world economy. This books | Innovation
Innovators Government Telecommunications History Telegraphs Telephone Pole Telephones | ||
PW-4005 | Albers, Donald J., G. L Alexanderson and Constance Reid | International Mathematical Congress: An Illustrated History 1893-1986 | 1986 | 2 copies | Springer-Verlag | New York | Conferences
Conference Proceedings |
PW-3999 | Albers, Donald J., G.L Alexanderson and Constance Reid | International Mathematical Congress: An Illustrated History 1893-1986 | 1986 | Includes ICM 1986 2 copies | Springer-Verlag | New York | Mathematics
Conferences Conference Proceedings |
PW-1239 | Albert, Arthur | Electrical Communication | 1934 | Albert, Arthur, Electrical Communication. 1934
Part of the Slate gift (#96-01) 1934 |
Communication | ||
PW-4156 | Albert, Arthur Lemuel | Electrical Communication | 1940 | John Wiley and Sons | London | Communication | |
PW-6150 | Albert, Arthur Lemuel | The Electrical Fundamentals of Communication | 1942 | The Electrical Fundamentals of Communication | McGraw-Hill | New York | Communication |
PW-43 | Alberts, Gerard | Conference on the History of ALGOL 68 | Alberts, Gerard, Conference on the History of ALGOL 68. Amsterdam, 11 February 1993, Amsterdam: Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica, 1993. | conferences
proceedings | |||
PW-1660 | Albrecht, Donald, ed. | World War II and the American Dream: How Wartime Building Changed a Nation | 1995 | Albrecht, Donald, ed., World War II and the American Dream: How Wartime Building Changed a Nation. Washington, DC & Cambridge, MA: National Building Museum & MIT Press, 1995 | MIT Press | Cambridge MA | Chronology/Timeline
World War II Technological Innovations |
PW-3286 | Alder, Ken | Engineering the Revolution: Arms and Enlightenment in France, 1763-1815 | 1997 | Documents the political contingency of industrialization before, during, and after the Frence Revolution through study of research, development, and manufacture of guns-cannons and muskets. | Princeton UP | France-Military engineers
Industrial Revolution-France Interchangeable parts Innovation-18th century Artillery-France-18th century Guns-France-18th century French Revlolution Napoleon-artillery innovation Technology-political influences on Engin | |
PW-2926 | Allen, Michael Thad and Gabrielle Hecht | Technologies of Power. Essays in Honor of Thomas Parke Hughes and Agatha Chipley Hughes | 2001 | Allen, Michael Thad and Gabrielle Hecht. Technologies of Power: Essays in Honor of Thomas Parke Hughes and Agatha Chipley Hughes. Cambridge MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, 2001 | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | History
Commemorative |
PW-4039 | Allsop, F.C | Practical Electric-Light Fitting: A treatise on the Wiring and Fitting-up of buildings deriving current from central station mains, and the laying down of private installations | 1925 | Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons Ltd. | London | Wiring | |
PW-4040 | Allsop, F.C | Practical Electric Bell Fitting: A Treatise on the the Fitting and Maintenance of Electric Bells and all the necessary apparatus | 1902 | E and F.N. Spon, Ltd. | London | Electric Devices | |
PW-2993 | Alsberg, Dietrich A. | A Witness to A Century: A Memoir | 2002 | Alsberg, Dietrich A. A Witness to A Century: A Memoir. San Jose, CA: Authors Choice Press, 2002. | Authors Choice Press | San Jose CA | History
autobiography |
PW-1870 | Altshuler, Jose and Miguel Gonzalez | Una luz que llego para quedarse | 1997 | Altshuler, Jose and Miguel Gonzalez, Una luz que llego para quedarse: comienzos del alumbrado electrico y su introduccion en Cuba. Havana: Instituto Cubano del Libro, Editorial Cientifico-Tecnica, 1997. | Instituto Cubano del Libro, Editorial Cientifico-Tecnica | Havana |
Power Industry Illumination |
PW-3642 | American Heritage of Invention & Technology | American Heritage of Invention & Technology | Summer 1985- Fall 2010 | Collection of Magazines entitled Invention & Technology beginning in 1985 and continuing to 2010. This is a summary of the issues available:
Vol 1, missing #2 Vol. 2 Missing entirely Vol. 3 complete Vol. 4 complete Vol. 5 missing #2 Vol. 6 miss |
Invention
Technology History | ||
PW-2798 | American Inst of Electrical Engineers | Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers | 1884 | Transactions of the American Instituteof Electrical Engineers, Volume 1. May, 1884 - October 1884, Classic reprint.. 2 Copies | Transactions
Electrical Engineering | ||
PW-2798 | American Institute of Electrical Engineers | Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers | 1884 | Transactions of the American Instituteof Electrical Engineers, Volume 1. May, 1884 - October 1884, Classic reprint.. 2 Copies | American Institute of Electrical Engineers | New York | Transactions
Electrical Engineering |
PW-4216 | American Institute of Electrical Engineers | American Standard Definitions of Electrical Terms | 1941 | Dictionary. Approved by the American Standards Association, August 12,1941, and the Canadian Engineering Standards Association, March 2, 1942. Sponsored by the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. | American Institute of Electrical Engineers | New York | Terminology
Standards |
PW-1235 | American Radio Relay League | The Radio Amateur's Handbook | 1936 | American Radio Relay League, The Radio Amateur's Handbook. 1936
Part of the Slate gift (#96-01) 1936 |
American Radio Relay League | West Hartord, Connecticut | Radio
Guide Book Amateurs American Radio Relay League (ARRL) Ham Radio |
PW-1734 | American Society of Mechanical Engineers History and Heritage Committee | Landmarks in Mechanical Engineering | 1997 | American Society of Mechanical Engineers History and Heritage Committee, Landmarks in Mechanical Engineering. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 1997. | Purdue University Press | 1997 | History
Landmark Mechanical engineering American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) |
PW-2517 | American Telephone and Telegraph Company | Fundamental Principles of Swtiching Circuits and Systems | 1961 | Text for the swtiching section of the Communications Engineering Course, which was an AT&T internal course. | American Telephone and Telegraph Co. | New York | |
PW-4414 | American Telephone and Telegraph Company | Fundamental Principles of Switching Circuits and Systems | 1961 | Text for internal AT&T course. | American Telephone and Telegraph Company | New York | Switching
Telecommunications Telephones |
PW-898 | Anchordoguy, Marie | Computers Inc.: Japan's Challenge to IBM (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University P�ress, 1989). | 1989 | Anchordoguy, Marie, Computers Inc.: Japan's Challenge to IBM. | Harvard University Press | Cambridge MA | Japan
Computing Computer Industry International Business Machines (IBM) |
PW-1851 | Anderson, Dean B. | A History of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society | 1993 | Anderson, Dean B. History of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society. New York: IEEE, 1993. | IEEE | New York | Lasers
History |
PW-2481 | Anderson, James A. and Edward Rosenfeld | Talking Nets: An Oral History of Neural Networks | 1998 | Anderson, James A. and Edward Rosenfeld. Talking Nets: An Oral History of Neural Networks. Cambridge MA: The MIT Press, 1998. | The MIT Press | Cambrdige MA | History
Oral History Networks |
PW-2491 | Anderson, Leland I. | Nikola Tesla: Guided Weapons & Computer Technology | 1998 | Anderson, Leland I., Nikola Tesla: Guided Weapons & Computer Technology. Breckenridge CO: Twenty First Century Books, 1998 | Twenty First Century Books | Breckenridge CO | computers
Weapons remote control |
PW-50 | Anderson, Leland I. | Nikola Tesla on his Work with Alternating Currents and their Application to Wire | 1992 | Anderson, Leland I. Nikola Tesla on his Work with Alternating Currents and their Application to Wireless Telegraphy, Telephony, and Transmission of Power: An Extended Interview. Denver, CO: Sun Publishing, 1992. | Sun Publishing | Denver CO | Alternating Current (AC) |
PW-6502 | Anderson, R. Joseph and Orville Butler | History of Physicists in Industry: Final Report | 2008 | This report was issued by the American Institute of Physics' Center for the History of Physics in October 2008. It was a funded fivey-year study (2003-2007) by the Center for the History of Physics to document the history of physics in industry. It was d | American Institute of Physics | Physicists
Laboratories American Institute of Physics (AIP) Archives | |
PW-4423 | Anderson, Seth B. | Memoirs of an Aeronautical Engineer: Flight Tests at Ames Research Center: 1940-1970. | 2002 | Anderson, Seth B. Memoirs of an Aeronautical Engineer: Flight Tests at Ames Research Center: 1940-1970. Monographs in Aerospace History Series # 26. Washington, DC: NASA History Office; Moffet Field, CA: Ames Research Center, 2002. | NASA | Washington, DC | Aeronautical Engineering
Aeronautics Testing Autobiography History |
PW-5063 | Andrew Chaikin | A man on the Moon | 1998 | This acclaimed portrait of heroism and ingenuity captures a watershed moment in human history. The astronauts themselves have called it the definitive account of their missions. Based on in-depth interviews with twenty-three of the twenty-four moon voya | Space
Space Exploration Space Programs National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | ||
PW-5070 | Andrew Hodges | Alan Turing: The Enigma | 2012 | This classic biography of the founder of computer science (Alan Turing, 1912-1954), reissued on the centenary of his birth with a substantial new preface by the author, is the definitive account of an extraordinary mind and life. A gripping story of mat |
Biography Innovation Innovators World War II Cryptography Computers | ||
PW-5958 | Angulo, A. J. | William Barton Rogers and the idea of MIT | 2009 | Biography of William Barton Rogers, founder of MIT | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | |
PW-6181 | Antebi, Elizabeth | The Electronic Epoch | 1982 | A history of electronics and the science and technology behind their use. | Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. | New York | Electronics
Electricity |
PW-6626 | Appleyard, Rollo | A Tribute to Michael Faraday | 1931 | This is a biography of Michael Faraday with chapters devoted to his laboratory, experiments, discoveries, publications, and career. It was published in 1931 to mark the centennial of Faraday's success in obtaining electricity fom ordinary magnetism. H | Constable & Company Limited | London | Michael Faraday
History Royal Institution Electromagnetism James Clerk Maxwell Andre Marie Ampere |
PW-896 | Appleyard, Rollo | The History of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (1871-1931) | 1939 | Appleyard, Rollo, The History of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (1871-1931). London: Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1939. | IEE | London | Electrical Engineers
History Professional Groups |
PW-59 | Arbrile, Gianni | La Lampadina Elettrica e Italiana?: Storia Del Piomentese Alessandro Cruto | 1990 | Arbrile, Gianni, La Lampadina Elettrica e Italiana?: Storia Del Piomentese Alessandro Cruto . Torino, Italy: Tipolito Subalpina, 1990. | Tipolito Subalpina | Torino | Incandescent light |
PW-897 | Archer, Gleason L. | Big Business and Radio | 1939 | Archer, Gleason L., Big Business and Radio. New York: The American Historical Company, Inc., 1939. | American Historical Company | New York | Radio
Competition |
PW-899 | Arent, Leonora | Electric Franchises in New York City | 1969 | Arent, Leonora, Electric Franchises in New York City. New York: AMS Press, 1969. | AMS Press | New York | New York City
Power Industry Power Distribution |
PW-3667 | Arnold, David Christopher | Spying from Space: Constructing America's Satellite Command and Control Systems | 2005 | Arnold, David C., Spying from Space: Constructing America's Satellite Command and Control Systems, College Station, TX, Texas A&M University Press, 2005 | Texas A&M University Press | College Station TX | Space surveillance
Command and control Satellites, reconnaissance Air Force, United States Space history |
PW-4458 | Arrighi, Robert S. | Revolutionary Atmosphere: The Story of the Altitude Wind Tunnel and the Space Power Chambers | 2010 | Arrighi, Robert S. Revolutionary Atmosphere: The Story of the Altitude Wind Tunnel and the Space Power Chambers. Washington, DC: NASA History Division, 2010. | NASA | Washington, DC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Experiment Space Exploration Spacecraft Design Aerospace History |
PW-6191 | Arroba, Juan Peire | Ingenieria Electrica y Electronica: Introduccion Historica | 1990 | Electric and Electrical Engineering: Historical Introduction (translation) | Universidad de Cantabria | Spain | |
PW-3679 | Arthur L. Cook | Electric Wiring For Lighting and Power Installations, 3rd edition | 1933 | John Wiley & Sons | New York | Textbook
Wiring | |
PW-5112 | Arthur L. Norberg | Computers and Commerce: A study of technology and management at eckert-mauchly computer company, engineering research associates, and remington rand, 1946-1957 | 2005 | Study of three pioneering computer companies, and the relationship of technology, management, and financing in the development of the computer industry | Computer Engineering
Computer Industry Computer Science Computer Software Computers Economics Businesses | ||
PW-3303 | Arthur, John W. | Brilliant Lives: The Maxwells and the Scottish Enlightenment | 2016 | History of Maxwell's family history reaching back to the Reformation as a way of explaining the intellectual sucess of Scotland in 18th and 19th centuries. | John Donald | Edinburgh | James Clerk Maxwell
Physics-19th century Maxwell family Scotland-history Scottish Enlightenment |
PW-5957 | Arthur, W. Brian | The Nature of technology: What It Is and How It Evolves | 2009 | Free Press | New York | Technology | |
PW-6195 | Aschoff, Volker | Geschichte der Nachrichtentechnik | 1995 | A collection of essays on the telegraph and telegraphy (in German). | Springer-Verlag | Berlin | Telegraphs
Telegraphy |
PW-4043 | Ashe, Sydney W. | Electric Railways: Theoretically and Practically treated, Volume Two | D Van Nostrand Company | London | Railroad | ||
OB-620 | ASME | ASME Westinghouse Commemoration 1936 | Hard bound book A Forum Presenting the Career and Achievements of George Westinghouse on the 90th Anniversary of this Birth conducted by The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, December 1, 1936 | Radio Station
Westinghouse Radio Broadcasting | |||
PW-2927 | Aspray, William | Engineers as Executives. An International Perspective. | 1995 | Aspray, William. Engineers As Executives: An International Perspective. New York: IEEE Press, 1995 | IEEE | New York | Biography |
PW-67 | Aspray, William | John von Neumann and the Origins of Modern Computing | 1990 | Aspray, William, John von Neumann and the Origins of Modern Computing. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1990. | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Computers, digital
Computing, digital Institute for Advanced Study Programming, history of Programming, computer Meteorology, numerical Analysis, numerical World War II von Neumann, John |
PW-4233 | Aspray, William (Ed.) | Chasing Moore's Law: Information Technology Policy in the United States | 2004 | SciTech Publishing | Raleigh, NC | Technology
Policy | |
PW-3938 | Aspray, William and Ceruzzi, Paul E. | The Internet and American Business | 2008 | Aspray, William and Paul E. Cerizzi. The Internet and American Business. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2008. | MIT Press | Cambridge MA | Internet
|
PW-63 | Aspray, William, ed. | Technological Competitiveness: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives on the Electrical, Electronics, and Computer Industries | 1993 | Aspray, William, ed., Technological Competitiveness: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives on the Electrical, Electronics, and Computer Industries. New York: IEEE Press, 1993. | IEEE | New York | Competition
History Computer Industry Electronics Industry Electrical Review |
PW-66 | Aspray, William, Ed. | Computing Before Computers | Aspray, William. Computing Before Computers. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1990. | Iowa State university | Ames IA | Computers
Computing History | |
PW-4381 | Association Amicale Des Ingeniers-Electriciens | Analyse des Revues Techniques | 1902-1903 | volumes 1-2, May 1902- April 1903 (bound in one volume. bibliographies, summaries, and short reviews of of current literature, arranged in each issue by both topic (and for patents) country. In French. Binding erroneously reades Expose: Sommaire des | Association Amical Des Ingeniers-Electriciens | Paris | Electricity
Bibliography |
OB-878 | Association of Engineering Societies | Descriptive Index of Current Engineering Literature | Book: Descriptive Index of Current Engineering Literature, 1884-1891 (inclusive Artifact | Centennial
Centennial Gifts Engineering | |||
PW-1055 | AT&T | Telecommunications Transmission Engineering, Volume 1 Principles | 1977 | Text book and reference book for practicing telecommunications transmission engineers and undergraduate courses in transmission engineering. Prepared by the technical staffs of AT&T, the Bell Telephone Companies and Bell Telephone Laboratories | Bell System Center for Technical Education | Winston-Salem NC | Telecommunications
Telephones transmission |
PW-1056 | AT&T | Telecommunications Transmission Engineering, Volume 2 Facilities | 1977 | Text book and reference book for practicing telecommunications transmission engineers and undergraduate courses in transmission engineering. Prepared by the technical staffs of AT&T, the Bell Telephone Companies and Bell Telephone Laboratories | Bell System Center for Technical Education | Winston-Salem NC | Telecommunications
Telephones transmission |
PW-1057 | AT&T | Telecommunications Transmission Engineering, Volume 2 Networks and Services | 1977 | Text book and reference book for practicing telecommunications transmission engineers and undergraduate courses in transmission engineering. Prepared by the technical staffs of AT&T, the Bell Telephone Companies and Bell Telephone Laboratories | Bell System Center for Technical Education | Winston-Salem NC | Telecommunications
Telephones transmission |
PW-1332 | AT&T | A History of Engineering & Science in the Bell System: Transmission Technology 1925-1975 | 1985 | AT&T. A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System: Transmission Technology, 1925-1975. E. F. O'Neill, ed. New York: Bell Laboratories, 1985. | Bell Laboratories | New York | AT&T Bell Laboratories
Research and Development (R&D) History |
PW-2163 | AT&T | A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System: National Service in War and Peace, 1925-1975 | 1982 | AT&T. A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System: National Service in War and Peace, 1925-1975, M. D. Fagen, ed. New York: Bell Laboratories, 1982 | Bell Laboratories | New York | AT&T Bell Laboratories
Bell System American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) History Warfare |
PW-2489 | AT&T | A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System: The Early Years, 1875-1925 | 1975 | AT&T. A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System: The Early Years, 1875-1925. M. D. Fagen, Amos E. Joel, and G. E. Schindler, eds. New York: Bell Laboratories, 1975 | Bell Laboratories | New York | History
American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) |
PW-3921 | AT&T | A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System: Communications Sciences, 1925-1980 | 1984 | AT&T. A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System: Communications Sciences, 1925-1980. S. Millman, ed. New York: Bell Laboratories, 1984 | Bell Laboratories | New York | History
Engineering AT&T Bell Laboratories American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) |
PW-70 | AT&T | A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System: Electronics Technology, 1925-1975 | AT&T. A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System: Electronics Technology, 1925-1975, F. M. Smits, ed. New York: Bell Laboratories, 1985 | Bell Laboratories | New York | American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T)
Telecommunications History Electronics | |
PW-69 | AT&T Archives | Events in Telecommunications History | 1992 | AT&T Archives, Events in Telecommunications History. Warren, NJ: AT&T, 1992.
book is a chronology 1790-1991. This was the last of many published editions, but the last compiler, Sheldon Hochheiser, continued to to add to the chronology until 2003, an |
AT&T | 1992 | Communication
History Telecommunications American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) |
PW-934 | AT&T Bell Laboratoires (Smits, F.M., ed.) | A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System: Electronics Technology | 1985 | Smits, F.M., ed., A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System: Electronics Technology (1925-1975) Indianapolis, IN: AT&T Bell Laboratories, 1985.
shelved under AT&T double check the citation |
AT&T Bell Laboratories | Indianapolis | AT&T Bell Laboratories
History Research and Development (R&D) |
PW-935 | AT&T Bell Laboratories (Fagen, M.D., ed.) | A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System: National Service in War | 1978 | Fagen, M.D., ed., A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System: National Service in War and Peace (1925-1975). Indianapolis, IN: Bell Laboratories, 1978 | AT&T Bell Laboratories | Indianapolis |
World War II AT&T Bell Laboratories History Research Research and Development (R&D) |
PW-1082 | Atherton, W.A. | From Compass to Computer | 1984 | Atherton, W. A. From Compass to Computer: A History of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. San Francisco: San Francisco Press, 1984. | San Francisco Press | San Francisco | History
Technological Innovations Technology Compass Computers |
PW-4051 | Atkins, Walter | The Principles of Automatic Telephony | 1914 | The Electrician | London | Telephones
Automatic Control | |
PW-3292 | Atkinson, Norman | Sir Joseph Whitworth: 'The World's Best Mechanician' | Biography of mechanical engineer regarded as perhaps Britain's best, with coverage of his work in precision measurement, engineering education and scholarships, mass production, the Great Exhibition of 1851, the Atlantic telegraph, and the Whitworth gun | Sutton | Whitworth, Joseph
Great Britain - Mechanical Engineering, 19th century Machine tools, 19th century Engineering education, 19th century Measurement, precision Great Exhibition, London, 1851 Gunmaking, 19th century Ordnance, 19th century Gun, Whitw | ||
PW-6447 | Atkinson, Norman | Sir Joseph Whitworth: The World's Best Mechanician | 1997 | Biography of Sir Joseph Whitworth (1803-1887) | Sutton Publishing | United Kingdom | Sir Joseph Whitworth
Weapons Machine Tools Manufacturing Industrial Revolution Great Britain |
PW-6230 | Atran, Scott | Talking to the Enemy: Religion, Brotherhood, and the (Un)making of Terrorists | 2010 | HarperCollins | New York | Warfare
History | |
PW-1530 | Atten, Michel, ed. | Histoire, Recherche Télécommunications: des Recherches au CNET, 1940-1965 | 1996 | Atten, Michel, ed., Histoire, Recherche Télécommunications: des Recherches au CNET, 1940-1965. Paris: Reseaux, 1996 | Reseaux | Paris | Research
Communication Laboratories History |
PW-1071 | Augarten, Stan | Bit by Bit: An Illustrated History of Computers | 1984 | Augarten, Stan, Bit by Bit: An Illustrated History of Computers. New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1984. | History
Computers | ||
PW-900 | Augarten, Stan | State of the Art: A Photographic History of the Integrated Circuit | 1983 | Augarten, Stan, State of the Art: A Photographic History of the Integrated Circuit. New Haven: Ticknor & Fields, 1983 | Ticknor & Fields | New Haven | chip
Circuit History |
PW-6569 | Auletta, Ken | The Highwaymen: Warriors of the Information Superhighway | 1997 | A collection of Ken Auletta's published essays about the United States' communication industry and its titans in the 1990s. | Random House | New York | Business History
Technology Communications United States Rupert Murdoch Bill Gates Michael Eisner John Malone Sumner Redstone Barry Diller Ted Turner Michael Ovitz Gerald Levin |
PW-2860 | Austin, Brian | Schonland: Scientist and Soldier | 2001 | Austin, Brian. Schonland: Scientist and Soldier. Bristol UK: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001.
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Institute of Physics Publishing | Bristol UK | Biography |
PW-1581 | Ausubel, Jesse and H. Dale Langford, eds | Lasers: Invention to Application | Ausubel, Jesse and H. Dale Langford, eds. Lasers: Invention to Application. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1987. | National Academy Press | Washington DC | Lasers
History | |
PW-4054 | Avery, Alfred H. | Electric Lighting: A Practical Guide to the Wiring of Houses and the Installing of Electric-Light Plants | 1913 | Wiring
Electric Light Guide Book | |||
PW-4044 | Ayrton, W. E. | Practical Electricity: A Laboratory and Lecture Course | 1900 | Cassell and Company Limited | New York | Lecture
Electricity | |
PW-5040 | B. Jack Copeland | Alan Turing's Automatic Computing Engine: The Master Codebreaker's Struggle to build the modern computer | 2005 | Alan Turing's Automatic Computing Engine describes Turing's struggle to build the modern computer. The first detailed history of Turing's contributions to computer science. It also contains first hand accounts by Turing and by the pioneers of computing | Historian
History Computer Industry Computer Engineering Computer Technology Computer, Analog Computers | ||
PW-397 | B. Jack Copeland, editor | 2006 | Edited collection of articles and memoirs by over 20 people of development and operation of British codebreaking program at Dollis Hill and Bletchley Park, centered on Colussus computers. | Oxford University Press | New York, NY | Cryptography--World War II
Cryptography--Great Britain Cryptography--Germany--Tunny Computers--Colussus Bletchley Park, England Cryptography--Lorenz Cipher Electronic Intelligence--World War II Dollis Hill, London, England Newman, Max Flowers, T | |
PW-1535 | Babbage, Charles | Babbage: Passages from the Life of a Philosopher | 1994 | Babbage, Charles. Babbage: Passages from the Life of a Philosopher. Martin Campbell-Kelly, ed. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1994 | Rutgers University Press | New Brunswick NJ | Biography |
PW-4009 | Babbage, Henry Provost, ed. | Babbage's Calculating Engines | 1982 | Charles Babbage's collected papers on this subject, as edited and published by Henry Provost Babbage in 1889. Reprint facsimile edition, with a new Introduction by Allen G. Bromley. | Tomash Publishers | London | Calculators
History Computers |
PW-6643 | Baer, Ralph H. | Videogames in the Beginning | 2005 | This is Ralph H. Baer's account of how the videogame industry began. A meticulous note keeper, Baer presents in his own words the real story of what led to the Odyssey, Pong, Simon, and other videogames and products he worked on. He also discusses his p | Rolenta Press | Springfield, NJ | Ralph Baer
Video Games |
PW-6693 | Bagdikian, Ben H. | The Information Machines: Their Impace on Men and the Media | 1971 | The research and writing for this book was supported entirely by RAND.
The author contends the invention of machines and their intelligent use are, unfortunately, two quite different human achievements. He examines how the use of media related technol |
Harper & Row | New York | Media
Advertising Audience Broadcasting Communications Computer News Newspapers Radio Television |
PW-1804 | Baker, Jeffrey P. | The Machine in the Nursery: Incubator Technology and the Origins of Newborn Intensive Care | 1996 | Baker, Jeffrey P. The Machine in the Nursery: Incubator Technology and the Origins of Newborn Intensive Care. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996. | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore MD | Incubator
Medical Equipment History |
PW-6581 | Baldwin, Gordon C. | Inventors and Inventions of the Ancient World | 1973 | A history of the development of civilization and the invention and use of various tools and technologies such as the use of fire, the wheel, the number system, agriculture and the domestication of animals, glass, metals, pyramids, etc. | Four Winds Press | New York | Ancient Civilizations
History Inventions Technology World History |
PW-5 | Ball, Norman R. | The Canadian Niagara Power Company Story | 2005 | Ball, Norman R. The Canadian Niagara Power Company Story. Erin ON: Boston Mills Press, 2005 | Boston Mills Press | Erin ON | History
Power Distribution Power Industry Power Generation |
PW-4301 | Ball, Norman R. and John N. Vardalas | Ferranti-Packard: Pioneers in Canadian Electrical Manufacturing | 1994 | McGill-Queen's University Press | Montreal | Manufacturing
Electrical Industry | |
PW-4064 | Ballantine, Stuart | Radio telephony for Amateurs | 1922 | David McKay Company | Philadelphia | Radio
Amateurs | |
PW-1088 | Bane, Charles A. | The Electrical Equipment Conspiracies: The Treble Damage Actions | 1973 | Bane, Charles A. The Electrical Equipment Conspiracies: The Treble Damage Actions. New York: Federal Legal Publications, Inc., 1973. | Federal Legal Publications, Inc. | New York | Chronology/Timeline
Legal Issues Electrical Industry Equipment |
PW-932 | Banning, William Peck | Commercial Broadcasting Pioneer: The WEAF Experiment, 1922-1926 | 1946 | Banning, William Peck, Commercial Broadcasting Pioneer: The WEAF Experiment, 1922-1926. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1946. | Harvard University Press | Cambridge MA | Radio
Radio Broadcasting Radio Station History |
PW-2823 | BARJOT, DOMINIQUE, Henri Morsel, and Sophie Coeuré | Stratégies, gestion, management. Les compagnies électriques et leur patrons 1895-1945 | 2001 | BARJOT, DOMINIQUE, Henri Morsel, and Sophie Coeuré, editors. Stratégies, gestion, management. Les compagnies électriques et leur patrons 1895-1945. Paris: Fondation Électricité de France, 2001. | Fondation Électricité de France | Paris | Electrical Industry
Management |
PW-3109 | Barjot, Dominque et. al. eds. | L'électrification outre-mer de la fin du XIXe siècle aux premières décolonisations | 2002 | Barjot, Dominque et. al. eds. L'électrification outre-mer de la fin du XIXe siècle aux premières décolonisations. Proceedings of the 13th International Colloquium of the Association pour l'histoire de l'électricité en France, Paris, 14-15 June 2000. Par | Societe francaise d'histoire d'outre-mer | Paris | Electricity
Proceedings |
PW-6014 | Barnouw, Erik | Tube of Plenty: The Evolution of American Television | 1990 | The history and evolution of American television and radio and its impact on culture, community, and society in the US. | Oxford University Press | Oxford | Television
Radio |
PW-2924 | Baron, Robert C. | What Was It Like Orville? Some observations on the Early Space Program | 2002 | Baron, Robert C., What Was It Like Orville? Some observations on the Early Space Program, Fulcrum Publishing, Golden, Colorado, 2002 | Fulcrum Publishing | Golden, Colorado | History
Space Programs |
PW-3580 | Baron, Robert C. | Pioneers and Plodders: The American Entrepreneurial Spirit | 2004 | Baron, Robert C., Pioneers and Plodders: The American Entrepreneurial Spirit, Golden, Colo.: Fulcrum Publishing, 2004. | Fulcrum Publishing | Golden CO | Automobile Industry
History Electronics Computers Entrepreneurship |
PW-4060 | Barr, J.R | Direct Current Electrical Engineering | 1926 | Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons | London | Direct Current (DC)
Electrical Engineering | |
PW-4052 | Barr, James R. | Direct Current Electrical Engineering | 1908 | Whittaker and Co. | London | Direct Current (DC) | |
PW-4059 | Bartee, Thomas C. | Digital Computer Fundamentals | 1966 | McGraw-Hill Company | New York | Computers
Textbooks | |
PW-6596 | Barth, Linda J. | A History of Inventing in New Jersey: From Thomas Edison to the Ice Cream Cone | 2013 | The History Press | Charleston, SC | Inventions
Inventors New Jersey New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame | |
PW-5163 | Bartleson, Karen | The Ten Commandments for Effective Standards: Practical Insights for Creating Technical Standards. | 2010 | How to create effective standards for technology | Synopsys Press | Mountain View, CA | Standardization
Standards |
PW-6087 | Basalla, George | The Evolution of Technology | 1988 | An evolutionary theory on technological change and the history of technology. | Cambridge University Press | Cambridge | Technology |
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Computers Interview |
PW-4224 | Bashe, Charles J., Johnson, Lyle R, Palmer, John H., and Pugh, Emerson W. | Interviews and Discussions for IBM's Early Computers | 1987 | IBM Technical History Project | Thomas J. Watson Research Center | Yorktown Heights, NY | IBM
Computers Interview |
PW-4225 | Bashe, Charles J., Johnson, Lyle R, Palmer, John H., and Pugh, Emerson W. | Interviews and Discussions for IBM's Early Computers | 1987 | IBM Technical History Project | Thomas J. Watson Research Center | Yorktown Heights, NY | IBM
Computers Interview |
PW-4226 | Bashe, Charles J., Johnson, Lyle R, Palmer, John H., and Pugh, Emerson W. | Interviews and Discussions for IBM's Early Computers | 1987 | IBM Technical History Project | Thomas J. Watson Research Center | Yorktown Heights, NY | IBM
Computers Interview |
PW-2789 | Bassett, Ross Knox | New Technology, New People, New Organizations: The Rise of the MOS Transistor | Bassett, Ross Knox, 1945-1975, New Technology, New People, New Organizations: The Rise of the MOS Transistor, Volume I, UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2001 | UMI Dissertation Services | Ann Arbor MI | History
Transistor | |
PW-3138 | Bassett, Ross Knox | To the Digital Age: Research Labs, Start-Up Companies, and the Rise of MOS Technology | 2002 | Bassett, Ross Knox , To the Digital Age: Research Labs, Start-Up Companies, and the Rise of MOS Technology, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD 2002 | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore |
Metal on Oxide Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET) Semiconductors |
PW-6223 | Bassett, Ross Knox | New Technology, New People, New Organizations: The Rise of the MOS Transistor, 1945-1975, Volume 1 | 1998 | Bassett, Ross Knox, New Technology, New People, New Organizations: The Rise of the MOS Transistor, 1945-1975, Volume 1. Princeton University; Doctoral Dissertation, 1998. | Princeton University | Princeton | Semiconductors
Research and Development (R&D) Manufacturing Businesses History |
PW-4063 | Batcher, Ralph R. and William Moulic (editors) | The Electronic Engineering Handbook | 1944 | Blackiston Company | New York | Electronics
Guide Book | |
PW-6062 | Batschelet, Margaret W. | Early American Scientific and Technical Literature: An Annotated Bibliography of Books, Pamphlets, and Broadsides | 1990 | An annotated bibliography of some of the most important and influential scientific and technical literature in early America. | The Scarecrow Press | Metuchen, NJ | |
PW-79 | Batt, Reg | The Radar Army: Winning the War of the Airwaves | 1991 | Batt, Reg, The Radar Army: Winning the War of the Airwaves. London: Robert Hale, 1991. | Robert Hale | London | Chronology/Timeline
History Radar Military |
PW-1176 | Bauer, Arthur O. | Deckname Würzburg: Ein Beitrag zur Erhellung der Geschichte des geheimnisumwit | Bauer, Arthur O., Deckname Würzburg: Ein Beitrag zur Erhellung der Geschichte des geheimnisumwitterten deutschen Radargeräts, 1937-1945. |
Radar World War II Research | |||
PW-2412 | Bauer, Arthur O. | Funkpeilung als alliierteWaffe gegen deutsche U-Boote 1939-1945. | 1997 | Bauer, Arthur O., Funkpeilung als alliierteWaffe gegen deutsche U-Boote 1939-1945. Rheinburg: Liebich Funk GmbH, 1997.
Radio Direction-Finding as an Allied Weapon against German Submariens, 1939-1945. |
Liebich Funk | Rhienburg | Radio
World War II Submarine |
PW-4024 | Bauer, Arthur O. (Compiler) and the Foundation: Centre for German Communication | Aspecten van Precisiemetingenchnology | 2000 | Aspects of Precision Management. Descriptive catalog of collection of presicion meeasurement equipment, unbpublished. | Unpublished | Measuring Instruments
Measurement Catalog | |
PW-1514 | Bauer, Martin, ed. | Resistance to New Technology: Nuclear Power, Information Technology Biotechnology | 1995 | Bauer, Martin, ed., Resistance to New Technology: Nuclear Power, Information Technology Biotechnology. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995. | Cambridge University Press | New York | Information Technology
bioengineering Marketing Nuclear Power |
PW-933 | Baum, Claude | The Systems Builders: The Story of SDC | 1981 | Baum, Claude, The Systems Builders: The Story of SDC. Santa Monica, CA: System Development Corporation, 1981. | System Development Corporation | Santa Monica CA | Systems
Systems Engineering History |
PW-6642 | Baxter, Carol | The Peculiar Case of the Electric Constable: A True Tale of Passion, Poison & Pursuit | 2013 | In 1845, the Great Western Railway was experimenting with a new-fangled device, the electric telegraph. A true tale of murder and a revolution in communication technology in Victorian England. | Oneworld Publications | London | Telegraphs
Telegraphy John Tawell |
PW-2443 | Bazerman, Charles | The Languages of Edison's Light | 1999 | Bazerman, Charles, The Languages of Edison's Light. Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 1999 | MIT Press | Cambridge MA | History
Electric Light |
PW-2299 | BC Hydro Power Pioneers | Gaslights to Gigawatts: A Human History of BC Hydro and its Predecessors | 1998 | BC Hydro. Gaslights to Gigawatts: A Human History of BC Hydro and its Predecessors. Vancouver, BC: Hurricane Press, 1998. | Hurricane Press | Vancouver BC | Hydroelectricity
History British Columbia Electric Company Hugh Wilson Andrew Wilson |
PW-1689 | Beauchamp, K.G. | Exhibiting Electricity | 1997 | Beauchamp, K.G. Exhibiting Electricity. London: Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1997. | IEE | London | Events
Marketing |
PW-2846 | Beauchamp, Ken. | A History of Telegraphy: Its Technology and Application | 2001 | Beauchamp, Ken G. A History of Telegraphy: Its Technology and Application. Edison, NJ: The Institution of Electrical Engineers, 2001. | IEE (including Peter Peregrinus) | Edison NJ | Telegraphy
History |
PW-931 | Beck, Bill | Interconnections: The History of the Mid-Continent Area Power Pool | 1988 | Beck, Bill. Interconnections: The History of the Mid-Continent Area Power Pool. Minneapolis, MN: MAPP, 1988. | MAPP | Minneapolis MN | Power Distribution
Power Industry History |
PW-3983 | Bedi, Joyce E, Ronald R. Kline and Craig Semsel (Compilers) | Sources in Electrical History : Archives and Manuscript Collections in U.S Repositories | 1989 | IEEE center for History of Electrical Engineering | New York | History
Bibliography | |
PW-6495 | Beebe, Lucius and Charles Clegg | Hear the Train Blow: A Pictoral Epic of America in the Railroad Age | 1952 | An illustrated history of railroading the the United States. | E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. | New York | Railroad
Railroading - United States - history Transportation United States |
PW-4061 | Beer, Ferdinand P. and E. Russell Johnston | Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics | 1962 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Engineering
Textbooks | |
PW-4062 | Beever, Jack | TV Distribution Systems and Antenna Techniques | 1958 | Howard W. Sams and Co. | Indianapolis | Antennas
Television Broadcasting Television | |
PW-6202 | Behrnd-Kloot, Menzi L. | Navigating Legal Issues for Archivists | 2008 | Society of American Archivists | Chicago | Archives
Legal Issues | |
PW-6075 | Belden, Thomas Graham & Belden, Marva Robins | The Lengthening Shadow: The Life of Thomas J. Watson | 1962 | A biography of Thomas J. Watson and IBM. | Little, Brown and Co. | Boston, MA | International Business Machines (IBM)
History |
PW-1333 | Bell Telephone Laboratories | Engineering and Operations in the Bell System | 1977 | Bell Telephone Laboratories, Engineering and Operations in the Bell System. 1977. A completed technical description and guide to the U. S. Telephone system in 1977. | Bell Telephone Laboratories | Murray Hill, NJ | Telephones
History AT&T Bell Laboratories |
PW-2319 | Bell Telephone Laboratories | IMPACT: A compilation of Bell System innovations in Science and Engineering... | 1981 | Bell Telephone Laboratories, IMPACT: A compilation of Bell System innovations in Science and Engineering.... USA, 1981. | Bell Telephone Laboratories | Murray Hill, NJ |
Communication AT&T Bell Laboratories Publication Telecommunications |
PW-5149 | Bell Telephone Laboratories Inc. | The Transistor: Selected Reference Material on Characteristics and Applications. | 1951 | This volume resutled from Bell Labs famous first transistor symposium, held the week of September 17, 1951 at Bell Labs in Murray Hill NJ. It covers the same ground as the talks given, with supplementary material added. | Transistor
Bell Telephone Laboratories/Bell Labs | ||
PW-86 | Bell, C. Gordon | High-Tech Ventures: The Guide for Entrepreneurial Success | 1991 | Bell, C. Gordon, High-Tech Ventures: The Guide for Entrepreneurial Success. Reading: MA: Addison-Wesley, 1991. | Addison Wesley | Reading MA | History
Technology Technological Innovations |
PW-4053 | Bell, James and Wilson, S. | Practical Telephony | 1902 | Adapted to the requirements of the city and the guilds of London Institute | Electricity | London | Telephones |
PW-4295 | Bell, Louis | Electrical Power Transmission: A Practical Treatise for Practical Men | 1901 | McGraw | New York | Power Transmission | |
PW-44 | Bellamy, John | Digital Telephony | 1982 | Bellamy, John. Digital Telephony. New York: Wiley, 1982 | Wiley | New York | Digital
Telephones Telecommunications |
PW-6527 | Bellone, Enrico | A World on Paper: Studies on the Second Scientific Revolution | 1982 | Analyzes the metal processes and opions of physicists who, between 1750 and 1900, considered the relationship between mathematics and experience, causing a revolution that questioned the universal applicability of Newtonian mechanism.
Bellone argues t |
MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Science
Second Scientific Revolution Physicists History of Science Philosophy of Science |
PW-930 | Beltran, Alain, and Griset, Pascal | Histoire des techniques aux XIX et XX siècles | 1990 | Beltran, Alain, and Griset, Pascal. Histoire des techniques aux XIX et XX siècles. Paris: Armand Colin, 1990 | Armand Colin | Paris | Electrical Engineering
History |
PW-6090 | Bender, Gretchen & Druckrey, Timothy eds. | Culture on the Brink: Ideologies of Technology | 1994 | A collection of critical essays on the complexities of social life in an technological age. | Bay Press | Seattle | Culture
Technology |
PW-1258 | Bendz, Waldemar | Electronics for Industry | 1947 | Bendz, Waldemar, Electronics for Industry. 1947
Part of the Slate gift (#96-01) 1947 |
John Wiley | New York | Eletronics |
PW-6023 | Beniger, James R. | The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society | 1986 | A description and explanation of the information societyand how technology plays a crucial role in the economies and governments that run the world. | Harvard University Press | Cambridge, MA | Technology
Economics |
PW-787 | Bennett, Stuart | A History of Control Engineering, 1930-1955 | 1993 | Bennett, Stuart. A History of Control Engineering, 1930-1955. London: Peter Peregrinus Ltd., 1993. | Peter Peregrinus Ltd. | London |
Automatic Control History |
PW-859 | Bennett, Stuart | A History of Control Engineering, 1800-1930 | 1979 | Bennett, Stuart. A History of Control Engineering, 1800-1930. London: Peter Peregrinus Press, 1979. | Peter Peregrinus | London | Automatic Control
History |
PW-6151 | Berg, Ernst Julius | Heaviside's Operational Calculus as Applied to Engineering and Physics | 1936 | Heaviside's Operational Calculus as Applied to Engineering and Physics | McGraw-Hill | New York | Engineering
Physics |
PW-929 | Berkeley, Edmund C. | Giant Brains or Machines that Think | 1949 | Berkeley, Edmund C., Giant Brains or Machines that Think. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1949 | Wiley | New York | Computing
Computers |
PW-3675 | Berlin, Leslie | The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley. | 2005 | Berlin, Leslie, The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005 | Oxford University | New York | History
Microchip Biography |
PW-6609 | Berman, Marshall | All That Is Solid Melts Into Air: The Experience of Modernity | 1982 | A history of modern civilization and modernism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Explores links between modernism in the arts and the modernization of society. | Simon and Schuster | New York | Moderism
Modernization |
PW-6523 | Bernal, J.D. | Science in History: Volume 3 - The Natural Sciences in Our Time | Volume three of J.D. Bernal's four-volume Science in History. His focuses on the physical sciences and the biological sciences in the twentieth century. | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Science - History - 20th century
Physical sciences - history - 20th century Biological sciences - history - 20th century | |
PW-2446 | Berners-Lee, Tim | Weaving the Web: The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web | 1999 | Berners-Lee, Tim, Weaving the Web: The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web. San Fransisco: Harper, 1999 | Harper San Fransisco | San Francisco | History
Internet |
PW-927 | Bernstein, Jeremy | The Analytic Engine: Computers-Past, Present, and Future | 1963 | Bernstein, Jeremy. The Analytic Engine: Computers-Past, Present, and Future. New York: Random House, 1963. | Random House | New York | Computing
Analytic Engine History |
PW-928 | Bernstein, Jeremy | Three Degrees Above Zero: Bell Labs in the Information Age | Bernstein, Jeremy. Three Degrees Above Zero: Bell Labs in the Information Age. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1984.
2 Copies |
Scribner | New York | History
AT&T Bell Laboratories Research and Development (R&D) Information Age | |
PW-926 | Bertho, Catherine | Telegraphes et Telephones: de Valmy au microprocesseur | 1981 | Bertho, Catherine, Telegraphes et Telephones: de Valmy au microprocesseur. Paris: Librairie générale française, 1981. | Librairie générale française | Paris | Communication
Computing Microprocessors |
PW-3107 | Berthonnet, Arnaud | Guide du Chercheur en Histoire de L'Electricite | 2001 | Berthonnet, Arnaud. Guide du Chercheur en Histoire de L'Electricite. Paris: Editions La Mandragore et Electricite de France, 2001 | Electricite de France | Paris | Electricity
History |
PW-3591 | Bertolotti, Mario | The History of the Laser | 2004 | Bertolotti, Mario. The History of the Laser. London: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2004. | Institute of Physics Publishing | London | Lasers
microwaves Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
|
PW-2002 | Beyer, Kurt W. | Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age | 2009 | Biography of Grace Hopper with emphasis on her contributions to software programming during the 1940s-1950s. | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA, USA | Hopper, Grace Murray
Women computer engineers Computer Science - History Software - History |
PW-3141 | Bielenberg, Andy | The Shannon Scheme and the Electrification of the Irish Free State | 2002 | Bielenberg, Andy. The Shannon Scheme and the Electrification of the Irish Free State. The Lilliput Press, Dublin, 2002 | The Lilliput Press | Dublin | Power Distribution
History |
PW-3142 | Bielenberg, Andy | The Shannon Scheme and the Electrification of the Irish Free State | 2002 | Bielenberg, Andy. The Shannon Scheme and the Electrification of the Irish Free State. The Lilliput Press, Dublin, 2002 | The Lilliput Press | Dublin | Power Distribution
History |
PW-4234 | Bielenberg, Andy (Ed.) | The Shannon Scheme and the Electrification of the Irish Free State | 2002 | The Lilliput Press | Dublin, Ireland | Electrification
Hydroelectricity | |
PW-1805 | Biggs, Lindy | Rational Factory, The: Architecture, Technology, and Work in America's Age of Mass Production | 1996 | Biggs, Lindy, Rational Factory, The: Architecture, Technology, and Work in America's Age of Ma. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.
needs to be reviewed |
Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | manufacturing
Management Systems |
PW-1662 | Bijker, Wiebe E. | Of Bicycles, Bakelites, and Bulbs: Toward a Theory of Sociotechnical Change | 1995 | Bijker, Wiebe E., Of Bicycles, Bakelites, and Bulbs: Toward a Theory of Sociotechnical Change. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1995. | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Chronology/Timeline
Culture Technological Innovations Technology |
PW-92 | Bijker, Wiebe E., and John Law, eds. | Shaping Technology/Building Society: Studies in Sociotechnical Change | 1992 | Bijker, Wiebe E., and John Law, eds., Shaping Technology/Building Society: Studies in Sociotechnical Change. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1992. | MIT Press | Cambridge MA | History
Technology Technology Transfer |
PW-1659 | Bijker, Wiebe, Thomas P. Hughes, and Trevor Pinch, eds. | The Social Construction of Technological Systems | 1987 | Bijker, Wiebe, Thomas P. Hughes, and Trevor Pinch, eds., The Social Construction of Technological Systems. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1987. | MIT Press | Cambridge MA | Chronology/Timeline
Culture Technology |
PW-6448 | Bilby, Kenneth | The General: David Sarnoff and the rise of the communications industry | 1986 | Biography of David Sarnoff and a history of the broadcasting industry and the Radio Corporation of America. | Harper & Row, Publishers | New York | David Sarnoff
Radio Broadcasting industry Radio Corporation of America (RCA) Radio Broadcasting General Electric National Broadcasting Company (NBC) Television Television broadcasting |
PW-1633 | Billington, David | The Innovators: The Engineering Pioneers Who Made America Modern | 1996 | Billington, David, The Innovators: The Engineering Pioneers Who Made America Modern. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1996. | John Wiley & Sons | New York | History
Inventors Engineers |
PW-6126 | Billington, David P. & Albano, Alfonso M. | Episodes in American Invention: The Steamboat and the Telegraph | 1990 | A monograph on steam boats and the telegraph. | MIT Press and McGraw Hill | Cambridge, MA | Steam Engine
Telegraphs |
PW-5024 | Billington, David P. and David P. Billington Jr. | Power, Speed, and Form: Engineering and the Making of the Twentieth Century | 2006 | Power, Speed, and Form is the first accessible account of the engineering behind eight breakthrough innovations that transformed American life from 1876 to 1939--the telephone, electric power, oil refining, the automobile, the airplane, radio, the long | Telephone Pole
Telephones Electricity Automobile Airplanes Aviation Radio | ||
PW-6681 | Billington, Douglas S. and James H. Crawford | Radiation Damage in Solids | 1961 | A survey of radiation damage in solids presenting various theories of the mechanism of defect production by energetic radiation in a form ready to use.
Separate chapters devoted to investigations on each of the four general classes of solids: metals, al |
Princeton University Press | Princeton, NJ | Textbooks
Solid-state physics Radiation Metals Crystals |
PW-1585 | Bilstein, Roger | Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles | 1980 | Bilstein, Roger, Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles. Washington, DC: NASA History Office, 1980.
Gift 97-01 |
NASA History Office | Washington, D.C. | Space Programs
History Rocket Technology Rockets |
PW-6550 | Bilstein, Roger E. | Flight in America 1900 - 1983: From the Wrights to the Astronauts | 1984 | A history of aeronautics in America and the ways in which American culture - its politics, science, industry, and people - has affected and been affected by the development of flight technology. | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | Aeronautics
Aerospace Astronaut Aviation |
PW-1285 | Birkby, Robert | KMA Radio: The First Sixty Years | 1985 | Birkby, Robert. KMA Radio: The First Sixty Years. Shenandoah, IA: May Broadcasting Company, 1985 | May Broadcasting Company | Shenandoah, IA | History
Radio Radio Station |
PW-6439 | Bix, Amy Sue | Girls Coming to Tech!: A History of American Engineering Education for Women | 2013 | Engineering education in the United States was long regarded as masculine territory. For decades, women who studies or worked in engineering were popularly perceived as oddities, outcasts, unfeminine or inappropriately feminine in a male world. This is t | MIT Press | Cambridge, Mass. and London, England | Women in Engineering (WIE)
Education Engineering United States |
PW-6440 | Bix, Amy Sue | Inventing Ourselves Out of Jobs?: America's Debate over Technological Unemployment, 1929-1981 | 2000 | Scientific and technological change are often associated with national progress and personal well-being. Yet, underneath such assumptions, serious questions about the direction and social implications of scientific and technological change persist. Bix l | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore and London | Employment
Great Depression Mechanization |
PW-3289 | Black, Jeremy | 2014 | Global history of the role of information and technologies for its collection, organization, transmission, storage, and use by governments for successfull application of military, economic, and imperial power. | Yale UP | World history-modern
Globabl history-modern Information technology-16th century Information technology-17th century Information technology-18th century Information technology-19th century Information technology-20th century | ||
PW-4058 | Black, N. Henry and Harvey N. Davis | Practical Physics for Secondary Schools: Fundamental Principles and Applications to Daily Life | 1913 | Macmillan Company | New York | Education
Physics | |
PW-838 | Black, Robert M. | The History of Electric Wires and Cables | 1983 | Black, Robert M. The History of Electric Wires and Cables. London: Peter Peregrinus Ltd. 1983. | Peter Peregrinus Ltd. | London | Cable
Transmission Line Power Wire History |
PW-4473 | Blalock, Grover C. | Direct-Current Machinery | 1947 | McGraw-Hill | New York | Direct Current (DC) | |
PW-3956 | Blalock, Thomas J. | Tranformers at Pittsfield: A History the General Electric Large Power Transformer Plant at Pittsfield, Massachusetts | 1998 | A History the General Electric Large Power Transformer Plant at Pittsfield, Massachusetts, written by an IEEE member who spent his career there. | Gateway Press | Baltimore, MD | Transformer
General Electric History |
PW-6213 | Blanken, I.J. | The History of Philips Electronics N.V.,Volume 3, The Development of N.V. Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken into a Major Electrical Group | 1999 | European Library - Zaltbommel, The Netherlands | Zaltbommel, The Netherlands | Businesses
Electrical Industry Electric Light Radio History | |
PW-6214 | Blanken, I.J. | The History of Philips Electronics N.V.,Volume 4, Under German Rule | 1999 | European Library - Zaltbommel, The Netherlands | Zaltbommel, The Netherlands | Businesses
Electrical Industry World War II History | |
PW-3257 | Blaser, Albrecht | The IBM Heidelberg Science Center: User Oriented Informatics and Computers in Science | 2001 | Blaser, Albrecht. The IBM Heidelberg Science Center: User Oriented Informatics and Computers in Science. Sindelfingen, Germany: Privately Edition | Privately published. | Sindelfingen, Germany |
International Business Machines (IBM) Computing |
PW-4419 | Blaszczyk, Regina Lee | American Consumer Society, 1865-2005: From Hearth to HDTV. | 2009 | Harlan Davidson | Wheeling, Illinois | Consumer Electronics
Radio Broadcasting Radio Electricity Electronics Television | |
PW-4100 | Blicq, Ron | Au Revior, Sarnia Cherie: Good-bye Dear Guernsey | 2000 | Autobio/memoir | RGI International | Canada | World War II
Biography |
PW-4057 | Bliss, Louis Denton | Theoretical and Practical Electrical Engineering, Volume 1 | 1931 | The Bliss Electrical School | Washington D.C | Theory
Electrical Engineering Guide Book | |
PW-704 | Bliss, Louis Denton | Theoretical and Practical Electrical Engineering, Volume 2 | 1931 | The Bliss Electrical School | Washington D.C | Theory
Electrical Engineering Guide Book | |
PW-100 | Blondheim, Menahem | News Over The Wires: The Telegraph and the Flow of Public Information in America | 1994 | Blondheim, Menahem. News Over The Wires: The Telegraph and the Flow of Public Information in America, 1844-1897. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1994. | Harvard University Press | Cambridge MA |
History Telegraphs Telegraphy |
PW-547 | Blum, Andrew | Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet | 2012 | While the internet is most often thought about in abstract conceptual terms, Blum undertook the task of exploring and describing the internet in physical terms-as actual pipes of fiber optic strands carrying messages across cities and around the world on | Ecco | New York | Internet |
PW-101 | Blume, Stuart S. | Insight and Industry | 1992 | Blume, Stuart S., Insight and Industry. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1992. | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | History
Medicine |
PW-4 | Blumtritt, Oskar, Hartmut Petzold, and William Aspray | Tracking the History of Radar | 1994 | Blumtritt, Oskar, Hartmut Petzold, and William Aspray. Tracking the History of Radar. New Brunswick, NJ: IEEE Center for the History of Electrical Engineering, 1994 | IEEE | Piscataway NJ | radar
History |
PW-3627 | Bodanis, David | Electric Universe | 2005 | Bodanis, David, Electric Universe, Crown Publishers, New York, 2005 | Crown Publishers | New York | Electricity
History |
PW-4056 | Bode, Hednrik W. | A General Theory of Electric Wave Filters | 1934 | Photostat of Bell Telephone monograph B-843 | Bell Telephone Laboratories | New York | Theory
Electrical Engineering |
PW-4065 | Bode, Hendrik W. | Network Analysis and Feedback Amplifier Design | 1945 | D. Van Nostrand Company | New York | Networks
Amplifier Amplification | |
PW-4288 | Boetinger, Henry M. | The Telephone Book: Bell, Watson, Vail and American Life, 1876-1983 | 1983 | A lavishly illustrated, but poorly organized and not always accurate history of AT&T and the telephone, written by a senior AT&T executive, under the aegis of AT&T. Be aware of misleading captions--several photos of actors portraying Alexander Graham Be | Stearn | New York | Telephones
American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) |
PW-4313 | Boetinger, Henry M. | The Telephone Book: Bell, Watson, Vail and American Life, 1876-1976 | 1976 | A lavishly illustrated, but poorly organized and not always accurate history of AT&T and the telephone, written by a senior AT&T executive, under the aegis of AT&T. Be aware of misleading captions--several photos of actors portraying Alexander Graham Be | Riverhood Publishers Limited | Croton-on-Hudson, New York | Telephones
American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) |
PW-6200 | Boles, Frank | Selecting and Appraising Archives and Manuscripts | 2005 | SAA recommende book on its topic. Designed for both reference use and text use. Contains both discussion of theoretical issues and practical techniques. | Society of American Archivists | Chicago | Archives |
PW-6803 | Bolter, J. David | Turning's Man: Western Culture in the Computer Age | 1984 | Bolter considers the cultural impact of computers, comparing the computer to earlier technologies that redefined fundamental notions of time, space, language, memory, and human creativity. | University of North Carolina Press | Chapel Hill, N.C. | Computers
History Technology |
PW-4055 | Bond, W.G | Rating on Electricity Undertakings | 1905 | The Electrician | London | Electricity | |
PW-3806 | Boone, J.V. | A Brief History of Cryptology | 2005 | Boone, J.V. A Brief History of Cryptology. Washington DC: Naval Institute Press, 2005 | Naval Institute Press | Washington DC | cryptology
security History |
PW-1179 | Booth, Christopher J., ed. | The New IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical and Electronics Terms, 5th edition | 1993 | Booth, Christopher J., ed., The New IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical and Electronics Terms, 5th edition. 1993 | IEEE | New York | Terminology |
PW-1185 | Booth, Chrstorpher, editor | IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical and Electronics Terms | 1992 | IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical and Electronics Terms. IEEE Standard 100 | IEEE | New York | Terminology
Standards |
PW-3901 | Borck, Cornelius | Hirnstroeme: Eine Kulturgeschichte der Elektroenzephalographie | 2005 | Borck, Cornelius, Hirnstroeme: Eine Kulturgeschichte der Elektroenzephalographie. Goettingen: Wallstein, 2005 | Wallstein | Goettingen | History
Biomedical Engineering |
PW-925 | Bordeau, Sanford P. | Volts to Hertz...the Rise of Electricity | 1982 | Bordeau, Sanford P., Volts to Hertz...the Rise of Electricity. Minneapolis, MN: Burgess Publishing Company, 1982. | Burgess Publishing Company | Minneapolis MN | Biography |
PW-4035 | Boslaugh, David L. | When Computers went to Sea: The Digitization of the United States Navy | 1999 | IEEE Inc. | New York | Navy, U.S.
Computers History | |
PW-4010 | Botelho, Antonio Jose J | Professionals against the State:French Electronics Policy in Historical Perspective | 1996 | Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Political Science, MIT.
Topics: France |
MIT | Cambridge, MA | Policy
Electronics History Public Policy |
PW-5961 | Bourne, Charles P. and Trudi Bellardo Hahn | A History of Online Information Services: 1963 - 1976 | 2003 | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Information Systems
On-line | |
PW-109 | Bowers, Brian | Michael Faraday and the Modern World | 1991 | Bowers, Brian. Michael Faraday and the Modern World. Wendens Ambo, UK: EPA Press, 1991. | EPA Press | Wendens Ambo UK | History
Biography |
PW-2362 | Bowers, Brian | Lengthening The Day: A History of Lighting Technology | 1998 | Bowers, Brian, Lengthening The Day: A History of Lighting Technology. New York, Oxford University Press, Inc., 1998. | Oxford University Press, Inc. | Oxford | Illumination
Electric Light History |
PW-949 | Bowers, Brian | A History of Electric Light and Power | 1982 | Bowers, Brian, A History of Electric Light and Power. London: Peter Peregrinus Ltd., 1982. | Peter Peregrinus Ltd. | London | Electric Light
Illumination History Power |
PW-948 | Bowers, Brian and Symons, Lenore | Curiosity Perfectly Satisfied: Faraday's Travels in Europe, 1813-1815 | 1991 | Bowers, Brian and Symons, Lenore, Curiosity Perfectly Satisfied: Faraday's Travels in Europe, 1813-1815. London: Peter Peregrinus Ltd., 1991, | IEE | London | Biography |
PW-1474 | Bowker, Geoffrey | Science on the Run: Information Management and Industrial Geophysics at Schlumberger, 1920 - 1940 | 1994 | Bowker, Geoffrey. Science on the Run: Information Management and Industrial Geophysics at Schlumberger. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1994. | MIT Press | Cambridge MA | Management
Information Technology |
PW-4438 | Bowles, Mark D. | Science in Flux: NASA's Nuclear Program at Plum Brook Station, 1955-2005. | 2006 | Bowles, Mark D. Science in Flux: NASA's Nuclear Program at Plum Brook Station, 1955-2005. Washington, DC: NASA History Division, June 2006. | NASA | Washington, DC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Nuclear Engineering Nuclear Power Experiment Space Programs Rockets |
PW-3651 | Bowles, Mark D. and Arrighi, Robert S. | NASA's Nuclear Frontier: The Plum Brook Reactor Facility | 2004 | Bowles, Mark D. and Arrighi, Robert S. NASA's Nuclear Frontier: The Plum Brook Reactor Facility, Monographs in Aerospace History No. 33. Washington DC: NASA History Division, 2004 | NASA | Washington, D.C. | History
Nuclear Power National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
PW-950 | Boyd, T.A. | Professional Amateur: The Biography of Charles Franklin Kettering | 1957 | Boyd, T.A., Professional Amateur: The Biography of Charles Franklin Kettering. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1957. | E. P. Dutton & Co. | New York | Biography |
PW-114 | Braga, Pedro | Pequena Historia da Energia no Maranhao | 1992 | Braga, Pedro, Pequena Historia da Energia no Maranhao. Sau Luis, Brasil: SIOGE, 1992. | SIOGE | San Luis, Brasil | History
Power Distribution |
PW-6237 | Brain, Peter | South African Radar in World War II. | 1993 | A history of South Africa's Special Signals Services (SSS), a secret unit engaged in the design, construction, distribution and use of radars during World War II. | SSS Radar Book Group | Cape Town | Radar
World War II |
PW-4067 | Brainerd, J. G | Ultra High Frequency Techniques | 1942 | D. Van Nostrand Company | New York | Ultra High Frequency (UHF) | |
PW-549 | Braun, Ernest and Stuart Macdonald | Revolution in Miniature: The History and Impact of Semiconductor Electronics | 1978 | Braun, Ernest and Stuart Macdonald, Revolution in Miniature: The History and Impact of Semiconductor Electronics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) 1978 | Cambridge University Press | Cambridge | Semiconductors
Solid-state technology Transistor Diode Military history |
PW-3622 | Brauns-Packenius, Otfried | 100 Jahre Fernsprecher in Deutschland | 1977 | Brauns-Packenius, Otfried. 100 Jahre Fernsprecher in Deutschland. Frankfurt: Konkordia GmbH, 1977 | Konkordia GmbH | Frankfurt | Telephones
History |
PW-3178 | Bray, John | Innovation and the Communications Revolution | 2002 | Bray, John. Innovation and the Communications Revolution. The Institution of Electrical Engineers, London, 2002 | IEE (including Peter Peregrinus) | London | Telegraphs
Radio Broadcasting Telephones Television Transistor Satellite Communications History |
PW-6000 | Bray, John | The Communications Miracle: The Telecommunication Pioneers from Morse to the Information Superhighway | 1995 | Documentation of the advancements in world communication, broadcasting, and information technologies from early scientists and mathematicians to 20th century innovators and creators. | Plenum Press | New York | Electrical Engineers
Telecommunications |
PW-6449 | Brayer, Elizabeth | George Eastman: A Biography | 2006 | Biography of George Eastman and a history of his Kodak camera and the Eastman Kodak Company. | University of Rochester Press | Rochester, NY | George Eastman
Cameras Eastman Kodak Company Innovators Philanthropy |
PW-5094 | Brian Bowers | Sir Charles Wheatstone FRS, 1802-1875 | 2001 | This biography celebrates the bicentenary of Wheatstone's birth, and draws on information about the family business as well as letters, including correspondence with Cooke and Faraday, which were not available for the first edition. Wheatstone was one of | Innovation
Innovators Bioelectricity Biography Telegraph Key Telegraphs | ||
PW-6580 | Briggs, Asa | Victorian Things | 1988 | Through a series of linked studies, Briggs provides an analysis of Victorian material culture and values. It provides a history of Victorian Era Great Britain and an examination of theoretical issues concerning the meaning of objects, cultural anthropol | The University of Chicago Press | Chicago | Great Britain
Great Britain - History - Victorian Era Popular Culture Material Culture Industry Economic development Manufacturing |
PW-912 | Briggs, Charles F. | The Story of the Telegraph and A History of the Great Atlantic Cable | Briggs, Charles F., The Story of the Telegraph and A History of the Great Atlantic Cable. New York:Rudd & Carleton, 1858. | Rudd & Carlton | New York | Telegraphs
Transatlantic Cable Transatlantic Communication History | |
PW-3374 | Bright, Charles | Submarine Telegraphs: Their History, Construction, and Working | 1898 | Bright, Charles. Submarine Telegraphs: Their History, Construction, and Working. London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1898. | Crosby Lockwood and Son | London | History
Submarine telegraphy Cable |
PW-3375 | Bright, Charles | The Life Story of Sir Charles Tilston Bright: Civil Engineer | 1910 | Bright, Charles. The Life Story of Sir Charles Tilston Bright: Civil Engineer. London: Constable & Company, Ltd, 1910. | Constable & Company, Ltd. | London |
Submarine telegraphy History Cable Transatlantic Cable |
PW-911 | Bright, Charles | The Story of the Atlantic Cable | 1903 | Bright, Charles, The Story of the Atlantic Cable. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1903. | D. Appleton and Company | New York |
Transatlantic Cable Transatlantic Communication History |
PW-910 | Bright, Edward | The Life Story of the Late Charles Tilston Bright, vol 1. | 1898 | Bright, Edward, The Life Story of the Late Charles Tiltson Bright, vol. 1 Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1898. | Constable & Company | Westminster | Biography |
PW-947 | Brignano, Mary, and McCullough, Hax | The Search for Safety: A History of Railroad Signals and the People Who Made Them | 1981 | Brignano, Mary, and McCullough, Hax, The Search for Safety: A History of Railroad Signals and the People Who Made Them. Pittsburgh, PA: American Standard Inc., 1981.
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American Standard Inc. | Pittsburgh PA | Railroad
Safety Signalling History |
PW-6690 | British Ferrograph Recorder Co. | The Manual of the Ferrograph | Manual containing the operating instructions for the Ferrograph Magnetic Tape Recorder, Models 2 A/N and 3 A/N/. Probably 1950s. Manufactured in England and sold in the United States. | The British Ferrograph Recorder Co. Ltd. | London, UK | Textbooks
Magnetic tape recorders British Ferrograph Recorder Co. | |
PW-4247 | British Radio Valve Manufacturers' Association | Radio Valve Practice | 1948 | British Radio Valve Manufacturers' Association | London | Tubes, Vacuum
Tubes, Electron Radio Manufacturing | |
PW-261 | Brittain, James | Turning Points in American Electrical History | 1977 | paperback copy of Brittain's Turning Points in American Electrical History | IEEE Press | New York | History
Electrical Engineering Electrical Industry |
PW-116 | Brittain, James E. | Alexanderson: Pioneer in American Electrical Engineering | 1992 | Brittain, James E., Alexanderson: Pioneer in American Electrical Engineering. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992. | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore MD | History
Biography |
PW-961 | Brittain, James E., ed. | Turning Points in American Electrical History | 1977 | Brittain, James E., ed., Turning Points in American Electrical History. New York: IEEE Press, 1977. hardcover | IEEE | New York | batteries
Telegraphs Telephones Professionalism Power Illumination Communication Electronics Computing Technological Innovations History |
PW-6441 | Britton, John A. | Cables, Crises, and the Press: The Geopolitics of the New International Information System in the Americas, 1866-1903. | 2013 | The author surveys the technological inovations and business operations of newspapers in the United States, the building of the international cable network, and the initional enthusiasm for these electronic means of communication to resolve international | University of New Mexico Press | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Journalism
Innovation Communications Cable, Underwater Newspaper |
PW-6493 | Broad, William and Nicholas Wade | Betrayers of the Ttuth: Fraud and Deceit in the Halls of Science | 1982 | This is an examination of fraud in science. The authors intend to explain how science really works in an attempt to understand better a system of knowledge tht is regarded in Western societies as the ultimate truth. The authors contend the real nature of | Simon & Shuster, Inc. | New York | Science
Science - fraud |
PW-6672 | Brock, David C., editor | Understanding Moore's Law: Four Decades of Innovation | 2006 | Chapters contribued by Gorden E. Moore, Arnold Thackray, and David C. Brock.
The authors attempt to place the silicon revolution in a broad context and chart Moore's development of his law. Symposium at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia |
Chemical Heritage Press | Philadelphia, PA | Gordon E. Moore
Integrated Circuits Technological Innovations |
PW-140 | Bromberg, Joan Lisa | The Laser in America, 1950-1970 | 1991 | Bromberg, Joan Lisa, The Laser in America, 1950-1970. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1991.
Review appeared NL 31. |
MIT Press | Cambridge MA | History
Lasers |
PW-3963 | Bromberg, Joan Lisa | Fusion: Science, Politics, and the Invention of a New Energy Source. | 1982 | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | History
Fusion, Nuclear | |
PW-4304 | Bromberg, Lisa Joan | NASA and the Space Industry | 1999 | Series editor = Roger D. Launius | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Space Space Exploration Space Programs Space Shuttle Space Station Space Suit Spacecraft Design Aeronautical Engineering Aeronautics Aerospace |
PW-6708 | Bronfman, Alejandra | Isle of Noise: Social Media in the Caribbean | 2016 | This is a media history of the Caribbean, tracing how technology, culture, and politics developed in a region that was wired earlier and more widely than many other parts of the Americas. Haiti, Cuba, and Jamaica acquired radio and broadcasting in the | The University of North Carolina Press | Chapel Hill,l NC | Radio
Radio broadcasting Caribbean Mass media and culture Foreign Relations Politics Great Britain |
PW-6635 | Brooks, John | Telephone: The First Hundred Years | 1975 | A history of the telephone in the United States, the Bell System, and Bell Labs. | Harper & Row, Publishers | New York | Telephone - United States - History
American Telephone and Telegraph Co. (AT&T) Alexander Graham Bell American Bell Telephone Co. Bell System Bell Telephone Laboratories/Bell Labs |
PW-951 | Brooks, John | Telephone: The First Hundred Years | 1975 | Brooks, John, Telephone: The First Hundred Years. New York, Harper & Row, 1975. | Harper & Row | New York | Telephones
American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) History |
PW-4069 | Brophy, James J. | Semiconductor Devices: | 1964 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Semiconductors | |
PW-2880 | Brown, David E. | Inventing Modern America: From the Microwave to the Mouse | 2002 | Brown, David E. Inventing Modern America: From the Microwave to the Mouse. Cambridge MA: The MIT Press, 2002 | MIT Press | Cambridge MA | History |
PW-4066 | Brown, Gordon S., and Donald P. Campbell | Principles of Servomechanisms | 1948 | John Wiley and Sons | New York | Servomotor
Mechanical engineering | |
PW-2786 | Brown, J.H.U. | Footsteps in Science | 1993 | Brown, J.H.U., Footsteps in Science. University Press of America, Lanham, MD, 1993 | University Press of America | Lanham, MD | Chronology/Timeline |
PW-6804 | Brown, John Seely and Paul Duguid | The Social Life of Information | 2000 | The authors challenge people to see through frenzied visions of the future to the real forces for change in society. They argue that the gap between digerati hype and end-user gloom is largely due to the 'tunnel vision' that information-driven technolo | Harvard Business School Press | Boston, Mass. | Information
Information Technology Information Age Information Society |
PW-2571 | Brown, Louis | A Radar History of World War II | 1999 | Brown, Louis, A Radar History of World War II. Institute of Physics Publishing, Philadelphia, PA, 1999. | Institute of Physics Publishing | Philadelphia PA | Radar
World War II Military History |
PW-5156 | Brox, Jane | Brillant: The Evolution of Artificial Light | 2010 | A historical discussion of the development of types of artifical light and their effect on mankind | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | New York | Light
Lighting Electric Light History |
PW-6038 | Bruce, Robert V. | The Launching of Modern American Science 1846-1876 | 1987 | A book about the three decades between 1846-1876 that gave birth to modern American science. | Cornell University Press | Ithaca, NY | Scientific Innovation
Technology, 19th century |
PW-4333 | Bruemmer, Bruce | Resources for the History of Computing: A Guide to U.S. and Canadian Records | 1988 | Charles Babbage Institute | Minneapolis | Computing
Archives Bibliography Manuscripts | |
PW-1091 | Bruemmer, Bruce, and Sheldon Hochheiser | The High Technology Company: A Historical Research and Archival Guide | 1989 | Guide to research in high-tech corporations' archives and record centers | Charles Babbage Institute | Minneapolis | Archives |
PW-4068 | Bryant, John Myron and Elmer Walter Johnson | Alternating Current Machinery | 1935 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Alternating Current (AC) | |
PW-1499 | Bucciarelli, Louis L. | Designing Engineers | 1994 | Bucciarelli, Louis L., Designing Engineers. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1994. | Education, Engineering | ||
PW-151 | Buchanan, R. A. | The Engineers: A History of the Engineering Profession in Britain, 1750-1914 | 1989 | Jessica Kingsley Publishers | London | Engineering
Engineers Association, Professional Professionalization | |
PW-6679 | Bucher, Elmer | Practical Wireless Telegraphy: A Complete Text Book for Students of Radio Communication | 1917 | Textbook written by Elmer E. Bucher, instructing engineer at the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. of America.
Textbook regarding the functioning of present day commercial wireless telegraph apparatus. |
Wireless Press, Inc. | New York | Wireless Telegraphy
Radio Transmitters Receivers Apparatus Textbooks Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. of America |
PW-1236 | Bucher, Elmer E. | Practical Wireless Telegraphy | 1917 | Bucher, Elmer E., Practical Wireless Telegraphy. 1920
Part of the Slate gift (#96-01) reprinted 1920 |
Wireless Press | New York | telegraphy
Wirless communications guide book |
PW-795 | Buchwald, Jed Z. | The Creation of Scientific Effects: Heinrich Hertz and Electric Waves | 1994 | Buchwald, Jed Z., The Creation of Scientific Effects: Heinrich Hertz and Electric Waves. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994. | University of Chicago Press | Chicago |
Experiment |
PW-3238 | Buchwald, Jed Z. and Andrew Warwick | Histories of the Electron: The Birth of Microphysics | 2001 | Buchwald, Jed Z. and Andrew Warwick. Histories of the Electron: The Birth of Microphysics. Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 2001 | MIT Press | Cambridge MA | physics
electron History |
PW-633 | Bud, Robert | The Uses of Life: A History of Biotechnology | 1993 | Bud, Robert, The Uses of Life: A History of Biotechnology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. | Cambridge University Press | Cambridge | bioengineering
History |
PW-2380 | Bud, Robert, Bernard S. Finn and Helmuth Trischler (Ed.) | Manifesting Medicine: Bodies & Machines | 1999 | Bud, Robert, Bernard S. Finn and Helmuth Trischler (Ed.), Manifesting Medicine: Bodies & Machines. London: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1999. | Harwood Academic Publishers | London | bioengineering
History Medicine |
PW-1470 | Buderi, Robert | The Invention that Changed the World: How a Small Group of Radar Pioneers Won th | 1996 | Buderi, Robert, The Invention that Changed the World: How a Small Group of Radar Pioneers Won the Second World War and Launched a Technological Revolution. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996.
reviewed |
Simon and Schuster | New York | Radar
World War II History |
PW-5975 | Bugos, Glenn E. | Atmosphere of Freedom: 70 Years at the NASA Ames Research Center (NASA Ames 70 Years of Innovation: Our Platinum Jubilee) | 2010 | A look at the past 70 years of research, events, and important figures to pass through NASA Ames Research Center. | NASA | Washington, DC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Space Programs Spacecraft Design Astronomy Information Technology Aerospace |
PW-6061 | Buhl, Hans | Buesenderen: Valdemar Poulsenes radiosystem | 2005 | Buesenderen: Valdermar Poulsens radiosystem | Aarhus Universitetsforlag | Denmark | Radio
Radio Equipment |
PW-6206 | Bunch, Bryan and Alexander Hellemans | The History of Science and Technology | 2004 | A browser's guide to the great discoveries, inventions, and the people who made them from the dawn of time to today (from cover) | Houghton Mifflin | Boston | History |
PW-4389 | Bunch, Bryan and Hellemans, Alexander | The Timetables of Technology. A Chronicle of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Technology | 1993 | Simon & Schuster | New York | Chronology/Timeline
History Technology | |
PW-6546 | Bunn, Geoffrey C. | The Truth Machine: A Social History of the Lie Detector | 2012 | A social history of the lie detector, exploring how the machine emerged as a technology of truth and a tool for criminologists with links to popular culture as well as science. | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore. MD | Lie detectors
United States |
PW-794 | Burch, George, and DePasquale, Nicholas | A History of Electrocardiography, 2nd Edition | 1990 | Burch, George, and DePasquale, Nicholas, A History of Electrocardiography, 2nd Edition. San Francisco, CA: Norman Publishing, 1990. | Norman Publishing | San Francisco | Electrocardiogram
Medical electronics Medical Equipment History |
OB-683 | Bureau of Standards | Circular of the Bureau of Standards | No. 121: Construction and operation of a two-circuit radio receiving equipment with crystal detector - No. 133: Description and operation of an electron-tube detector unit for simple radio receiving outfits | Radio
Radio Equipment Standards Crystals | |||
PW-6011 | Burke, Colin | Information and Secrecy: Vannevar Bush, Ultra, and the Other Memex | 1994 | A book about cryptography before, during, and after WWII and the research done at MIT to aid in US government projects and missions. | The Scarecrow Press | Metuchen, NJ | Cryptography
Computers World War II History Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
PW-6153 | Burke, James | The Day the Universe Changed | 1985 | A rediscovery of ancient classical technologies and techniques in scientific learning, from Greece to the 20th century. | Little, Brown, & Co. | Boston | History |
PW-3949 | Burnham, Van | Supercade: A Visual History of the Videogame Age, 1971-1984. | 2001 | Burnham, V., Supercade: A Visual History of the Videogame Age, 1971-1984. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2001. | MIT Press | Cambridge MA |
Computer Games |
PW-1304 | Burns, R. W. | Communications: An International History of the Formative Years | 2004 | Burns, R. W. Communications: An International History of the Formative Years. Stevenage, U.K.: Institution of Electrical Engineers, 2004 | IEE | Stevenage, UK |
Communication Communication Technology History |
PW-1132 | Burns, R.W. | Radar Development to 1945 | 1988 | Burns, R.W., Radar Development to 1945. London: Peter Peregrinus Ltd. & IEE, 1988 | Peter Peregrinus Ltd. & IEE | London |
Radar History |
PW-952 | Burns, R.W. | British Television: The Formative Years | 1986 | Burns, R.W., British Television: The Formative Years. London: Peter Peregrinus Press, 1986. | Peter Peregrinus | London | History
Television |
PW-2609 | Burns, Russell | The life and times of A D Blumlein | 2000 | Burns, Russell, The life and times of A D Blumlein. The Institution of Electrical Engineers, 2000. | The Institution of Electrical Engineers | London |
Telephones Biography |
PW-2774 | Burns, Russell | John Logie Baird, television pioneer | 2000 | Burns, Russell,: John Logie Baird, television pioneer. London, UK: The Institution of Electrical Engineers, 2000. | IEE | London | Chronology/Timeline
Television Biography |
PW-953 | Bush, Vannevar | Pieces of the Action | 1970 | Bush, Vannevar, Pieces of the Action. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1970. | William Morrow & Co. | New York |
Government |
PW-3204 | Bushkin, Richard | Insidetracks: a first-hand history of popular music from the world's greatest record producers and engineers | 1999 | Avon Books, Inc., New York, 1999 | Avon Books, Inc. | New York | Music
History |
PW-3182 | Bussey, Gordon | Wireless: The Crucial Decade 1924-34. | 1990 | IEE History of Technology Series, pp. 121 | IEE (including Peter Peregrinus) | London | Radio
Wireless communications History |
PW-6436 | Bussy, Pascal | Kraftwerk: Man Machine, and Music | 2001 | Biography of Kraftwerk, pioneering German electronic music group. | Saf Publishing | Music | |
PW-1577 | Butrica, Andrew J. | From Inspecteur to Ingenieur: Telegraphy and the Genesis of Electrical Engineering in France, 1845-1881 | 1986 | Butrica, Andrew J., From Inspecteur to Ingenieur: Telegraphy and the Genesis of Electrical Engineering in France, 1845-1881. Iowa State University: Doctoral Dissertation, 1986. | Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa | Electrical Engineering
History Telegraphy |
PW-1735 | Butrica, Andrew J., ed. | Beyond the Ionosphere: Fifty Years of Satellite Communication | 1997 | Butrica, Andrew J., ed., Beyond the Ionosphere: Fifty Years of Satellite Communication. Washington, DC: NASA History Office, 1997. | NASA | Washington D. C. | Satellite Communications
History |
PW-6217 | Butterfield, Herbert | The Origins of Modern Science 1300-1800 | 1957 | Collection of lectures, delivered for the History of Science Committee in Cambridge in 1948, on the origins of modern science. | The Free Press | New York | Experiment
Research History |
PW-6058 | Butterworth, W.E. | Hi-Fi: From Edison's Phonograph to Quadraphonic Sound | 1977 | A history of sound. | Four Winds Press | New York | Sound (Audio technologies in general)
Sound recording sound reproduction History |
PW-6556 | Bynum, W.F. & Roy Porter | Oxford Dictionary of Scientific Quotations | 2005 | A collection of scientific quotations. | Oxford University Press | New York | Scientists
Inventors |
PW-3813 | C. Stewart Gillmor | Fred Terman at Stanford: Building a Discipline, a University and Silicon Valley | 2004 | Hardcover: 642 pages Publisher: Stanford University Press (September 15, 2004) ISBN: 0804749140 | Stanford University Press | Palo Alto, CA | Biography
Silicon Valley |
PW-5082 | C. Stewart Gillmor | Fred Terman at Stanford: Building a discipline, a university, and Silicon Valley | 2004 | Biography of Frederick Terman of Stanford University, long time professor of electrical engineering, dean, and provost, a major figure in the history fo Engineering Educaion in the United States. | Silicon Valley
Technology Biography Education | ||
PW-4463 | C.T. Sinclair, Editor in Chief (Note: filed under title) | Underground Systems Reference Book | 1931 | Reference book with chapters by multiple authors. Prepared by an Editorial Staff of the Underground Systems Committee Engineering National Section National Electric Light Association .
Covers all aspects of laying, maintaining, and operating Electric |
National Electric Light Association | New York | Electric Light
Cable |
PW-6093 | Cahan, David | An Institute for an Empire: The Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt 1871-1918 | 1989 | The history of the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt (The Imperial Institute of Physics and Technology) from 1871-1918. | Cambridge University Press | Cambridge | Technology
History |
PW-834 | Cahan. David | Meister der Messung: Die Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt im Deutschen Kais | 1992 | Cahan. David, Meister der Messung: Die Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt im Deutschen Kaiserreich. Weinheim, Germany: VCH, 1992. | VCH | Weinheim, Germany | Technology |
PW-6800 | Cahill, Kevin M., editor | Technology for Humanitarian Action | 2005 | This book deals with using various technologies for humanitarian assistance. It includes an essay Technology and Humanitarian Actions: A Historical Perspective, as well as articles regarding communications and support technologies used for humanitaria | Fordham University Press | New York | Technology
Humanitarian Disaster relief |
PW-3219 | Calabro, Marian | Making Things Work: PSE&G's First Century | 2003 | Greenwich Publishing Group, Inc. Lyme, CT, 2003 | Greenwich Publishing Group | Lyme CT | History
Centennial Utilities |
PW-4079 | Caldwell, Samuel H. | Switiching Circuits and Logical Design | 1958 | John Wiley and Sons | London | Switching
Circuit diagram circuit | |
PW-5023 | Caleb Pirtle III | Engineering the World: Stories from the First 75 years of Texas Instruments | 2005 | In photographs and anecdotes, the book tells TI's history of innovation in products and technologies, including the development of the first commercial silicon transistors, the first integrated circuits, and the first electronic hand-held calculators. To | Texas Instruments
History Biography Semiconductors Calculators | ||
PW-159 | Callick, E.B. | Metres to Microwaves: British Development of Active Components for Radar Systems | 1990 | Peter Peregrinus | London | History
Radar Microwaves Radar systems | |
PW-6557 | Cameron, Ian | The Impossible Dream: The building of the Panama Canal | 1971 | A history of the Panama Canal and the people who built it. The fFrench made an unsuccessful attempt to breach the Isthmus of Panama and build a canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Twenty-five years later the U.S. began its excavation project a | Hodder and Stoughton | London | Ferdinand de Lesseps
Theodore Roosevelt John Frank Stevens George Washington Gothals William Craford Gorgas Philippe Bunau-Varilla William Luther Sibert John Findley Wallace Panama Canal Civil Engineering Excavation Jules Dingler |
PW-6688 | Camm, F.J., editor | The Superhet Manual: A Handbook dealing with Principles, Design and Servising, and including Chapters on Aerials, Tone Control and Variable Selectivity | 1942 | A manual regarding various aspects of superheterodyne design, operation, and servicing. It also includes information on the fundamental principles of radio, the principle of the superheterodyne, and servicing the cathode ray tube. | Chemical Publishing Company | Brooklyn, NY | Textbooks
Radio Receivers Superheterodyne Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) |
PW-865 | Campbell, Mary, ed. | Legacies | 1994 | Campbell, Mary, ed., Legacies. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, 1994. | IEEE | Piscataway NJ | Electrical Engineering
Life Member Committee, IEEE Membership |
PW-3220 | Campbell-Kelly, Martin | From Airline Reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog: A History of the Software Industry | 2003 | MIT Press | Cambridge MA | Timeline
Computers Software | |
PW-3988 | Campbell-Kelly, Martin | The Computer Age | 1978 | Wayland Publishers | Hove, Britain | History
Computers Slide Rule Calculators Information Age Information Systems | |
PW-3280 | Campbell-Kelly, Martin; William Aspray; Nathan Ensmenger, Jeffrey R. Yost | Computer: A History of the Information Machine | 2014 | History of the computer from introduction for government and business purposes, to development of personal computers and software, to growth of Internet and socal networks. | Westview Press | Computers
Information Processing Data Processing Software Internet IBM Microsoft | |
PW-6561 | Canby, Edward Tatnall | A History of Electricity | 1963 | A brief illustrated history of electricity and related technology from the ancient era to the mid-twentieth century, with a focus on Western Civilization. | Hawthorn Books Inc. | New York | Electricity
Technology Science |
PW-999 | Cantelon, Philip L. | The History of MCI, The Early Years | 1993 | Cantelon, Philip L., The History of MCI, The Early Years. Dallas, TX: Heritage Press, 1993. | Heritage Press | Dallas | History
Telecommunications Microwaves |
PW-6054 | Caplow, Theodore & Hicks, Louis & Wattenberg, Ben J. | The First Measured Century: An Illustrated Guide to Trends in America, 1900-2000 | 2011 | A series of graphs on trends in the US on a variety of subjects including work, population, health, etc. from 1900-2000. | The AEI Press | Washington, DC | History |
PW-1462 | Carassa, Francesco | Il Sogno Dei Gagahertz: Dal ponte radio Milano-Roma all'esperimento Sirio | 2002 | Carassa, Francesco, Il Sogno Dei Gagahertz: Dal ponte radio Milano-Roma all'esperimento Sirio. Milano: Franco Agneli, 2002. | Franco Agneli | Milano | Radio
Communication |
PW-6221 | Carassa, Francesco | Il Sogno Dei Gigahertz | 2002 | FrancoAngeli | Milano | Telecommunications
Radio Television History | |
PW-168 | Carding, Janet et. al. | Guide to the History of Technology in Europe | 1992 | Science Museum | London | History
Technology | |
PW-956 | Cardot, Fabienne, ed. | La France des Électriciens, 1880-1980 | 1986 | Cardot, Fabienne, ed., La France des Électriciens, 1880-1980. Acts du deuxième colloque de l'Association pour l'histoire de l'électricité en France, Paris, 16-18 avril 1985, Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1986. | Presses Universitaires de France | Paris | Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineers |
PW-957 | Cardot, Fabienne, ed. | 1880-1980, Un Siècle D'Électricité dans le Monde | 1987 | Cardot, Fabienne, ed., 1880-1980, Un Siècle D'Électricité dans le Monde. Acts du Premier colloque international de'histoire de l'électricité, organisé par l'Association pour l'histoire de l'électricité en France, Paris, 15-78 avril 1986, Paris: Presses | Presses Universitaires de France | Paris | Electricity
Power Distribution History |
PW-6092 | Cardwell, D.S.L. | Turning Points in Western Technology: A Study of Technology, Science, and History | 1972 | A history of important events in technology and science from the 17th century until the 20th century. | Science History Publications | New York | Technology
History |
PW-6134 | Carlin, Benson | Ultrasonics | 1949 | Ultrasonics | McGraw-Hill | New York | |
PW-1575 | Carlson, W. | Invention Science and Business: The Professional Career of Elihu Thomson.. | 1984 | Carlson, W., Invention Science and Business: The Professional Career of Elihu Thomson, 1870-1900. University of Pennsylvania; Doctoral Dissertation, 1984. | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | Biography |
PW-1229 | Carlson, W. Bernard | Technology in World History: Volume 5: The Industrial Age | 2005 | History of Technology. Early Modern Europe. Scientific Revolution. Exploration. Expansion. Steam Power. Railroads. Industrialization. Textile. | Oxford University Press | Modern Europe
Scientific Revolution Steam Power Railroads Canals Transportation Textile | |
PW-1230 | Carlson, W. Bernard | Technology in World History, Vol. 6: The Modern World | Library | History of Technology, 20th Century. Carlson, W. Bernard. Textbook. | Oxford University Press | Electricity
Cars Communication Radio Appliance World War I World War II Nuclear Weapon Soviet Union Cold War Space Race Five-Year Plan | |
PW-169 | Carlson, W. Bernard | Innovation as a Social Process: Elihu Thomson and the Rise of General Electric, | 1991 | Carlson, W. Bernard, Innovation as a Social Process: Elihu Thomson and the Rise of General Electric, 1870-1900. 1991. | Cambridge University Press | Cambridge | History
General Electric Innovation |
PW-2007 | Carlson, W. Bernard | Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age | 2013 | Scholarly biography focusing on Tesla's inventions and his promotion of them. | Princeton University Press | Princeton, New Jersey | Invention
Inventors Electric power Power transmission Westinghouse Corporation |
PW-6225 | Carlson, W. Bernard (Ed.) | Technology in World History, Volume 1, Prehistoric and Ancient World | 2005 | First volume in a seven volume series for youth on the history of technology, showing how historical change stimulates new technologies and how technological innovation impacts the course of history. Designed to fit both science and world history curricu | Oxford University Press | New York | Textbooks
Technology Technological Innovations History |
PW-6226 | Carlson, W. Bernard (Ed.) | Technology in World History, Volume 2, Early Empires | 2005 | Second volume in a seven volume series for youth on the history of technology, showing how historical change stimulates new technologies and how technological innovation impacts the course of history. Designed to fit both science and world history curric | Oxford University Press | New York | Textbooks
Technology Technological Innovations History |
PW-6227 | Carlson, W. Bernard (Ed.) | Technology in World History, Volume 3, The Medieval World | 2005 | Third volume in a seven volume series for youth on the history of technology, showing how historical change stimulates new technologies and how technological innovation impacts the course of history. Designed to fit both science and world history curricu | Oxford University Press | New York | Textbooks
Technology Technological Innovations History |
PW-6228 | Carlson, W. Bernard (Ed.) | Technology in World History, Volume 4, Traditional Cultures | 2005 | Fourth volume in a seven volume series for youth on the history of technology, showing how historical change stimulates new technologies and how technological innovation impacts the course of history. Designed to fit both science and world history curric | Oxford University Press | New York | Textbooks
Technology Technological Innovations History |
PW-6229 | Carlson, W. Bernard (Ed.) | Technology in World History, Volume 7, Reference Volume and Set Index | 2005 | Seventh volume in a seven volume series for youth on the history of technology, showing how historical change stimulates new technologies and how technological innovation impacts the course of history. Designed to fit both science and world history curri | Oxford University Press | New York | Textbooks
Technology Technological Innovations History |
PW-175 | Caron, Francois, and Fabienne Cardot, eds. | Histoire générale de L'Électricité en France, Tome Premier: Espoir et Conquetes, | 1991 | Caron, Francois, and Fabienne Cardot, eds., Histoire générale de L'Électricité en France, Tome Premier: Espoir et Conquetes, 1881-1918, Paris: Fayard, 1991. | Fayard | Paris | History
Power Distribution |
PW-6241 | Caron, Francois, editor | L'electricite en reseaux: Networks of Power | June 2004 | Proceedings of a conference held to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the publication of Thomas Hughes book Networks of Power. Papers by Christophe Bouneau, Pascal Griset, William Hausman, Dominique Barjot, Gineete Kurgan, Martin Chick, Richard Hirsh, Da | Victoires-Editions | Paris | |
PW-3937 | Carr, Nicholas | The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, From Edison to Google. | 2008 | Carr, Nicholas. 2008. The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, From Edison to Google. New York: W. W Norton & Company | W. W Norton & Company | New York | History
Internet Electricity Computers |
PW-6591 | Carrajat, Patrick A. | The History of the Elevator Industry in America, 1850 - 2001 | Elevator
Mechanical engineering | ||||
PW-6131 | Carroll, Grady C. | Industrial Process Measuring Instruments | 1962 | Industrial Process Measuring Instruments | McGraw-Hill | New York | Measuring Instruments |
PW-6176 | Carruth, Gorton | The Encyclopedia of American Facts & Dates, 8th ed. | 1987 | The Encyclopedia of American Facts & Dates, 8th ed. | Harper & Row | New York | History |
PW-4074 | Carson, John R. | Electric Circuit Theory and the Operational Calculus | 1926 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Circuit systems
Circuit diagram | |
PW-2540 | Cary, Norman Miller Jr. | Guide to U.S. Army Museums and Historic Sites. | 1975 | A Bicentenial Publication | Center for Military History, Department of the Army | Washington, DC | Museums
Historic Sites |
PW-3895 | Casazza, Jack | Forgotten Roots: Electric Power Profits Democracy and a Profession | 2007 | Casazza, Jack, Forgotten Roots: Electric Power Profits Democracy and a Profession, Casazza PE, Springfield, Virginia, 2007 | Casazza PE | Springfield, Virginia | Power Engineering Society (PES)
Power Industry Government blackouts History |
PW-6660 | Casey, Robert | The Model T: A Centennial History | 2016 | Casey is the retired John and Horace Dodge Curator of Transportation at The Henry Ford (museum). Casey discusses how the car was designed, built, sold (1908-1927) and driven, as well as how owners tinkered with it. The first Model T rolled off the assemb | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | Ford Model T
Automobile Henry Ford Ford Motor Company Advertising Assembly Line |
PW-6544 | Cassedy, Steven | Connected: How Trains, Genes, Pineapples, Piano Keys, and a Few Disasters Transformed Americans at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century | 2014 | The author claims that due to new technologies ... ordinary informed Americans were more connected to their fellow citizens than ever. The author focues on networks of technology, espeically the railroad, built in the U.S. in the late 19th and early 2 | Stanford University Press | Stanford, CA | Railroad
United States Consumerism Technology Appliances Networks |
PW-2506 | Catania, Basilio | ANTONIO MEUCCI: L'INVENTORE E IL SUO TEMPO, New York 1850-1871 | 1996 | Catania, Basilio, ANTONIO MEUCCI: L'INVENTORE E IL SUO TEMPO, New York 1850-1871, 1996. | SEAT | Torino | Telephone history
Biography |
PW-2507 | Catania, Basilio | ANTONIO MEUCCI: L'INVENTORE E IL SUO TEMPO, da Firenze a L'Avana, 1994 | 1994 | Catania, Basilio, ANTONIO MEUCCI: L'INVENTORE E IL SUO TEMPO, da Firenze a L'Avana, 1994. | SEAT | Torino | History
Biography |
PW-2508 | Catania, Basilio | ANTONIO MEUCCI: L'INVENTORE E IL SUO TEMPO, da Firenze a L'Avana, ADDENDUM, 1995 | 1995 | Catania, Basilio, ANTONIO MEUCCI: L'INVENTORE E IL SUO TEMPO, da Firenze a L'Avana, ADDENDUM, 1995. | SEAT | Torino | History
Biography |
PW-6160 | Cathey, Jimmie J. & Nasar, Syed A. | Basic Electrical Engineering | 1997 | A reference book on basic electrical engineering methods, techniques, etc. | McGraw-Hill | New York | Electrical Engineering |
PW-6564 | Cauffield, Joyce V.B., and Carolyn E. Banfield, editors; Noel Martin, designer | The River Book: Cincinnati and the Ohio | 1981 | A history of the Ohio River and the region along its banks in the Cincinnati area. Scholars provide twenty-eight articles, with photographs and illustrations, regarding the relationship between the Ohio River and the Cincinnati region. | Program for Cincinnati | Ohio River
Cincinnati, OH Transportation Bridges Canals Steamboats | |
PW-958 | Centro da Memória da Eletricidade no Brasil | Panorama do Setor de Energia Elétrica no Brasil | 1988 | Centro da Memória da Eletricidade no Brasil, Panorama do Setor de Energia Elétrica no Brasil. Rio De Janeiro: Centro da Memória da Eletricidade no Brasil, 1988. | Centro da Memória da Eletricidade no Brasil, | Rio de Janeiro | Power
Power Distribution Electrical Engineering |
PW-2155 | Cerruzzi, Paul | A History of Modern Computing | 1998 | Largely American-based survey of computer innovation in contexts of Cold War, IBM dominance, rise of software's importance, and place of computing in democracies from 1940s to 1995, focusing on initial commercialization in the late 1940s; minicomputers i | MIT Press | Cambridge MA | Computing
Computers Data processing, electronic Software Computer programming |
PW-6239 | Ceruzzi, Paul E | Computing: A Concise History | 2012 | As the title says...part of the MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA, USA | |
PW-2401 | Ceruzzi, Paul E. | Internet Alley: High Technology in Tysons Corner, 1945-2005 | 2008 | How Tysons Corner came to have the 3rd largest concentration of high-tech employment in the United States, beginning with systems engineering firms contracting with the Pentagon. | The MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Computing
History Information Age Internet Defense Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Systems Engineering |
PW-2403 | Ceruzzi, Paul E. | A History of Modern Computing | 2003 | Largely American-based survey of computer innovation in contexts of Cold War, IBM dominance, rise of software's importance, and place of computing in democracies from 1940s to 1995, focusing on initial commercialization in the late 1940s; minicomputers i | The MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Computing
Computers Software Data processing |
PW-3993 | Ceruzzi, Paul E. | Reckoners: The Prehistory of the Digital Computer, from Relays to the Stored Program Concept, 1935-1945 | 1983 | Greenwood Press | London | History
Computers | |
PW-6013 | Ceruzzi, Paul E. | Beyond the Limits: Flight Enter the Computer Age | 1989 | A book devoted to computers and flight and the intersections of the histories and achievements of these two subjects. | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Computers
Aerospace |
PW-1571 | Chadbourne, H. Lincoln | Leonard D. Wildman and the First Alaskan Radio: How in in 1904 a Talented Naval Officer Put Seward Peninsula in Rapid Year Round Communication with the World | 1984 | Chadbourne, H. Lincoln, Leonard D. Wildman and the First Alaskan Radio. 1984.
How in in 1904 a Talented Naval Officer Put Seward Peninsula in Rapid Year Round Communication with the World |
Unpublished Manuscript | Radio
Biography | |
PW-1087 | Chadeau, Emmanuel | L'Ambition Technologique: Naissance D'Ariane | 1995 | Chadeau, Emmanuel, L'Ambition Technologique: Naissance D'Ariane. Paris: l'Institut d'Histoire de l'Industrie, 1995. | l'Institut d'Histoire de l'Industrie | Paris | Chronology/Timeline
Technological Innovations Technology History |
PW-4080 | Chaffee, E. Leon | Theory of Thermonic Vacuum Tubes | 1933 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | London | Tubes, Vacuum
Theory | |
PW-4425 | Chambers, Joseph R. | Concept to Reality: Contributions of the NASA Langley Research Center to U.S. Civil Aircraft of the 1990s. | 2003 | Chambers, Joseph R. Concept to Reality: Contributions of the NASA Langley Research Center to U.S. Civil Aircraft of the 1990s. (NASA SP-2003-4529) | NASA | Washington, DC | Aeronautical Engineering
Aeronautics Testing National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Airplanes Civil Aviation |
PW-4369 | Chance, B., Hughes, V., MacNichol, E.F., Sayre, D. & Williams, F.C. (Eds.) | Waveforms (Volume 19) | 1949 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Radiation laboratory (RadLab)
Radar Waveguides | |
PW-2862 | Chandler, Alfred D. | Inventing the Electronic Century: The Epic Story of the Consumer Electronics and Computer Industries | 2005 | Harvard University Press | Cambridge MA | Consumer electronics
Computer industry Japan, 20th century | |
PW-3296 | Chandler, Alfred D. Jr. | Inventing the Electronic Century: The Epic Story of the Consumer Electronics and Computer Industries | 2001 | Comparative business history of consumer electronics and computer industries, explaining technological innovations and the management decisions that resulted in Japan's rise to global leadership in consumer electronics by 1980s and continued U.S. dominan | Ther Free Press | New York | Consumer electronics
Computer industry Japan, 20th century Industrial management Industry, electronics |
PW-6579 | Chandler, Alfred D., Jr. | The Railroads: The Nation's First Big Business: Sources and Readings | 1965 | A history of the railroad as America's first big business. The railroad was part of the mid-nineteenth century transportation revolution in the United States. The adoption of the railroad, together with the telegraph and ocean-going steamship, forged a | Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. | New York | Railroad
Business Economic development United States Industrialization |
PW-6063 | Channell, David F. | The History of Engineering Science: An Annotated Bibliography | 1989 | An annotated bibliography on the history of engineering science. | Garland Publishing Inc. | New York | History
Engineering |
PW-1023 | Chaplin, Charlie | Modern Times | 1936 | Movie, 1936. A classic Critique of mid-20th century factory, and of depression era conditions. Using silent film techniques and recorded sounds, a critique of the triumph of sound motion pictures over silent film. This film is also the last appearance | Movies
Factory | ||
PW-960 | Chapuis, Robert and Joel, Amos E., Jr. | Electronics, Computers and Telephone Switching: A book of technological history as Volume 2: 1960 - 1985 of '100 Years of Telephone Switching' | 1990 | Chapuis, Robert and Joel, Amos E., Jr., Electronics, Computers and Telephone Switching: A book of technological history as Volume 2: 1960-1985 of '100 Years of Telephone Switching.' Amsterdam: North Holland Publishing Company, 1990. | North-Holland Telecommunications | Amsterdam | Switching
telephones Computers Electronics History Telecommunications American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) |
PW-959 | Chapuis, Robert J. | 100 Years of Telephones Switching (1878-1978): Part 1, Manual and Electromechanical Switching | 1982 | Chapuis, Robert J., 100 Years of Telephones Switching (1878-1978): Part 1, Manual and Electromechanical Switching (1878-1960s). Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1982. | North-Holland Publishing Company | Amsterdam | Switching
telephones History American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) Telecommunications |
PW-5064 | Charles Perrow | Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies | 1999 | Normal Accidents analyzes the social side of technological risk. The author argues that the conventional engineering approach to ensuring safety--building in more warnings and safeguards--fails because systems complexity makes failures inevitable. He a | Technology
Innovation Safety Standards Policy | ||
PW-4346 | Charles Scrinbers's Sons | Concise Dictionary of American Biography | 1980 | Complete to 1960. Short biographical articles condensed from articles in the old Dictionary of American Biography. | Charles Scrinbers's Sons | New York | Biography |
PW-5101 | Charles Seife | Sun in a bottle: The strange history of fusion and the Science of wishful thinking | 2008 | This book is a history nuclear fusion designed for non-specialist audiences. The author populates his narrative with daring geniuses, villains, and victims, all of whom attempted to develop this technology. These people include Andrei Sakharov, Strange | Innovation
Innovators Energy Energy usage Fusion, Nuclear Culture Technology | ||
PW-1631 | Cheney, Margaret | Tesla: Man Out of Time | 1981 | Cheney, Margaret, Tesla: Man Out of Time. 1981 | Dell | New York | History
Biography |
PW-6141 | Cherry, Colin | On Human Communication: A Review, A Survey, and A Criticism | 1957 | Human Communication | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Communication |
PW-3630 | Chertok, B.E. | Rockets and People: Vol. IV The Moon Race | 2012 | Chertok, Boris. Siddiqi, Asif. Space Race. Russia. Cold War. Sergey Korolev. 1968-1974. | Rockets
Space Race Russia Technology Cold War | ||
PW-4454 | Chertok, Boris | Rockets and People, Volume III: Hot Days of the Cold War | 2009 | Chertok, Boris. Rockets and People, Volume III: Hot Days of the Cold War. Washington, DC: NASA History Division, 2009. | NASA | Washington, DC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Rockets Culture Cold War History Autobiography Missiles Air Defense Soviet Union (USSR) Space Programs Space Exploration Spacecraft Design |
PW-3636 | Chertok, Boris E | Rockets and People, Vol. I | 2005 | Chertok, Boris E., Rockets and People, Vol. I. Washington, DC: NASA History Series, 2005. | NASA | Washington D. C. | World War II
History Missiles Avionics Rockets National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
PW-3613 | Chertok, Boris Evseevich | Rockets and People, Vol. II: Building a Rocket Industry | 2005 | Ziani de Ferranti and Richard B. Ince The life and letters of Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti 1956 | NASA | Washington, D. C. | History
Aviation Avionics rockets Guidance System Space World War II National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
PW-6152 | Chestnut, Harold | Systems Engineering Methods | 1967 | Systems Engineering Methods | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | New York | Engineering |
PW-4082 | Chestnut, Harold and Robert W. Mayer | Servomechanisms and Regulating System Design Volume 1 | 1951 | John Wiley and Sons | New York | Systems
Systems Engineering | |
PW-4203 | Chiao, Raymond Y. | Amazing light: A Volume Dedicated to Charles Hard Townes on his 80th Birthday | 1996 | Springer-Verlag | New York | Anniversary
Illumination | |
PW-4218 | Chikowero, Moses | Electrification, Urbanization and Social Inequality in Southern Rhodesia: The Case of Bulawayo, 1894-1945 | 2004 | Master's Thesis from Dalhousie University by Moses Chikowero, who received a grant from the IEEE History Center to complete it. | Dalhousie University | Halifax, NS, Canada | |
PW-1294 | Christiansen, Donald ed. | A History of the Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Young Electrical Engineer Award | 1986 | Christiansen, Donald ed., A History of the Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Young Electrical Engineer Award. 1986 2 copies
HKN |
Eta Kappa Nu Association | Eta Kappa Nu Award
Awards History | |
PW-1336 | Christiansen, Donald ed. | Engineering Excellence: Cultural and Organizational Factors | 1987 | Christiansen, Donald ed., Engineering Excellence: Cultural and Organizational Factors. New York: IEEE Press, 1987. | IEEE Press | New York | engineering |
PW-4081 | Churchhill, Ruel V. | Fourier Series and Boundary Value Problems | 1941 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Mathematics | |
PW-6149 | Churchill, Ruel V. | Modern Operational Mathematics in Engineering | 1944 | Modern Operational Mathematics in Engineering | McGraw-Hill | New York | Mathematics
Engineering |
PW-3596 | Civrich, Zorica | The Orders from Nikola tesla Legacy | 2001 | Zorica Civrich, The Orders from Nikola tesla Legacy, Nikola Tesla Museum, Belgrade, 2001
2 copies |
Nikola Tesla Museum | Belgrade | Biography |
PW-963 | Clarfield, Gerard and Wiecek, William | Nuclear America: Military and Civilian Nuclear Power in the United States, 1940 - 1980 | 1984 | Clarfield, Gerard and Wiecek, William, Nuclear America: Military and Civilian Nuclear Power in the United States, 1940-1980. New York: Harper & Row, 1984, | Harper & Row | New York | Nuclear Power
Military |
PW-4978 | Clark R. Mollenhoff | Atanasoff: Forgotten Father of the Computer | 1988 | This is the first full-scale examination of the Atanasoff Berry computer, invented by John Vincent Atanasoff in the late 1930s. | Computer Engineering
Computers History Innovators | ||
PW-1573 | Clark, Mark Henry | The Magnetic Recording Industry, 1878-1960: An International Study... | 1992 | Clark, Mark Henry, The Magnetic Recording Industry, 1878-1960: An International Study in Business and Technology. University of Delaware: Doctoral Dissertation, 1992. | University of Delaware | Newark, Delaware | Recording
Magnetic Recording History |
PW-2463 | Clausen, Carlo | Catalogo delle Opere di elettricita e Magnetismo | 1898 | Clausen, Carlo, Catalogo delle Opere di elettricita e Magnetismo. Torino, 1898. | Turin | Electrical Engineering
Magnetism History | |
PW-964 | Clayton, Robert and Algar, Joan | The GEC Research Laboratories, 1919-1984 | 1989 | Clayton, Robert and Algar, Joan, The GEC Research Laboratories, 1919-1984. London: Peter Peregrinus Ltd., 1989. | Peter Peregrinus Ltd. | London | History
Research Facility Laboratories |
PW-965 | Clifford, G.D. and Sharp, F.W. | A Twentieth Century Professional Institution: The Story of the I.E.R.E., 1925-1988 | 1989 | Clifford, G.D. and Sharp, F.W., A Twentieth Century Professional Institution: The Story of the I.E.R.E., 1925-1988. London: Peter Peregrinus Press, 1989. | Peter Peregrinus Ltd. | London | Professional Groups
History |
PW-4179 | Clothier, H. W | Switchgear Stages | 1933 | G.F Laybourne and Co. | London | Switchgear | |
PW-3910 | Clothier, H. W. | Switchgear Stages | 1933 | Switchgears power plants and other electrical power applications. A collected record of papers, discussions and articles. . | G. F. Laybourne & Co., ltd | Newcastle on Tyne, England | Distribution
Switchgear Power Distribution Power Generation Power Industry Power Plant (Generating Station) |
PW-966 | Coates, Vary, and Finn, Bernard | A Retrospective Technology Assessment: Submarine Telegraphy, The Transatlantic Cable of 1866 | 1979 | Coates, Vary, and Finn, Bernard, A Retrospective Technology Assessment: Submarine Telegraphy, The Transatlantic Cable of 1866. San Francisco: The San Francisco Press, Inc., 1979 | The San Francisco Press | San Francisco | Telegraphy
Transatlantic Cable Transatlantic Communication History |
PW-967 | Cochrane, Rexmond C. | Measures for Progress: A History of the National Bureau of Standards | 1974 | Cochrane, Rexmond C., Measures for Progress: A History of the National Bureau of Standards. Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1974. | U.S. Dept. of Commerce | Washington D. C. | National Bureau of Standards (NBS)
History |
PW-4075 | Cockrell, W. D | Industrial Electronic Control: A Guide to Understanding of Electronic Control Circuits for Industrial Uses | 1944 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Automatic Control
Guide Book | |
PW-1134 | Coe, Lewis | The Telephone and Its Several Inventors | 1995 | Coe, Lewis, The Telephone and Its Several Inventors. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 1995. | McFarland & Company | Jefferson NC | Chronology/Timeline
History Telephones Communication Inventors |
PW-1434 | Coe, Lewis | Wireless Radio: A Brief History | 1996 | McFarland & Company | Jefferson NC | Radio
History Wireless communications | |
PW-192 | Coe, Lewis | The Telegraph: A History of Morse's Invention and Its Predecessors in the United States | 1993 | Coe, Lewis, The Telegraph: A History of Morse's Invention and its Predecessors in the United States. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1993. | McFarland & Company, Inc. | Jefferson, NC | History
Telegraphers Telegraphy Communication Sameul F.B. Morse Inventors |
PW-4324 | Cohen, I Bernard | The Triumph of Numbers. How Counting Shapted Modern Life | 2005 | W. W. Norton and Co. | New York | Mathematics | |
PW-6046 | Cohen, I. Bernard | Revolution in Science | 1985 | A history of revolutions in science from the 17th until the 20th century. | Harvard University Press | Cambridge, MA | History |
PW-6016 | Cohen, Paul S. & Cohen, Brenda H. | America's Scientific Treasures: A Travel Companion | 1998 | A travel guide for America's scientific places of interest, including monuments, museums, and other landmarks. | American Chemical Society | Washington, DC | Monument
Historic Sites History |
PW-3586 | Colburn, Robert D. | The Marconi Century (Il Secolo di Marconi) | 2004 | Colburn, Robert D., The Marconi Century, Marconi International Fellowship Foundation, New York, NY, 2004. Two copies, one in English and one in Italian | Marconi Foundation at Columbia University | New York | Telecommunications
fiber optics lasers microprocessors Modem algorithms cryptology |
PW-968 | Coleman, Charles M. | PG&E of California: The Centennial Story of Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 18 | 1952 | Coleman, Charles M., PG&E of California: The Centennial Story of Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 1852-1952. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1952. | McGraw Hill | New York | Centennial
History Utilities |
PW-6574 | Coleman, E. Gabriella | Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking | 2013 | An athropologist offers an ethnographic study of the origins and evolution of open source software subculture. It examines hackers and hacking as a technical, aesthetic, and moral project; the politics of acess; and intellectual property. | Princeton University Press | Princeton, NJ | Computer Hackers
Computer Programming Intellectual Freedom Intellectual Property Ethics Software - free and open-source software
|
PW-5999 | Coll, Steve | The Deal of the Century: The Breakup of AT&T | 1986 | This book covers the deal of the century (the breakup of AT&T) and the political and financial scheming that occurred behind the scenes during the deal-making and law-breaking sessions between AT&T, MCI, and the US government. | Atheneum | New York | American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T)
Telecommunications |
PW-1584 | Collett, John Peter, ed. | Making Sense of Space: The History of Norweigian Space Activities | 1995 | Collett, John Peter, ed., Making Sense of Space: The History of Norweigian Space Activities. Oslo: Scandinavian University Press, 1995. | Scandanavian University Press | Oslo | Space Programs
History Aerospace |
PW-6517 | Collins, Douglas | The Story of Kodak | 1990 | This is a history of Kodak and the Eastman Kodak Company as well as a history of photography. It is the story of the Eastman Kodak Company's contribution to science, technology, art, and popular culture. It is also a biography of George Eastman, who had | Harry N. Abrams, Inc. | New York | George Eastman
Photographic Industry - History - United States Photographic Film Industry - History - United States Motion Pictures Camera Industry - History - United States Eastman Kodak Company - History |
PW-3595 | Collins, Harley | Hydro Electric Power in Monroe and Northampton Counties | 2004 | Harley Collins, Hydro Electric Power in Monroe and Northampton Counties, (self-published), Bath, PA, 2004 | Self-published | Bath PA | Power Plant (Generating Station)
Power Power Industry Hydroelectricity |
PW-4327 | Collins, Martin J. | Oral History on Space, Science, and Technology A Catalog of the Collectiion of the Department of Space History, National Air and Space Museum | 1993 | National Air and Space Museuem | Washington, DC | Oral History
Space Space Exploration | |
PW-6599 | Collins, Philip | Radios: The Golden Age | 1987 | American radios manufactured between the late 1920s and the early 1940s | Chronicle Books | San Francisco | Radio
Popular Culture Manufacturing |
PW-881 | Collins, Theresa M., Lisa Gitelman, and Gregory Jankunis | Thomas Edison and Modern America: A Brief History with Documents | 2002 | Collins, Theresa M., Lisa Gitelman, and Gregory Jankunis. Thomas Edison and Modern America: A Brief History with Documents. Boston: Bedford St. Martin's, 2002. | Bedford St. Martin's | Boston | History
Electrical Engineering Biography |
PW-4343 | Committee on History and Heritage of American Civil Engineering | A Biographical Dictionary of American Civil Engineers | 1972 | American Society of Civil Engineers | New York | Engineers
Civil Engineering Biography | |
PW-3110 | Conant, Jennet | Tuxedo Park | 2002 | Conant, Jennet. Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. | Simon and Schuster | New York | Biography
Atomic Bomb Research World War II Radar |
PW-969 | Conniff, James C.G., and Conniff, Richard | The Energy People: A History of PSE&G | 1978 | Conniff, James C.G., and Conniff, Richard, The Energy People: A History of PSE&G. Newark, NJ: Public Service Electric and Gas, 1978. | PSE&G | Newark NJ |
History Utilities |
PW-1211 | Conot, Robert | A Streak of Luck: The Life and Legend of Thomas Alva Edison | 1979 | Conot, Robert, A Streak of Luck: The Life and Legend of Thomas Alva Edison. New York: Seaview Books, 1979. | Seaview Books | New York | Biography |
PW-2320 | Consolidated Edison | 100 Years of Electric Service in New York | Consolidated Edison , 100 Years of Electric Service in New York. | Consolidated Edison |
New York City Centennial History Power Industry | ||
PW-6238 | Converse, Elliott V. | History of Acquisition in the Department of Defense, Volume I: Rearming for the Cold War 1945-1960 | 2012 | Government history of Cold War R&D | Historical Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense | Washington, DC | Military |
PW-6551 | Conway, Erik M. | Exploration and Engineering: The Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Quest for Mars | 2015 | Conway, JPL's historian, provides a history of planetary exploration during the last half century with a focus on Mars. This is a history of the Mars program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Space Exploration Planetary Exploration Mars |
PW-6494 | Conway, Flo and Jim Siegelman | Dark Hero of the Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener the Father of Cybernetics | 2005 | A biography of Norbert Wiener and his contributions to cybernetics and the creation of the Information Age. | Basic Books | New York | Cybernetics
Norbert Wiener Information Age Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Biography |
PW-4296 | Cook, Arthur L. | Electric Wiring for Lighting and Power Installations | 1933 | John Wiley & Sons | New York | Wiring
Lighting Power | |
PW-6128 | Cook, Arthur L. | Elements of Electrical Engineering: A Textbook of Principles and Practice | 1929 | Elements of electrical engineering | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | New York | Electrical Engineering |
PW-3883 | Cooke, Gilmore G. | The Story of the L Street Power Station, 1898-2006 | 2007 | Exelon Corporation | Kennett Square PA | History
Power Plant (Generating Station) | |
PW-4249 | Cooke, Nelson M., ed. | Allied's Radio Data Handbook | 1943 | Allied Radio Corporation | Chicago | Radio | |
PW-6497 | Cooper Hewitt | Tools: Extending Our Reach | 2014 | This is the catalog accompanying the exhibit, Tools: Extending Our Reach, at Cooper Hewitt, Smithonian Design Museum. The exhibit was open from 12 December 2014 to 25 May 2015. The 175 objects chosen for this publication and exhibit are orgaized into | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum | New York | Tools
Design Museums Exhibition Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
PW-2146 | Cooper, Gail | Air-Conditioning America: Engineers and the Controlled Environment, 1900-1960 | 1998 | pp 213. | Johns Hopkins Press | Baltimore MD | Climate control
Air Conditioning |
PW-3959 | Coopersmith, Joanathan | Faxed: The Rise and Fall of the Fax Macnine | 2015 | A history of fax from its invention in 1843 by Alexander Bain to its heydey in the 1990s to its decline in recent years. | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore, MD | Facsimile
History |
PW-4386 | Coopersmith, Jonathan C. | The Electtification of Russia, 1880-1926 | 1985 | Doctoral Dissertation, Brasenose College, Oxford University. | Electricity
Electrical Industry, Russian Electrification, Russian Electrical Industry, Soviet Electrification, Soviet | ||
PW-3896 | Copeland, B. Jack and others | Colossus: The Secrets of Bletchley Park's Codebreaking Computers | 2007 | Edited collection of articles on computer and cryptographic activities at Bletchley Park during and after World War II. | Oxford University Press | London | Cryptography
History World War II
|
PW-6059 | Copeland, Peter | Sound Recordings | 1991 | A history of sound recordings. | The British Library | London | Sound (Audio technologies in general)
Sound recording |
PW-6142 | Copp, Newton H. & Zanella, Andrew W. | The Electrification of Los Angeles: Engineering, Science, and History | 1990 | A history of the electrification of Los Angeles. | MIT Press & McGraw-Hill | Cambridge, MA | Electrification
History |
PW-203 | Copp, Newton H., and Andrew W. Zanella | Discovery, Innovation, and Risk: Case Studies in Science and Technology | 1992 | Copp, Newton H., and Andrew W. Zanella, Discovery, Innovation, and Risk: Case Studies in Science and Technology. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1992. | MIT Press | Cambridge MA | History
Innovation Technology Technological Innovations Research and Development (R&D) |
PW-4077 | Copper Development Association | Copper for bus-Bar Purposes | 1936 | Copper development Association | London | Electrical Engineering | |
PW-1539 | Corn, Joseph J., and Brian Horrigan | Yesterday's Tomorrow: Past Visions of the American Future | 1996 | Corn, Joseph J., and Brian Horrigan, Yesterday's Tomorrow: Past Visions of the American Future. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University, 1996. | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore MD | History
Technology |
PW-970 | Corn, Joseph J., ed. | Imagining Tomorrow: History, Technology, and the American Future | 1986 | Corn, Joseph J., ed., Imagining Tomorrow: History, Technology, and the American Future. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1986. | MIT Press | Cambridge MA | Marketing
History Technology |
PW-4468 | Cortada, James W | Information Technology as Business History: Issues in the History and management of Computers | 1996 | historical impact of computers on management | Greenwood Press | Westport, CT | Computing
Computer Industry Management Businesses |
PW-205 | Cortada, James W. | The Computer in the United States: From Laboratory to Market, 1930 to 1960 | 1993 | Cortada, James W., The Computer in the United States: From Laboratory to Market, 1930 to 1960. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1993. | M.E. Sharpe | Armonk NY | History
Computers Computer Industry |
PW-3656 | Cortada, James W. | The Digital Hand, Volume 1: How Computers Changed the Work of American Manufacturing, Transportation, and Retail Industries. | 2004 | Cortada, James W. The Digital Hand, Volume 1: How Computers Changed the Work of American Manufacturing, Transportation, and Retail Industries. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. Pp. xvi + 494.
2 vols. |
Oxford University | New York | History
Computers Computer Technology Transportation Manufacturing |
PW-3657 | Cortada, James W. | The Digital Hand, Volume 2. : How Computers Changed the Work of American Financial, ., Telecommunications, Media, and Entertainment Industries. | 2004 | Cortada, James W. The Digital Hand: . New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. Colume 2
2 vols. |
Oxford University | New York | History
Computers Computer Technology Telecommunications Entertainment Finances |
PW-3969 | Cortada, James W. | How Societies Embrace Information Technology: Lessons for Management and the Rest of Us | 2009 | IEEE Computer Society and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | Hoboken | Technology
Culture Information Technology | |
PW-5982 | Cortada, James W. | Before the Computer: IBM, NCR, Burroughs, and Remington Rand and the Industry They Created 1865-1956 | 1993 | An exploration into the history of the data processing industry in the US from 1865-1956 prior to the introduction of computers as a primary tool in the office. | Princeton University Press | Princeton, NJ | Data processing
History Computers Office equipment Typewriter IBM Punch Card System Punch card Punch Card Reader Cash Registers World War II |
PW-6457 | Cortada, James W. | All the Facts: A History of Information in the United States Since 1870 | 2016 | This book presents a history of the role of information in the United States since 1870. The author argues that citizens and their institutions used information as tools to augment their work and private lives, and they used facts to help shape how the c | Oxford University Press | New York | Information processing
Business Education Government |
PW-3989 | Cortada, James W. (Compiler) | An Annotated Bibliography of the History of Data Processing | 1983 | Greenwood Press | London | Bibliography
Data processing History | |
PW-3990 | Cortada, James W. (Compiler) | Second Bibliographic Guide to the History of Computing, Computers, and the Information Processing Industry | 1996 | Greenwood Press | London | Bibliography
Computers History Information processing | |
PW-3991 | Cortada, James W. (Compiler) | A Bibliographic Guide to the History of Computer Applications, 1950-1990 | 1996 | Greenwood Press | London | Bibliography
Computers History | |
PW-2033 | Cortada, James W., ed. | Rise of the Knowledge Worker. | 1998 | Cortada, James W., editor Rise of the Knowledge Worker. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1998. | Butterworth-Heinemann | History
information Systems Information Age | |
PW-4076 | Cowan, Lester (edited) | Recording Sound for Motion pictures | 1931 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Recording
Movies Sound recording | |
PW-6492 | Cowan, Ruth Schwartz | A Social History of American Technology | 1997 | A history of technology and society in the United States. | Oxford University Press | New York | Technology - social aspects - United States - History |
PW-6178 | Cox, James A. | A Century of Light | 1979 | Documenting electric light in the US from Edison until the 1970s. | The Benjamin Company, Inc. | New York | Electric Light
History |
PW-6538 | Craddock, David L. | Dungeon Hacks: How Nethack, Angband, and Other Roguelikes Changed the Course of Video Games | 2015 | Chapters and interviews with creators of Beneath Apple Manor, Rogue, Nethack, Moria, Angband, Ancient Domains of Mystery | Video Games | ||
PW-3279 | Cragon, Harvey G. | From Fish to Colossus: How the German Lorenz Cipher Was Broken at Bletchley Park | 2003 | Cragon, Harvey G., From Fish to Colossus: How the German Lorenz Cipher was Broken at Bletchley Park, Cragon Books, Dallas, TX, 2003
History of the development of the Colossus and other codebreaking machines at Bletchley Park, along with the mathematic |
Cragon Books | Dallas TX | History
Cryptography |
PW-1116 | Craig, E.J. | EE at Union, 1895-1995 | 1994 | Craig, E.J., EE at Union, 1895-1995. self-published, 1994.. Union College, Schenectedy NY | self published | History
Electrical Engineering Education | |
PW-1402 | Cravens, Hamilton et. al., eds. | Technical Knowledge in American Culture: Science, Technology, and Medicine Since the Early 1800's | 1996 | Cravens, Hamilton et. al., eds., Technical Knowledge in American Culture: Science, Technology, and Medicine Since the Early 1800s. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 1996. | University of Alabama Press | Tuscaloosa AL | Technology
History Culture Education |
PW-6446 | Crawford, Susan | Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age | 2013 | Crawford, a telecommunications policy expert, explores how telecommunications monopolies have affected the daily lives of consumers, and, the United States' global economic standing and economic future. | Yale University Press | New Haven | Telecommunications
Law and Legislation Annual Proceedings Anti-trust law United States |
OB-676 | Crawley, Chetwode | The Story of Electrical Communications:From Telegraphy to Television, 1931 | The Story of Electrical Communications, Lt. Col. Chetwode Crawley, M.I.E.E., Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd. London, 1931 | Telegraphy
Television | |||
PW-4294 | Creager, Wiliam P. and Justin, Jeol D. | Hydro-Electric Handbook | 1927 | John Wiley & Sons | New York | Hydroelectricity | |
PW-6535 | Crease, Robert P. | World in the Balance: The Historic Quest for a Universal System of Measurement | 2011 | The epic story of the invention of a globabl network of weights, scales, and instruments of measurements. | W. W. Norton & Company | New York | Instrumentation and Measurement
Weights and Measures Instruments |
PW-5995 | Crevier, Daniel | AI: The Tumultuous History of the Search for Artificial Intelligence | 1993 | A history of the search for artificial intelligence with a focus on the founders and leaders in the field. | BasicBooks | New York | Artificial Intelligence |
PW-1257 | Croft, Terrell | American Electricians' Handbook | 1913 | Croft, Terrell, American Electricians' Handbook. 1913
Part of the Slate gift (#96-01) 1913 |
Guide Book | ||
PW-4030 | Croft, Terrell | American Electricians' Handbook | 1913 | Hill Publishing | London | Guide Book | |
PW-4310 | Croft, Terrell | Wiring for Light and Power: A Detailed and Fully Illustrated Commentary on the National Electric Code | 1921 | McGraw-Hill | New York | Wiring
Power Light | |
PW-6096 | Cross, Gary & Szostak, Rick | Technology and American Society: A History | 1995 | A small textbook-guide to technology in American society from the Agricultural Revolution to the Cold War and beyond. | Prentice-Hall | Englewood Cliffs, NJ | Technology
Culture Agriculture Industrial Revolution Factory Railroad Steam Engine Phonograph Television Airplanes Warfare Policy |
PW-6592 | Cross, Gary and Rick Szostak | Technology and American Society: A History | 2005 | Textbook about the development of American technology, detailing major technological transsformations over three centuries. It analyzes the cause-and-effect relationship of change and its role in the constant drive for improvement and modernization. | Pearson Prentice Hall | Upper Saddle River, NJ | Technology
Culture Agriculture Industrial Revolution Factory Railroad Steam Engine Phonograph Television Airplanes Warfare Policy |
PW-4072 | Crotch, Arthur | Telegraphic Systems and other Notes | 1908 | Charles Griffin and Company Limited | London | Telegraphy
Telegraphs | |
PW-4230 | Crouch, Michael Albert | The First Ten Decades: The History of the SAIEE, 1909-2009 | 2009 | Commemorative volume. Centennial history of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers by one of its past presidents. Includes salutation from 2009 IEEE President John Vig. | Chris van Rensburg Publications | Johannesburg, S.A. | Organizations
Anniversary |
PW-6553 | Crouch, Tom | The Bishop's Boys: A Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright | 1989 | A biography of Wilbur and Orville Wright and a history of their airplane's invention. | W. W. Norton & Company | New York | Wilbur Wright
Orville Wright Aeronautics Invention |
PW-4071 | Cruft Electronics Staff | Electronic Circuits and Tubes | 1947 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Tubes
Circuit Electronics | |
PW-6480 | Culver, Henry B. and Gordon Grant | The Book of Old Shops and Something of Their Evolution and Romance | 1924 | This is an illustrated history of ship building and design from Egyptian galleys to clipper ships (c. 1600 B.C.E. to 1921). | Doubleday, Page, and Company | Garden City, NY | Ship - history
Ship - design and construction Ship building - history |
PW-219 | Cunningham, W. Jack | Engineering at Yale: School, Department, Council 1932 - 82 | 1992 | Cunningham, W. Jack. Engineering at Yale: School, Department, Council 1932 - 82. Transactions The Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, Volume 51. New Haven, CT: The Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1992. | Yale University Press | New Haven CT | History
Engineering |
PW-5973 | Curtis Peebles, editor | The Spoken Word II: Recollections of Dryden History Beyond the Sky | 2011 | Collection of edited oral histories of space pioneers | NASA | Washington, DC | Aerospace
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Oral History |
PW-4070 | Curtis, Frank W. | High-Frequency Induction Heating | 1944 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | High Frequency
Induction Heat | |
PW-971 | Curtis, O.B. | History of the National Council of Engineering Examiners | 1988 | Curtis, O.B., History of the National Council of Engineering Examiners. Place of publication isd unknown: National Council of Engineering Examiners, 1988. | National Council of Engineering Examiners | Engineers
Professional Conduct Professional Groups History | |
PW-4097 | Cutter Co. | Handbook of the I-T-E Circuit Breaker | ? | The Cutter Co. | Philadelphia | Guide Book
Circuit breakers | |
PW-4089 | Cutter Company | Experience is Master | 1926 | Brief overview of this manufacturer of circuit breakers and other electrical apparatus. Illustrated | The Cutter Company | Philadelphia | Circuit breakers
Apparatus |
PW-4045 | Cyclopedia of Applied Electricity | Cyclopedia of Applied Electricity: Current Measurements Wiring Telegraph, Part 1 | 1905 | American School of Correspondence | Chicago | Measurement
Electricity | |
PW-4046 | Cyclopedia of Applied Electricity | Cyclopedia of Applied Electricity, Part II | 1905 | American School of Correspondence | Chicago | Electricity | |
PW-4047 | Cyclopedia of Applied Electricity | Cyclopedia of Applied Electricity: Lighting Railways Power Stations Part III | 1905 | American School of Correspondence | Lighting
Electricity | ||
PW-4048 | Cyclopedia of Applied Electricity | Cyclopedia of Applied Electricity: Telephony Index Part IV | 1905 | American School of Correspondence | Telephones
Electricity | ||
PW-4049 | Cyclopedia of Applied Electricity | Cyclopedia of Applied Electricity: Alternating Currents Power Transmission. Volume 5 | 1905 | American School of Correspondence | Chicago | Electricity
Alternating Current (AC) Power Transmission | |
PW-6602 | Dachis, Chuck | Radios by Hallicrafters with Price Guide | 1996 | A history of Hallicrafter, the manufacturer of short-wave radios for nearly fifty years, beginning in 1933. The company helped establish the hobby of ham radio in the United States. It developed a line of receivers and transmitters in the 1930s and manuf | Schiffer Publishing,Ltd. | Atglen, PA | Hallicrafters, Inc.
Shortwave radio Amateur radio stations William J. Halligan Ham Radio Radio Receiver Radio Transmitters Television receiver |
PW-1563 | Dahl, O.C.G. | Electric Circuits: Theory and Application | 1928 | Dahl, O.C.G., Electric Circuits: Theory and Application.
Came from Manz gift (96-37) Center has Volume 1: Short-Circuit Analysis and Steady State Theory |
McGraw Hill | New York | Electric Devices
Circuit Circuit systems |
PW-4206 | Dahl, O.G.C | Electric Circuits, Theory and Applications, Volume 1 | 1928 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Circuit
Theory | |
PW-4038 | Dalzell, Frederick | Engineering Invention: Frank J. Sprague and the U.S. Electrical Industry | 2010 | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Engineering
Biography | |
PW-3538 | Dandola, John | Living in the Past, Looking to the Future: The Biography of John Hays Hammond Jr. | 2004 | Dandola, John, Living in the Past. Looking Toward the Future: The Biography of John Hays Hammond, Jr. Qunicannon Publishing Group: Glen Ridge, NJ, 2004. | Qunicannon Publishing Group | Glen Ridge NJ | Biography
Radio control Remote control Guided missile Military technology |
PW-1920 | Daniel, Eric D., C. Denis Mee and Mark H. Clark | Magnetic Recording: The First 100 Years | 1998 | Daniel, Eric D., C. Denis Mee and Mark H. Clark, Magnetic Recording: The First 100 Years. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Press, 1998. | IEEE Press | Piscataway NJ | Magnetic Recording
Centennial History |
PW-1401 | Danielian, N.R. | AT&T: The Story of Industrial Conquest | 1939 | Danielian, N.R., AT&T: The Story of Industrial Conquest. New York: Vanguard Press, 1939. | Vanguard Press | New York | History
American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) Telecommunications |
PW-3964 | Daniels, George | American Science in the Age of Jackson | 1968 | Columbia University Press | New York | History | |
PW-4087 | Darr, Jack | How to Install and Service Auto Radios | 1954 | John F. Rider | New York | Radio
Installation Guide Book | |
PW-3980 | Datamation | Datamation: 25th Anniversary | September, 1982 | Special anniversary issue of magazine. | History
Anniversary Data processing | ||
PW-5099 | David A. Kirsch | The Electric Vehicle and the Burden of history | 2000 | The electric vehicle is an old technology that seems ever on the verge of making a comeback. In the late 1890s, the electric engine competed with steam- and gasoline-driven engines to become the standard for automobile manufacturers, and it remained comp | Innovation
Innovators Automobile Automobile emissions Automobile technology History Culture | ||
PW-5081 | David A. Mindell | Iron Coffin: War, Technology, and Experience aboard the USS Monitor | 2012 | The USS Monitor famously battled the CSS Virginia (the armored and refitted USS Merrimack) at Hampton Roads in March 1862. This updated edition of David A. Mindell's classic account of the ironclad warships and the human dimension of modern warfare comme | Warfare
Technology Civil War Innovation History Navy, U.S. | ||
PW-5015 | David B. Fogel, ed. | Evolutionary Computation: The Fossil Record | 1998 | Featuring copious introductory material by distinguished scientist Dr. David B. Fogel, this formidable collection of 30 landmark papers spans the entire history of evolutionary computation--from today's investigations back to its very origins more than 4 | Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence Computer Science Algorithms | ||
PW-4983 | David Berlinski | The Advent of the Algorithm: The 300-Year Journey from an Idea to the Computer | 2000 | In The Advent of the Algorithm, David Berlinski combines science, history, and math to explain and explore the intriguing story of how the algorithm was finally discovered by a succession of mathematicians and logicians, and how this paved the way for th | History
Algorithms | ||
PW-4972 | David C. Mowery, Nathan Rosenberg | Paths of Innovation: Technological Change in the 20th Century America | 1998 | A focus on innovation in three main American technologies, internal combustion engine, electricity / electronics, and chemistry with insights from quantitative economic history | Innovation
Innovators Engineering Engines Chemical Industry Chemistry Electric Devices Electric Light Electrical Industry Electrical Industry Electricity | ||
PW-5065 | David E. Fisher | A Race on the Edge of Time: Radar -The Decisive Weapon of World War II | 1989 | Traces the development of radar, explains the strategic edge it gave the Allies in World War II, and argues that it still the most important military invention of all time. It provides a detailed analysis of the Battle of Britain and role Radar played i | Air Defense
Airplanes Radar Radar counter-measures Radar systems Innovation Innovators History World War II Technological Innovations Technology | ||
PW-4971 | David Gelernter | Machine Beauty: Elegence and the Heart of Technology | 1998 | Gelernter's lyrical rant on the critical role of beauty and aesthetics in computer technology comes just in time. Computer engineers and designers, who create software that is bloated with seldom-used features and that intrusively draws our attention to | Innovation
Software | ||
PW-469 | David Hochfelder | The Telegraph in America: 1832-1920 | 2012 | A history of the telegraph in the United States, with emphases on the civil war, financial capitalism, the press, the postal telegraph movement, and the long relationship between the dominant telegraph company, Western Union, with the dominant telephone | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | Telegraphy
Western Union |
PW-5104 | David Kahn | The code-breakers: the comprehensive history of secret communication from ancient times to the internet | 1996 | History of cryptography and code breaking from pharaohs to modern day. For 4,000 years, fierce battles have been waged between codemakers and codebreakers. From the XYZ Affair to the Dreyfus Affair, from the Gallic War to the Persian Gulf, from Druidi | Cryptography
Cryptology History Innovation Innovators Culture | ||
PW-5067 | David T. Lindgren | Trust but verify: Imagery Analysis in the Cold War | 2000 | This book documents the role of imagery analysis in the Cold War and shows the reader how information derived from imagery came to influence U.S. policy. It focuses on America's efforts to assess the Soviet Union's strategic economic and military capabi | Cold War
Image Processing Images Warfare | ||
PW-4086 | Davidge, H.T | Technical Electricity | University tutorial Press | London | Electricity | ||
PW-6127 | Davies, Gomer L. | Magnetic Tape Instrumentation | 1961 | Magnetic Tape Instrumentation | McGraw-Hill | New York | Magnetic tape recorders |
PW-4219 | Davis, Gordon (editor) | Who's Who in Engineering | 1995 | American Association of Engineering Societies | Washington, DC | Biography
Encyclopedias | |
PW-3347 | Davis, Henry | Electrical and Electronic Technologies: A Chronology of Events and Inventors from 1900 to 1940 | 1983 | Davis, Henry. Electrical and Electronic Technologies: A Chronology of Events and Inventors from 1900 to 1940. Metuchen NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1983. | Scarecrow Press | Metuchen NJ | History
Electronics Electric Devices |
PW-878 | Davis, Henry | Electrical and Electronic Technologies: A Chronology of Events and Inventors from 1940 to 1980 | 1985 | Davis, Henry. Electrical and Electronic Technologies: A Chronology of Events and Inventors from 1940 to 1980. Metuchen NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1985. | Scarecrow Press | Metuchen NJ | Chronology/Timeline
History Inventors Technological Innovations |
PW-3817 | Davis, L. J. | Fleet Fire: Thomas Edison and the Pioneers of the Electric Revolution | 2003 | Davis, L. J., Fleet Fire: Thomas Edison and the Pioneers of the Electric Revolution. New York: Arcade Publishing, 2003 | Arcade Publishing | New York | Electricity
History |
PW-1262 | Dawes, Chester | A Course in Electrical Engineering: vol 2, Alternating Currents | 1922 | Dawes, Chester, A Course in Electrical Engineering: vol 2, Alternating Currents. 1922
Part of the Slate gift (#96-01) |
Electrical Engineering
Alternating Current (AC) Education Guide Book | ||
PW-4207 | Dawes, Chester L. | A Course in Electrical Engineering, Volume I | 1937 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Textbooks
Electrical Engineering | |
PW-2634 | Dawson, Virginia P. | Lincoln Electric: A History | 1999 | Dawson, Virginia P., Lincoln Electric: A History. Cleveland OH: Lincoln Electric Comapny, 1999. 2 copies. | Lincoln Electric Company | Cleveland OH | History |
PW-2635 | Dawson, Virginia P. | Lincoln Electric: A History | 1999 | Dawson, Virginia P., Lincoln Electric: A History. Cleveland OH: Lincoln Electric Comapny, 1999. | Lincoln Electric Company | Cleveland OH | History |
PW-4235 | Dawson, Virginia P. | Lincoln Electric: A History | 1999 | The Lincoln Electric Company | Cleveland, OH | Motor
Arc Welding Electric Manufacturing | |
PW-4456 | Dawson, Virginia P. and Mark D. Bowles | Taming Liquid Hydrogen: The Centaur Upper Stage Rocket, 1958-2002 | 2004 | Dawson, Virginia P. and Mark D. Bowles. Taming Liquid Hydrogen: The Centaur Upper Stage Rocket, 1958-2002. Washington, DC: NASA History Office, 2004. | NASA | Washington, DC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Rockets Rocket Propulsion Rocket Technology Spacecraft Design Chemical Engineering Aeronautical Engineering |
PW-4422 | Dawson, Virginia P. and Mark D. Bowles, eds | Realizing the Dream of Flight: Biographical Essays in Honor of the Centennial of Flight, 1903-2003. | 2005 | Dawson, Virginia P. and Mark D. Bowles, eds. Realizing the Dream of Flight: Biographical Essays in Honor of the Centennial of Flight, 1903-2003. Washington, DC: NASA History Division, 2005. (NASA SP-2005-4112) | NASA | Washington, DC | Aeronautics
Airplanes History |
PW-1208 | Day, Lance and McNeil, Ian eds. | Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology | 1995 | McNeil, Ian and Lance Day, eds., Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology. New York: Routledge, 1995 | Routledge | New York |
Bibliography History Terminology |
PW-989 | De Forest, Lee | Father of Radio: The Autobiography of Lee de Forest | 1950 | De Forest, Lee, Father of Radio: The Autobiography of Lee de Forest. Chicago: Wilcox & Follett Co., 1950. | Wilcox & Follett Co. | Chicago | Autobiography
Radio |
PW-5989 | de Sola Pool, Ithiel ed. | The Social Impact of the Telephone | 1977 | An edited collection of essays on the history of the telephone and the impact of the telephone in terms of gender and urban identities and culture. A history of the development of the telephone and the technological advancements in that field. | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Telephones
History Switchboard Operators Cities |
PW-5102 | Debora L. Spar | Ruling the Waves: cycles of discovery, choas, and wealth form the compass to the internet | 2001 | In an attempt to place the commercialization of the Internet in historical context, Spar argues that advances in communications technology from oceangoing ships to the Internet occur in successive phases of innovation, commercialization, creative anarchy | Innovation
Innovators Internet Compass History Culture | ||
PW-4130 | Deeley, Paul McKnight | Electrolytic Capacitors: The Theory, Construction, Characteristics and Application of All Types | 1938 | South Plainsfield, NJ | Capacitor
Theory | ||
PW-6547 | Deetz, James | In Small Things Forgotten: The Archaeology of Early American Life | 1977 | An account of the archaeology of early American life and the development of Anglo-American traditions in colonial America. It also looks at the culture of black Americans through the excavation of a small community of freed slaves in Massachusetts, occup | Anchor Books | New York | Archaeology
United States - New England United States - colonial period Artifact |
PW-6496 | DeGraaf, Leonard | Edison and the Rise of Innovation | 2013 | An illustrated biography of Thomas A. Edison and his inventions. It is a history of Edison, the inventor, innovator, manufacturer, and inventor of the research and development laboratory. | Sterling Signature, Sterling Publishing | New York | Thomas A. Edison
Phonograph Electric Light Motion Pictures Inventions Inventors Kinetoscope Mining Storage Battery Rubber Research and Development (R&D) |
PW-6471 | deKay, James Tertius | Monitor: The Story of the Legendary Civil War Ironclad and the Man Whose Invention Changed the Course of History | 1997 | An account of the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac (officially the Virginia) and its consequences for both the Civil War (1861-1865) and the future of naval warfare. It also tells the technological story of the Monitor's design and constructio | Walker and Company | New York | Monitor (Ironclad)
United States - History - Civil War - Naval operations John Ericsson, 1803-1899 Naval technology |
PW-3947 | Delaney, William P. and William W. Ward | Radar Development at Lincoln Laboratory: A Fifty-Year Review | 2000 | Delaney, W. P. and W. W. Ward, editors, Radar Development at Lincoln Laboratory: A Fifty-Year Review. Lincoln Laboratory Journal (MIT), Volume 12, #2 (2000) | Lincoln Laboratory (MIT) | Lexington MA | Laboratories
History Radar |
PW-6043 | Delbourgo, James | A Most Amazing Scene of Wonders: Electricity and Enlightenment in Early America | 2006 | The history of electricity in early American culture and politics. How electricity intersected with perceptions of human, natural, and divine power during the American Enlightenment. | Harvard University Press | Cambridge, MA | Electricity
Electrification Lightning Rod History |
PW-3881 | DeLoca, Cornelius E., & Samuel Jay Kalow | The Romance Division: A Different Side of IBM | 1991 | DeLoca, Cornelius E., & Samuel Jay Kalow, The Romance Division: A Different Side of IBM. Wyckoff NJ: D & K Book Company, 1991. | D & K Book Company | Wyckoff NJ | History
International Business Machines (IBM) |
PW-4357 | Deloraine, Maurice | When Telecom and ITT Were Young | 1976 | Autobiography of a long time research engineer and research director for ITT in Paris and the U.S. | Lehigh Books | New York | Telecommunications
Research and Development (R&D) Research Facility |
PW-4099 | Denert, Ernst | Software-Engineering: Methodische Projekabwicklung | 1992 | Springer-Verlag | London | Software | |
PW-6123 | Department of Commerce, Bureau of Standards, No.74 | Radio Instruments and Measurements | 1924 | Radio instruments and measurements. | US Government Printing Office | Washington, DC | Radio Equipment |
PW-4246 | Department of Information, Radio Corporation of America | What's the Right Word: A Dictionary of Radio-Television-Electronics | 1952 | Radio Corporation of America | New York | Guide Book
Radio Radio Corporation of America (RCA) Television Electronics | |
PW-5039 | Department of United Engineering Trustees Inc. | Engineering Foundation: Sixty Years of Service 1914-1974 and Annual Report 1973-1974 | 1974 | This book contains the sixty year history of and 1973-1974 annual report of the Engineering Foundation. The history section includes a tribute to Ambrose Swasey, the founder of the Engineering Foundation, listing of the organization's officers and list | Engineering
Engineers | ||
PW-4999 | Derek J. de Solla Price | Little Science, Big Science...and Beyond | 1986 | In its first (1963) edition, Little Science, Big Science explored the then fantastic expansion of resources devoted to the advancement of science, and the social significance of that phenomenon. The current edition contains nine additional essays that de | Scientific Innovation
Innovation Innovators | ||
PW-1489 | Desmond, Kevin | Timetable of Inventions and Discoveries from Pre-History to the Present Day | 1986 | A Timetable of Inventions and Discoveries from Pre-History to the Present Day. | M. Evans | New York | Inventions
Technological Innovations History |
PW-6667 | Desmond, Kevin | Innovators in Battery Technology: Profiles of 95 Electrochemists | 2016 | This biographical dictionary profiles 95 electrochemists from 19 countries who during the past 270 years have researched and developed ever more efficient batteries and energy cells. An appendix provides a cross-referenced timeline of innovation. Forewar | McFarland & Company, Ltd. | Jefferson, N.C. | Batteries
Innovators Chemistry Electrochemistry Energy Energy Storage Biography |
PW-6658 | Desmond, Kevin; foreward by Christopher Ballin | Electric Boats and Ships: A History | 2017 | The author traces the birth and rebirth of the electric boat from 1835 to the present, celebrating the Golden Age of electric launches, 1880-1910. | McFarland & Company, Ltd. | Jefferson, N.C. | Electric Boat
Electric Ship Electric Launch Batteries Amusement Park Motors Outboard electric motor Solar Power |
PW-2551 | Dettinger, David and Henry L. Bachman | Harold A. Wheeler's Legacy | 1999 | Dettinger, David and Henry L. Bachman, Harold A. Wheeler's Legacy. New York: Marconi Advanced Systems Division, 1999. | Marconi Advanced Systems Division | New York | Biography
Radar |
PW-2309 | Devine, Warren D. Jr. | An Historical Perspective on the Value of Electricity in American Manufacturing | 1982 | Devine, Warren D. Jr., An Historical Perspective on the Value of Electricity in American Manufacturing. Oak Ridge, TN: Institute of Energy Analysis, 1982. | Institute of Energy Analysis | Oak Ridge TN | manufacturing
History Electrical Engineering |
PW-4098 | Dewitt, David and Arthur L. Rossoff | Transistor Electronics | 1957 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Transistor
Electronics | |
PW-6212 | Diamond, Jared | Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies | 2005 | Study of the role of environmental factors in world history; analyzes why the peoples of certain continents succeeded in invading other continents and conquering or displacing their peoples. Includes a new chapter on Japan. | W.W. Norton & Company | New York | Environment
Technology Weapons History |
PW-6539 | Diaz, Gerardo Con | Intangible Inventions: A History of Software Patenting in the United States, 1945-1985 | 2016 | Patents
Software | |||
PW-2487 | Dibner, Bern | Heralds of Science:As Represented by Two Hundred Epochal Books and Pamphlets in the Dibner Library | 1980 | Dibner, Bern. Heralds of Science: As Represented by Two Hundred Epochal Books and Pamphlets in the Dibner Library, Smithsonian Institution. New York: N. Watson Academic Publications, 1980. | N. Watson Academic Publications | New York | Bibliography |
PW-3668 | Dibner, Bern | Oersted and the Discovery of Electromagnetism | 1962 | Dibner, Bern. Oersted and the Discovery of Electromagnetism. New York: Blaisdell Publishing Company, 1962.
A second copy is in the Archives, HB-076 |
Blaisdell Publishing Co. | New York | History
Biography Electromagnetism |
PW-990 | Dibner, Bern | Alessandro Volta and the Electric Battery | 1963 | Dibner, Bern, Alessandro Volta and the Electric Battery. New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1964. | Franklin Watts Inc. | New York | History
Batteries |
PW-991 | Dibner, Bern | Ten founding Fathers of the Electrical Science | 1954 | Dibner, Bern, Ten founding Fathers of the Electrical Science. Norwalk, CT: Burndy Library, 1954. | History
Biography | ||
PW-992 | Dibner, Bern | Benjamin Franklin: Electrician | 1976 | Dibner, Bern, Benjamin Franklin: Electrician. Norwalk, CT: Burndy Library, 1976. Two copies | Burndy Library | Norwalk, CT | History
Biography |
PW-993 | Dibner, Bern | The Atlantic Cable | 1959 | Dibner, Bern, The Atlantic Cable. Norwalk, CT: Burndy Library, 1959.
2 copies |
Burndy Library | Norwalk CT | History
Transatlantic Cable Transatlantic Communication |
PW-994 | Dibner, Bern | Luigi Galvani | Dibner, Bern, Luigi Galvani. Norwalk, CT: Burndy Library, 1971. | Burndy Library | Norwalk CT | History
Biography | |
PW-995 | Dibner, Bern | The New Rays of Professor Röntgen | 1963 | Dibner, Bern. The New Rays of Professor Röntgen. Norwalk, CT: Burndy Library, 1963. | Burndy Library | Norwalk CT | History
Biography |
PW-996 | Dibner, Bern | Early Electrical Machines | 1957 | Dibner, Bern. Early Electrical Machines. Norwalk, CT: Burndy Library, 1957. | Burndy Library | Norwalk CT | History
Electric Devices |
PW-4096 | Dick, J.R and F. Fernie | Electric Mains and Distributing Systems | 1919 | Benn Brothers Limited | London | Distribution
Electrical Engineers | |
PW-4428 | Dick, Steven J. and Keith L. Cowing, eds. | Risk and Exploration: Earth, Sea and the Stars (NASA Administrator's Symposium, September 26-29, 2004). | 2005 | Dick, Steven J. and Keith L. Cowing, eds. Risk and Exploration: Earth, Sea and the Stars (NASA Administrator's Symposium, September 26-29, 2004). Washington, DC: NASA History Division, 2005. | NASA | Washington, DC | Space Exploration
Space Ocean Sea Environment |
PW-4453 | Dick, Steven J. and Mark L. Lupisella, eds. | Cosmos & Culture: Cultural Evolution in a Cosmic Context | 2009 | Dick, Steven J. and Mark L. Lupisella, eds. Cosmos & Culture: Cultural Evolution in a Cosmic Context. Washington, DC: NASA History Division, 2009. | NASA | Washington, DC | Culture
History Space Space Exploration |
PW-4447 | Dick, Steven J. and Roger D. Launius, eds | Societal Impact of Spaceflight | 2007 | Dick, Steven J. and Roger D. Launius, eds. Societal Impact of Spaceflight. Washington, DC: NASA History Division, 2007. | NASA | Washington, DC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
History Space Space Exploration Culture |
PW-4452 | Dick, Steven J. and Roger D. Launius, eds. | Critical Issues in the History of Spaceflight | 2006 | Dick, Steven J. and Roger D. Launius, eds. Critical Issues in the History of Spaceflight. Washington, DC: NASA History Division, 2006. | NASA | Washington, DC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
History Space Space Programs Space Shuttle Space Exploration Culture |
PW-4457 | Dick, Steven J., ed. | NASA's First 50 Years: Historical Perspectives (NASA 50th Anniversary Proceedings) | 2010 | Dick, Steven J., ed. NASA's First 50 Years: Historical Perspectives (NASA 50th Anniversary Proceedings). Washington, DC: NASA History Division, 2010. | NASA | Washington, DC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
History Anniversary Conference Proceedings Space Exploration Space Programs Space Shuttle Space Station Space Suit Spacecraft Design Space |
PW-4460 | Dick, Steven J., ed. | Remembering the Space Age: Proceedings of the 50th Anniversary Conference | 2008 | Dick, Steven J., ed. Remembering the Space Age: Proceedings of the 50th Anniversary Conference. Washington, DC: NASA History Division, 2008. | NASA | Washington, DC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Anniversary Conference Proceedings Conferences History Space Exploration Space Programs Space Shuttle Space Station Space Suit Spacecraft Design |
PW-6537 | Diehl, Lorraine B. | The Late, Great Pennsylvania Station | 1985 | A history of New York City's Pennsylvania Station, a symbol of the wealth and power of America's mightiest railroad, became a national monument during its lifetime. Born in the determination of Alexander Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, t | American Heritage Press, Inc. | New York | Railroad - Pennsylvania Railroad
Transportation Pennsylvania Station - New York, N.Y. Alexander Cassatt Charles Follen McKim McKim, Mead and White Engineering Architecture Historic Preservation |
PW-6628 | Dienesch, Robert M. | Eyeing the Red Storm: Eisenhower and the First Attempt to Build a Spy Satellite | 2016 | In 1954, the United States Air Force launched a program known as WS-117L to develop the world's first reconnaissance satellite. The goals was to take photographic images from space and relay them back to Earth via radio. Due to technical issues and burea | University of Nebraska Press | Lincoln, NE | Satellites
Space surveillance Military surveillance Astronautics - military Dwight D. Eisenhower Cold War |
PW-4094 | Doane, Francis | Electric Currents | 1927 | International Textbook Company | Scranton | Current, Electric | |
PW-3371 | Dodge, Edward N. | Who's Who in Engineering, 1964 (Ninth Edition) | 1964 | Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York City, 1964 | Lewis Historical Publishing Company | New York | Engineering
Biography |
PW-6657 | Dolling, Lisa M., editor | Knowledge, Nature, Culture: An Introduction to the Humanities and Social Sciences | 2011 | Readings for College of Arts and Letters course at Stevens Institute of Technology. | College of Arts and Letters, Stevens Institute of Technology | Hoboken, N.J. | |
PW-7001 | Donaldson, Barry and Bernard Nagengast | Heat & Cold: Mastering the Great Indoors | 1994 | A Selective History of Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration from the Ancients to the 1930s.
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers. The |
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. | Atlanta, Georgia | Air Conditioning
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Refrigeration |
PW-1171 | Donaldson, Barry, and Bernard Nagengast | Heat & Cold: Mastering the Great Indoors | 1994 | Donaldson, Barry, and Bernard Nagengast, Heat & Cold: Mastering the Great Indoors. Atlanta, GA: American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc., 1994. | American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. | Atlanta | Climate control |
PW-997 | Donaldson, Frances | The Marconi Scandal | 1962 | Donaldson, Frances. The Marconi Scandal. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1962. | Harcourt, Brace & World | New York | History
Biography |
PW-6625 | Donovan, Arthur, editor | The Chemical Revolution: Essays in Reinterpretation. Osiris, Second Series, Volume 4. | 1988 | Essays regarding the chemical revolution and the history of chemistry. | Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier
Chemical Revolution Chemistry Chemistry - History Gunpowder Science and state Scientific Revolution | ||
PW-6528 | Dorn, William S. and Herbert J. Greenberg | Mathematics and Computing: with FORTRAN Programming | 1967 | Mathematics textbook.
Mathematics and FORTRAN computer programming. |
John Wiley & Sons | New York | Mathematics
Computer Programming |
PW-6482 | Doron, Assa and Robin Jeffrey | The Great Indian Phone Book: How the Cheap Cell Phone Changes Business, Politics, and Daily Life | 2013 | An analysis of the use of cell phones in India and how the Indian cell phone industry developed. What can happen when a powerful and readily available technology is placed in the hands of a large, still predominately poor population? | Harvard University Press | Cambridge, MA | Cell Phones - social aspects - India
Cell Phone Radio frequency |
PW-239 | Douglas, Alan | Radio Manufacturers of the 1920's, 3 vols. | 1988 | Douglas, Alan. Radio Manufacturers of the 1920's, 3 vols. Vestal, NY: Vestal Press, 1988. | Vestal Press | Vestal NY | History
Radio Radio Equipment Manufacturing |
PW-4581 | Douglas, Deborah G. | Countless Connecting Threads: MIT's History Revealed Through Its Most Evocative Objects | 2013 | MIT Press | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | ||
PW-1275 | Douglas, George H. | The Early Days of Radio Broadcasting | 1987 | Douglas, George H. The Early Days of Radio Broadcasting. Jefferson NC: McFarland & Company, 1987. | McFarland & Company | Jefferson NC | Radio
History Radio Broadcasting |
PW-240 | Douglas, Susan J. | Inventing American Broadcasting, 1899-1922 | 1989 | Douglas, Susan J. Inventing American Broadcasting, 1899-1922. Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology 9. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989. | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore MD | History
Radio Radio Broadcasting |
PW-4092 | Dow, William G. | Fundamentals of Engineering Electronics | 1952 | John Wiley and Sons | New York | Engineering
Electronics | |
PW-4093 | Dow, William G. | Fundamentals of Engineering Electronics | 1937 | John Wiley and Sons | London | Engineering
Electronics | |
PW-3368 | Downs, Winfred Scott | Who's Who in Engineering, 1941 (Fifth Edition) | 1941 | Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York City, 1941 | Lewis Historical Publishing Company |
Biography Engineering | |
PW-3369 | Downs, Winfred Scott | Who's Who in Engineering, 1948 (Sixth Edition) | 1948 | Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York City, 1948 | Lewis Historical Publishing Company | New York | Electrical Engineering
Biography |
PW-3370 | Downs, Winfred Scott | Who's Who in Engineering, 1954 (Seventh Edition) | Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York City, 1954 | Lewis Historical Publishing Company | New York | Electrical Engineering
Biography | |
PW-894 | Draganescu, Mihai, et. al., eds. | Odobleja: Between Ampere and Wiener | 1981 | Draganescu, Mihai, et. al., eds., Odobleja: Between Ampere and Wiener. | The Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania | Bucharest, Romania | Biography |
PW-1000 | Dreher, Carl | Sarnoff: An American Success | 1977 | Dreher, Carl. Sarnoff: An American Success. Quadrangle: New York, 1977. | Quadrangle | New York | History
Television Biography |
PW-6650 | Duarte, Marisa Elena | Network Sovereignty: Building the Internet Across Indian Country | 2017 | Given the significance of information and communication technologies to social and political life; many US tribes and Native organizations have created their own projects, from streaming radio to building networks to telecommunications advocacy. Duarte e | University of Washington Press | Seattle | Indians of North America
Communication Technology Telecommunications Networks Internet Policy Digital Divide United States |
PW-3939 | Dubilier, William | The Wonderful Achievements of Radiotelegraphy in War and Peace | 1919 | Privately Printed, William Dubilier, New York City, 1919. 30 pages. | William Dubilier | Radio
Telegraphy History World War I
| |
PW-4017 | DuBoff, Richard B. | Electric Power in American Manufacturing, 1889-1958 | 1979 | Reprint of 1964 Dissertation, University of Pennsylvania | Arno Press | New York | Manufacturing
Power electricity |
PW-245 | Dummer, G.W.A. | Electronic Inventions and Discoveries: Electronics From its Earliest Beginningss | 1997 | Dummer, G.W.A., Electronic Inventions and Discoveries: Electronics From its Earliest Beginnings (Bristol: Institute of physics publishing, 1997)
Book has summary histories of several areas, chronological list of inventions and is well indexed |
Chronology/Timeline
History Inventions Electric Devices | ||
PW-6630 | Dummer, G.W.A. | Electronic Inventions 1745 - 1976 | 1977 | History of electronic inventions | Pergamon Press | Oxford, UK | Inventions
Electronics Electronic Invention Inventors |
PW-6631 | Dummer, G.W.A. | Electronic Inventions and Discoveries: Electronics from its earliest beginnings to the present. 3rd revised and expanded edition. | 1983 | This history of electronics describes more than 500 inventions and their inventors. It briefly covers the history of electronics, radio, television, and computers and examines the development of applications. | Pergamon Press | Oxford, UK | Electronics
Electronics History Inventions Inventors Electronic appartus and applications Radio Radar Television Audio and sound recording |
PW-6466 | Dunbar-Hester, Christina | Low Power to the People: Pirates, Protest, and Politics in FM Radio Activism | 2014 | The United States ushered in a new era of small-scale broadcasting in 2000 when it began issuing low-power FM licenses (LPFM) for noncommercial radion stations. Over the next decade, several hundred of these stations took to the airwaves. The author des | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Radio Broadcasting - United States
Radio Broadcasting - policy Pirate radio broadcasting |
PW-1694 | Dunlap, Orrin | Radio's 100 Men of Science | 1944 | Dunlap, Orrin, Radio's 100 Men of Science. (New York: Harper and Bros., 1944) Special edition by Editions for the Armed Services, a non-profit organization established by the Council on Books in Wartime.
Short biographies including David E. Hughes; |
Harper Bros. | New York | Radio
Biography |
PW-4339 | Dunlap, Orrin E. Jr. | Dunlap's Radio and Television Almanac | 1951 | Chronology of radio and television, and related scientific and technological events from 640 B.C. to 1950, including lists of members of U.S. regulatory boards (FRC and FCC) and presidents of various organizations | Harper | New York | Radio
Radio Broadcasting Television Television broadcasting Chronology/Timeline |
PW-2008 | Dunmuir, David, and Tim Sluckin | Soap, Science, & Flat-screen TVs: A History of Liquid Crystals | 2011 | Chemist and physicist survey the history of liquid crystal based on publications, archival research, and interviews with participants. | Oxford University Press | New York, NY | Liquid crystals
Liquid crystal displays LCD |
PW-6552 | Dunmur, David and Tim Sluckin | Soap, Science, & Flat-Screen TVs: A history of liquid crystals | 2011 | A history of liquid crystals. | Oxford University Press | New York | Physics
Liquid Crystal science Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Otto Lehmann Georges Friedel Edmond Friedel Vsevolod Konstantinovich Frederiks |
PW-3807 | Dunne, Anthony | Hertzian Tales: Electronic Products, Aesthetic Experience, and Critical Design | Dunne, Anthony. Hertzian Tales: Electronic Products, Aesthetic Experience, and Critical Design. Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 2005. | MIT Press | Cambridge MA | Design
Electric Devices | |
PW-3638 | Dupuy, Judy | Television Show Business | 1945 | Judy Dupuy, Television Show Business, General Electric Co., New York, 1945
A Handbook of television programming and production, based on five years of operation of General Electric's Television Station, WRGB, Schenectady, NY |
General Electric Co. | Schenectedy, NY | General Electric
Television Television Station Television Industry television studio |
PW-6215 | Dyer, Davis | Corning: A Story of Discovery and Reinvention | 2001 | One of three publications sponsored by Corning Incorporated in observance of the 150th anniversary of its first ventures in glass making. The other two publications are Davis Dyer and Daniel Gross, The Generations of Corning: The Life and Times of a Glob | Corning Incorporated | Corning, NY | Businesses
History |
PW-3628 | Dyson, George | Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe | 2012 | Dyson, George. Computers. Turing Machines. Computable functions. Random Access Memory. Von Neumann, John. Turing, Alan Mathison. Nuclear Weapons. | Pantheon Books | New York | History
Computers Hydrogen Bomb |
PW-6516 | Eastern Aircraft Division, General Motors | A History of Eastern Aircraft Division, General Motors Corporation | 1944 | This is a history of the Eastern Aircraft Division of General Motors and its production during World War II. The Division produced Avenger torpedo bombers and Wildcat fighter planes for the U.S. Navy. Its wartime production was spread throughout five p | William E. Rudge's Sons | General Motors (GM)
Eastern Aircraft Division - General Motors Aviation Navy, US World War II Manufacturing | |
PW-1237 | Eastman, Austin | Fundamentals of Vacuum Tubes | 1937 | Eastman, Austin, Fundamentals of Vacuum Tubes. 1937
Part of the Slate gift (#96-01) 1937 |
Tubes, Vacuum | ||
PW-4138 | Eastman, Austin V. | Fundamental of Vacuum Tubes | 1937 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Tubes, Vacuum | |
PW-251 | Eckert, Michael, and Helmut Schubert | Crystals, Electrons, Transistors: From Scholar's Study to Industrial Research | Eckert, Michael, and Helmut Schubert, Crystals, Electrons, Transistors: From Scholar's Study to Industrial Research. Thomas Hughes, trans. New York: American Institute of Physics, 1990. | American Institute of Physics | New York | Chronology/Timeline
History Guide Book Research Research and Development (R&D) Transistor Crystals Electron | |
PW-4091 | Edelman, Philip E. | Experiments: A Volume for All Who are Interested in Progress | 1914 | Philip E. Edelman | Minneapolis | Experiment
Textbooks | |
PW-4317 | Edison | A Guide to Thomas Edison Papers; A Selective Microfilm Edition, Part 1 (1850-1878) | 1985 | University Publications of America | Frederick, MD | Electricity
Phonograph | |
PW-0 | Edison, Thomas | The Papers of Thomas A. Edison, vol. 4: The Wizard of Menlo Park, 1878 | 1998 | Edison, Thomas. The Papers of Thomas A. Edison, vol 4: The Wizard of Menlo Park, 1878. Robert A. Rosenberg, Paul B. Israel, Keith A. Nier, and Louis Carlat, eds. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore MD | Chronology/Timeline
History Menlo Park Incandescent light |
PW-10 | Edison, Thomas | The Papers of Thomas A. Edison, vol. 6: Electrifying New York and Abroad 1881 - 1883 | 2007 | Edison, Thomas. The Papers of Thomas A. Edison, vol 6: Electrifying New York and Abroad, 1881 - 1883. Paul B. Israel, Louis Carlat, David Hochfelder, Theresa Collins, and Brian Shipley eds. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007 | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore MD | History
Incandescent light Power Distribution |
PW-252 | Edison, Thomas | The Papers of Thomas A. Edison, vol. 2: From Workshop to Laboratory, 1873 - 1876 | 1991 | Edison, Thomas. The Papers of Thomas A. Edison, vol 2: From Workshop to Laboratory, 1873 - 1876. Robert A. Rosenberg, Paul B. Israel, Keith A. Nier, and Melodie Andrews, eds. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991. | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore MD | Chronology/Timeline
History |
PW-253 | Edison, Thomas | The Papers of Thomas A. Edison, vol. 3: Menlo Park: The Early Years, April 1876-December 1877 | 1994 | Edison, Thomas. The Papers of Thomas A. Edison, vol 3: Menlo Park: The Early Years, April 1876-December 1877. Robert A. Rosenberg, Paul B. Israel, Keith A. Nier, and Martha J, King eds. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991. | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore MD | Chronology/Timeline
History |
PW-254 | Edison, Thomas | The Papers of Thomas A. Edison, vol 5: Research to Development at Menlo Park January 1879-March 1881. | 2004 | Edison, Thomas. The Papers of Thomas A. Edison, vol 5: Research to Development at Menlo Park January 1879-March 1881. Paul B. Israel, Louis Carlot, David Hochfelder, and Keith A. Neir eds. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004. | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore MD | Chronology/Timeline
History |
PW-255 | Edison, Thomas | The Papers of Thomas A. Edison, vol 1: The Making of an Inventor, February 1847-June 1873. Reese Jenkins, et. al. eds. | 1989 | Edison, Thomas. The Papers of Thomas A. Edison, vol 1: The Making of an Inventor, February 1847-June 1873. Reese Jenkins, et. al. eds. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989. | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore MD | Chronology/Timeline
History |
PW-4965 | Edited by Charles R. Dechert | The Social Impact of Cybernetics | 1966 | Papers presented at a symposium on cybernetics and society held in Washington D C in November 1964 under the joint sponsorship of Georgetown University, The American Univrsity, and The George Washington University. | Computer Engineering
Computer Language Computer, Digital Computers Cybernetics | ||
PW-5060 | edited by Hans-Joachim Braun | Music and Technology in the Twentieth Century | 2000 | Technology has always been inseparable from the development of music. But in the twentieth century a rapid acceleration took place: a new machine music came into existence, electronic musical instruments appeared, and composers sometimes seemed more li | Music
Musical Instruments Technology Technological Innovations Synthesizer (Speech) Phonograph | ||
PW-5106 | edited by I. Bernard Cohen and Gregory W. Welch | Making Numbers: Howard Aiken and the Computer | 1999 | Collection of technical essays and recollections of Howard Aiken, Harvard Professor, computer pioneer, and pioneer developer of electromechanical digital computers. | Computer Engineering
Computer Technology Computing Innovation Innovators Biography | ||
PW-5048 | edited by Ithiel de Sola Pool | The Social Impact of the Telephone | 1977 | The papers in this volume were originally presented at a series of seminars held at MIT in celebration of the centennial of the telephone. This centennial series was supported by AT &T; their help, without strings made this study possible. The essays r |
Telephones Innovation Innovators Technology Gender | ||
PW-6167 | Edminister, Joseph & Nahvi, Mahmood | Electric Circuits | 1997 | Electric Circuits | McGraw-Hill | New York | Circuit |
PW-6166 | Edminister, Joseph A. | Electromagnetics | 1993 | An introduction and reference guide into electromagnetics. | McGraw-Hill | New York | Electromagnetics |
PW-6437 | eds: Théberge, Paul; Devine, Kyle; Everrett, Tom | Living Stereo: Histories and Cultures of Multichannel Sound | 2015 | This groundbreaking book uncovers the aesthetic conventions, technologies and listening practices that have made stereo seem natural and that have been necessary to maintain stereo's place as a dominant mode of sound reproduction. | Bloomsbury | Stereo
Music Television Audio Technology | |
PW-5036 | Edward E. Altshuler | The Rise and Fall of Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories | 2013 | This monograph provides a chronological account of how a fledgling research laboratory, which evolved from the MIT Radiation Laboratory and the Harvard Radio Research Laboratory after World War II, rose to become one of the premier research laboratories | Research
Research Facility Research and Development (R&D) History Air Force, U.S. | ||
PW-5007 | Edward Lucie-Smith | A History of Industrial Design | 1983 | The author traces the history of design from its precursors in the ancient and medieval world to the Werbund and Bauhaus, at which point industrial design can be said to have become aware of itself. The second part is a sequence of case histories which | Historian
History Innovation Innovators Design Industrial Design | ||
PW-1506 | Edwards, Paul | The Closed World: Computers and the Politics of Discourse in Cold War America | 1996 | Edwards, Paul. The Closed World: Computers and the Politics of Discourse in Cold War America. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1996. | MIT Press | Cambridge MA | Computing
Military History |
PW-4993 | Edwin Black | IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation | 2001 | This book is the stunning story of IBM's strategic alliance with Nazi Germany - beginning in 1933 in the first weeks that Adolf Hitler came to power and continuing well into World War II. As the Third Reich embarked upon its plan of conquest and genocid | IBM
World War II | ||
PW-1487 | Egidi, Claudio, ed. | Giovanni Giorgi and His Contribution to Electrical Metrology | 1989 | Egidi, Claudio, ed. Giovanni Giorgi and His Contribution to Electrical Metrology. Turin, Italy: Politecnico, 1988. Proceedings of the Meeting Held in Turin, Italy, 21-22 September 1988 | Politecnico | Turin, Italy | Biography |
PW-3629 | Eisler, Matthew | Overpotential: Fuel Cells, Futurism, and the Making of a Power Panacea | 2012 | Eisler, Matthew. Fuel Cells. Batteries. History. | Energy
History Technology | ||
PW-1002 | Eisler, Paul | My Life with the Printed Circuit | 1989 | Eisler, Paul, My Life with the Printed Circuit. Bethlehem PA: Lehigh University Press, 1989. | Lehigh University Press | Bethlehem PA | History
Circuitry |
PW-1310 | Elder, Donald C. | Out from Behind the Eightball: A History of Project Echo | 1995 | Elder, Donald C. Out from Behind the Eightball: A History of Project Echo. San Diego, CA: American Astronautical Society, 1995. | American Astronautical Society | San Diego CA | Radio Astronomy
History |
PW-6570 | Electrical Society of Cornell University | Proceedings of the Electrical Society of Cornell University, 1894-1895. Volume II | 1895 | Papers presented at meetings of the Electrical Society of Cornell University during 1894 and 1895. Volume 2. | Andrus & Church | Ithaca, NY | Engineering
Electrical Engineers |
PW-4170 | Electrical Times | Power Station Operation, Volume 1 | The Electrical Times | London | Manual
Power Plant (Generating Station) | ||
PW-3410 | Electrical World | Electrical World | 1883 | Holdings: Volume 1 (1883) through Volume 120 (1943). Some volumes are extremely fragile and six have significant water damage. | W. J. Johnston Co. | New York | Electrical World |
PW-3411 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January-June 1895 | 1895 | W. J. Johnston Co. | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3412 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1895 | 1895 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3413 | Electrical World | Electrical World, 1896 | 1896 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3414 | Electrical World | Electrical World, 1897 | 1897 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3415 | Electrical World | Electrical World, 1898 | 1898 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3416 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1899 | 1899 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3417 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1899 | 1899 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3418 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1900 | 1900 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3419 | Electrical World | Electrical World, 1905 | 1905 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3420 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1906 | 1906 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3421 | Electrical World | Electrical World, June - December 1906 | 1906 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3422 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1907 | 1907 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3423 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1907 | 1907 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3424 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1908 | 1908 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3425 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1908 | 1908 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3426 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1909 | 1909 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3427 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1909 | 1909 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3428 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1910 | 1910 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3429 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1910 | 1910 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3430 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1911 | 1911 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3431 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1911 | 1911 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3432 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1912 | 1912 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3433 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1912 | 1912 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3434 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1913 | 1913 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3435 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1913 | 1913 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3436 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1914 | 1914 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3437 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1914 | 1914 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3438 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1915 | 1915 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3439 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1915 | 1915 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3440 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1916 | 1916 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3441 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1916 | 1916 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3442 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1917 | 1917 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3443 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1917 | 1917 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3444 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1918 | 1918 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3445 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1918 | 1918 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3446 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1919 | 1919 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3447 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1919 | 1919 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3448 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1920 | 1920 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3449 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1920 | 1920 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3450 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1921 | 1921 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3451 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1921 | 1921 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3452 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1922 | 1922 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3453 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1922 | 1922 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3454 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1923 | 1923 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3455 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1923 | 1923 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3456 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1924 | 1924 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3457 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1924 | 1924 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3458 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1925 | 1925 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3459 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1925 | 1925 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3460 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1926 | 1926 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3461 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1926 | 1926 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3462 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1927 | 1927 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3463 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1927 | 1927 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3464 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1928 | 1928 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3465 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1928 | 1928 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3466 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1929 | 1929 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3467 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1929 | 1929 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3468 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1930 | 1930 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3469 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1930 | 1930 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3470 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1931 | 1931 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3471 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1931 | 1931 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3472 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1932 | 1932 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3473 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1932 | 1932 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3474 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1933 | 1933 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3475 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1933 | 1933 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3476 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1934 | 1934 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3477 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1934 | 1934 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3478 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1935 | 1935 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3479 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1935 | 1935 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3480 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1936 | 1936 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3481 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1936 | 1936 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3482 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1937 | 1937 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3483 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1937 | 1937 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3484 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1938 | 1938 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3485 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1938 | 1938 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3486 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1939 | 1938 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3487 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1939 | 1939 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3488 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1940 | 1940 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3489 | Electrical World | Electrical World, July - December 1940 | 1940 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-3640 | Electrical World | Electrical World, January - June 1895 | 1895 | W. J. Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-4183 | Electrical World | The Electrical World, Volumes XIII and XIV (1889) | Jan 1889-Dec 1889 | W.J Johnston and Co. | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-4184 | Electrical World | The Electrical World, Volume XV (1890) | Jan 4 to June 28 1890 | W,J Johnston Co. Ltd | New York | The Electrical World | |
PW-4185 | Electrical World | The Electrical World Volumes VII and VIII (1886) | Jan 2 1886 to Dec 25 1886 | W.J Johnston | New York | The Electrical World | |
PW-4186 | Electrical World | The Electrical World, Volumes XI and XII (1888) | Jan. 1, 1888- Dec. 31, 1888 | W. J Johnston | New York | The Electrical World | |
PW-4187 | Electrical World | The Electrical World, Volumes IX and X (1887) | Jan. 1, 1887 to Dec. 31. 1887 | W. J Johnston | New York | The Electrical World | |
PW-4188 | Electrical World | The Electrical World , Volumes I and II | Jan. 6, 1883- Dec. 29, 1883 | W.J Johnston | New York | The Electrical World | |
PW-4189 | Electrical World | The Electrical World, Volumes III and IV | Jan 5, 1884- Dec. 27. 1884 | W.J Johnston | New York | The Electrical World | |
PW-4190 | Electrical World | Electricity: A Popular Electrical and Financial Journal | Jan 11 to July 5, 1899 | Electricity Newspaper Co. | New York | The Electrical World | |
PW-4191 | Electrical World | The Electrical World, Volumes V and VI | Jan 3, 1885, to Dec. 26, 1885 | W.J Johnston | New York | The Electrical World | |
PW-4192 | Electrical World | Electricity: A Popular Electricity and Financial Journal | July 11, 1900 to January 2, 1901 | Volume 19 Nos. 1-26 January 11-July 5 1899 | Electricity Newspaper Co. | New York | Electricity
Publication |
PW-4196 | Electrical World | The Electrical World, Volume XVII | Jan 3 to June 27, 1891 | W.J Johnstone | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-4197 | Electrical World | The Electrical World, Volume XXII | July 1 to Dec. 30, 1893 | W.J Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-4198 | Electrical World | The Electrical World, Volume XIX | Jan 2 to June 25, 1892 | W.J Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-4199 | Electrical World | The Electrical World, Volume XXI | Jan 7 to June 24 1893 | W.J Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-4200 | Electrical World | The Electrical World, Volume XX | July 2 to Dec. 31, 1892 | W.J Johnston | New York | Electrical World | |
PW-4350 | Electrical World | The Electric Century 1874-1974 | 1974 | Special Centennial Issue of Electrical World, with extensive historical content. | McGraw Hill | New York | Electrical Industry
Electrical World Electricity |
OB-684 | Electrician & Mechanic | Electrician & Mechanic, 1911 | November 1911, Vol. XXIII, No. 5, includes articles by Steinmetz and Marconi | Periodical
Electrician & Mechanic (magazine) Electrical Engineers | |||
PW-4406 | Electricity | Electricity: A Popular Electricity and Financial Journal | 1899 | Volume 16, Numbers 1-26; January 11-July 5, 1899 | Electricity Newspaper Co. | New York | Electricity
Publication |
PW-5138 | Eliahu I. Jury | Sampled Data Control Systems | 1958 | John Wiley and Sons | New York | ||
PW-5052 | Elio Passaglia | A unique institution: the national bureau of standards 1950-1969 | 1999 | Like its predecessor, Measures for Progress, this volume is intended for a variety of audiences. They range from the technical specialist with an active interest in the work of this institution to those among the more general public with an appreciati | Government
Standardization Standards Engineers Engineering | ||
PW-4382 | Elliott, Derek W. | Finding an Appropriate Commitment: Space Pollicy Development under Eisenhower and Keenedy, 1954-1963 | 1992 | Dcotoral Dissertation | The George Washington University | Washington, DC | Space
Space Programs Public Policy |
PW-3889 | Ellis, Charles D. | Joe Wilson and the Creation of Xerox | 2006 | Ellis, Charles D. Joe Wilson and the Creation of Xerox. New York: Wiley, 2006. | Wiley | New York | Biography
Duplicating |
PW-6091 | Ellul, Jacques | The Technological Society | 1964 | A moral critique of technology and society. | Alfred A. Knopf | New York | Technology
Culture |
PW-6064 | Emery, Walter B. | National and International Systems of Broadcasting: Their History, Operation, and Control | 1969 | A history of national and international system of broadcasting. | Michagan State University Press | East Lansing, MI | Broadcasting
History |
PW-5092 | Emily Thompson | The Soundscape of Modernity: Architectural Acoustics and the Culture of Listening in America, 1900-1933 | 2002 | In this history of aural culture in early-twentieth-century America, Emily Thompson charts dramatic transformations in what people heard and how they listened. What they heard was a new kind of sound that was the product of modern technology. They listen | Sound (Audio technologies in general)
sound reproduction Architecture | ||
PW-6490 | Emmerson, Andrew | Old Telephones | 1986 | This brief historical account traces the story of the telephone in Britain from its introduction in 1878, when it was demonstrated for Queen Victoria, to modern times. | Shire Publications, Ltd. | Buckinghamshire, UK | Telephones
Telephone - Great Britain - Equipment and Supplies - History |
OB-900 | Endre, Vajda | A Magyar Hiradastechnika evszazada | Book: A Magyar Hiradastechnika evszazada, Artifact | Centennial
Centennial Gifts | |||
PW-2295 | Engel, Donald | Lightweight Street and Interurban Cars | 1998 | Engel, Donald. Lightweight Street and Interurban Cars. East Haven, CT: Branford Electric Railway Association, 1998. | Branford Electric Railway Association | East Haven CT | Chronology/Timeline
Automobile Automobile technology |
PW-4016 | Engineering Research Associates | High Speed Computing Devices | 1983 | 2 copies | Tomash Publishers | Los Angeles |
Computing |
PW-4171 | Engineering Research Associates (Stifler, W.W. et al.) | High-Speed Computing Devices | 1950 | 1983 reprint of 1950 volume with new introduction by Arnold Cohen | McGraw-Hill Book Company/Tomash Publishers | London/Los Angeles and San Francisco | Computers |
PW-1003 | England, J. Merton | A Patron for Pure Science: The National Science Foundation's Formative Years, 1945 - 1957 | 1982 | England, J. Merton. A Patron for Pure Science: The National Science Foundation's Formative Years, 1945-57. Washington D.C.: Natiional Science Foundation, 1982 | National Science Foundation | Washington D.C. | History
National Science Foundation (NSF) |
PW-5955 | Ensmenger, Nathan | The Computer Boys Take Over: Computers, Programmers and the Politics of Technical Expertise | 2010 | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Computer Industry
Policy | |
PW-6118 | Epstein, Sam | Scientific Instruments: How to Build and Use Them | 1970 | Scientific Instruments: How to Build and Use Them | Franklin Publishing Company, Inc. | Palisade, NJ | Instruments |
PW-4964 | Erickson, LeAnn | Top Secret Rosies | 2010 | Documentary film, The story of the women mathematicians who worked as computers (back when computers were people) for the U.S. Army, computing baillistic tables, and later on the development of Eniac. Based on the accounts and recollections of four of | Computing
Computers Women in Engineering (WIE) | ||
PW-3922 | Eriksson, Sture | Electrical Machine Development: A Study of Four Different Machine Types from a Swedish Perspective | 2007 | Eriksson, Sture. Electrical Machine Development: A Study of Four Different Machine Types from a Swedish Perspective. Doctoral Thesis in Electrical Machines and Power Electronics. Stockholm: Royal Institute of Technology, 2007 | Royal Institute of Technology | Stockholm | motors
Turbine History automobile |
PW-4992 | Ernest G. Schwiebert | A history of the U.S. Air Force Ballistic Missiles | 1964 | Ten-year history of the United States Air Force ballistic-missile program, which inlcudes the conception and creation of the U.S. Air Force ballistic-missle arsenal. | Air Defense
Air Force, U.S. Missiles Atlas | ||
PW-6115 | Espejo, Roman ed. | Video Games | 2003 | A wide range of opinions, theories, and ideas on the impact of video games on children, gender, etc. | Greenhaven Press | Farmington Mills, MI | Video Games
Culture |
PW-4297 | Ewing, J. A. | Magnetic Induction in Iron and Other Metals, 3rd Edition | 1900 | D. Van Nostrand | New York | Magnetism | |
PW-5029 | F.L. Howe | Endless Voices: The Story of Rochester Tel | 1992 | History of Rochester Tel, one of the largest independent local telephone companies in the United States. | Telephone Pole
Telephones
| ||
PW-6562 | Fabre, Maurice | A History of Communications | 1968 | A brief, illustrated history of communications from the ancient era to the mid-twentieth century, with a focus on Western Civilization. | Leisure Arts Limited, Publishers | London | Communications
Technology Science Printing Telegraph Telephone Radio Satellite |
PW-6470 | Fagan, Brian M. | World Perhistory: A Brief Introduction | 2005 | Textbook providing a brief introduction to world prehistory. | Pearson Prentice Hall | Upper Saddle River, NJ | Perhistory
World prehistory Archaeology |
PW-5170 | Fagin, Samuel L. | Applications of Optimal (Kalman) Filter Theory | Unknown | Self-published collection of own papers of historical value, with contextual introductions | Samuel L. Fagin | New York, NY | Filters |
PW-2204 | Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation | Solid State of Progress, 1959 -1979 | 1980 | Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation. A Solid State of Progress, 1959 -1979. Mountain View CA: Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation, 1980 | Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation | Mountain View CA | Solid State
Solid state electronics |
PW-3577 | Fara, Patricia | An Entertainment for Angels: Electricity in the Enlightenment | 2004 | Fara, Patricia. An Entertainment for Angels: Electricity in the Enlightenment. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004 | Columbia University Press | New York |
History Electricity |
PW-3953 | Fara, Patricia | Fatal Attraction: Magnetic Mysteries of the Enlightenment | 2006 | Study of three 17th/18th Century scientists who led the serious study of magnetism: Edmund Halley, Gowin Knight and Franz Mesmer | MJF Books/Fine Communications | New York | Magnetism
History |
PW-265 | Faraday, Michael | The Correspondence of Michael Faraday, vol. 1, 1811-1831 | 1991 | Faraday, Michael. The Correspondence of Michael Faraday, vol. 1, 1811-1831. Frank A J L James, ed. London: Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1991. | IEE | London |
Correspondence |
PW-4102 | Faraday, Michael | Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume II | 1844 | Taylor and Francis | London | Electricity | |
PW-4103 | Faraday, Michael | Faraday's Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume III | 1855 | Taylor and Francis | London | Electricity | |
PW-4152 | Faraday, Michael | Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 | 1839 | Taylor and Francis | London | Electricity | |
PW-785 | Faraday, Michael | The Correspondence of Michael Faraday, vol. 2, 1832-1840 | 1993 | Faraday, Michael. The Correspondence of Michael Faraday, vol. 2: 1832-1840. Frank A. J.L. James, ed. London: Peter Peregrinus Ltd., 1993. | Peter Peregrinus | London | Correspondence |
PW-6503 | Faraday, Michael; and Fisher, Howard J., ed. | Farady's Experimental Researches in Electricity, The First Series: A Science Classics Module for Humanities Studies | 2004 | Includes abridged text of Michael Faraday's Experimental Researches in Electricity, First Series and a brief biography. | Green Lion Press | Santa Fe, NM | Michael Faraday
Electricity Experiment History of Science Physics Magnetism |
PW-4358 | Faraday, Micheal, author.Tweney, Ryan D. and Gooding, David eds. | Michael Faraday's 'Chemical Notes, Hints, Suggestions, and Objects of Pursuit' of 1822 | 1991 | Michael Faraday's Laboratory Notebook for 1822. Edited, with an introduction by the editors. | Peter Peregrinus | London | Chemistry |
PW-6560 | Farrington, S. Kip, Jr. | Railroading Around the World | 1955 | The author, a member of the New York Railroad Club, has written a book about railroaders in other parts of the world for the benefit of North Americans. He describes railroads in select countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America. | Castle Books | New York | Transportation
Railroad Europe Asia South America Africa |
PW-4162 | Federal Telephone and Radio Corporation | Reference data for radio engineers | 1949 | Federal Telephone and Radio Corporation | New York | Radio Engineer
Guide Book | |
PW-705 | Federal Telephone and Radio Corporation, International Telephone and Telegraph C | Reference data for radio engineers | 1956 | This fourth edition is Copyright International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation, which had acquired Federal Telephone. | International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation | New York | Radio Engineer
Guide Book |
PW-981 | Feldenkirchen, Wilfried | Werner von Siemens, Inventor and International Entrepreneur | 1992 | Feldenkirchen, Wilfried. Werner von Siemens, Inventor and International Entrepreneur. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1992. | Ohio State University Press | Columbus | Biography |
PW-6669 | Feldman, James W., editor | Nuclear Reactions: Documenting American Encounters with Nuclear Energy | 2017 | Foreward by Paul S. Sutter. The authors explore the nuclear consequences that emerged in post-World War II America, characterized by widespread support for a diplomatic and military strategy based on nuclear weapons and a vision of economic growth that | University of Washington Press | Seattle | Nuclear Power
Nuclear Weapon Arms Race Public Policy Military Defense Environmental Movement Risk |
PW-1138 | Feldtkeller, Ernst and Herbert Goetzeler, eds. | Pioniere der Wissenschaft bei Siemens: Beruflicher Werdegang und wichtigste Ergebnisse | 1994 | Feldtkeller, Ernst and Herbert Goetzeler, eds., Pioniere der Wissenschaft bei Siemens: Beruflicher Werdegang und wichtigste Ergebnisse. Erlangen: Publicis MCD Verlag, 1994. | Publicis MCD Verlag | Erlangen | Chronology/Timeline
Biography |
PW-4973 | Feng-Hsiung Hsu | Behind Deep Blue: Building the Computer that Defeated the World Chess Champion | 2002 | In nontechnical, conversational prose, Feng-hsiung Hsu, the system architect of Deep Blue, tells us how he and a small team of fellow researchers forged ahead at IBM with a project they'd begun as students at Carnegie Mellon in the mid-1980s: a machine t | Innovation
Innovators Commuting Computer Engineering Computer Industry Computer memory Computer memory Computer peripherals Computer Software Computer Technology Computers | ||
PW-6577 | Ferguson, Eugene S. | Engineering and the Mind's Eye | 1992 | The author attempts to clarify the nature and significance of nonverbal thought in engineering, the mind's eye, and engineering drawings.
Many features and qualities of the objects that a technologist thinks about cannot be reduced to unambiguous verbal |
MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Engineering
Creative Thinking Engineering Design Engineering Drawings |
PW-3326 | Feyerabend, E | 50 Jahre Fernsprecher in Deustchland, 1877 - 1927 | 1927 | Feyerabend, E. 50 Jahre Fernsprecher in Deustchland, 1877 - 1927. Berlin, 1927 | Berlin | History
Telephones | |
PW-5997 | Fickers, Andreas | Der Transistor: als technisches und kulturelles Phanomen | 1998 | Transistor technologies and cultural phenomenon (1955-1965) | Verlag fur Geshichte der Naturwissenschaften und der Technik | Germany | Transistor |
PW-909 | Field, Henry | The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph | 1892 | Field, Henry, The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. | Charles Scribner's Sons | New York | Transatlantic Communications
Transatlantic Cable |
PW-3304 | Fierstein, Ronald K. Fierstein | A Triumph of Genius: Edwin Land, Polaroid, and the Kodak Patent War | 2015 | Detailed history of patent and legal conflicts between Edwin Land's new company and camera technology and Kodak in the 1970s, with analysis of the implications of the court's decision in favor of Land and Polaroid. | American Bar Association | Chicago | Edwin Herbert Land
Inventor-20th century Camera-instant Polaroid Corporation Kodak Corporation Photography-20th century |
PW-6119 | Fiesenheiser, E.I. | The Versalog Slide Rule: An Instructional Manual | 1951 | The Verasalog Slide Rule, an instructional manual. | The Frederick Post Company | Chicago | Engineering
Slide Rule Tool |
PW-6024 | Figueiras, Anibal R. | Una Panoramica de las Telecomunicaciones | 2002 | A textbook (in Spanish) of the historical depth of the telecommunications field. | Prentice Hall | Madrid | Telecommunications |
PW-4107 | Fink, Donald G. | Principles of Television Engineering | 1940 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Television | |
PW-5980 | Fink, Donald G. | Television Engineering | 1952 | Television Engineering: from the studio to the receiver. | McGraw-Hill | Television
Images Cameras Tubes Scanning Sound (Audio technologies in general) Color tubes Television broadcasting Television receiver | |
PW-6148 | Fink, Donald G. & Beatty, H. Wayne | Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers | 1993 | Handbook for Electrical Engineers, 13th ed. | McGraw-Hill | New York | Electrical Engineering |
PW-3967 | Finn, Bernard and Yang, Daiquing | Communications Under the Seas: The Evolving Cable Network and its Implications | 2009 | A collection of essays on submarine cables, with an emphasis on telegraph cables. | MIT | Cambridge, MA | Transatlantic Cable
Transatlantic Communication Telegraphy |
PW-273 | Finn, Bernard S. | History of Electrical Technology: An Annotated Bibliography | 1991 | Finn, Bernard S., History of Electrical Technology: An Annotated Bibliography. | Garland Publishing Inc. | New York | Chronology/Timeline
Guide Book Technology, Electrical |
PW-2707 | Finn, Bernard, ed. | Exposing Electronics | 2000 | Finn, Bernard, Exposing Electronics. Harwood Academic Publishers, 2000. | Harwood Academic Publishers | Amsterdam | History
Electronics |
PW-3599 | Finn, Christine A. | Artifacts: An Archaeologist's Year in Silcon Valley | 2001 | Christine A. Finn, Artifacts: An Archaeologist's Year in Silicon Valley, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2001 | MIT Press | Cambridge MA | Silicon Valley |
PW-1 | Fischer, Claude S. | America Calling: A Social History of the Telephone to 1940 | 1992 | Fischer, Claude S., America Calling: A Social History of the Telephone to 1940, University of California Press (Berkeley, CA) 1992. | University of California Press | Berkeley CA | telephones
History Telecommunications |
PW-1545 | Fisher, David E., and Marshall John Fisher | Tube: The Invention of Television | 1996 | Fisher, David E., and Marshall John Fisher, Tube: The Invention of Television. Washington, DC: Counterpoint, 1996. | Counterpoint | Washington D.C. | Television
History |
PW-4430 | Fisher, Steven C.and Shamim A. Rahman, eds. | Remembering the Giants: Apollo Rocket Propulsion Development | 2009 | Fisher, Steven C.and Shamim A. Rahman, eds. Remembering the Giants: Apollo Rocket Propulsion Development, Monographs in Aerospace History No. 45 (Dec 2009). Washington, DC: NASA History Division, 2009. | NASA | Washington, DC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Aeronautical Engineering Aeronautics Space Programs Spacecraft Design Rocket Propulsion Rocket Technology Rockets |
PW-3920 | Fitch, Clyde | All About Syperheterodynes: How They Work, How to Build and How to Service Them | 1934 | Gernsback Publications | New York | Superheterodyne
Radio | |
PW-4105 | Fitzgerald, A. E and Charles Kingsley | Electric Machinery: An Integrated Treatment of A-C and D-C Machines | 1952 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Electric Devices
Alternating Current (AC) Direct Current (DC) | |
PW-4106 | Fitzgerald, A.E and David E. Higginbotham | Basic Electrical Engineering: Circuits Machines Electronic Control | 1957 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Circuit
Electrical Engineering | |
PW-3997 | Fleck, Glen (Editor) | A Computer Perspective: a Sequence of 20th century ideas, events, and artifacts from the history of the information machine | 1973 | Harvard University Press | Cambridge,MA | History
Computers | |
PW-6047 | Fleming, James Rodger | Meteorology in America, 1800-1870 | 1990 | A book on meteorology during 1800-1870 and how it became a legitimate science and government service during those crucial decades. | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | Meteorology
History |
PW-6155 | Fleming, James Rodger ed. | Historical Essays on Meteorology 1919-1995 | 1996 | Historical essays on meteorology from 1919-1995. | American Meteorological Society | Boston | Meteorology
History |
PW-1604 | Flichy, Patrice | Dynamics of Modern Communication | 1995 | Flichy, Patrice, Dynamics of Modern Communication. (translated by Liz Libbrecht) Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc., 1995. | Sage Publications | Thousand Oaks CA | Communication
Communication Technology |
PW-1455 | Floriani, Virgilio | Memories of My Life | 1992 | Floriani, Virgilio, Memories of My Life. Milan: self-published, 1982 | self-published | Milan | Autobiography |
PW-1567 | Forester, Tom | High-Tech Society | 1988 | Forester, Tom. High-Tech Society. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1987. | MIT Press | Cambridge MA | Technology |
PW-3399 | Fouche, Rayvon | Black Inventors in the Age of Segregation | 2003 | Fouche, Rayvon. Balck Inventors in the Age of Segregation. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 2003. | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | History
Engineering
|
PW-6662 | Fouche, Rayvon | Game Changer: The Techno-Scientific Revolution in Sports | 2017 | The tale of the impact of technoscience on sports. | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | Sports
Sports Technology Sports Science Technoscience |
PW-2504 | Fouke, Janie, Editor | Engineering Tomorrow: Today's Technology Experts Envision the Next Century | 2000 | Fouke, Janie, Editor, Engineering Tomorrow: Today's Technology Experts Envision the Next Century. IEEE Press: Piscataway NJ, 2000. | IEEE Press | Piscataway NJ | Technology
Electrical Engineering |
PW-6235 | Fournier, Yves, and Freddy Gardiol. | Marconi et Salvan: à l'aube de la télégraphie sans fil. | 2009 | Porte-Plumes | Ayer | Telecommunications | |
PW-1808 | Fowler, Conrad J. | History of American Electronic Laboratories, Inc., 1950-1987 | 1987 | Fowler, Conrad J., History of American Electronic Laboratories, Inc., 1950-1987: American Electronic Laboratories, Inc., 1987. 2 copies | American Electronic Laboratories | History
Laboratories | |
PW-1544 | France Telecom | Les Cahiers Télécommunications, Histoire, et Société | 1996 | Articles on French and German telecom history from the interwar period to the reunifications of Germany in the early 1990s, including German innovations in the interwar period; the reconstruction of western German telecom after World War II; the moderniz | France Telecom | Paris | Europe-Telecommunications-20th century
Telephony-France-20th century Telecommunications-Germany-20th century Television-Color-Europe |
PW-5098 | France Telecom | Les Cahiers: Telephone | 1996 | This book is a collection of 6 articles by French / German historians detailing the role France played in the development of German telecommunications. The historians are, Patrice Carre, Harm G. Schroter, Patrice Carre et Jacques Frot, Walter Kaiser, an | Telephones
Culture History Telecommunications Telecommunications Europe | ||
PW-6122 | Francis, V.J. | Fundamentals of Discharge Tube Circuits | 1948 | Fundamentals of Discharge Tube Circuits | Methuen & Co. Ltd. | London | Tubes
Circuit |
PW-5049 | Frank A. J. L. James | The Correspondence of Michael Faraday | 1996 | The 812 letters in this volume, of which nearly three quarters are published for the first time, reflect both change and continuity in Faraday's life from 1841 to 1848, that is between the ages of 49 and 57. Faraday continued to be a member of the Sande | Electricity
Electrification Innovation Innovators Engineering Engineers | ||
PW-5050 | Frank A. J. L. James | The Correspondence of Michael Faraday | 1999 | The 887 letters in this volume, of which nearly two thirds are published for the first time, deal with many of the far reaching changes that occurried in Faraday's life during the first half of the 1850s, that is between ages of 58-64. Some of the assoc | Innovation
Innovators Engineering Engineers Biography History | ||
PW-1181 | Frank Jay, editor-in-chief | IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical and Electronics Terms | 1977 | IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical and Electronics Terms. IEEE Standard 100 | IEEE | New York | Terminology
Standards |
PW-1182 | Frank Jay, editor-in-chief | IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical and Electronics Terms | 1977 | IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical and Electronics Terms. IEEE Standard 100 | IEEE | New York | Terminology
Standards |
PW-1183 | Frank Jay, editor-in-chief | IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical and Electronics Terms | 1984 | IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical and Electronics Terms. IEEE Standard 100 | IEEE | New York | Terminology
Standards |
PW-1184 | Frank Jay, editor-in-chief | IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical and Electronics Terms | 1988 | IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical and Electronics Terms. IEEE Standard 100 | IEEE | New York | Terminology
Standards |
PW-6100 | Frank, Ernest | Electrical Measurement Analysis | 1959 | Electrical measurement analysis - textbook. | McGraw-Hill | New York | Electric measurements |
PW-3181 | Frankland, Mark | Radio Man: The Remarkable Rise and Fall of C. O. Stanley | 2002 | Frankland, Mark, Radio Man: The Remarkable Rise and Fall of C. O. Stanley. Edison, NJ: The Institution of Electrical Engineers, 2002. | IEE (including Peter Peregrinus) | Edison NJ |
Biography Radio |
PW-3585 | Franklin Institute | Electrifying America: Milestones of the Electrical Age, A Century of Electrical Progress | 1984 | Franklin Institute. Electrifying America: Milestones of the Electrical Age, A Century of Electrical Progress. Philadelphia: Franklin Institute, 1984. Catalog of 1984 exhibit. | Franklin Institute | Philadelphia | Franklin Institute
Electrical Industry Power Distribution History |
PW-6205 | Franklin, Benjamin | Experiments and Observations on Electricity, made at Philadelphia in America by Mr. Benjamin Franklin and Communicated in Several Letters to Mr. P. Collinson of London, F.R.S> | 1751 | Facsimile Edition of Franklin's classic scientific work on Electricity. Facsimile publisher: Ecco Print Edition. | Edward Cave | London | Electricity
Electric Charge |
PW-4108 | Franklin, William S. | A Treatise on The Elements of Electrical Engineering, Volume 1 | 1917 | Macmillan Company | London | Electrical Engineering | |
PW-1004 | Franksen, Ole Immanuel | H.C. Oersted: A Man of Two Cultures | 1981 | Franksen, Ole Immanuel. H.C. Oersted: A Man of Two Cultures. Birkerod, Denmark: Strandsberg Forlag, 1981 | Strandsberg Forlag | Birkerod, Denmark | History
Current, Electric Chemistry |
PW-6464 | Franksen, Ole Immanuel | H.C. Orsted, a man of the two cultures: experimenta, circa effectum, conflictus electrici in acum, magneticam | 1981 | Biography of Danish physicist, Hans Christian Orsted. | Stransbergs Forlag | Birkerod, Denmark | H.C. Orsted |
PW-1308 | Franksen, Ole Immanuel, ed. | Six Stories: IEEE Denmark Section | 1986 | Franksen, Ole Immanuel, ed. Six Stories: IEEE Denmark Section. Denmark: Strandsberg Forlag, 1986 | Strandsberg Forlag | Denmark | Section
History |
PW-5115 | Fred Osterman | Shortwave Receivers Past & Present: Communications Receivers 1942-1996 | 1998 | This book is designed to provide the radio hobbyist or receiver collector with concise information on the value, features, specifications and performance of current and former shortwave communications receivers. The scope of this second edition has chan | Radio
Communication Receivers | ||
PW-5116 | Fred Osterman | Shortwave receivers past and present:communications receivers 1942-1997 | 1997 | This book is designed to provide the radio hobbyist or receiver collector with concise information on the value, features, specifications and performance of current and former shortwave communications receivers. This third edition builds on the previous | Radio
Radio Equipment Technology Communication Receivers | ||
PW-1515 | Freeberg, Ernest | The Age of Edison: Electric LIght and the Invention of Modern America. | 2013 | Not so much a book on Edison, though he does play a role, but rather a book on how Electric lighting spread through the U.S. and in doing so, transformed American life and civilization on many ways. | Lighting
Electric Light | ||
PW-6161 | Freed, Les | The History of Computers: A Family Album of Computer Genealogy | 1995 | A visual guide on the history of computers. | Ziff-Davis Press | Emeryville, CA | Computers |
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Innovation Technology Transfer Globalization Economic development Economics |
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History Research and Development (R&D) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
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PW-3850 | Freitag, Harlow, ed. | Electrical Engineering: The Second Century Begins | 1986 | Freitag, Harlow, ed. Electrical Engineering: The Second Century Begins. New York: IEEE Press, 1986. | IEEE Press | New York | Electrical Engineering |
PW-6655 | French, Daniel | When They Hid the Fire: A History of Electricity and Invisible Energy in America | 2017 | The author examines the American social perceptions of electricity as an energy technology that were adopted between the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He argues that both technical and cultural factors played a role as electricity became | University of Pittsburgh Press | Pittsburgh, PA | Electricity
Electrification Energy Coal Industrialization Culture Technology |
PW-1090 | Friday, Franklin, ed. | A Walk Through the Park: The History of GE Appliances and Appliance Park | 1987 | Friday, Franklin, ed., A Walk Through the Park: The History of GE Appliances and Appliance Park. Louisville KY: Elfun Historical Society, 1987. | Elfun Historical Society | Louisville KY | Chronology/Timeline
General Electric Appliances History |
PW-6192 | Fridlund, Mats | Den gemensamma utvecklingen: Staten, storforetaget och samarbetet kring den svenska elkrafttekniken | 1999 | The Mutual Development: The State, Big Industry and Cooperation on Swedish Electric Power Technology (translation summary in English included inside of book). | |||
PW-1005 | Friedel, Robert and Israel, Paul with Finn, Bernard | Edison's Electric Light: Biography of an Invention | 1986 | Friedel, Robert and Israel, Paul with Finn, Bernard, Edison's Electric Light: Biography of an Invention. New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1986 | Rutgers University Press | New Brunswick NJ | History
Incandescent light Inventions |
PW-2589 | Friedewald, Michael | Der Computer als Werkzeug und Medium | 1999 | Friedewald, Michael, Der Computer als Werkzeug und Medium. Geshichte der Naturwissenschaften und der technik. Berlin: GNT-Verlag, 1999
This book is in German |
GNT Verlag | Berlin | Computing
Workstation |
PW-2799 | Friedewald, Michael | Die Tonenden Funken | 1999 | Friedewald, Michael. Die Tonenden Funken: Feschichte eines fruhen drahtlosen Kommunikationssystems 1905-1914. Berlin: GNT-Verlag | GNT-Verlag | Berlin | Telecommunications
History |
PW-1490 | Friedlander, Amy | In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash: Banking as American Infrastructure | 1996 | Friedlander, Amy. In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash: Banking as American Infrastructure 1800-1935. Reston, VA: Corporation for National Research Initiatives, 1996. | Corporation for National Research Initiatives | Reston VA | Banking
History |
PW-3395 | Friedlander, Amy | Emerging Infrastructure: The Growth of Railroads | 1995 | Friedlander, Amy. Emerging Infrastructure: The Growth of Railroads. Reston, VA: Corporation for National Research Initiatives, 1995. | Corporation for National Research Initiatives | Reston VA | Railroad
History |
PW-3396 | Friedlander, Amy | Natural Monopoly and Universal Service: Telephones and Telegraphs in the US Communications Infrastructure, 1837-1940 | 1995 | Friedlander, Amy. Natural Monopoly and Universal Service: Telephones and Telegraphs in the US Communications Infrastructure, 1837-1940. Reston, VA: Corporation for National Research Initiatives, 1995. | Coporation for National Research Initiatives | Reston VA | Telephones
Telegraphs History Western Union |
PW-3397 | Friedlander, Amy | Power and Light: Electricity in the US Energy Infrastructure, 1870-1940 | 1996 | Friedlander, Amy. Power and Light: Electricity in the US Energy Infrastructure, 1870-1940. Reston, VA: Corporation for National Research Initiatives, 1996. | Corporation for National Research Initiatives | Reston VA | Electric Light
Electricity Power Distribution Power Generation History |
PW-5158 | Friedman, Ted | Electric Dreams: Computers in American Culture | 2005 | Tracing the history and impact of the computer through its appearance in American popular culture. | New York University Press | New York | Computers
Culture History |
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PW-4220 | Fritzsche, Hellmut and Brian Schwartz | Stanford R. Ovshinsky: The Science and Technology of an American Genius | 2008 | 75th birthday Festschrift for S. R. Ovshinsky | World Scientific | New Jersey | Biography |
PW-5956 | Frost, Gary L. | Early FM Radio: Incremental Technology in Twentieth-Century America | 2010 | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | Broadcasting
Radio | |
PW-293 | Frost, Robert L. | Alternating Currents. Nationalized Power in France, 1946-1970 | 1991 | Frost, Robert L., Alternating Currents. Nationalized Power in France, 1946-1970. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1991. | Cornell University Press | Ithaca NY | Alternating Current (AC)
Power Distribution Power Industry History |
PW-4104 | Fry, D.W and F.K Goward | Aerials for Centimetre Wave-Lengths | 1950 | Cambridge University Press | Cambridge | Measurement
Antennas | |
PW-4109 | Fry, William J., John M. Taylor and Bertha W. Henvis | Design of Crystal Vibrating Systems for Projectors and other Applications | 1945 | Dover Publications | New York | Projectors
Crystals Design | |
PW-3919 | Fussl, Wilhelm | Oskar von Miller, 1855-1934, Eine Biographie | 2005 | Fussl, Wilhelm. Oskar von Miller, 1855-1934, Eine Biographie. Munich: C. H. Beck Verlag, 2005. | C. H. Beck Verlag | Munich | Biography
Museums Power Distribution Electrification |
PW-625 | Gabler, Edwin | American Telegrapher: A Social History, 1860-1900 | 1988 | Gabler, Edwin. American Telegrapher: A Social History, 1860-1900. New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1988. | Rutgers University Press | New Brunswick NJ |
History Telegraphy |
PW-3104 | Galambos, Louis and Abrahamson, Eric J. | Anytime, Anywhere: Entrepreneurship and the Creation of a Wireless World | 2002 | Galambos, Louis and Abrahamson, Eric J. Anytime, Anywhere: Entrepreneurship and the Creation of a Wireless World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. | Cambridge University Press | Cambridge | Telephones
Telecommunication Wireless Communication Communications Entrepreneurship |
PW-1806 | Galambos, Louis with Jane Eliot Sewell | Networks of Innovation: Vaccine Development at Merck, Sharp & Dohme, and Mulford | 1995 | Galambos, Louis with Jane Eliot Sewell, Networks of Innovation: Vaccine Development at Merck, Sharp & Dohme, and Mulford, 1895-1995. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1995. | Cambridge University Press | Cambridge | Medicine
Innovation History |
PW-6627 | Galati, Gaspare | 100 Years of Radar | 2016 | Updated, reviewed and shortened English version of the Italian language edition: Cent' anni di Radar - Ricerca, sviluppi, persone, eventi by Gaspare Galati (Aracne, 2012). This book is not a mere translation into English.., but rather a new book made | Springer International Publishing | Switzerland | Radar
Christian Hulsmeyer Guglielmo Marconi Ugo Tiberio Franco Bardelli Robert Waston-Watt Defense Military |
PW-4240 | Gall, Alexander (Ed.) | Konstruieren Kommunizieren Präsentieren: Bilder von Wissenschaft und Technik | 2007 | In German
Construct Communicate Present: Images of Science and Technology |
Wallstein Verlag | Germany | Technology
Images |
PW-3301 | Gallison, Peter | Image & Logic: A Material Culture of Microphysics | Study of role of technology in defining meaning of evidence in experimental microphysics, from late 19th c. cloud chambers to late 20th c. computer modeling | University of Chicago | Chicago | Physics-20th century
Microphysics Scientific instruments-20th century Trading zone Physics-measurement Experiments-physics | |
PW-6438 | Gantz, Carroll | The Vacuum Cleaner: A History | 2012 | House cleaning has been an innate human activity and in the early nineteenth century mechanical devices repalced the some of the physical labor, performed mostly by women. Mechanical carpet sweepers were replaced by manual suction cleaners, which in turn | McFarland & Ciompany | Jefferson, N.C. and London | Vacuum cleaners |
PW-4449 | Garber, Stephen J., ed | Looking Backward, Looking Forward: Forty Years of Human Spaceflight Symposium | 2002 | Garber, Stephen J., ed. Looking Backward, Looking Forward: Forty Years of Human Spaceflight Symposium (8 May 2001). Washington, DC: NASA History Office, 2002. | NASA | Washington, DC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Space Space Exploration Space Programs Space Shuttle Space Station Culture History Symposium |
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Broadcasting Radio |
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Television Radio | |
PW-1007 | Garnet, Robert W. | The Telephone Enterprise: The Evolution of the Bell System's Horizontal Structure | 1985 | Garnet, Robert W., The Telephone Enterprise: The Evolution of the Bell System's Horizontal Structure, 1876-1909. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985. | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | Telephones
American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) History |
PW-6603 | Garratt, Colin | Steam Trains of the World | 1987 | Exeter Books | New York | Railroad
Steam locomotives | |
PW-4298 | Garratt, G. R. M. | One Hundred Years of Submarine Cables | 1950 | 59 pages, index. | His Majesty's Stationary Office | London | |
PW-786 | Garratt, Gerald | The Early History of Radio: From Faraday to Marconi | 1993 | Garratt, Gerald. The Early History of Radio: From Faraday to Marconi. London: Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers/Science Museum, 1993. | IEE | London | Radio
History |
PW-3926 | Garson, Barbara | The Electronic Sweatshop: How Computers are Transforming the Office of the Future into the factory of the Past. | 1988 | Garson, Barbara. The Electronic Sweatshop: How Computers are Transforming the Office of the Future into the factory of the Past. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988. | Simon and Schuster | New York | computers
Office |
PW-6185 | Gaston Lionel Franco | World Communications: New Horizons, New Power, New Hope | 1983 | A look into the complex world of modern international communications alongside the technology of computers and telecommunications with a focus on exposition and analysis. | Gaston Lionel Franco | Italy | Telecommunications |
PW-1800 | Gawdiak, Ihor Y., Ramón Miró, and Sam Stueland | Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1986-1990: A Chronology | 1997 | Gawdiak, Ihor Y., Ramón Miró, and Sam Stueland, Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1986-1990: A Chronology. Washington DC: NASA History Office, 1997. | NASA History Office | Washington D.C. | Aerospace
History Aeronautics |
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Aeronautical Engineering Aeronautics |
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Radio Naval Radio Navy, U.S. |
PW-297 | Geddes, Keith, and Gordon Bussey | The Setmakers: A History of the Radio and Television Industry | 1991 | Geddes, Keith, and Gordon Bussey, The Setmakers: A History of the Radio and Television Industry. London: BREMA, 1991. | BREMA | London | Television
Radio Industry History |
PW-1009 | Geddes, L.A. | The History of Electrical Engineering at Purdue (1888-1988) | 1986 | Geddes, L.A., The History of Electrical Engineering at Purdue (1888-1988). West Lafayette IN, Purdue University, 1988. | Purdue University | West Lafayette IN | History
Electrical Engineering |
PW-4424 | Gehman, Harold Jr | Columbia Accident Investigation Board, Report Volume I (August 2003) | 2003 | Gehman, Harold Jr., Chairman. Columbia Accident Investigation Board, Report Volume I (August 2003). Washington, DC: NASA and Government Printing Office. | NASA; Government Printing Office | Washington, DC | Aerospace
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Government Conference Proceedings Disaster |
PW-2709 | Geisler, Eliezer | The Metrics of Science and Technology | 2000 | Geisler, Eliezer, The Metrics of Science and Technology. Wesport, Connecticut / London: Quorum Books, 2000. | Quorum Books | London | History
Measurement |
PW-6140 | Gelatt, Ronald | The Fabulous Phonograph 1877-1977 | 1977 | One hundred years of the phonograph. | Collier Books | New York | Phonograph |
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Transportation | ||
PW-5062 | Gene I. Rochlin | Trapped in the Net: The Unanticipated Consequences of Computerization | 1997 | This text takes a close look at how such familiar and pervasive productions of computing as voice mail, bar codes, laptops and the Web have become embedded in all our lives forcing us to narrow the scope of our choices, our modes of control and our exper | Internet
Businesses Policy Military | ||
PW-5033 | Gene Tollefson | BPA & The Struggle for power at cost | 1987 | 50 year anniversary of Bonneville Power Administration, which is a mixed public and private power system in the Pacific Northwest. Originally funded in 1937, the BPA has been crucial in driving down the price of electricity for the region. Beyond the hi | Electrical Engineers
Electrical Grid Electrical Industry Electric measurements Dam Government Technology | ||
PW-4256 | General Electric | Industrial Lighting Handbook | 1929 | Engineering Department, Edison Lamp Works of General Electric Company | Harrison, NJ |
Electric Light Industrial Design General Electric | |
PW-5025 | George Constable and Bob Somerville | A Century of Innovation: The Engineering That Transformed Our Lives | 2003 | A history of 20 major innovations : Electricity, Automobile, airplane, water supply, electronics, radio, television, agricultural mechization, computers, telephony, air conditioning, highways, spacecraft, internet, imaging, household applicances, health | Communication
Electrical Industry Electrical Grid Weapons Nuclear Engineering Space Space Exploration Train Transportation | ||
PW-470 | George Wise | Willis Whitney, General Electric and the Origins of U.S. Industrial Research | 1985 | Biography of Willis Whitney, the founding director of the General Electrci Research Laboratory, one of the pioneers of industrial research in the United States. | Columbia University Press | New York | General Electric
Research and Development (R&D) Research |
PW-6481 | George, Rose | The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters | 2008 | A global and cultural study of human waste, sanitation, and disease. | Henry Holt and Company | New York | Sanitation
Sewage Hygiene |
PW-4209 | Gernsback, H | Radio for All | 1922 | J.B. Lippincott Company | London | Radio | |
PW-3798 | Gerovitch, Slava | From Newspeak to Cyberspeak: A History of soviet Cybernetics | 2005 | Gerovitch, Slava, From Newspeak to Cyberspeak: A History of Soviet Cybernetics, MIT Press, Cambridge, 2005 | MIT Press | Cambridge MA | Cybernetics
Soviet Union (USSR) |
PW-6120 | Gershenfeld, Neil | The Physics of Information Technology | 2000 | An introductory guide to how certain electronic devices work with in depth explanations to better understand the physics behind this technology. | Cambridge University Press | Cambridge | Information Technology |
PW-2006 | Gertner, Jon | The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation | 2012 | History of Bell Laboratories, largely from 1940 to 1960s, with focus on Mervin Kelly, William Shockley, Claude Shannon, John Pierce and William O. Baker. | Penguin Press | New York | Bell Labs
Bell Telephone Laboratories AT&T Semiconductors Cellular telephony Information Theory Telecommunications |
PW-6488 | Gertner, Jon | The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation | 2012 | This is a history of Bell Telephone Laboratories from its beginnings in the 1920s until its demise in the 1980s. Many considered it the best research laboratory in the world. Why did so many transformative ideas come from Bell Labs? Jon Gertner traces | The Penguin Press | New York | Bell Telephone Laboratories/Bell Labs
Telecommunications Inventors Innovation Mervin Kelly Claude E. Shannon William (Bill) Baker William (Bill) Shockley John Pierce |
PW-4979 | Gertrude Ziani de Ferranti and Richard B. Ince | The life and letters of Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti | 1956 | Biography of Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti (1864-1930), who was an electrical engineer and inventor. He was most known for his work in AC current in England at the turn of the 20th century. | Radio
Radio Engineer Radio Equipment Radio transmission Innovators | ||
PW-303 | Getting, Ivan A. | All in a Lifetime: Science in Defense of Democracy | 1989 | Getting, Ivan A., All in a Lifetime: Science in Defense of Democracy. New York: Vantage Press, 1989. | Vantage Press | New York | Defense
Autobiography |
PW-4385 | Gibson, Jane M. | The International Electrical Exhibition of 1884 and the National Conference of Electricians: A Study in Early Electrical History | 1984 | Masters Thesis | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | Electricity
History |
PW-1878 | Giedion, Siegfried | Mechanization Takes Command | 1948 | Giedion, Siegfried, Mechanization Takes Command. New York: Oxford University Press, 1948 | Oxford University Press | New York | manufacturing
Consumer Electronics |
PW-6536 | Giedion, Sigfried; afterword by Stanislaus von Moos | Mechanization takes command: a contribution to anonymous history | 2013 | This is a reprint edition of Sigfried Giedion's (1888-1968) classic first published in 1948 by Oxford University Press. Mechanization takes command is an examination of mechanization and its effects on everyday life. One of the twentieth century's pree | University of Minnesota Press | Minneapolis | Industrial Arts - History
Mechanization - History Inventions - History Sigfried Giedion |
PW-6584 | Gies, Frances and Joseph Gies | Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel: Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages | 1994 | A history of Western technology from approximately 500 C.E. to 1500 C.E.. It identifies the main technological elements that entered significantly into medieval European history, their known or probably sources, and their principal impacts. | HarperCollins Publishers | New York | Middles Ages
Inventions Technology Cathedral Waterwheel Cistercians Power - water and wind Metallurgy Energy |
PW-4112 | Gilbert, William | De Mundo Nostro Sublinari Gvilielmigil: Berti Colcestren Sis Medici Reg II (1600) | Fascimile of early 17th Century Manuscript. Gift of The IEE to the IEEE. | London | |||
PW-1108 | Gilson, Norbert | Konzepte von Elektrizitätsversorgung und Elektrizitätswirtschaft: Die Entstehung | 1994 | Gilson, Norbert, Konzepte von Elektrizitätsversorgung und Elektrizitätswirtschaft: Die Entstehung eins neuen Fachgebietes der Technikwissenschaften zwischen 1880 und 1945. Stuttgart: Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und der Technik, 1994. | GNT Verlag | Stuttgart | Chronology/Timeline
History Electricity |
PW-862 | Gimbel, John | Science, Technology, and Reparations: Exploitation and Plunder in Postwar Germany | 1990 | Science, Technology, and Reparations: Exploitation and Plunder in Postwar Germany. | Stanford University Press | Stanford, CA | World War II
Technology Technology Transfer |
PW-6086 | Gimpel, Jean | The Medieval Machine: The Industrial Revolution of the Middle Ages | 1976 | The Industrial Revolution that occurred during the Middle Ages centered around certain medieval machines that revolutionized agriculture, industry, construction, and mining. | Penguin Books | New York | Industrial Revolution |
PW-1209 | Ginzton, Edward | Times to Remember: The Life of Edward Ginzton | 1995 | Ginzton, Edward, Times to Remember: The Life of Edward Ginzton. Anne Ginzton Cottrell and Leonard Cottrell, eds., Berkeley, CA: Blackberry Creek Press, 1995. | Blackberry Creek Press | Berkeley CA | autobiography |
PW-6451 | Giorgi, Mario and Babara Valotti, editors | Guglielmo Marconi Wireless Laureate | 2010 | This book is a collection of essays published as part of the celebration to mark the centenary of Guglielmo Marconi's Nobel Prize in Physics. It includes essays regarding Marconi, the inventor and entrepreneur; invention and innovation in wireless teleg | Bononia University Press | Bologna, Italy | Wireless communications
Telegraphy Guglielmo Marconi |
PW-4997 | Giorgio de Santillana | The Crime of Galileo | 1962 | History of Galileo's conflict with and persecution by the Catholic Church. | Crime
Innovation | ||
PW-310 | Gispen, Kees | New Profession, Old Order: Engineers and German Society, 1815-1914 | 1989 | Gispen, Kees, New Profession, Old Order: Engineers and German Society, 1815-1914. New York: Cambridge Univeristy Press, 1989. | Cambridge university Press | New York | Engineers
History |
PW-5164 | Gitter, Michael, Anapol, Sylvie and Glazer, Erika | Do you Remember ? : Pong, 8-Track and Betamax: The Book That Takes You Back. | 2005 | A humorous look at all types of past technologies. | Chronicle Books for Barnes & Noble | History
Humor | |
PW-4364 | Glasoe, G.Norris & Lebacqz, Jean V. (Eds.) | Pulse Generators (Volume 5) | 1948 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Radiation laboratory (RadLab)
Generators Radar | |
PW-6499 | Glomb, Jozef, Peter J. Obst, translator, Halka Chronic, editor | A Man Who Spanned Two Eras: The story of bridge engineer Ralph Modjeski | 2002 | Biography of Ralph Modjeski (Rudolf Modrzejewski) first published in Polish in 1981. Modjeski, a Polish-American civil engineer, had an office in New York CIty and during his career he built over 125 miles of bridges. His projects included the Benjamin F | Philadelphia Chapter of the Kosciuszko Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | Ralph Modjeski
Civil Engineering Bridges Bridges - Ben Franklin Bridge - Philadelphia Bridges - Oakland Bay Bridge - San Francisco Bridges - Ambassador Bridge - Detroit |
PW-4073 | Glowatzki, Ernst | Theorie Der Linearen Wechselstrom Schaltugen, band II | 1960 | Akademie-Verlag | Berlin | Theory | |
PW-1173 | Gluckman, Albert Gerard | The Invention and Evolution of the Electrotechnology to Transmit Electrical Signals Without Wires. (Washington, DC: Washington Academy of Sciences, 1983) | 1983 | Gluckman, Albert Gerard, The Invention and Evolution of the Electrotechnology to Transmit Electrical Signals Without Wires.
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Washington Academy of Sciences | Washington D.C. | Communication
Signalling History |
PW-5044 | Godfrey, Donald G. | Philo T. Farnsworth: The Father of Television | 2001 | Biography of Philo T. Farnsworth (1906–1971), who has been called the forgotten father of television. Farnsworth drew his first television schematic for his high school teacher in Rigby, Idaho. Subsequent claims and litigation notwithstanding, he was, | Innovation
Innovators Television Biography Technological Innovations Technology History | ||
PW-6456 | Godfrey, Donald G. | C. Francis Jenkins: Pioneer of Film and Television | 2014 | Biography of American inventor Charles Francis Jenkins (1867-1934). His inventions included the film projector capable of showing a motion picture on a large screen, television, and broadcast television. His patents also include optics, airplane engines | University of Illinois Press | Urbana | C. Francis Jenkins (Charles Francis), 1867-1934
Inventors Cinematography Television |
PW-2438 | Godin, Oleg and David R. Palmer | History of Russian Underwater Acoustics | 2008 | Godin, Oleg and David R. Palmer. History of Russian Underwater Acoustics. London: World Scientific, 2008 | World Scientific | London | History
Acoustics |
PW-3897 | Goggin, Gerard | Cell Phone Culture: Mobile Technology in Everyday Life | 2006 | Goggin, Gerard, Cell Phone Culture: Mobile Technology in Everyday Life, Routledge, New York, 2006 | Routledge | New York | Cell Phone
Mobile wireless communications Mobile communication |
PW-1012 | Goldschmidt, Bertrand | The Atomic Complex: A Worldwide Political History of Nuclear Energy | 1982 | Goldschmidt, Bertrand, The Atomic Complex: A Worldwide Political History of Nuclear Energy. LaGrange Park IL: American Nuclear Society, 1982 | American Nuclear Society | LaGrange Park IL | History
Nuclear Engineering Nuclear Power |
PW-4110 | Goldsmith, Alfred N, Arthur F. Van Dyck et. al | Television Volume III | 1946 | RCA Review | Princeton | Television | |
PW-6676 | Goldsmith, Alfred N. | Radio Telephony | 1918 | Technical details of radio telephony (wireless telephone, radio).
Research, development and uses of radio telephony. Future development of radio telephony. |
The Wireless Press, Inc. | New York | Radio
Radio Telephony Textbook Antennas Tubes, Vacuum Receivers Wireless communications Wireless Transmission Textbooks |
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PW-4014 | Goldstine, Herman H. | The Computer: From Pascal to von Neumann | 1972 | Princeton University Press | Princeton | Computers
History | |
PW-5990 | Gomery, Douglas | A History of Broadcasting in the United States | 2008 | A history of broadcasting in the US with a particular focus on the political, social, and cultural impacts of radio and television in the twentieth century. | Blackwell Publishing | Malden, MA | Broadcasting
Radio Television Television broadcasting History |
PW-1011 | Gomme, A.A. | Patents of Invention: Origin and Growth of the Patent System in Britain | 1948 | Gomme, A.A., Patents of Invention: Origin and Growth of the Patent System in Britain. London: Longman, Green & Co. 1948. | Lognman, Green & Co. | London | History
Patents Patent Law Patent Office |
PW-3540 | Gooday, Graeme J. N. | The Morals of Measurement: Accuracy, Irony, and Trust in Late Victorian Electrical Practice | 2004 | Gooday, Graeme J. N., The Morals of Measurement: Accuracy, Irony, and Trust in Late Victorian Electrical Practice, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2004. | Cambridge University Press | London | Measurement
History |
PW-4116 | Goodman, David M. | Automation in Electronic Test Equipment, Volume III | 1967 | New York University | New York | Automation
Testing | |
PW-4117 | Goodman, David M. | Automaton in Electronic Test Equipment Volume IV | 1967 | New York University | New York | Automation
Testing | |
PW-4118 | Goodman, David M. | Automation in Electronic test Equipment, Volume V | 1967 | New York University | New York | Automation
Testing | |
PW-6079 | Goodman, Robert | How Electronic Things Work...and What to Do When They Don't | 1999 | A how-to guide on understanding and fixing household electronics. | McGraw-Hill | New York | |
PW-1228 | Goodrich, Malinda K., Alice R. Buchalter, Patrick M. Miller | Toward a History of the Space Shuttle: An Annotated Bibliography, Part 2 (1992-2011) | 2012 | Bibliography. Collection of news articles related to Space Shuttle. History. | NASA History Program Office | Washington D.C. | Space Shuttle
NASA Space Station MIR Astronaut Columbia Challenger History |
PW-2503 | Goodwillie, Susan | Now Hear This: The Life of Hugh S. Knowles, Acoustical Engineer & Entrepreneur | 1999 | Goodwillie, Susan, Now Hear This: The Life of Hugh S. Knowles, Acoustical Engineer & Entrepreneur. The Francis Press, Washington, D.C. 1999. | The Francis Press | Washington D.C. | Biography
Acoustics |
PW-3140 | Gordon, John Steele | A Thread Across the Ocean | 2002 | Gordon, John Steele. Thread Across the Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable. New York: Walker & Co., 2002 | Walker & Co. | New York | Transatlantic Cable
Communication
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PW-20 | Gorowitz, Bernard, ed. | A Century of Progress: The General Electric Story | 1981 | Gorowitz, Bernard, ed., A Century of Progress: The General Electric Story. Schenectady, NY: Hall of History, 1981. | Hall of History | Schenectady NY | General Electric
History |
PW-4119 | Grabbe, Eugene M., Simon Ramo and Dean E. Wooldridge | Handbook of Automation, Computation, and Control, Volume 2 | 1959 | Thompson, Ramo Wool | Los Angeles | Automation
Automatic Control | |
PW-4114 | Graeme, Jerald G. | Applications of Operational Amplifiers | 1973 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Amplifier | |
PW-2149 | Graham, Frank D. | Audels Engineers and Mechanics Guide, 8 Vols | Graham, Frank D., Audels Engineers and Mechanics Guide, 8 Vols. New York: Theodore Audel and Co., 1927. | Theodore Audel and Co. | Guide Book
Education | ||
PW-4050 | Graham, Frank D. | Audel's handy book of Practical Electricity with Wiring Diagrams | Electricity
Wiring Guide Book | ||||
PW-4126 | Graham, Frank D. | Audel's Handy Book of Practical Electricity | 1924 | Theo Audel and Co. | New York | Guide Book
Electrical Engineering | |
PW-4127 | Graham, Frank D. | Audels New Electric Library Vol. XI | n/a | Theo Audel and Co. | New York | Bibliography
Electrical Engineering | |
PW-4159 | Graham, Frank D. | Audels Handy Book of Practical Electricity with Wiring Diagrams | 1924 | 2nd copy, fragile | Theo Audel and Co. | New York | Wiring
Guide Book |
PW-3291 | Graham, Loren R. | The Ghost of the Executed Engineer: Technology and the Fall of the Soviet Union | 1993 | Brief biography of Peter Palchinsky, engineer trained in tsarist Russia, whose life, work, and fate reflect not only the nature of Soviet engineering and industry during his lifetime, but also its patterns of dysfunction to the end of the USSR in 1987. | Harvard UP | Palchinskii, Petr
Palchinsky, Peter Engineers, Russian Engineers, Soviet Technology, Soviet Industry, Soviet | |
PW-6443 | Graham, Loren R. | The Ghost of the Executed Engineer: Technology and the Fall of the Soviet Union | 1993 | In 1929, Joseph Stalin ordered the executation of Peter Palchinsky, an engineer, for treason, because he spoke out about the technological problems, inefficiencies, corruption, and future collapse of the Soviet industry. Historian, Loren R. Graham tells | Harvard University Press | Cambridge, Mass. and London, England | Engineers
Soviet Union (USSR) Technology and the State Joseph Stalin Peter Palchinsky |
PW-1069 | Graham, Margaret | The Business of Research: RCA and the VideoDisc | 1986 | Graham, Margaret. The Business of Research: RCA and the VideoDisc. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986. | Cambridge University Press | Cambridge | History
Radio Corporation of America (RCA) Research and Development (R&D) |
PW-3205 | Gralla, Preston | How Cities Work | 195 | Ziff-Davis Press | Emeryville, CA | Electricity
Communication Urban history Technology Cities | |
PW-6500 | Grandin, Karl, Piero Mazzinghi, Nils Olander, Giuseppe Pelosi, editors | A Wireless World: One Hundred Years since the Nobel Prize to Guglielmo Marconi | 2012 | On 9 November 2009, an International radio symposium celebrating the centenary of the Nobel Prize in Physics 1909, was held at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It celebrated the 100 years since Guglielmo Marconi and Karl Ferdinand Braun were awar | Firenze University Press | Firenze, Italy | Guglielmo Marconi
Karl Ferdinand Braun Physics Nobel Prize Wireless communications |
PW-901 | Graves, Charles | The Thin Red Lines | 1946 | Graves, Charles. The Thin Red Lines. London: Standard Art Book Co. 1946 | Standard Art Book Co. | London |
World War II Radio Wireless |
PW-6116 | Gray, Truman S. | Applied Electronics: A First Course in Electronics, Electron Tubes, and Associated Circuits | 1954 | Applied Electronics: A First Course in Electronics, Electron Tubes, and Associated Circuits | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | New York | Electronics
Tubes, Electron Circuit |
PW-331 | Grayson, Lawrence P. | The Making of an Engineer: An Illustrated History of Engineering Education in th | 1993 | Grayson, Lawrence P. The Making of an Engineer: An Illustrated History of Engineering Education in the United States and Canada. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1993. | Wiley | New York | education
Engineers History |
PW-2780 | Greatbatch, Wilson | The Making of the Pacemaker: Celebrating a Lifesaving Invention | 2000 | Greatbatch, Wilson, The Making of the Pacemaker: Celebrating a Lifesaving Invention. New York, Prometheus Books, 2000. | Prometheus Books | New York | Chronology/Timeline
Pacemakers History |
PW-3541 | Greatbatch, Wilson | Implantable Active Devices: A Commemoration of 25 Years of Pacemaking | 1983 | Greatbatch, Wilson. Implantable Active Devices: A Commemoration of 25 Years of Pacemaking. Clarence, NY: Greatbach Enterprises, 1983 | Greatbatch Enterprises | Clarence NY | pacemakers
History Bioengineering Biomedical Engineering |
PW-6647 | Greb, Gordon and Mike Adams | Charles Herrold, Inventor of Radio Broadcasting | 2003 | Foreward by Christopher H. Sterling. A biography of Charles Herrold and his work in radio broadcasting. The authors claim The world's first radio station still broadcasting today [2003] was invented by Charles Herrold in 1909 in San Jose, California. | McFarland & Company, Inc. | Jefferson, NC and London | Charles Herrold
Radio Broadcasting Radio transmission Radio Station KQW |
PW-6089 | Green, Harvey | The Uncertainty of Everyday Life: 1915-1945 | 1992 | Everyday life for Americans between the two World Wars. Focus on family life, recreation, technology, medicine, health, etc. | HarperCollins | New York | |
PW-3944 | Green, Paul | Communicrostics: 300 Technology Puzzles Compiled from IEEE Communications Magazine 1981-2008 (New York: IEEE Communications Society, 2008). | 2008 | Green, Paul. Communicrostics: 300 Technology Puzzles Compiled from IEEE Communications Magazine 1981-2008. | IEEE Communications Society | New York | Communication
Communications Society, IEEE |
PW-5987 | Green, Stuart A. | Dear Doctor Franklin: E-mails to a Founding Father about Science, Medicine, and Technology | 2008 | A review of the history and progress in science, medicine, and technology written in the form of e-mails to Benjamin Franklin from the author. | Diane Publishing Company | Collingdale, PA | Health
Microscope History Electricity Chemistry Physiology |
PW-4418 | Green, Tom | Bright Boys | 2010 | History of Project Whirlwind. | A. K. Peters | Natick, MA | Computers
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
PW-4495 | Greenberg, Joshua M. | From Betamax to Blockbuster: Video Stores and the Invention of Movies on Video | 2008 | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Cinema
Consumer Electronics Video recording Videocassette Recorder | |
PW-6548 | Greene, Ann Norton | Horses at Work: Harnessing Power in Industrial America | 2008 | This book is about the draft horses found in the Northeast and Midwest during the nineteenth century and their role in the industrialization of the United States. | Harvard University Press | Cambridge, MA | Draft Horses
Working animals Industrialization United States |
PW-6036 | Greene, John C. | American Science in the Age of Jefferson | 1984 | A history of the scientific achievements accomplished during the age of Jefferson. | Iowa State University Press | Ames | Scientific Innovation
History |
PW-1241 | Greenwood, Holdam, and Mcrae | Electronic Measurements | Greenwood, Holdam, and Mcrae, Electronic Measurements. 1948
Part of the Slate gift (#96-01) 1948 |
Measurement Measuring Instruments | |||
PW-4370 | Greenwood, I.A.Jr., Holdam, J.V.Jr., & Macrae, D.Jr. (Eds.) | Electronic Instruments (Volume 21) | 1948 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Radiation laboratory (RadLab)
Radar Electronics Instruments | |
PW-5105 | Gregg Herken | The winning weapon: The atomic bomb in the cold war 1945-1950 | 1980 | Based on his examination of official documents historian Gregg Herken makes clear how, and why, after World War II American diplomats tried and failed to make the nation's nuclear monopoly an advantage in negotiating with the Soviet Union. Beyond these | Government
Weapons Atomic Bomb Cold War | ||
PW-5073 | Gregory J. Downey | Technology and Communication in American History | 2011 | This booklet is centered around four overlapping communication infrastrucutures: print communication and transportation, networked interpersonal communication, broadcast mass communication, and computer mediated communication. To better capture this com | Communication
Communication Technology History Innovation Innovators Culture Technology | ||
PW-4344 | Gregory, Jean A. ed. | Engineers of Distinction | 1970 | Biographical dictionary, roughly equivalent to a volume of Who's Who in Engineering, though perhaps a bit more selective. | Joint Engineering Council | New York | Biography
Engineers |
PW-4341 | Gregory, Jean, ed. | Who's Who in Engineering, 1980 | 1980 | American Association of Engineering Societies | New York | Engineering
Biography | |
PW-4360 | Gregory, Richard A. | Discovery or the Spirit and Service of Science | 1929 | MacMillan | New York | ||
PW-4455 | Griffin, Michael | Leadership in Space: Selected Speeches of NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, May 2005-October 2008 | 2008 | Griffin, Michael. Leadership in Space: Selected Speeches of NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, May 2005-October 2008. Washington, DC: NASA History Division, 2008. | NASA | Washington, DC | Speeches
Lecture National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space Exploration Space Programs |
PW-6595 | Griffith, Mrs. D. W. (Linda Arvidson) | When the Movies Were Young | 1925 | The autobiography of Linda Arvidson, the first wife of D.W. Griffith. It is also a history of Biograph Studio, D.W. Griffith, the motion picture industry and business, and motion picture technology. | E. P. Dutton & Company | New York | Motion Pictures
Motion Picture Industry D. W. Griffith Mary Pickford Mack Sennett Linda Arvidson Biograph Studio |
PW-334 | Griset, Pascal | Les Révolutions de la Communication, XIX-XX Siècle (Hacette: Paris, 1991). | 1991 | Griset, Pascal, Les Révolutions de la Communication, XIX-XX Siècle. | Hacette | Paris | History
Communication Telecommunications |
PW-4289 | Groder, Morris | Linear Scale Non-Logarithmic Slide Rules | 1952 | Collection of books written and donated by Morris Groder. 2 copies | G&G Corp | Mathematics | |
PW-4290 | Groder, Morris | Semantic Mathematics: An Introduction to the Concept of Calculating Notations | 1965 | Collection of books written and donated by Morris Groder. 2 copies | Morris Groder | Mathematics | |
PW-6566 | Groner, Alex | The American Heritage History of American Business & Industry | 1972 | An illustrated survey of American business history and the forces that shaped the American businessman from 1607 to 1972. It is a tale of American economic growth with information about natural resources, inventions, and culture. | American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc. | New York | Economic development
Industrialization Inventors Business - History - U.S. United States |
PW-3201 | Gronow, Pekka and Ilpo Saunio | An International History of the Recording Industry | 1998 | Wellington House, London, 1998
Translated from the Finnish by Christopher Moseley |
Wellinston House | London | sound recording
Microphone Records Audio History |
PW-6080 | Groove, Andrew S. | Only the Paranoid Survive: How To Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company and Career | 1996 | A book by president and CEO of Intel, Andrew Groove, on how to make one's business successful and how to bolster leadership within a company. | Currency-Doubleday | New York | Intel |
PW-398 | Gross, Benjamin H. | Crystallizing Innovation: The Emergence of the LCD at RCA, 1951-1976 | 2011 | Princeton University Ph.D. dissertation on Radio Corporation of America's (RCA) efforts to invent, develop, and manufacture a flat-panel display (FPD) in the third quarter of the 20th century. Based in part on close examination of relevant laboratory no | Flat Panel Display (FPD)
Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Industrial Research Innovation RCA Laboratories David Sarnoff Research Center Radio Corporation of America (RCA) Applied Science Willliams, Richard Heilmeier, George Rajchman, Jan Lechner, | ||
PW-1803 | Grosvenor, Edwin and Morgan Wesson | Alexander Graham Bell: The Life and Times of the Man Who Invented the Telephone (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1997). | 1997 | Grosvenor, Edwin and Morgan Wesson, Alexander Graham Bell: The Life and Times of the Man Who Invented the Telephone. | Harry N. Abrams, Inc. | New York | Biography
Telephones |
PW-6699 | Grove, A. S. | Physics and Technology of Semiconductor Devices | 1967 | The 1950s was the decade in which semiconductor devices rose to prominence and attained greater industrial significance. Most of the research and engineering work was directed to germanium. The 1960s can be considered as the decade in which silicon semic | John Wiley and Sons, Inc. | New York | Intel
A.S. Grove Textbook Solid state electronics Semiconductors Physics Planar silicon devices |
PW-6169 | Grun, Bernard | The Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events | 1979 | A concise history of important people and events that occurred around the world that have contributed to civilization. | Simon & Schuster | New York | History |
PW-6558 | Gruntman, Mike | Intercept 1961: The Birth of Soviet Missile Defense | 2015 | A history of the Soviet Union's ballistic missile defense program. | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. | Soviet Union (USSR)
Military Missiles Ballistic missile defenses Defense | |
PW-6124 | Guillemin, E.A. | The Mathematics of Circuit Analysis | 1949 | The Mathematics of Circuit Analysis | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Mathematics
Circuit |
PW-4208 | Guillemin, Ernst A. | Communication Networks, Volume 1 | 1931 | John Wiley and Sons | New York | Communication
Publication | |
PW-4211 | Guillemin, Ernst A. | Communication Networks, Volume II | 1935 | John Wiley and Sons | New York | Communication
Publication | |
PW-5146 | Guillen, Michael | Five Equations that Changed the World: The Power and Poetry of Mathematics | July, 2000 | Guillen, Michael. Five Equations that Changed the World: The Power and Poetry of Mathematics. (New York: MJF Books, 2000) | MJF Books | New York | Mathematics |
PW-1865 | Guston, David H. and Kenneth Keniston | The Fragile Contract: University Science and the Federal Government | 1997 | Guston, David H. and Kenneth Keniston, The Fragile Contract: University Science and the Federal Government. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1997. | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Government |
PW-5097 | H. Guyford Stever | In War and Peace: My Life in Science and Technology | 2002 | Over his career, Guy Stever was president of Carnegie Mellon University, Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force, Director of the National Science Foundation, member of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering, and science advisor to two presiden | Autobiography
Innovation Innovators Government World War II | ||
PW-3966 | Haber, L. F. | The Poisonous Cloud: Chemical Warfare in the First World War | 1986 | Oxford University Press | Oxford, England | World War I
Warfare Chemistry History | |
PW-2912 | Hacker, Barton C. and James M. Grimwood | On The Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini | 2002 | Hacker, Barton C. and James M. Grimwood. On The Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini. Washington, DC: NASA History Division, 2002. | NASA | Washington D.C. | Chronology/Timeline
Space Programs History |
PW-2464 | Haferkorn, H.E. | Handy List of Technical Literature Part IIa: Electricity and Magnetism | 1890 | Haferkorn, H.E., Handy List of Technical Literature Part IIa. Milwaukee, Wis., The Hartmans Printing Co., 1890. | Hartmans | Milwaukee |
Electrical Engineering Magnet Bibliography |
PW-1438 | Hafner, Katie and Matthew Lyon | Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet | 1996 | Hafner, Katie and Matthew Lyon, Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. | Simon & Schuster | New york | History
Internet |
PW-1025 | Hagemeyer, Friedrich-Wilhelm | Die Entstehung von Informationskonzepten in der Nachrichtentechnik (Dissertation, University of Berlin, 1979). | 1979 | Doctoral Dissertation In German. English Translation of Title: The Origin of Information Theory in Concepts in Communication Technology | Freien Universitat Berling | Berlin | History
Communication Technology Information Age |
PW-1026 | Haigh, Robert, George Gerbner, and Richard B. Byrne, eds. | Communications in the Twenty-First Century (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1981) | 1981 | Haigh, Robert, George Gerbner, and Richard B. Byrne, eds., Communications in the Twenty-First Century. | Wiley | New York | History
Telecommunications American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) |
PW-6510 | Haigh, Thomas, Mark Priestly, and Crispin Rope | ENIAC in Action: Making and Remaking the Modern Computer | 2016 | This book is a history of ENIAC, the electronic computer whose completion in 1945 laid the foundation for the Information Age. The authors penned a biography of the machine and its place in history as well as the history of computing. Reviewers claim it | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Computing - History
ENIAC Computer Programming |
PW-6555 | Haikio, Martti | NOKIA: The Inside Story | 2002 | A history of Nokia and the company's place in Finnish history and global business history. This is a commissioned corporate history. (The complete three-volume history was published in Finnish in 2001.) This book has been drawn from the three volumes an | Pearson Education | Nokia
Telecommunications Cell Phone Cellular Mobile Radio System | |
PW-6684 | Haine, Michael Edward with Vernon Ellis Cosslett | The Electron Microscope: The Present State of the Art | 1961 | Electron Microscope and optics.
Optical Properties of Electron Microscope Lenses Using an electron microscope. |
Interscience Publishers, Inc. | New York, NY | Textbooks
Microscope Electron Microscope Physics |
OB-677 | Hall, A. Neely | Handicraft for Handy Boys, 1911 | August 1911 | Lothrop, Lee& Shephard Company | Education | ||
PW-6201 | Hall, Carl W. | A Biographical Dictionary of People in Engineering from Earliest Records to 2000. | 2008 | Purdue University Press | West Lafayette, Indiana | Biography | |
PW-6594 | Hall, Eldon C. | Journey to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Guidance Computer | 1996 | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. | Reston, VA | Project Apollo (U.S)
Space Programs Computer, Digital Guidance System Space Vehicles Space flight to the Moon | |
PW-6604 | Hall, John S., editor | Radar Aids to Navigation | 1947 | This publication is intended primarily to describe the advantages and limitations of radar equipment when applied to problems of navigation and pilotage, where the equipment is airborne, shipborne, or ground-based. Radar beacons to navigation are also d | McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. | New York | Radar
Radiation laboratory (RadLab) World War II Radar - airborne Radar - ground-based Radar Shipborne Navigation |
PW-343 | Hall, Stephen S. | Mapping the Next Millenium: The Discovery of New Geographies (New York: Random House, 1992). | 1992 | Hall, Stephen S., Mapping the Next Millenium: The Discovery of New Geographies. | Random House | New York | Research
Innovation Discovery |
PW-3900 | Hally, Mike | Electronic Brains: Stories from the Dawn of the Computer Age (Washington D.C: Joseph Henry Press, Washington, DC, 2005) | 2005 | Hally, Mike, Electronic Brains: Stories from the Dawn of the Computer Age. | Joseph Henry | Washington D.C. | Computers
History Univac |
PW-6469 | Halpern, Orit | Beautiful Data: A History of Vision and Reason since 1945 | 2014 | Beautiful Data is both a history of big data and interactivity, and a sophisticated meditation on ideas about vision and cognition in the second half of the twentieth century. Contending that our forms of attention, observation, and truth are contingent | Duke University Press | Durham, NC | Cybernetics
Big Data Perception Cognition Communication |
PW-6698 | Hambidge, Jay | The Elements of Dynamic Symmertry | 1926 | Copyright: Yale University Press, 1919 and 1920; Brentano's, Inc., 1926. These lessons have been taken from The Diagonal, a monthly magazine which Mr. Hambidge published whe he was in Europe during the winter of 1919-20 at the request of students of d | Brentano's | New York | Mathematics |
PW-6198 | Hamilton, Dennis | Beyond Tallulah: How Sam Wyly Became America's Boldest Big-Time Entrepreneur | 2011 | Biography of entrepreneur Sam Wyly | Melcher Media | New York | Biography
Entrepreneurship |
PW-1875 | Hamming. Richard W. | Art of Doing Science and Engineering, The: Learning to Learn (Amsterdam: Gordon and Breach Science Publishers,1997). | 1997 | Hamming. Richard W. Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn. | Gordon and Breach Science | Amerstdam | education
Engineering |
PW-1027 | Hammond, John Winthrop | Men and Volts: The Story of General Electric (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1941). | 1941 | Hammond, John Winthrop, Men and Volts: The Story of General Electric. | J.B. Lippincott Company | Philadelphia PA | History
General Electric Electricity |
PW-4137 | Hancock, John C. | An Introduction to The Principles of Communication Theory | 1961 | McGraw-Hill | New York | Communication
Theory | |
PW-6576 | Handley, Susannah | Nylon: The Story of a Fashion Revolution: A Celebration of Design from Art Silk to Nylon and Thinking Fabrics | 1999 | A history of synthetic fibres and fabrics created and manufactured by DuPont in the United States and Courtauld's in Britain. The author contends synthetic fibres forced an improbable alliance between three massive global industries, chemicals, textiles | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | Chemical Industry
Chemical Engineering Synthetic Fabrics Nylon Clothing Trade - history Clothing Design DuPont Company Fashion - history Advertising Courtauld's |
PW-6028 | Hannah, Leslie | Electricity before Nationalization: A Study of the Development of the Electricity Supply Industry in Britain to 1948 | 1979 | A historical study of the rise of electricity supply and demand in Britain. | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | Electricity
Electrification History |
PW-4988 | Hans Queisser | The Conquest of the microchip: Science and Business in the Silicon Age | 1988 | The Japanese-American Chip War and the race for supremacy in superconductors are but the latest dramas in the microelectronics age, which is bringing about unprecedented changes in world techonology . The author tells the exciting story behind the bir | Microchip
Microelectronics Commuting Innovation Microchip Businesses | ||
PW-4390 | Hanscom, C. Dean | Dates in American Telephone Technology | 1961 | Bell Telephone Laboratories | Telephones
Telecommunications AT&T Bell Laboratories Chronology/Timeline | ||
PW-4445 | Hansen, James R., ed. w/ Jeremy Kinney, D.Bryan Taylor, Molly Prickett, J.L. Lee | The Wind and Beyond: A Documentary Journey into the History of Aerodynamics in America, Vol. II: Reinventing the Airplane | 2007 | Hansen, James R., ed. The Wind and Beyond: A Documentary Journey into the History of Aerodynamics in America, Vol. II: Reinventing the Airplane. Washington, DC: NASA History Office, 2007. | NASA | Washington, DC | Aeronautical Engineering
Aeronautics Aerial Airplanes History |
PW-4444 | Hansen, James R., ed., with D. Bryan Taylor, Jeremy Kinney, and J. Lawrence Lee | The Wind and Beyond: A Documentary Journey into the History of Aerodynamics in America, Vol. 1: The Ascent of the Airplane | 2003 | Hansen, James R., ed. The Wind and Beyond: A Documentary Journey into the History of Aerodynamics in America, Vol. 1: The Ascent of the Airplane. Washington, DC: NASA History Office, 2003. | NASA | Washington, DC | Aeronautics
Aerial Airplanes Aeronautical Engineering Rocket Technology Rockets History |
PW-1210 | Hansson, Staffan | Porjus: En Vision för industriell utveckling i övre Norrland (Luleå, Sweden, Institutionen för industriell ekonomi och samhällsvetenskap, 1994) | 1994 | Hansson, Staffan, Porjus: En Vision för industriell utveckling i övre Norrland. | Institutionen för industriell ekonomi och samhällsvetenskap | Luleå, Sweden | Technological Innovations |
PW-6088 | Hansson, Staffan | Teknikhistoria: Om tekniskt kunnade och dess betydelse for individ och samhalle | 1996 | Technology and History | Staffan Hansson och Studentlitteratur | Sweden | Technology
History |
PW-1583 | Hapgood, Fred | Up the Infinite Corridor: MIT and the Technical Imagination | 1993 | Hapgood, Fred, Up the Infinite Corridor: MIT and the Technical Imagination. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1993. | Addison-Wesley | Reading MA | History
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
PW-4120 | Happell, George E. | Engineering Electronics | 1953 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | London | Electronics | |
PW-6590 | Hardesty, Von and Gene Eisman | Epic Rivalry: The Inside Story of the Soviet and American Space Race | 2007 | History of the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union. Foreward by Sergei Khrushchev. | National Geographic Society | Space Race
Astronautics - United States Astronautics - Soviet Union (USSR) Sergi Khrushchev | |
PW-3617 | Harding, C. Francis and Dressel D. Ewing | Electric Railway Engineering | 1926 | McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York, 1926 | McGraw-Hill | New York |
Railroad Train Electric Devices |
PW-4135 | Harding, Francis C. | Electric Railway Engineering | 1911 | McGraw-Hill | New York | Railroad
Electric Devices | |
PW-4136 | Harding, Francis C. | Electric Railway Engineering | 1926 | McGraw-Hill | New York | Railroad
Electric Devices | |
PW-344 | Harding, Robert S. | Register of the Western Union Telegraph Company Collection, 1848-1963 | 1990 | Harding, Robert S., Register of the Western Union Telegraph Company Collection, 1848-1963. Washington, DC: Smithsonain Institution, 1990. | Chronology/Timeline
Western Union Telegraphy | ||
PW-1017 | Hargittai, Istvan | Candid Science, vol. 3: More Conversations with Famous Chemists | 2003 | Hargittai, Istvan. Candid Science, vol. 3: More Conversations with Famous Chemists. London: Imperial College Press, 2003. | Imperial College Press | London | Chemistry
Interview |
PW-1513 | Hargittai, Istvan | Candid Science, vol. 2: Conversation with Famous Biomedical Scientists | 2002 | Hargittai, Istvan. Candid Science, vol. 2: Conversation with Famous Biomedical Scientists. London: Imperial College Press, 2002. | Imperial College Press | London | Interview
Biomedical Engineering |
PW-3319 | Hargittai, Istvan | Candid Science: Conversation with Famous Chemists, volume 1 | 2000 | Hargittai, Istvan. Candid Science: Conversation with Famous Chemists. London: Imperial College Press, 2002. volume 1 | Imperial College Press | London | Interview
Chemistry Oral History |
PW-6084 | Hargittai, Istvan | The Martians of Science: Five Physicists Who Changed the Twentieth Century | 2006 | The stories of five physicists and their impact on the 20th century: Theodore van Karman, Leo Szilard, Eugene Wigner, John von Neumann, and Edward Teller. | Oxford University | Oxford | Physicists |
PW-1052 | Hargittai, Istvan and Magdolna Hargittai | Candid Science, vol. 5: Conversations with Famous Scientists | 2005 | Hargittai, Istvan and Magdolna Hargittai. Candid Science, vol. 5: Conversations with Famous Scientists. London: Imperial College Press, 2005. | Imperial College Press | London | Interview |
PW-3179 | Hargittai, Istvan and Magdolna Hargittai | Candid Science, vol. 6: More Conversations with Famous Scientists | 2006 | Hargittai, Istvan and Magdolna Hargittai. Candid Science, vol. 6: More Conversations with Famous Scientists. London: Imperial College Press, 2006. | Imperial College Press | London |
Interview Oral History |
PW-6236 | Hargittai, Istvan. | Judging Edward Teller: A Closer Look at One of the Most Influential Scientists of the Twentieth Century. | 2010 | A biography of scientist Edward Teller, who is known as the Father of the H-bomb. | Prometheus Books | Amherst, NY | Biography
Nuclear Weapon |
PW-4232 | Haring, Kristen | Ham Radio's Technical Culture | 2007 | The MIT Press | Cambridge, Massachusettes | Ham Radio
Radio | |
PW-346 | Harkness, Jon M., Thomas J. Higgins, Vincent C. Rideout, and James J. Skiles | Electrical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, 1891-1991 | 1991 | Harkness, Jon M., Thomas J. Higgins, Vincent C. Rideout, and James J. Skiles, Electrical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, 1891-1991. Madison, Wisconsin: University Publications, 1991. | University of Wisconsin Press | Madison WI | Chronology/Timeline
Electrical Engineering History |
PW-4132 | Harman, Willis W. | Principles of the Statistical Theory of Communication | 1963 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Communication
Statistics | |
PW-6196 | Harmon, Joseph E., and Alan G. Gross | The Scientific Literature: A Guided Tour | 2007 | Collection of writings illustrating the origin of the scientific article in 1665 and its evolution over the next three and a half centuries | University of Chicago Press | Chicago | Communication
History |
PW-5022 | Harold Evans | They Made America: From Steam Engine to the Search Engine | 2004 | Developed in tandem with a four-part PBS series aired in November 2004, the author's profusely illustrated and elegantly written. This book profiles 70 of America's leading inventors, entrepreneurs and innovators, some better known than others. Along wi | Inventions
Inventors Steam Engine Steam locomotives Train History Biography | ||
PW-6641 | Harris, Brayton | Johann Gutenberg and the Invention of Printing | 1972 | Biography of Gutenberg, the German credited with inventing the printing press and moveable type. | Franklin Watts, Inc. | New York | Johann Gutenberg
Printing Press Printing |
PW-2498 | Hars, Florian | Ferdinand Braun 1850-1918: Ein wilhemlinischer Physiker | 1999 | Hars, Florian, Ferdinand Braun 1850-1918: Ein wilhemlinischer Physiker. GNT-Verlag, Berlin, 1999 | GNT-Verlag | Berlin |
Physics Biography |
PW-1174 | Hartcup, Guy | The War of Invention: Scientific Developments, 1914-1918 | 1988 | Hartcup, Guy, The War of Invention: Scientific Developments, 1914-1918. Brassey's, 1988 | Brassey's | London | World War I
Research Weapons Inventions History |
PW-4465 | Hart-Davis, Adam (editor) | Engineers | 2012 | Coffee Table book about famous engineers through history | Dorling Kindersley | London | Engineers |
OB-374 | Harvard | The Radio Industry: As Told by Leaders of the Industry in a Series of Lectures at the Harvard Business School | 1928 | 1928 edited volume entitled The Radio Industry: As Told by Leaders of the Industry in a Series of Lectures at the Harvard Business School the book is in poor condition The frontispiece (?) is signed by David Sarnoff | |||
PW-1785 | Harvard University, ed. | The Radio Industry: The Story of its Development | 1928 | Harvard University, ed., The Radio Industry: The Story of its Development. 1928 | Radio
History | ||
PW-6243 | Harwood, John | The Interface: IBM and the Transformation of Corporate Design 1945-1976 | 2011 | John Harwood. The Interface: IBM and the Transformation of Corporate Design 1945-1976. (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2011) | University of Minnesota Press | Minneapolis | Design
Computer Science Corporate Design History |
PW-6598 | Hatch, Alden | Remington Arms: An American History | 1956 | Rinehart & Company, Inc. | New York | Guns
Eliphalet Remington Philo Remington Manufacturing Remington Arms Company | |
PW-6216 | Hatch, Sybil E. | Changing Our World: True Stories of Women Engineers | 2006 | Stories of 238 women engineers. | American Society of Civil Engineers | Reston, VA | Engineering
Gender |
PW-6512 | Hauben, Michael and Ronhda Hauben | Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet | 1997 | In Netizens, the authors examine at the creation and development of the participatory global computer network, The Internet. | IEEE Computer Society Press | Los Alamitos, CA | Internet - History
Information superhighway |
PW-4131 | Hausmann, Erich | Swoope's lessons in Practical Electricity | 1948 | D. Van Nostrand Company | Princeton | Electricity
Guide Book | |
PW-4134 | Hausmann, Erich | Telegraph Engineering: A Manual for Practicing Telegraph Engineers and Engineering Students | 1915 | D. Van Nostrand Company | New York | Manual
Telegraphs | |
PW-4121 | Hausmann, Erich, Alfred N. Goldman et.al. | Radio Phone Receiving | 1922 | D. Van Nostrand Company | New York | Radio
Communication | |
PW-4133 | Hausmann. Erich | Dynamo Electric Machinery: the Theory, Construction and Operation of Direct and Alternating Current Machines | 1924 | D. Van Nostrand Company | New York | Dynamo
Alternating Current (AC) | |
OB-1078 | Hawkins | Hawkins Electrical Guide, 1917 | 1917 | 2 Complete sets, 10 volumes. This set went through many printings .
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Theo. Audel | New York | Electrical Engineering |
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PW-5108 | Henry Guerlac | Radar in World War II | 1987 | The main purpose of this volume is to record, as thoroughly as space permits, the program of research and development in the field of radar conducted between 1940 and 1945 under the National Defense Research Committee. It was directed and carried out al | Radar
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PW-5013 | Henry Petroski | Design Paradigms: Case Histories of Error and Judgment in Engineering | 1994 | From classical temples to twentieth century towers, engineers have learned more about design from failure than from success. The concept of error is central to the design process. As a way of explaining the enduring aspects of engineering design, the aut | Innovation
Innovators Engineering Engineers Historian History Historic Sites Civil Engineering | ||
PW-5016 | Henry Petroski | To Forgive Design: Understanding Failure | 2012 | To Forgive Design surveys some of the most infamous failures of our time, from the 2007 Minneapolis bridge collapse and the toppling of a massive Shanghai apartment building in 2009 to Boston’s prolonged Big Dig and the 2010 Gulf oil spill. These avoid | Innovation
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PW-5019 | Henry Petroski | An Engineer's Alphabet: Gleamings from the softer side of a profession | 2011 | This abecedarium is one engineer's (Henry Petroski) selection of thoughts, quotations, anecdotes, facts, trivia, and arcana relating to the practice, history, culture, and traditions of his profession. The entries reflect decades of reading, writing, tal | Innovation
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PW-5020 | Henry Petroski | Success through Failure: the Paradox of Design | 2006 | Success through Failure demonstrates that making something better--by carefully anticipating and thus averting failure--is what invention and design are all about. The author explores the nature of invention and the character of the inventor through an | Innovation
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PW-5021 | Henry Petroski | Engineers of Dreams: Great Bridge Builders and the Spanning of America | 1995 | The author reveals the science and engineering--not to mention the politics, egotism, and sheer magic--behind America's great bridges, particularly those constructed during the great bridge-building era starting in the 1870s and continuing through the 19 | Mechanical engineering
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Telecommunications History | |
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PW-4153 | Herrington, Donald and Stanley Meacham (editors) | Handbook of Electronic Tables and Formulas | 1962 | The Bobbs-Merril Company | New York | Guide Book
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PW-6619 | Hertz, Heinrich | The Principles of Mechanics Presented in A New Form | 1956 | First published in German in 1894 with English translation in 1899.
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Hermann von Helmholtz Physics Textbooks |
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PW-1085 | Hey, J.S. | The Evolution of Radio Astronomy (New York: Science History Publications, 1973) | 1973 | Hey, J.S., The Evolution of Radio Astronomy. | Science History Publications | New York |
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PW-6511 | Hezlet, Arthur (Vice Admiral Sir) | Electronics and Sea Power | 1975 | A history of the naval uses of electronics from telegraph cable and wireless telegraphy in the early 20th century through both world wars and up to the 1970s. | Stein and Day | New York | Ship
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PW-375 | Hijiya, James A. | Lee De Forest and the Fatherhood of Radio (Bethlehem, PA: Lehigh University Press, 1992). | 1992 | Hijiya, James A., Lee De Forest and the Fatherhood of Radio. | Lehigh University Press | Bethlehem PA | Chronology/Timeline
Radio |
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PW-6060 | Hillis, Daniel | The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas that Make Computers Work | 1998 | A concise explanation on how computers work and process data. | Basic Books | New York | Computers
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PW-2004 | Hills, Alex | Wi-Fi and the Bad Boys of Radio: Dawn of a Wireless Technology | 2011 | Memoir of Alex Hills's work in wireless communications, especially in Alaska at radio station KOTZ and at Carnegie-Mellon University's Wireless Andrew Wi-Fi network. | Dog Ear Publishing | Indianapolis, IN, USA | Communications, Wireless - History
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Design and Construction Colorado River Dams Civil Engineering |
PW-6085 | Hindle, Brooke & Lubur, Steven | Engines of Change: The American Industrial Revolution, 1790-1860 | 1986 | Images from the American Industrial Revolution (1790-1860) and the machines/engines that powered American technology, business, economy, and labor. | Smithsonian Institution Press | Washington, DC | Industrial Revolution
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PW-5998 | Hinsley, F.H and Stripp, Alan eds. | Codebreakers: The Inside Story of Bletchley Park | 1993 | An account of daily life at Government Communications Headquarters, Bletchley Park during WWII as codes and ciphers were broken. | Oxford University Press | Oxford | World War II
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PW-1081 | Hirsh, Richard F. | Technology and Transformation in the American Electric Utility Industry (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989) | 1989 | Hirsh, Richard F., Technology and Transformation in the American Electric Utility Industry. | Cambridge University Press | Cambridge | History
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PW-2534 | Hirsh, Richard F. | Power Loss: The Origins of Deregulation & Restructuring in the American Electric Utility Industry (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1999). | 1999 | Hirsh, Richard F., Power Loss: The Origins of Deregulation & Restructuring in the American Electrical Utility Industry. | MIT Press | Cambridge MA | History
Power Industry Deregulation |
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PW-6607 | Hochheiser, Sheldon | Rohm and Haas: History of a Chemical Company | 1986 | A history of the Rohm and Haas Chemical Company of Philadelphia, a company engaged in the discovery, development, and sale of advanced speciality chemicals. It is also a case study of the evolution of the American chemical industry and the interrelations | University of Pennsylvania Press | Philadelphia | Rohm and Haas Company
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PW-6037 | Holton, Gerald | Thematic Origins of Scientific Thought: Kepler to Einstein | 1988 | A history of the evolution of scientific thought. | Harvard University Press | Harvard | Scientific Innovation
Theory History |
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Technology Culture |
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Innovation Innovators Technology Culture Policy | ||
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PW-6680 | Hughes, Arthur Llewelyn | Photo-Electricity | 1914 | Textbook regarding photo-electricity | Cambridge University Press | Cambridge, UK | Textbooks
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PW-5962 | Hughes, Ivor, and David Ellis Evans | Before We Went Wireless: David Edward Hughes FRS, His Life, Inventions, and Discoveries (1829-1900) | 2011 | Biography of David Edward Hughes | Images from the Past | Bennington, Vermont, USA | Wireless
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PW-5004 | Ian Inkster | Technology and Industrialisation | 1998 | The essays in the present volume are collected together in the belief that it is possible to demonstrate that the present picture of world development was first sketched in procecesses of technogical change and transfer which took place over a considerab | Economics
Innovation Innovators Information Age | ||
PW-4025 | IBM | IBM: Journal of Research and Development: 25th Anniversary Issue | September 1981 | Contains a series of articles on the history of a variety of areas of IBM resaearch and development. | IBM Corporation | Armonk, New York | International Business Machines (IBM)
Anniversary |
PW-4248 | IBM | Songs of the IBM | 1931 | Fellowship Songs of the International Business Machines Corporation. | International Business Machines Corporation | New York | |
PW-4004 | IBM | 25th Anniversary: First FORTRAN Compiler | 1982 | reprints of 1956-57 Fortran manuals | IBM | New York | Computers
Anniversary |
PW-4331 | IBM | IBM Endicott History & Heritage | n.d. | Record (in photocopied photographs with typed label text) of the IBM history museum that existed at IBM's campus in Endicott, NY. Includes shots of exhibit cases and of individual objects. | IBM | Endicott, NY | Museums
IBM |
PW-1177 | IEE | International Conference on 100 Years of Radio | 1995 | IEE. International Conference on 100 Years of Radio. Conference Publication 411. London: IEE 1995 | IEE | London |
Conference Proceedings Conferences Centennial Radio |
PW-4963 | IEE | IEE Centernary Lectures 1971-1971 | 1971 | Set of Lectures given on the occassion of the centennial of the IEE, May 18-19, 1971, Savoy Place, London. | The Institution of Electrical Engineers | London, UK. | Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineers Communication Technology Solid state electronics Energy |
OB-278 | IEEE | President's Book (Signed Ryder & Fink) | Copy of Ryder & Fink Engineers and Electrons signed by several IEEE Presidents (find out which ones and put them in the index) | President
Engineers Electron | |||
OB-371 | IEEE | 1974 directory of Tours, Speakers, Films | booklet published by IEEE in 1974 that is a source of speakers, films, etc. | Student Activities
Student Membership Regional Activities Board (RAB) | |||
PW-1180 | IEEE | IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical and Electronics Terms | 1972 | IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical and Electronics Terms | Wiley-Interscience | New York | Terminology
Standards |
PW-1187 | IEEE | IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical and Electronics Terms | 1996 | IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical and Electronics Terms. IEEE Standard 100 | IEEE | New York | Terminology
Standards |
PW-1188 | IEEE | IEEE 100 The Authoritative Dictionary of IEEE Standards Terms. | 2000 | IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical and Electronics Terms. IEEE Standard 100, Seventh Edition, with a revised title. This is the last print edition. | IEEE | New York | Terminology
Standards |
PW-1189 | IEEE | Cumulative Index to Entire IEEE Group Transactions/Journals 1951-1973 by Author | 1973 | Author Index to the publications of the IEEE Professional Groups | Nichigai Associates | Tokyo | Professional Groups
Publication |
PW-1190 | IEEE | Cumulative Index to Entire IEEE Group Transactions/Journals 1951-1973 by Subject | 1973 | Subject Index to the publications of the IEEE Professional Groups | Nichigai Associates | Tokyo | Professional Groups
Publication |
PW-1191 | IEEE | Cumulative Index to Proceedings of the IEEE 1960-1973. Subject and Author. | 1973 | Index to Proceedings of the IEEE | Nichigai Associates | Tokyo | Publication
Proceedings |
PW-1193 | IEEE | IEEE Computer Society Repository 196601975 Ubdex | 1975 | The computer society repository provided a means for authors to get their articles before interested parties while avoiding the long delays of the review and revision process of archival journals. Author, Subject, and Numerical Indexes. | IEEE | New York | Computer Society, IEEE
Publication |
PW-1194 | IEEE | 1980 Index to IEEE Publications | 1981 | Publication | |||
PW-1195 | IEEE | 1984 Index to IEEE Publications | 1985 | Publication | |||
PW-3984 | IEEE | Sources in Electrical History 2: Oral History Collections in U.S Repositories | 1992 | IEEE Center for the History of Electrical Engineering | New York | Oral History
Bibliography | |
PW-4204 | IEEE | IEEE 100: The Authoritative Dictionary of IEEE Standards Terms | 2000 | IEEE | New York | Standards
Terminology | |
PW-4379 | IEEE | The John Fritz Medal, Volume 3 | 1973? | The John Fritz Medal, Volume 3.
Medal awarded jointly by IEEE, ASCE, AIME, ASME, and AIChE. Book contains list of medalists from 1902 to 1947, and biographies of medalists from 1948 to 1972, See Volume 2 (PW-4380) for biographies of medalists 1923 t |
None Listed | John Fritz Medal
Medals Awards | |
PW-4380 | IEEE | The John Fritz Medal, volume 2 | 1973? | The John Fritz Medal, Volume 2.
Medal awarded jointly by IEEE, ASCE, AIME, ASME, and AIChE. Book contains list of medalists from 1902 to1922 and biographies of medalists from 1923 to 1947. See volume1 (PW-4379) for biographies of 1948-1972 medalists. |
None Listed | Awards
Medals John Fritz Medal | |
PW-4410 | IEEE | IEEE Spectrum, 25th Anniversary Issue, November 1988 | 1988 | Retrospective 1963-1988; Variety of historical features. 2 copies, 1 hard cover | IEEE | New York | Spectrum, IEEE |
PW-4475 | IEEE | IEEE Spectrum. Volume 1 part 1 January-June 1964 | 1964 | General publication of the IEEE. Includes news of the IEEE and feature articles. | |||
PW-4476 | IEEE | IEEE Spectrum. Volume 1 part 2 July-December 1964 | 1964 | General publication of the IEEE. Includes news of the IEEE and feature articles. | |||
PW-4477 | IEEE | IEEE Spectrum. Volume 2 part 1 January - June 1965 | 1965 | General publication of the IEEE. Includes news of the IEEE and feature articles. | |||
PW-4478 | IEEE | IEEE Spectrum. Volume 2 part 2 July - December 1965 | 1965 | General publication of the IEEE. Includes news of the IEEE and feature articles. | |||
PW-4479 | IEEE | IEEE Spectrum. Volume 3 part 1 January-June 1966 | 1966 | General publication of the IEEE. Includes news of the IEEE and feature articles. | |||
PW-4480 | IEEE | IEEE Spectrum. Volume 3 part 2 July - December 1966 | 1966 | General publication of the IEEE. Includes news of the IEEE and feature articles. | |||
PW-4481 | IEEE | IEEE Spectrum. Volume 4 part 1 January - June 1967 | 1967 | General publication of the IEEE. Includes news of the IEEE and feature articles. | |||
PW-4482 | IEEE | IEEE Spectrum. Volume 4 part 2 July - December 1967 | 1967 | General publication of the IEEE. Includes news of the IEEE and feature articles. | |||
PW-4483 | IEEE | IEEE Spectrum. Volume 5 part 1 January - June 1968 | 1968 | General publication of the IEEE. Includes news of the IEEE and feature articles. | |||
PW-4484 | IEEE | IEEE Spectrum. Volume 5 part 2 July - December 1968 | 1968 | General publication of the IEEE. Includes news of the IEEE and feature articles. | |||
PW-4485 | IEEE | IEEE Spectrum. Volume 6 part 1 January - June 1969 | 1969 | General publication of the IEEE. Includes news of the IEEE and feature articles. | |||
PW-4486 | IEEE | IEEE Spectrum. Volume 7 1970 | 1970 | General publication of the IEEE. Includes news of the IEEE and feature articles. | |||
PW-4487 | IEEE | IEEE Spectrum. Volume 8 1971 | 1971 | General publication of the IEEE. Includes news of the IEEE and feature articles. | |||
PW-4488 | IEEE | IEEE Spectrum. Volume 9 1972 | 1972 | General publication of the IEEE. Includes news of the IEEE and feature articles. | |||
PW-4489 | IEEE | IEEE Spectrum. Volume 10, 1973 | 1973 | General publication of the IEEE. Includes news of the IEEE and feature articles. | |||
PW-4490 | IEEE | IEEE Spectrum. Volume 11, 1974 | 1974 | General publication of the IEEE. Includes news of the IEEE and feature articles. | |||
PW-4491 | IEEE | IEEE Spectrum. Volume 12, 1975 | 1975 | General publication of the IEEE. Includes news of the IEEE and feature articles. | |||
PW-4492 | IEEE | IEEE Spectrum. Volume 13, 1976 | 1976 | General publication of the IEEE. Includes news of the IEEE and feature articles.
Note: Beginning in 1977, news of the IEEE appears in a new publication, The Institute, and not in Spectrum. |
|||
PW-4493 | IEEE | IEEE Spectrum. Volume 6 part 2 July - December 1969 | 1969 | General publication of the IEEE. Includes news of the IEEE and feature articles. | |||
PW-4501 | IEEE | IEEE Spectrum. Volume 14 1977 | 1977 | General publication of the IEEE. Includes news of the IEEE and feature articles.
Note: Beginning in 1977, news of the IEEE appears in a new publication, The Institute, and not in Spectrum. |
|||
PW-4540 | IEEE | Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 51, 1963. | 1963 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. Successor publication to the Proceedings of the IRE. | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4541 | IEEE | Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 52, 1964. | 1964 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4542 | IEEE | Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 53, 1965. | 1965 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4543 | IEEE | Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 54, 1966. | 1966 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4544 | IEEE | Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 55, 1967. | 1967 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4545 | IEEE | Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 56, 1968. | 1968 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4546 | IEEE | Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 57, 1969. | 1969 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4547 | IEEE | Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 58, 1970. | 1970 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4548 | IEEE | Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 59, 1971. | 1971 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4549 | IEEE | Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 60, 1972 | 1972 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4550 | IEEE | Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 61, 1973 | 1973 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4551 | IEEE | Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 62, 1974 | 1974 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4552 | IEEE | Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 63, 1975. | 1975 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4553 | IEEE | Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 64, 1976. | 1976 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4554 | IEEE | Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 65, 1977. | 1977 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4555 | IEEE | Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 66, 1978. | 1978 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4556 | IEEE | Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 67, 1979. | 1979 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4557 | IEEE | Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 68, 1980. | 1980 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4558 | IEEE | Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 69, 1981. | 1981 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4559 | IEEE | Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 71, 1983. | 1983 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4560 | IEEE | Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 72, 1984. | 1984 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4561 | IEEE | Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 73, 1985. | 1985 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4562 | IEEE | Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 74, 1986. | 1986 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4563 | IEEE | Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 75, 1987. | 1987 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4564 | IEEE | Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 76, 1988. | 1988 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4565 | IEEE | Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 77, 1989. | 1989 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4567 | IEEE | Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 79, 1991. In 2 volumes. | 1991 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4568 | IEEE | Transactions of the IEEE Professional Groups, 1960, M | 1960 | Peer-reviewed transactions for the following IRE Professional Groups: Medical Electronics, Microwave Theory and Techniques. Military Electronics | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4569 | IEEE | Transactions of the IEEE Professional Groups, 1961, B-CI | 1961 | Peer-reviewed transactions for the following IRE Professional Groups: Bio-Medical Electronics, Broadcast and Television Receivers, Broadcasting, Circuit Theory. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4570 | IEEE | Transactions of the IEEE Professional Groups, 1962, AUT-B | 1962 | Peer-reviewed transactions for the following IRE Professional Groups: Automatic Control, Bio-Medical Electronics, Broadcast and Television Receivers, Broadcasting. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4571 | IEEE | Cumulative Index to the Entire IEEE Group Transactions/Journals. 1951-1971, Subjects. | 1972 | 21 year subject index to all of the IRE (1951-1962) and IEEE (1962-1971) Professional Group Transactions and Journals, including a list of all the journals, and their publication dates. Includes 2 publications that began with the AIEE periodicals-- App | Nichigai Associates/Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | Tokyo | Publication |
PW-4572 | IEEE | Cumulative Index to the Entire IEEE Group Transactions/Journals. 1951-1971, Authors | 1972 | 21 year subject index to all of the IRE (1951-1962) and IEEE (1962-1971) Professional Group Transactions and Journals, including a list of all the journals, and their publication dates. Includes 2 publications that began with the AIEE periodicals-- App | Nichigai Associates/Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | Tokyo | Publication |
PW-4573 | IEEE | Cumulative Index to the Proceedings of the IEEE, 1960-1971, Subject and Author. | 1973 | Nichigai Associates/Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | Tokyo | Publication | |
PW-4574 | IEEE | 1980 Index to IEEE Publications | 1981 | Subject/Author index to all IEEE Publications-- 39 Periodicals, Conference Proceedings, Standards, IEEE Press Boosk, and Miscellaneous. Includes list of conference proceedings and periodicals. | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4575 | IEEE | 1984 Index to IEEE Publications | 1985 | Subject/Author index to all IEEE Publications-- 43 Periodicals, Conference Proceedings, Standards, IEEE Press Boosk, and Miscellaneous. Includes list of conference proceedings and periodicals. | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4576 | IEEE | 1966-1973 IEEE Computer Society Repository | 1974 | Author, subject and numerical list of all unpublished and unrefereed papers submitted to the Computer Society Repository, and originally listed in the Computer Magazine, formerly Computer Society News. | IEEE Computer Society | Long Beach, CA. | Publication |
PW-5148 | IEEE | IEEE Aerospace and Electonic Systems Magazine: Jubilee Issue | October, 2000 | IEEE Aerospace and Electonic Systems Magazine: Jubilee Issue | IEEE | Aerospace
Electronics Defense Systems Systems Engineering | |
PW-6180 | IEEE | Rad Lab: Oral Histories Documenting WWII Activities at the MIT Radiation Laboratory | 1993 | A printed collection of oral histories documenting WWII activities at the MIT Radiation Laboratory. Produced by the IEEE Center for the History of Electrical Engineering. Principal Investigators: John Bryant, William Aspray, Andrew Goldstein, Frederik Ne | IEEE Press | Piscataway, NJ | Radiation laboratory (RadLab)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) World War II |
PW-6203 | IEEE | IEEE and Thai Communications: History and Milestones. | 2011 | Illustrated book-length timeline. In Thai. | Telecommunications | ||
PW-6204 | IEEE | Thai Telecommunications Encyclopedia | 2009 | Produced under the auspices of the IEEE Thailand Section, ECTI Association and NECTEC. | Telecommunications | ||
PW-1201 | IEEE | Spectrum | 1964-1965 | Spectrum IEEE's general membership magazine. Volume 1, no 1- Vol 2 no 6, 1964-1965 Missing: 1965—May (#5), July (#7)
In addition to general interest articles, contains news of IEEE. |
IEEE | New York | Spectrum, IEEE |
PW-1202 | IEEE | Spectrum | 1965-1966 | Spectrum IEEE's general membership magazine. Volume 2, no 8- Vol 3 no 12, 1965-1966 Missing: 1965—May (#5), July (#7)
In addition to general interest articles, contains news of IEEE. |
IEEE | New York | Spectrum, IEEE |
PW-1203 | IEEE | Spectrum | 1967 | Spectrum IEEE's general membership magazine. Volume 4 no 1- Vol 4 no 12, 1967
In addition to general interest articles, contains news of IEEE. |
IEEE | New York | Spectrum, IEEE |
PW-1204 | IEEE | Spectrum | 1968 | Spectrum IEEE's general membership magazine. Volume 5 no 1- Vol 5 no 12, 1968
In addition to general interest articles, contains news of IEEE. |
IEEE | New York | Spectrum, IEEE |
PW-3960 | IEEE | A Century of Honors: The First One-Hundred Years of Award Winners, Honorary Members, Past Presidents, and Fellows of the Institute | 1984 | 2 copies | IEEE Press | New York | Awards
Centennial |
PW-3961 | IEEE | A Century of Honors: The First One-Hundred Years of Award Winners, Honorary Members, Past Presidents, and Fellows of the Institute | 1984 | Copy 2 | IEEE Press | New York | Awards
Centennial |
PW-4028 | IEEE | Scanning the Past: A History of Electrical Engineering and its Pioneers, Based primarily on the contributions of Jim Brittain | 1999 | IEEE Inc. | History
Electrical Engineers | ||
PW-4031 | IEEE | Proceedings of the IEEE: Special Issue on Quantum Electronics | January 1963 | This is the first post-merger issue of the Proceedings, and thus the first to carry the IEEE Name on the cover. | IEEE | New York | Proceedings
Publication Quantum Physics |
PW-4387 | IEEE | 2002 IEEE Membership Directory, Volume 1. A-Ke | 2002 | This is the last published IEEE Membership Directory. This is a reference copy, kept in the IEEE History Center Library. In addition, a complete run of the IEEE membership directories is held in the IEEE Archives. | IEEE | New York | Membership Directory |
PW-4388 | IEEE | 2002 IEEE Membership Directory, Volume 2, Ke-Z | 2002 | This is the last published IEEE Membership Directory. This is a second copy, kept in the IEEE History Center Library. A complete run of the membership directories is held in the IEEE Archives. | IEEE | New York | Membership Directory |
PW-4407 | IEEE | Spectrum | 1964-1968 | Spectrum IEEE's general membership magazine. Volume 1, no 1- Vol 5 no 12, 1964-1968 Missing: 1965—May, July
In addition to general interest articles, contains news of IEEE. NOTE: This material has been moved to boxes HB-205, 206, 207, 208. |
IEEE | New York | Spectrum, IEEE |
PW-4408 | IEEE | IEEE Spectrum | 1969-1974 | Spectrum IEEE's general membership magazine. Volume 6, no 1- Vol 11 no 12, 1969-1974. Missing: 1970—January, June
In addition to general interest articles, contains news of IEEE. |
IEEE | New York | Spectrum, IEEE |
PW-4409 | IEEE | IEEE Spectrum | 1975-1976 | Spectrum IEEE's general membership magazine. Volume 13, no 1- Vol 14 no 12, 1975-1976. Missing: 1975—March, April, May, July. 1976—June
In addition to general interest articles, contains news of IEEE. Note: Beginning in 1977, News of the IEEE appeare |
IEEE | New York | Spectrum, IEEE |
PW-6426 | IEEE | IEEE EMC Society: Founders War Stories | 2007 | IEEE EMC Society: Founders War Stories (East Meets West IEEE EMC Symposium 2007, Honolulu, Hawaii) | |||
PW-3666 | IEEE Canadian Region | Electricity the Magic Medium - L'electricite, cette prodigieuse energie | 1985 | IEEE Canadian Region. Electricity, the Magic Medium - L'electricite, cette prodigieuse energie. Thornhill ON: IEEE, 1985 | IEEE | Thornhill ON | History
Electricity |
PW-4320 | IEEE Canadian Region | Electricity: The Magic Medium. | 1985 | This books bears testimony to the ingenuity and the dedication of Canadian contributers to the advancement of electrical technology. Bilingual, English and French. | IEEE Canadian Region | Toronto | Electricity
Canada |
PW-2316 | IEEE Center for the History of Electrical Engineering | Report of the Survey of the Wheeler Gift of Books, Pamphlets, and Periodicals | 1986 | IEEE Center for the History of Electrical Engineering. Report of the Survey of the Wheeler Gift. 1986. | IEEE Center for the History of Electrical Engineering | New York | Report
History Center, IEEE |
PW-5166 | IEEE Center for the History of Electrical Engineering | Thomas Alva Edison and Electric Power Engineering: A Sesquicentennial Celebration 1997 | 1997 | A review of Thomas Alva Edison's contributions to the development of modern electric power engineering. | IEEE Power Engineering Society | Edison Electric Company
Edison Lamp Company Edison Machine Works Edison Manufacturing Company History | |
PW-2588 | IEEE Communications Society | A Brief History of Communications | 2002 | Volume published on the 50th anniversary of the IEEE Communications Society in 2002. Text by the staff of the IEEE History Center. Contains sections on communications history, society history, excerpts from oral histories, and list of major contributer | IEEE | Piscataway, NJ | Communication
Communication Technology Communications Society, IEEE |
PW-3362 | IEEE Electron Devices Society | 50 Years of Electron Devices, 1952-2002 | 2002 | IEEE Electron Devices Society. 50 Years of Electron Devices, 1952-2002. Piscataway NJ: IEEE, 2002. | IEEE | Piscataway NJ | Electron Device
History Electron Devices Society, IEEE |
PW-5018 | IEEE microwave theory and techniques society | Microwave Theory and Techniques | 1984 | Republication of important issue of the society of Microwave theory and techniques. The issue in question is the July 1976 issue of the IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. It was made up of 20 papers prepared by the inventors of the most important d | Transmission Line
Waveguides Microwave radio systems | ||
PW-3982 | IEEE Region 9 Comite De Historia | Region 9 IEEE Instituto de Ingenieros En Electricidad Y Electronica | 1984 | 100 Anos De Desarrollo de La Industria Electrica | Impretex, S.A | Panama | History
Centennial Organizational Unit |
PW-4236 | IEEE Russia Northwest Section | Radio - That Connects Time. 110 Aniversary of Radio Invention | 2005 | 2005 Proceedings of St. Petersburg IEEE Chapters
May 18-21, 2005 radio, Russia, Alexander Popov |
Radio | ||
PW-4437 | Iliff, Kenneth W. and Curtis L. Peebles | From Runway to Orbit: Reflections of a NASA Engineer. | 2004 | Iliff, Kenneth W. and Curtis L. Peebles. From Runway to Orbit: Reflections of a NASA Engineer. Washington, DC: NASA History Office, 2004. | NASA | Washington, DC | Autobiography
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Spacecraft Design Aeronautical Engineering Aeronautics |
PW-1137 | Impagliazzo, John | History of Computing and Education 2: WCC 2006 Conference Santiago, Chile | 2006 | Impagliazzo, John. History of Computing and Education 2: WCC 2006 Conference Santiago, Chile. New York: Springer, 2006. | Springer | New York | Conferences
History Computing Education |
PW-714 | Inecom | Westinghouse | 2008 | Feature length documentary about the life and times of George Westinghouse, his companies, legacy, personality, partnership with Nikola Tesla, and conflict with Thomas Edison | Inecom | Electrification
Westinghouse | |
PW-3816 | Ingels, Margaret | Willis Haviland Carrier: Father of Air Conditioning | 1991 | Ingels, Margaret, Willis Haviland Carrier: Father of Air Conditioning, Carrier Corporation, Newark, NJ, 1951 (1992 reprint) | Carrier Corporation | Louisville KY | Air Conditioning
Bioelectricity |
PW-405 | Inglis, Andrew F. | Behind the Tube: A History of Broadcasting Technology and Business | 1990 | Inglis, Andrew F., Behind the Tube: A History of Broadcasting Technology and Business. Boston, MA: Focal Press, 1990. | Focal Press | Boston MA | History
Television Television broadcasting Broadcasting |
PW-406 | Inkster, Ian | Science and Technology in History | 1991 | Inkster, Ian. Science and Technology in History. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1991. | Rutgers Press | New Brunswick NJ | History
Technology |
PW-6172 | Institute of Electrical Engineers | The History of Electrical Engineering | 1998 | A digest of papers presented at the 25th weekend meeting of the Institute of Electrical Engineers (UK) at the University of Keele in July 1997 on the history of electrical engineering. | IEE | London | History
Electrical Engineering IEEE USA |
PW-4577 | Institute of Radio Engineers | Proceedings of the IRE, Cumulative Index, 1913-1942 | 1943 | Papers, Chronologically Arranged; Authors, Alppabetically Arranged: Subjects, Cross Indexed. Published as Proceedings of the IRE, June 1943, part 2. | Institute of Radio Engineers | New York | Publication |
PW-4578 | Institute of Radio Engineers | Cumulative Index of IRE Publications 1948-1953. | 1954 | Containing: Part 1, Proceedings of the IRE; Part II, Transactions of the IRE; Part III, Convention Record of the IRE | Institute of Radio Engineers | New York | Publication |
PW-4579 | Institute of Radio Engineers | Proceedings of the IRE, Cumulative Index, 1913-1942 | 1948 | Papers, Chronologically Arranged; Authors, Alppabetically Arranged: Subjects, Cross Indexed. | Institute of Radio Engineers | New York | Publication |
PW-4580 | Institute of Radio Engineers | IRE Cumulative Index 1954-1958 | 1959 | Containing in integrated author and title indexes the contents of: Proceedings of the IRE, IRE Transactions, IRE National Conventon Record, IRE Wescon Convention Record, IRE Student Quarterly. | Institute of Radio Engineers | New York | Publication |
PW-4217 | Institution of Civil Engineers | The Practical Applications of Electricity | 1884 | A Series of Lectures Presented at the Institution of Civil Engineers, Session 1882-1883. Lectures by Preece (telegraphy), Bramwell (telephones), Siemens (power), Hopkinson (lighting) and explosives (Abel) and measurement (Thomson). | W. M Clowes and Sons Ltd. | London | Electricity
Telegraphy Telephones Power Lighting |
PW-1264 | International Correspondence Schools | Telephone and Telegraph Engineer's Handbook | 1908 | International Correspondence Schools, Telephone and Telegraph Engineer's Handbook. 1908 | International Textbook Company | Scranton, PA | Telephones
Telegraphs Engineers Textbooks Education |
PW-4215 | International Correspondence Schools | I.C.S. Reference Library 46B | 1905 | This Volume includes: Storage Batteries, Lighting, Exterior Wiring, Signs, Heating. | International Textbook Company | Scranton, PA | Batteries
Lighting Wiring Heat |
PW-1196 | IRE | IRE Dictionary of Electronics Terms and Symbols | 1961 | Standards
Terminology | |||
PW-1198 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE: 1962 Fiftieth Anniversary issue. | 1962 | Several articles on the history of IRE, followe by hundreds of pages articles by IRE members predicting the state of their fields in 2012. | IRE | New York | Anniversary
Future |
PW-4420 | IRE | IRE Dictionary of Electronics Terms and Symbols | 1961 | Compiled from IRE Standards | Institute of Radio Engineers | New York | Symbol
Standards |
PW-4497 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volumes 11 and 12, 1923-1924. | 1923-1924 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4498 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volumes 13 and 14, 1925-1926 | 1925-1926 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4499 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume15, 1927 | 1927 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4500 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume16, 1928 | 1928 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4502 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume18, 1930. In two parts, Jan-June and July-Dec. | 1930 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4503 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume19, 1930. In two parts, Jan-June and July-Dec | 1931 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4504 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 20, 1932. | 1932 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4505 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 21, 1933. | 1933 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4506 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 22, 1934. | 1934 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4507 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 23, 1935. | 1935 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4508 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 24, 1936. | 1936 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4509 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 25, 1937. | 1937 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4510 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 26, 1938. | 1938 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4511 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 27, 1939. | 1939 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4512 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 28, 1940. | 1940 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4513 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 29, 1941. | 1941 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4514 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 30, 1942. | 1942 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4515 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 31, 1943. | 1943 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4516 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 32, 1944. | 1944 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4517 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 33, 1945. | 1945 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4518 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 34, 1946. | 1946 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4519 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 35, 1947. | 1947 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4520 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 36, 1948. | 1948 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4521 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 37, 1949. | 1949 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4522 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 38, 1950. | 1950 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4523 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 39, 1951. | 1951 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4524 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 40, 1952. | 1952 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4525 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 41, 1953. | 1953 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4526 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 41, 1953. | 1953 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4527 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 42, 1954. | 1954 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4528 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 43, 1955. | 1955 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4529 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 44, 1956. | 1956 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4530 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 45, 1957. | 1957 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4531 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 46, 1958. | 1958 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4532 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 47, 1959. | 1959 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4533 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 48, 1960. | 1960 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4534 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 49, 1961. | 1961 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4535 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 50, 1962. | 1962 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers.
Succeeded in 1963 by Proceedings of the IEEE. |
Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4536 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 18, 1930 | 1930 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4537 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 19, 1931 | 1931 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4538 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 20, 1932 | 1932 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-4539 | IRE | Proceedings of the IRE, volume 20, 1933 | 1933 | Peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | Institute of Radio Engineers. | New York | Publication |
PW-3300 | Isaacson, Walter | Steve Jobs | 2011 | Balanced biography of founder of Apple and Pixar based on extensive interviews and documentary access | Simon & Schuster | New York | Steve Jobs
Apple Macintosh Personal computer Pixar Smartphone Digital media Industrial design Silicon Valley |
PW-6534 | Isaacson, Walter | The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution | 2014 | Winner of the IEEE Middleton Prize.
A history of the people who created the computer and the Internet. It begins with Ada Lovelace in the 1840s and continues with the personalities that created the computer, the Internet, and the digital revolution. |
Simon & Schuster | New York | Computer Scientists
Computer Science Internet Digital Revolution |
PW-4018 | Israel, Paul | Edison: A Life of Invention | 1998 | A biography of Thomas Edison, with an emphasis on his technical achievements | John Wiley & Sons | New York | Biography
Electrical Industry Phonograph Electric Light Power Power Generation Power Plant (Generating Station) Telegraphy Technological Innovations |
PW-410 | Israel, Paul | From Machine Shop to Industrial Laboratory: Telegraphy and the Changing Context of American Invention, 1830-1920. | 1989 | Israel, Paul, From Machine Shop to Industrial Laboratory: Telegraphy and the Changing Context of American Invention, 1830-1920. Dissertation, Rutgers University | Rutgers University | New Brunswick, NJ | History
Inventions Telegraphy |
PW-2433 | Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazionale | Galileo Ferraris and the Conversion of Energy | 2000 | Galileo Ferraris and the Conversion of Energy. Developments of Electrical Engineering Over A Century. Proceedings of the International Symposium, 27-29 Oct 1997 Torino, (Turin) Italy
Papers on the life and inventions of Galilleo Ferraris Note: Fil |
Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazionale | Turin, Italy | motors
Conversion |
PW-3874 | Istvan Hargittai and Magdolna Hargittai | Candid Science: Conversations with Famous Scientists, volume 4 | 2000 | Hargittai, Istvan and Magdolna Hargittai, Candid Science: Conversations with Famous Scientists, volume 4, 2000, Imperial College Press, London | Imperial College Press | Interview
Oral History | |
PW-4464 | J, A, Pulsford, Editor in Chief (Note: Filed under title) | Underground Systems Reference Book | 1957 | Reference book with chapters by multiple authors. Prepared by an Editorial Staff of the Edison Electric Institute Transmission and Distribution Committee
Covers all aspects of laying, maintaining, and operating Electrical Cables undergorund. |
Edison Electric Institute | New York | Electric Light
Cable |
PW-5080 | J. Francis Reintjes | Numerical Control: Making a New Technology | 1991 | This remarkable account describes the development of numerical control, the principal method used in the automatic control of machine tools. The technique, was pioneered and perfected at MIT during two decades of exciting work, from 1950 to 1970. The aut | Innovation
Innovators Government Policy Culture Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | ||
PW-5058 | J. Mort | The anatomy of Xerography: Its Invention and Evolution | 1989 | In the fiftyyears since the first xerographic copy, was made by Chester Carlson and his assistant, Otto Kornei, xerography has established itself as one of the major technological innovations in the history of man. The major objective of this book is to | Innovation
Innovators History Copier | ||
PW-4987 | J.D. Poulter | An early history of electricity supply: The story of the electric light in victorian leeds | 1986 | An history of electricity power and lighting in 19th century Leeds, England. The main focus of the book is the foundation of the Electricity Generating Station in Leeds for the Yorkshire House-to-House Electricity Company. | Electric Devices
Electrical Engineers Electrical Grid | ||
PW-4970 | J.M. Bennett, Rosemary Broomham, P.M. Murton, T. Pearcey, R.W. Rutledge | Computing in Australia: The Development of a profession | 1994 | This book provides interesting insights into how the computing profession developed in Australia, with the rare opportunity of reading first-hand accounts from the pioneers of the profession. | Computer Engineering
Computers Computing Inventions | ||
PW-4142 | Jackson, Dugald C. and John Price Jackson | Alternating Currents and Alternating Current Machinery | 1933 | The Macmillan Company | New York | Alternating Current (AC) | |
PW-4143 | Jackson, Dugald C. and John Price Jackson | Alternating Currents and Alternating Current Machinery | 1913 | The Macmillan Company | New York | Alternating Current (AC) | |
PW-4145 | Jackson, Dugald C. and John Price Jackson | Alternating Currents and Alternating Current Machinery, Volume Ii | 1896 | The Macmillan Company | New York | Alternating Current (AC) | |
PW-6589 | Jackson, Kenneth T. | Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States | 1985 | A history of suburbanization in the United States. | Oxford University Press | New York | United States
Suburbanization Housing Suburban life Railroad Street Railway and Trolley Automobile |
PW-6486 | Jackson, Tom, ed. | Engineering: An Illustrated History from Ancient Craft to Modern Technology | 2016 | History of engineering pop-up book. | Shelter Harbor Press | Engineering - history | |
PW-6597 | Jaffe, Bernard | Men of Science in America: The Role of Science in the Growth of Our Country | 1944 | Simon and Schuster | New York | United States
Scientists History of Science | |
PW-4306 | Jager, J. | Data and Circuits of Television Circuit Valves | Philips Technical Library. English Translation of Dutch original | Elsevier | New York | Tubes, Vacuum
Tubes, Electron Television | |
PW-1429 | Jäger, Kurt (Jager) | Lexikon der Elektrotechniker | 1996 | Jäger, Kurt, Lexikon der Elektrotechniker. Berlin, VDE-Verlag, 1996
Reviewed in 43 Jager |
VDE Verlag | Berlin, Germany | History
Terminology |
PW-6193 | Jager, Kurt and Heilbronner, Friedrich | Lexikon der Elektrotechniker | 2010 | A collection of bibliographies in German on engineers. | Verlag | Berlin | Engineers
Bibliography |
PW-6074 | Jager, Rama Dev & Ortiz, Rafael | In the Company of Giants: Candid Conversations with the Visionaries of the Digital World | 1997 | A series of conversations with important figures of the computer-digital world. | McGraw-Hill | New York | Interview |
PW-3012 | Jakle, John A. | City Lights: illuminating the American Night | 2001 | Jakle, John A. City Lights: illuminating the American Night. Baltimore MD: The John Hopkins University Press, 2001. | Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore | Electric Light
Illumination |
PW-5093 | James D. Secrest | Electric Industries Association: the first fifty years | 1974 | Celebration of the 50 aniversary of the Electronic Industries Association in 1974. The Electronic Industries Association was one of the oldest industry organizations in the United States. The EIA began as the Radio Manufacturers Association in 1924 whe | Innovation
Innovators Engineering Engineers Engineers Electronics Industries Association (EIA) Historian History | ||
PW-4372 | James, Hubert M., Nichols, Nathaniel B. & Phillips, Ralph S. (Eds.) | Theory of Servomechanisms (Volume 25) | 1947 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Radiation laboratory (RadLab)
Radar Servomotor | |
PW-1044 | Jarvis, C. Mackechnie | Papers on the History of Electrical Engineering | 1964 | Jarvis, C. Mackechnie, Papers on the History of Electrical Engineering. 1964. | History
Electrical Engineering | ||
PW-4213 | Jasik, Henry | Antenna Engineering Handbook | 1961 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Antennas
Guide Book | |
PW-5095 | Jason Goodwin | Otis: Giving rise to the modern city | 2001 | Though various sorts of elevators had been in use for many years, it was Elisha Otis's invention of an automatic safety device in the years before the Civil War that made them practical and dependable. Under the more business-savvy leadership of Elisha's | Elevator
Biography Workstation Architecture Innovation Innovators Engineering Economics | ||
PW-5026 | Jay Apt, Justin Wilkinson, Michael Helfert | Orbit: NASA Astronauts Photograph the Earth | 1996 | For the first time ever, readers can view our Earth just as if actually looking through the shuttle window. Orbit offers unprecedented access to spectacular NASA space photography. It contains natural color photos shot by astronaut Jay Apt and fellow ast | Space
Space Programs Space Shuttle Images Environment | ||
PW-5071 | Jeff Hecht | Laser Pioneers: revised edition | 1992 | This work presents the intriguing story of laser technology development through interviews with the scientists who made history with their groundbreaking research. The author describes a race for innovative laser technologies that resulted in several Nob | Lasers
Innovation Innovators Biography Interview | ||
PW-2269 | Jeffrey, Kirk | Pacing the Heart | 1990 | Jeffrey, Kirk. Pacing the Heart. Stony Brook, NY: Research Foundation of State University of New York,1990. | Research Foundation of SUNY | Stony Brook NY | Pacemaker
bioelectricity Biomedical Engineering |
PW-3946 | Jeffrey, Kirk | Machines in Our Hearts: The Cardiac Pacemaker, the Implantable Defibrillator, and American Health Care | 2001 | Jeffrey, Kirk. Machines in Our Hearts: The Cardiac Pacemaker, the Implantable Defibrillator, and American Health Care. Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore MD | Biomedical Engineering
bioelectricity pacemakers |
PW-1045 | Jehl, Francis | Menlo Park Reminiscences, Vols. 1-3 | 1904 | Jehl, Francis, Menlo Park Reminiscences, Vols. 1-3. 1904. | History
Menlo Park Biography | ||
PW-2009 | Jelved, Karen, and Andrew D. Jackson, eds. and trans. | The Travel Letters of H. C. Oersted | 2011 | Unabridged, complete set of Orsted's letters during 8 travels in Europe and England. 1801-1846, describing people, places, events, politics, art that he encountered. | The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters | Copenhagen, Denmark | Electromagnetism
Europe--19th century Physics--19th century Chemistry--19th century |
PW-2048 | Jenemann, Hans R. | The Chemist's Balance. | 1997 | Jenemann, Hans R., The Chemist's Balance. Frankfurt: Gellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, 1997. | Gellschaft Deutscher Chemiker | Frankfurt |
Chemistry |
PW-2646 | Jenkins, Dennis R. | Hypersonics before the Shuttle: A Concise History of the X-15 Research Airplane | 2000 | Jenkins, Dennis R., Hypersonics before the Shuttle: A Concise History of the X-15 Research Airplane. Monographs in Aerospace History, Number 18. Nasa History Series. NASA Publication: SP-2000-4518, June 2000. | NASA | Washington, DC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Research Airplanes |
PW-4459 | Jenkins, Dennis R. | X-15: Extending the Frontiers of Flight | 2007 | Jenkins, Dennis R. X-15: Extending the Frontiers of Flight. Washington, DC: NASA History Division, 2007. | NASA | Washington, DC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Airplanes Aeronautical Engineering Aeronautics Research and Development (R&D) |
PW-4426 | Jenkins, Dennis R., Tony Landis, and Jay Miller. | American X-Vehicles: An Inventory -- X-1 to X-50 (Centennial of Flight Edition) | 2003 | Jenkins, Dennis R., Tony Landis, and Jay Miller. American X-Vehicles: An Inventory -- X-1 to X-50 (Centennial of Flight Edition), Monographs in Aerospace History No. 31 (June 2003). Washington, DC: NASA History Office. | NASA | Washington, DC | Aeronautical Engineering
Airplanes National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Aeronautics |
PW-3968 | Jenkins, John D. | Where Discovery Sparks Imagination: A Pictorial History of Radio and Electricity | 2009 | American Museum of Radio and Electricity | Bellingham | Radio
History electricity Museums | |
PW-1972 | Jepsen, Thomas C. | My Sisters Telegraphic: Women in the Telegram Office, 1846 - 1950 | 2000 | Jepsen, Thomas C. My Sisters Telegraphic: Women in the Telegram Office, 1846 - 1950. Athens OH: Ohio University Press, 2000. | Ohio University Press | Athens OH | Women in Engineering (WIE)
Telegraphy Telegraphs Employees |
PW-6184 | Jerry H. Bentley, Herbert F. Ziegler, and Heather E. Streets | Traditions & Encounters: A Brief Global History | 2008 | A brief global history of traditions and encounters from 1500 until the present. | McGraw-Hill | New York | History |
PW-1042 | Jewkes, John, et. al. | The sources of Invention | 1960 | Jewkes, John, et. al., The sources of Invention. New York: Norton, 1960. | Norton | New York | History
Inventions |
PW-1046 | Jilek, Frantisek | National Technical Museum Praha | 1980 | Jilek, Frantisek, National Technical Museum Praha. Prague, 1980. | Prague` | History
Guide Book Museums | |
PW-936 | Joel, Amos E. | A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System: Switching Technology | Schindler, G.E., ed. and Joel, A.E., A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System: Switching Technology (1925-1975). Indianapolis, IN: Bell Laboratories, 1982.
shelved under AT&T |
Bell Laboratories | Indianapolis, IN | AT&T Bell Laboratories
Switching History | |
PW-5003 | John A. Casazza | The Development of Electric Power Transmission: The Role Played by Technology, Institutions, and People | 1992 | This book will present a history of the development of electric power transmission systems in the United States as I saw it and participated in it. The material will interweave technical and societal needs, the progression of the concepts to fulfill the | Electrical Engineers
Electrical Grid Electrical Industry Electricity Technical Activities Board (TAB) | ||
PW-5117 | John B. McKinney | Radar: A Case History of an Invention | 2006 | This book contains reprints of two articles about the history of radio written by John B. McKinney. The first was written in 1961 Radar: A Reluctant Miracle, and cited as an unpublished manuscript in several magazines. The second is, Radar: A case H | Radar
World War II Technology Biography Historian History | ||
PW-5041 | John Brooks | Telephone: The First Hundred Years | 1976 | Story of the first century of the the telephone in the United States and of AT&T, beginning with its founding by Alexander Graham Bell, and proceeding through the centennial of the telephone in 1976. | Telecommunications
Telephones | ||
PW-4975 | John Cohen | Human Robots in Myth and Science | 1966 | This book, delves into myth, legend and history, traces the idea of the robot from antiquity until the present day, and sketches the lines of its likely development in the future. | Robot
Robotics Innovation | ||
PW-5032 | John H. Bryant | Heinrich Hertz, the Beginning of Microwaves: Discovery of Electromagnetic Waves and Opening of the Electromagnetic Spectrum by Heinrich Hertz in the years, 1886-1892 | 1988 | The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) Hertz Centennial celebrates the anniversary of the historic experiments of Heinrich R. Hertz, from 1886 to 1891, using what are now called microw | Hertz
Microwave Radar Microwaves IEEE USA Innovation Innovators | ||
PW-5088 | John Perlin | From Space to Earth: The Story of Solar Electricity | 1999 | This book tracks the evolution of the technology of photovoltaics, the use of solar cells to convert the sun's energy into electricity. It explains the development of this technology, from its shaky nineteenth-century beginnings mired in scientific cont | Space
Solar Energy National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Electrical Industry Electrical World Electricity | ||
PW-5034 | John R. Pierce and A. Michael Noll | Signals: The Science of Telecommunications | 1990 | The history of telecommunication. The history begins with telegraphy in the late 19th century. Continues through present day with an examination of NASA's beaming of signals to Voyager and other modern telecommunication techniques. Also included is Fo | Telecommunications
Innovation Innovators Satellite Communications Telegraph Key Telegraphs Telephone Pole Telephones Telescope | ||
PW-5118 | John R. Stevens | Pioneers of Electric Railroading: Their Story in Words and Pictures | 1991 | This work has been produced to flesh out the story of the pioneers and their achievements as a tribute to the electric railway pioneers in the centennial year of the completion of the Richmond Union Passenger Railway. Some of the names will be familar, | Innovation
Innovators Railroad Transportation | ||
PW-1037 | Johnson, M.A. | Progress in Defense and Space: A History of the Aerospace Group of the General Electrical Company | 1996 | Johnson, M.A. Progress in Defense and Space: A History of the Aerospace Group of the General Electric Company. 1996. | self published | History
General Electric Space Space Programs | |
PW-3294 | Johnson, Steven | How We Got to Now: Six Innovations that made the Modern World | 2014 | Popular history of innovations in glass, refrigeration and cooling, sound reproduction, time measurement, and artificial lighting, highlighting monocausal social, economic, and political effects. | Penguin | Invention, social contexts
Innovation, social contexts Refrigeration, history Glass, history Sound reproduction, history Timekeeping, history Lighting, history Water, clean Cleanliness, history | |
PW-6461 | Johnson, Steven | The Invention of Air: A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution, and the Birth of America | 2008 | A biography of Joseph Priestly (1733-1804), chemist, theologian, and political theorist. | Riverhead Books | New York | Joseph Priestly, 1733-1804
Chemists - Great Britain - biography Scientists - Great Britain - biography |
PW-6475 | Johnson, Steven | How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World | 2014 | The author explores the history of innovation over centuries, tracing the development of six key technologies of modern life, including: refrigeration, clocks, lenses, water purification, recorded sound, and artificial light. | Riverhead Books | New York | Technology - social aspects
Inventions - social aspects Innovation Refrigeration Clocks Lenses Water purification Sound recording Illumination - artificial |
PW-1971 | Johnstone, Bob | We Were Burning: Japanese Entrepreneurs and the Forging of the Electronic Age | 1999 | Johnstone, Bob. We Were Burning: Japanese Entrepreneurs and the Forging of the Electronic Age. New York: Basic Books, 1999. | Basic Books | New York | Japan
Electronics Entrepreneurship History |
PW-4314 | Joint Committee to Inquire into the Construction of Submarine Telegraph Cables. | Report of the Joint Committee to Inquire into the Construction of Submarine Telegraph Cables. Together with the Minutes of Evidence | 1861 | Extensive report, with testimony of multiple witnesses appearing before this committee of the British Parliament, and several hundred pages of appendices. | Her Majesty's Stationary Office | London | Telegraphy
Submarine Cable |
PW-4163 | Joint Technical Advisory Committee | Radio Spectrum Conservation: A Program of Conservation based on present uses and future needs | 1952 | Report of the Joint Techical Advisory Committee of the IRe and the Radio-Telephone Manufacturers Association | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Radio
Joint Technical Advisory Committee (J-TAC) |
PW-2777 | Jonathan Rees | Refrgeration Nation: A History of Ice, Appliances, and Enterprise in America | 2013 | A history of the use of both natural (the use of harvested ice) and mechanical refrigeration in the United States, and the varied supply chains (which the author calls cold chains) developed and put in place from the early eighteenth century onwards. | John Hopkins University Press | Baltimore, MD | Refrigeration
Refrigerator |
PW-426 | Jones, A. V., and R.P. Tarkenter | Electrical Technology in Mining: the Dawn of a New Age | 1992 | Jones, A. V., and R.P. Tarkenter. Electrical Technology in Mining: the Dawn of a New Age. London: Peter Peregrinus Ltd,. 1992. | Peter Peregrinus Ltd. | London | History
Mining Technological Innovations |
PW-3239 | Jones, Arnita A. and Cantelon, Philup L. | Corporate Archives and History: Making the Past Work | 1993 | Collection of Essays | Krieger Publishing | Malabar, Florida | Archives |
PW-6435 | Jones, Christopher | Routes of Power | 2014 | History of energy use and distribution. Coal, anthracite, Pennsylvania, Lehigh River, Schuylkill River, canals, railroads, oil, pipelines, power consumption in New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore. Conowingo Dam, Susquehanna River, Holtwood Dam | Harvard University Press | ||
PW-6445 | Jones, Christopher F. | Routes of Power: Energy and Modern America | 2014 | History of fossil fuel and energy production and consumption.
Jones offers a new perspective by telling a tory of advances in energy access - canals, pipelines, and wires that deliveredpower in unprecedented quantities to cities and factories a great di |
Harvard University Press | Cambridge, MA and London | Energy
Electrification Petroleum Industry Hydroelectricity Transportation Canals Anthracite Coal Electricity Pipelines |
PW-6701 | Jones, Frank C. | The Radio Handbook, 1936 edition | 2000 | The Radio Handbook, 1936 edition. For amateurs and Experimenters. Published in 1936 by the Pacific Radio Publishig Co. in San Francisco, California. | Linsday Publications | Bradley, IL | Textbook
Handbook Radio |
PW-6663 | Jones, Matthew L. | Reckoning with Matter: Calculating Machines, Innovation, and Thinking about Thinking from Pascal to Babbage | 2016 | Jones offers a shorp new argument about the sources of creativity in science and technology. This history of early-modern calculating engines...shows how novelty was discovered 'in the making' and not trhough the imposition of thought on matter. | The University of Chicago Press | Chicago | Calculators
Computers Charles Babbage Joseph Clement Difference Engine Artisans Invention Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Charles Mahon Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope |
PW-3222 | Jonnes, Jill | Empires of Lights: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World | 2003 | Jonnes, Jill. Empires of Lights: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World. New York: Random House, 2003. | Random House | New York | History
Power Distrubition |
PW-3890 | Jordan, Edward C. | Reference Data for Engineers: Radio, Electronics, Computer, and Communications, 7th Edition | 1986 | Jordan, Edward C., Reference Data for Engineers: Radio, Electronics, Computer, and Communications, 7th Edition, 1986, MacMillan Inc., Indianapolis | MacMillan | Indianapolis | Guide Book
Engineers |
PW-769 | Jordan, John M. | Machine Age Ideology: Social Engineering and American Liberalism, 1911-1939 | 1994 | Jordan, John M., Machine Age Ideology: Social Engineering and American Liberalism, 1911-1939. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1994. | University of North Carolina Press | Chapel Hill NC | Manufacturing
Engineering Management History |
PW-5051 | Joseph J. Corn | User unfriendly: Consumer struggle with personal technologies, from clocks and sewing machines to cars and computers | 2011 | We’ve all been there. Seduced by the sleek designs and smart capabilities of the newest gadgets, we end up stumped by their complicated set-up instructions and exasperating error messages. In this fascinating history, the author maps two centuries of con | Technology
Engineering Engineers | ||
PW-6240 | Joseph J. Cunningham | New York Power | 2013 | A history of the electrification of New York City, principally Manhattan, by Edison, Westinghouse, and the United Electric Light and Power Company. The book gives particular attention to the Waterside generating station, and the use of direct current and | electrification, power generation, illumination, alternating current, direct current, Brooklyn, lighting, Manhattan electric light company | ||
PW-1693 | Josephson, Matthew | Edison: A Biography | 1959 | Josephson, Matthew, Edison: A Biography. (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1959) | McGraw-Hill | New York | Biography |
PW-5976 | Josephson, Paul R. | Lenin's Laureate: Zhores Alferov's Life in Communist Science | 2010 | A biography of the Russian scientist Zhores Alferov, winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics for the discovery of the heterojunction. A history of scientific research in the Soviet Union and Russia coincides with the political examination of the Communist | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | History
Soviet Union (USSR) Nobel Prize |
PW-1051 | Jovanovic, Branimir, et. al. | Nikola Tesla: One Hundred Years of Remote Control | 1998 | Jovanovic, Branimir, et. al. Nikola Tesla: One Hundred Years of Remote Control. Belgrade: Nikola Tesla Museum, 1998. | Nikola Tesla Museum | Belgrade | Remote Control
Biography |
PW-5069 | Joyce E. Chaplin | The First Scientific American: Benjamin Franklin and the pursuit of Genius | 2006 | The First Scientific American shows how Benjamin Franklin became a statesman because of his science and offers a fresh perspective on one of America's founding fathers in a brilliant analysis of the seesaw between science and politics two centuries ago | Bioelectricity
Biography Franklin Institute Innovation Innovators History Biography | ||
PW-914 | Judson, Isabella, ed. | Cyrus W. Field: His Life and Work | 1896 | Judson, Isabella, ed., Cyrus W. Field: His Life and Work. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1896. | Harper Brothers | New York |
Biography |
PW-4469 | Julie Cohn | Biography of a Technology: North America's Power Grid Through the 20th Century. | 2013 | History of the Electric Power Grid. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Houston, 2013. | University of Houston | Houston, Texas | Electrical Grid
Electrical Industry |
PW-5089 | Julie Wosk | Women and the Machine: Representations from the Spinning Wheel to the Electronic Age | 2001 | In Women and the Machine, historian Julie Wosk maps the contradictory ways in which women's interactions with -- and understanding of -- machinery has been defined in Western popular culture since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. Drawing on both | Images
Gender Culture Women and Technology Women in Engineering Art | ||
PW-6031 | Kahn, Frank J. ed. | Documents of American Broadcasting | 1973 | A history of important regulation, acts, and laws that affected broadcasting in the US. | Appleton-Century-Crofts | New York | Radio
Radio Broadcasting |
PW-6542 | Kahney, Leander | Inside Steve's Brain | 2008 | This biography of Steve Jobs is intended to reveal the real Steve Jobs - not his heart or his famous temper, but his mind. The author contends Jobs was a fascinating bundle of contradictions. | Portfolio | New York | Steve Jobs
Computer Industry - United States Apple Computer, Inc. - management |
PW-3583 | Kaijser, Arne | Stadens ljus: Etableringen av de Forsta Svenska Gasverken | 1986 | The City's Light: The Establishment of the First Swedish Gasworks. Liber Forlag, Malmo, 1986 | Liber Forlag | Malmo | Lighting
History Electric Light Competition |
PW-4494 | Kaiser, David (editor) | Becoming MIT: Moments of Decision | 2010 | Collection of essays about the history of MIT on its sesquicentennial | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
PW-6188 | Kaiserfeld, Thomas & Pettersson, Ingemar eds. | Documenting the Use of Computers in Swedish Society between 1950 and 1980 (Final Report on the Project From Computing Machines to IT | 2009 | A linear history of the use of computers in Swedish society from 1950 until 1980 researched and published by KTH Royal Institute of Technology. | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Stockholm, Sweden | Computers
History Government |
PW-2011 | Kalam, A. P. J. | Wings of Fire: An Autobiography | 1999 | Best selling memoir of India's military R&D program, focusing on development of series of guided missiles. | Universities Press (India) Ltd. | Hyderabad, India | Military R&D--India
Guided missiles--India Rocketry--India Research and development--India Military technology--India |
OB-399 | Kalman, Rudolf | Mathematical System Theory in the 21st Century | Professor Rudolf E. Kalman
Audio/Video/Computer |
Mathematics | |||
PW-3962 | Kalow, Samuel Jay | The History of Dictaction Equipment | An unpublished book-length history of the history of dictation equipment from Thomas Edison's phonograph to the late 1960s. | Unpublished Manuscript | History
Dictaphones | ||
PW-4307 | Kamen, Ira and Winner, Lewis | TV ... FM Antenna Installation | 1949 | Bryan Davis Publishing | New York | ||
PW-3302 | Kanigel, Robert | The One Best Way: Frederick Winslow Taylor and the Enigma of Efficiency | 1997 | Even handed biography of the founder of scientific management for better and worse | Viking Press | New York | Frederick Winslow Taylor
Industrial management-20th century Industrial engineering-20th century Efficiency-20th century Scientific management |
PW-4146 | Kapitza, P.L | High-Power Microwave Electronics | 1964 | The Macmillan Company | New York | Microwaves
Electronics | |
PW-4147 | Kapitza, P.L and L.A. Wainstein (edited) | High-Power Electronics, Volume II | 1966 | Pergamon Press | Oxford | Electronics | |
PW-5996 | Kaplan, David A. | The Silicon Boys and Their Valley of Dreams | 1999 | A look into the life, culture, and history of the rich in Silican Valley and how they made their fortunes. | Perennial | New York | Silicon Valley |
PW-6444 | Kargon, Robert H. | The Rise of Robert Millikan: Portrait of a LIfe in American Science | 1982 | Biography of Robert Millikan (1868-1953), the second American physicist (first American-born physicist) to win the Nobel Prize, proponent of the applicaton of scientific research to military problems during World War I, and a guiding force in the rise of | Cornell University Press | Ithaca, New York and London, England | Robert A. Millikan
California Institute of Technology Research and Development (R&D) Physics World War I Education |
PW-4994 | Karl Alber | History of the house of Siemens | 1957 | History of Siemens, who was an important German Engineer, and the founder of the company that bears his name. This volume begins in the mid-19th century with Siemen's work on transcontinental telegraphy. It examines the engineer's early work in telegra | Telegraphs
Transatlantic Cable Biography | ||
PW-2042 | Karlsson, Magnus | The Liberalisation of Telecommunications in Sweden: Technology and Regime Change from the 1930s to 1993 | 1998 | Karlsson, Magnus. The Liberalisation of Telecommunications in Sweden: Technology and Regime Change from the 1930s to 1993. Linkoping, Sweden: Institute of Tema Research, 1998. | Institute of Tema Research | Linkoping, Sweden | History
Telecommunications Communication |
PW-5061 | Katharine Davis Fishman | The Computer Establishment | 1981 | Ten years in preparation, this authoritative, comprehensive study breathes life into the world of computer technology - the superindustry that constitutes the greatest business triumph of they twentieth century. From boardroom to laboratory, we learn ho | Innovation
Innovators Computer Technology Computers Economics | ||
PW-6154 | Katz, Ephraim | The Film Encyclopedia | 1994 | A comprehensive encyclopedia of world cinema. | HarperCollins | New York | Films
History |
PW-3899 | Katz, James E. | Magic in the Air: Mobile Communication and the Transformation of Social Life | 2006 | Katz, J. E., Magic in the Air: Mobile Communication and the Transformation of Social Life. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2006. | Transaction Publishers | New Brunswick NJ | Cell Phone
mobile wireless communications Mobile communication |
PW-6073 | Kaufmann, William J. & Smarr, Larry L. | Supercomputing and the Transformation of Science | 1993 | Supercomputing and the transformation of science. | Scientific American Library | New York | Computer Technology
Supercomputer |
PW-3240 | Keefe, Laurence E.; Inch, Dennis | The Life of a Photograph: Archival Processing, Matting, Framing, Storage | 1990 | Conservation, Presentation, Display, and Storage of Photographs | Focal Press | Boston | Photographs
Photography Archives |
PW-5096 | Kees M. Braams and Peter E. Stott | Nuclear Fusion: Half a century of magnetic confinement fusion research | 2002 | This book is a scholarly account of the course of fusion energy research over the past fifty years. The authors outline the different paths followed by fusion research from initial ignorance to present understanding. They explore why a particular scheme | Innovation
Innovators Engineering Engineers Fusion, Nuclear Magnetic devices Magnetic equipment Research History | ||
PW-6530 | Keio University, Faculty of Environmental and Information Studies | Make It New | 2015 | Keio University, Faculty of Environmental and Information Studies, 2016.
College Admission series 255 |
World Thinker | Environmental issues | |
PW-4148 | Keister, William, Alistair E. Ritchie and Seth H. Washburn | The Design of Switching Circuits | 1951 | D. Van Nostrand Company | New York | Switching
Circuit | |
PW-2321 | Keithley, Joseph F. | The Story of Electrical and Magnetic Measurements: From 500BC to the 1940s | 1999 | Keithley, Joseph F. The Story of Electrical and Magnetic Measurements: From 500BC to the 1940s. New York: IEEE Press, 1999. | IEEE Press | New York | Measurement
Measuring Instruments History |
PW-6030 | Keller, David Neal | Stone & Webster 1889-1989: A Century of Integrity and Service | 1989 | A history of the Stone & Webster company. | Stone & Webster, Inc. | New York | Electricity
Electrical Industry |
PW-432 | Keller, Peter A. | The Cathode-Ray Tube: Technology, History, and Applications | 1992 | Keller, Peter A., The Cathode-Ray Tube: Technology, History, and Applications. New York: Palisades Press, 1992. | Palisades Press | New York | History
Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) |
PW-3950 | Kelty, Christopher M. | Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software | 2008 | Kelty, Christopher M. Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software. Durham NC: Duke University Press, 2008. | Duke University Press | Durham NC |
Software Computers Internet Culture |
PW-6094 | Kelves, Daniel J. | The Physicists: The History of a Scientific Community in Modern America | 1987 | Covering a range of developments in the science community in America, from scientists and physicists' contributions to the field and country to political changes that impacted science. | Harvard University Press | Cambridge | Physics
Physicists History |
PW-5988 | Kemeny, John G. | Random Essays on Mathematics, Education, and Computers | 1964 | A series of essays on how mathematics, education and computers have influenced our culture and civilization (1964). | Prentice-Hall Inc. | Englewood Cliffs, NJ | Mathematics
Education Computers |
PW-5114 | Ken C. Braband | The first 50 years: A History of Collins Radio Company and the Collins Divisions of Rockwell International | 1983 | Beginning in 1931 Arthur Collins converted his hobby into his vocation. In World War II and the Cold War, Collins' allowed Allied forces to remain in communication. Neil Armstrong used a Collins' radio to communicate his historic message from the moon. | Radio
Innovation Innovators Technology | ||
OB-674 | Kendell and Koehler | Radio Simplified: What It Is, How To Build And Operate The Apparatus, 1923 | Kendall and Koehler, The John C. Winston Company | Radio
Radio Equipment | |||
PW-4150 | Kennedy, Rankin | The Book of Electrical Installations: Electric Light, Power, Traction and Industrial Electrical Machinery, Volume II | n/a | Caxton Publishing Company | London | Electricity
Installation | |
PW-4151 | Kennedy, Rankin | The Book of Electrical Installations: Electric Light, Power, Traction and Industrial Electrical Machinery, volume I | Caxton Publishing Company | London | Electricity
Installation | ||
PW-4157 | Kennedy, Rankin | The Book of Electrical Installations: Electric Light, Power, Traction and Industrial Electrical Machinery, Volume III | ? | Caxton Publishing company | London | Electricity
Installation | |
PW-3203 | Kennedy, Rick | Jelly Roll, Bix and Hoagy: Gennett Studios and the Birth of Recorded Jazz | 1994 | Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, 1994 | Indiana University Press | Bloomintgon, IN | sound recording
Musi History |
PW-3202 | Kennedy, Rick and Randy McNutt | Little Labels - Big Sound: Small Record Companies and the Rise of American Music | 1999 | Indiana Universtiy Press, Bloomington, IN, 1999 | Indiana University Press | Bloomington, IN | sound
recording History Music |
PW-5042 | Kenneth Lipartito | The Bell System and Regional Business: The Telephone in the South, 1877-1920. | 1989 | The story of the New South is the story of economic development, and this
book chronicles the development of telephone service, at least in urban areas. Tracing the origins of the Southern Bell Telephone Company and its growth throughout the region, |
Bell System
Technology | ||
PW-6484 | Kent, Steven L. | The Ultimate History of Video Games: from Pong to Pokemon - the story behind the craze that touched our lives and changed the world | 2001 | History of video games | Three Rivers Press | New York | Video games - History |
PW-2251 | Keonjian, Edward | Survived to Tell: The Autobiography of Edward Keonjian | 1997 | Keonjian, Edward. Survived to Tell: The Autobiography of Edward Keonjian. Santa Fe, NM: Sunstone Press, 1997. | Sunstone Press | Santa Fe NM | History
Autobiography |
PW-1549 | Kevles, Bettyann Holtzmann | Naked to the Bone: Medical Imaging in the Twentieth Century | 1996 | Kevles, Bettyann Holtzmann, Naked to the Bone: Medical Imaging in the Twentieth Century. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996. | Rutgers University Press | New Brunswick NJ | bioengineering
Image Processing X-Ray |
PW-3992 | Kidder, Tracy | The Soul of a New Machine | 1981 | Little, Brown and Company | Boston | Computers | |
PW-4300 | Kiely, D. G. | Naval Electronic Warfare | 1988 | Series general editor = Dr. G. Till, Royal Naval College | Brassey's Defence Publishers (Maxwell/Pergamon) | London | Navy, U.S.
Weapons Electronics |
PW-2400 | Kikuchi, Makoto | Japanese Electronics | 1983 | Kikuchi, Makoto, Japanese Electronics. Tokyo: The Simul Press Inc.,1983. | The Simul Press, Inc. | Tokyo | Electronics
Japan |
PW-6665 | Kim, Mi Gyung | The Imagined Empire: Balloon Enlightenments in Revolutionary Europe | 2016 | The author explores how the hot-air balloon, a material artifact and flying machine, expanded the public for science and spectacle and inspired utopian dreams of a republican monarchy that would obliterate social boundaries. Kim, an historian of chemistr | University of Pittsburgh Press | Pittsburgh, Pa. | Aeronautics
Aeronaut Balloon France Enlightenment French Revolution Paris, France |
PW-832 | Kind, Dieter, and Walter Mühe | Naturforscher und Gestalter der Technik | 1989 | Kind, Dieter, and Walter Mühe, Naturforscher und Gestalter der Technik. Dusseldorf: VDI-Verlag, 1989. | VDI-Verlag | Dusseldorf | Technology
Awards |
PW-4149 | King, Ronold W.P, Harry Rowe Momno and Alexander H. Wing | Transmission Lines, Antennas and Wave Guides | 1945 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Waveguides
Transmission Line Antennas | |
PW-3299 | Klein, Maury | A Call to Arms: Mobilizing America for World War II | 2013 | Year by year political and industrial history of United States expansion of material production to win World War II | Bloomsbury Press | New York | World War II-United States
United States-Industrial Mobilization Industrialization-20th century |
PW-6578 | Kleinman, Daniel ; Karen A. Cloud-Hansen, Christina Matta, & Jo Handelsman, eds. | Controversies in Science & Technology: From Climage to Chromosomes. Volume 2. | 2008 | A collection of essays regarding controversial issues in technology, science, and public policy in the early twenty-first century (published in 2008) such as stem cell research, globabl warming, space exploration, information technology, and biology and | Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. | New Rochelle, NY | Public Policy
Technology - public policy Science - public policy Stem Cell Research Information Technology Global Warming Space Exploration Biology and Gender |
PW-6659 | Klemens, Guy | The Cellphone: The History and Technology of the Gadget that Changed the World | 2010 | History of the cellular phone from its beginnings in the 1940s to 2010. The author explains the fundamental concepts involved in wireless communication and the ramifications of cellular technology on the economy, U.S. and international law, human health, | McFarland & Company, Inc. | Jefferson, N.C. | Cell Phone
Communication |
PW-1048 | Klemm, Friedrich | A History of Western Technology | 1959 | Klemm, Friedrich, A History of Western Technology. 1959. | History
Technology Technological Innovations | ||
PW-6018 | Kline, Morris | Mathematical Though: From Ancient to Modern Times (Vol.1, Vol.2, Vol.3) | 1972 | A set of three volumes (3 books) detailing the history of mathematical thought throughout the ages with a focus on big ideas and creations in several different civilizations. | Oxford University Press | Oxford | Mathematics
History |
PW-2649 | Kline, Ronald R. | Consumers in the Country: Technology and Social Change in Rural America | 2000 | Kline, Ronald R. Consumers in the Country: Technology and Social Change in Rural America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000. | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore MD |
Consumer Electronics Technology Culture |
PW-438 | Kline, Ronald R. | Steinmetz: Engineer and Socialist | 1992 | Kline, Ronald R. Steinmetz: Engineer and Socialist. Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University, 1992. | Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore MD | History
Biography |
PW-6474 | Kline, Ronald R. | The Cybernetics Moment: or why we call our age the information age | 2015 | An examination of the intellectual and cultural history of cybernetics and information theory, who language of information, feedback, and control transformed the idiom of the sciences, hastened the development of information technologies, and laid | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | Information Theory
Cybernetics - social aspects |
PW-6114 | Kloeffler, Royce Gerald | Industrial Electronics and Control | 1949 | A guide to industrial electronics and control. | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | New York | Electronics |
PW-6801 | Klose, Alexander; translated by Charles Marcrum II | The Container Principle: How a Box Changes the Way We Think | 2015 | Originally published in 2009; English translation published in 2015. Klose examines the principle of the container and its effect on the way people live and think. He contends, containerization, spreading from physical storage to organizational metapho | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Containerization
Container Ships Unitized cargo system |
PW-3886 | Klure, Laura L. | California Electric Power Company 1904-1964 | 2005 | Klure, Laura L., California Electric Power Company, 1904-1964: A Powerful Corporate Family: Riverside CA: A to Z Printing, 2005. | A to Z Printing | Riverside CA | History
Utilities Power |
PW-4195 | Knight, Edward H | American Mechanical Dictionary, volume II | 1877 | Hurd and Hougton | New York | Terminology | |
PW-4193 | Knight, Edward H. | American Mechanical Dictionary, Volume III | 1877 | Hurd and Houghton | New York | Terminology | |
PW-4302 | Knight, Edward H. | American Mechanical Dictionary, Volume I | 1877 | Hurd and Houghton | New York | Terminology | |
PW-6682 | Knoll, Max | Materials and Processes of Electron Devices | 1959 | The author, Max Knoll, was assisted by B. Kazan. A textbook intended to be of assistance to the physicist or engineer concerned with designing and building electron devices such as high-vacuum transmitter - or amplifer tubes, gas - or vapor-filled recti | Springer-Verlag | Berlin, Germany | Textbooks
Electron devices Transistor Rectifier (as in Diode) X-Ray Tubes, Electron Tubes, Vacuum Amplifier |
PW-1562 | Knowlton, Archer E., ed. | Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers | 1941 | Knowlton, Archer E., ed., Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers. 1941
Came from Manz gift (96-37) |
McGraw-Hill | New York | Guide Book
Electrical Engineers |
PW-1097 | Kobayashi, Koji | Computers and Communications: A Vision of C&C | 1986 | Kobayashi, Koji. Computers and Communications: A Vision of C&C. Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 1986. | MIT Press | Cambridge MA | Chronology/Timeline
Communications Computers |
PW-1098 | Kobayashi, Koji | The Rise of NEC: How the World's Greatest C&C Company is Managed | 1989 | Kobayashi, Koji, The Rise of NEC: How the World's Greatest C&C Company is Managed. Cambridge MA: Blackwell,1989 | Blackwell | Cambridge MA | Chronology/Timeline
History Management |
PW-4037 | Koehn, Nancy F. | Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumer's Trust from Wedgwood to Dell | 2001 | Harvard Business School Press | Boston | Entrepreneurship
History | |
PW-6700 | Kohl, Walter H. | Materials and Techniques for Electron Tubes. | 1960 | A completely revised edition of Materials Technology for Electron Tubes which was published in 1951. The principal subjects are the composition, properties, and behavior of the materials used in electron tubes and the techniques for assembling the mater | Reinhold Publishing Corporation | New York | Textbook
Electron tubes Electronics Physics Cathode |
OB-899 | Konrad Zuse | Der Computer mein Lebenswerk | Konrad Zuse: Der Computer mein Lebenswerk, 1970 Artifact | Centennial
Computers Centennial Gifts | |||
PW-4303 | Koppes, Clayton R. | JPL and the American Space Program: A History of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 1982 | Yale University Press | New Haven, CT | Space
Space Exploration Space Programs California Institute of Technology Aerospace | |
PW-6111 | Korn, Granino A. & Korn, Theresa M. | Electronic Analog Computers (D-c Analog Computers) | 1952 | Electronic analog computers (D-c analog computers) | McGraw-Hill | New York | Computer, Analog |
PW-1801 | Kotelnikov, V. A., ed. | Problems of Modern Radio Engineering and Electronics | 1985 | Kotelnikov, V. A., ed., Problems of Modern Radio Engineering and Electronics. Moscow: Nauka Publishers, 1985. English Translation of Russian original of 1980.
A collection of papers by leading scientists of the Institute of Radio Engineering and Ele |
Nauka | Moscow, USSR | Radio
Radio Engineer |
PW-6674 | Kottke, Frank Joseph | Electrical Technology and the Public Interest: A Study of Our National Policty Toward the Development and Application of Inventions | 1944 | A study concerning the consequences of a few corporations monopolizing the research and development, invention, patenting, acess to, and commercialization of technology, in this case, electrical technologies. What action should the federal government tak | American Council on Public Affairs | Washington, D.C. | Policy
Inventions Research and Development (R&D) Innovation Patents Radio Corporation of America (RCA) |
PW-1541 | Kraeuter, David W. | Index to Radio and Electronics Patents | 1995 | Kraeuter, David W., Index to Radio and Electronics Patents. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI Research Abstracts, 1995 A Keyword Index to the title of over 6400 U.S. and British Patents Issued to 100 Inventors with an emphasis on Radio and Television | University Microfilms | Ann Arbor, MI | Patents
Radio Bibliography |
PW-1554 | Kraft, James P. | Stage to Studio: Musicians and the Sound Revolution | 1996 | Kraft, James P. Stage to Studio: Musicians and the Sound Revolution. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996. | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore MD | Recording
Studio History Music |
PW-6218 | Kraft, Philip | Programmers and Managers: The Routinization of Computer Programming in the United States | 1977 | Springer-Verlag | New York | Computer Programming
Management Personnel | |
PW-1656 | Kranakis, Eda | Constructing a Bridge: An Exploration of Engineering Culture, Design, and Research in Nineteenth-Century France and America | 1997 | Kranakis, Eda. Constructing a Bridge: An Exploration of Engineering Culture, Design, and Research in Nineteenth-Century France and America. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1997. | MIT Press | Cambridge MA | Chronology/Timeline
History Culture |
PW-6621 | Kranzberg, Melvin and Carroll Pursell, Jr., editors | Technology in Western Civilization. Volume II. Technology in the Twentieth Century. | 1967 | Oxford University Press | New York | History
Engineers Engineering Technology Technological Innovations | |
PW-6620 | Kranzberg, Melvin and Carroll W. Pursell, Jr., editors | Technology in Western Civilization. Volume I. The Emergence of Modern Industrial Society Earliest Times to 1900. | 1967 | Oxford University Press | New York | History
Engineers Technology Technological Innovations | |
OB-175 | Kraus, John | Big Ear Two | John Kraus donated a copy of his book Big Ear Two see gift #95-1 accessioned to library indexed in record of donation, no indexing necessary
Same as PW-863 |
Radio Astronomy
Space Programs | |||
PW-863 | Kraus, John | Big Ear Two: Listening for Other Worlds | 1995 | Kraus, John. Big Ear Two: Listening for Other Worlds. Powell, OH: Cygnus-Quasar Press, 1995
Same as OB-175 |
Cygnus-Quasar Press | Powell OH |
Antennas Radio Astronomy Radar Radio |
PW-404 | Kressel, Henry | Entrepreneurship in the Global Economy: Engine for Economic Growth | 2012 | Argues that technologies can be designed, produced, and sold anywhere on the globe, if entrepreneurs understand unique circumstances of local government incentives. Based on case studies in electronics and telecommunications drawn from Kressel's experien | Cambridge University Press | New York | Entrepreneurship
Telecommunications Radio Corporation of America (RCA) SanDisk Transammonia Sarnoff, David Stanton, Ronald Ammonia Raza Microelectronics (RMI) Microprocessor NetLogic Microsystems Harari, Eli Memory, Flash Ness Technologies |
PW-6066 | Kuhn, Thomas S. | The Essential Tension: Selected Studies in Scientific Tradition and Change | 1977 | A history of significant revolutions and changes in the scientific tradition of physics. | The University of Chicago Press | Chicago, IL | Physics
History |
PW-6069 | Kuhn, Thomas S. | The Structure of Scientific Revolutions | 1970 | A critical look at Science, History, and Theory. | University of Chicago Press | Chicago, IL | History |
PW-6623 | Kuklick, Henrika and Robert E. Kohler, editors | Science in the Field. Osiris, Second Series, Volume 11. | 1996 | University of Chicago Press | Chicago, IL | Science
Scientists History - Science | |
PW-6162 | Kunkel, Paul | Digital Dreams: The Work of the Sony Design Center | 1999 | A visual history of the designs and dreams of the Sony Design Center | Universe Publishing | New York | Sony |
PW-6458 | Kurlansky, Mark | Paper: Paging Through History | 2016 | The book is a history of paper, tracing the evolution of paper from antiquity to the present,with an emphasis on the contrubutions made in Asia and the Middle East. It also examines papermaking, printing, and associated technologies. | W. W. Norton & Company | New York | Paper
Papermaking Printing |
PW-2763 | Kurtzig, Sandra L., and Tom Parker | CEO: Building a $400 Million Company from the Ground Up. | 1991 | Kurtzig, Sandra L., and Tom Parker. CEO: Building a $400 Million Company from the Ground Up. New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 1991. | W.W. Norton & Company | New York | History
Competition |
PW-6025 | Kurzweil, Ray | The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology | 2005 | A history of artificial intelligence and predictions as to where the field will lead humankind. | Viking | New York | Physics
Chemistry Technology Computing Brainwave Nanotechnology Robotics |
PW-3619 | Labuda, Edward F. and Richard W. Dixon ed. | A Road Well Traveled: The Life and Work of Richard G. Smith | 2004 | Unpublished festschrift. Contains colleague recollection, autobiographical essay, selected papers by Smith, photographs, commentary, discussion celebrating his career 196301993 at Bell Labs in laser and lightwaves research and development. | Unpublished |
lasers Biography Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, IEEE (LEOS) | |
PW-1504 | Lacy, Dan Mabry | From Grunts to Gigabytes: Communications and Society | 1996 | Lacy, Dan Mabry. From Grunts to Gigabytes: Communications and Society. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1996. | University of Illinois Press | Urbana IL | Communication
Information Technology History |
PW-5155 | Lagendijk, Vincent | Electrifying Europe: The power of Europe in the construction of electricity networks | 2008 | A historical, political and economic analysis of the development of electrification networks in Europe | Aksant | Amsterdam | Electricity
Europe History Policy |
PW-4429 | Lambright, W.Henry. | NASA and the Environment: The Case of Ozone Depletion | 2005 | Lambright, W.Henry. NASA and the Environment: The Case of Ozone Depletion, Monographs in Aerospace History, No. 38 (May 2005). Washington, DC: NASA History Division, 2005. | NASA | Washington, DC | Environment
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
PW-1099 | Lamiral, Georges | Chronique de Trente Annees D'Equipement Nucleaire a Electricite de France | 1988 | Lamiral, Georges, Chronique de Trente Annees D'Equipement Nucleaire a Electricite de France. Vols. 1 & 2. Paris: AHEF, 1988. | AHEF | Paris | Chronology/Timeline
Nuclear Power History |
PW-2801 | Lamme, Benjamin Garver | Benjamin Garver Lamme, Electrical Engineer, an Autobiography | 1926 | Lamme, Benjamin Garver. Benjamin Garver Lamme, Electrical Engineer, an Autobiography. G.P. Putman's Sons. New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1926 | The Knickerbocker Press | New York | History
Autobiography |
PW-1428 | Landauer, Thomas K. | The Trouble With Computers: Usefulness, Usability, and Productivity | 1995 | Landauer, Thomas K., The Trouble With Computers: Usefulness, Usability, and Productivity. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1995. | MIT Press | Cambridge MA | History
Computers |
PW-6072 | Landes, David S. | Revolution in Time: Clocks and the Making of the Modern World | 1983 | Why clocks and time have revolutionized the modern world. | Harvard University Press | New York | Clock
Time Keeping |
PW-6076 | Landrum, Gene N. | Profiles of Genius: Thirteen Creative Men Who Changed the World | 1993 | Profiles on thirteen men and their contributions to science and technology, including: Ted Turner (Turner Broadcasting), Tom Monaghan (Domino's Pizza), Marcel Bich (Bic Pens and Lighters), Nolan Bushnell (Atari and Pizza Time Theatre), Fred Smith (Federa | Prometheus Books | Buffalo, NY | Technological Innovations
Microsoft Apple Computer Co. Sony |
PW-6057 | Lane, David R. & Lane, Robert A. | Transistor Radios: A Collector's Encyclopedia and Price Guide | 1994 | An encyclopedia and price guide to more than 2,200 transistor radios. | Wallace-Homestead Book Company | Radnor, PA | Radio |
PW-3287 | Langins, Janis | 2004 | Origins and early history of French military engineering culminating in controversy over theory and practice of fortification design as championed by Vauban's heirs and Montalembard's followers | MIT Press | Military engineers-France-17th century
Military engineers-France-18th century Civil engineers-France-18th century Military engineering-France-17th century Military engineering-France-17th century Civil engineering-France-18th century Vauban, Sebast | ||
PW-4412 | Lanphier, Robert. C. | Electric Meter: History and Progress | 1925 | Sangamo Electric Co. | Springfield, IL | Meters
Electric measurements | |
PW-913 | Lardner, Dr. | The Electric Telegraph | 1867 | Lardner, Dr., The Electric Telegraph. A New Edition Revised and rewritten by Edward Bright. | James Walton | London | Telegraphs
Electric Devices |
PW-6683 | Larin, Frank | Radiation Effects in Semiconductor Devices | 1968 | This book presents information to electronic circuit designers to enable them to design reliable electronics for operaton in a nuclear radiation environment. Radiaton causes changes in the physical properties of semiconductors, e.g., lifetime, carrier c | John Wiley & Sons | New York, NY | Textbooks
Radiation Semiconductors Circuitry |
PW-2499 | Latham, Colin and Anne Stobbs | Pioneers of RADAR | 1999 | Latham, Colin and Anne Stobbs, Pioneers of RADAR. Great Britain: Sutton Publishing Limited, 1999. | Sutton Publishing Limited | Great Britain | Radar
World War II Telecommunications History |
PW-1536 | Latham, Colin, and Anne Stobbs | Radar: A Wartime Miracle | 1996 | Latham, Colin, and Anne Stobbs, Radar: A Wartime Miracle. Phoenix Mill, UK: Sutton Publishing Limited, 1996. | Sutton Publishing Limited | Phoenix Mill UK | Radar
Military History |
PW-1546 | Latour, Bruno | Aramis, or the Love of Technology | 1996 | Latour, Bruno, Aramis, or the Love of Technology. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996. | Harvard Press | Cambridge MA | Technology
Marketing |
PW-4443 | Laufer, Alexander, Todd Post, Edward J. Hoffman, Ronald A. Heifetz (foreword) | Shared Voyage: Learning and Unlearning from Remarkable Projects. | 2005 | Laufer, Alexander et al. Shared Voyage: Learning and Unlearning from Remarkable Projects. Washington, DC: NASA History Division, 2005. | NASA | Washington, DC | Air Force, U.S.
Air Defense National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space Exploration Airplanes Aeronautical Engineering Missiles |
PW-3533 | Launius, Roger D. | Apollo: A Retrospective Analysis | 2004 | Launius, Roger D. Apollo: A Retrospective Analysis. Washington, DC: NASA History Office, 2004 | NASA | Washington D.C. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Space Programs Aerospace |
PW-2003 | Laura Schmitt | The Bright Stuff: The LED and Nick Holonyak's Fantastic Trail of Innovation | 2012 | Biography of Nick Holonyak, Jr., and his and his students' contributions to LED technology at the University of Illinois | Milton Feng, University of Illinois Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory | Champaign, IL, USA | Holonyak, Nick, Jr.
University of Illinois Light-emitting Diode (LED) - History Bardeen, John Bell Laboratories - Transistor - History |
PW-3998 | Lavington, S. H | History of Manchester Computers | 1975 | NCC Publications | Manchester | Computers, Great Britain | |
PW-6504 | Lavington, Simon, ed. | Alan Turning and His Contemporaries: Building the world's first computers | 2012 | History of early computers and work done in the United States and Great Britain. | British Informatics Society Limited | Swindon, UK | ENIAC
Moore School of Electrical Engineering - University of Pennsylvania Alan Turing Tom Kilburn Maurice Wilkes Computers Computer Programming Computer Science Manchester University |
PW-903 | Lawford, G.L, and L.R. Nicholson, eds. | The Telcon Story, 1850-1950 | 1950 | Lawford, G.L, and L.R. Nicholson, eds. The Telcon Story, 1850-1950. London: Fanfare Press, 1950 | Fanfare Press | London | Telegraphs
Telegraphy Communication |
PW-1240 | Laws, Frank | Electrical Measurements | 1938 | Laws, Frank, Electrical Measurements. 1938
Part of the Slate gift (#96-01) 1938 |
McGraw-Hill | New York | Measuring Instruments
Measurement |
PW-1255 | Lawson and Uhlenbeck | Threshold Signals | Lawson and Uhlenbeck, Threshold Signals. 1949 (1964 ed.)
Part of the Slate gift (#96-01) 1949 (1964 ed.) |
Signal Processing
Signalling | |||
PW-4378 | Lawson, James L. & Uhlenbeck, George E. (Eds.) | Threshold Signals (Volume 24) | 1964 | Boston Technical Publishers | Lexington, Massachusetts | Radiation laboratory (RadLab)
Radar Signalling | |
PW-3970 | Layne, Margaret E. (Editor) | Women in Engineering: Pioneers and Trailblazers | 2009 | ASCE Press | Reston, Virginia | Women in Engineering (WIE)
Biography | |
PW-3132 | Leary, William M. | We Freeze to Please: A History of NASAs Icing Research Tunnel and the Quest for Flight Safety | 2002 | Leary, William M. We Freeze to Please: A History of NASAs Icing Research Tunnel and the Quest for Flight Safety. Washington DC: NASA History Office, 2002 | NASA | Washington DC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Instrumentation & Measurement Society, IEEE Aeronautic Safety Refrigeration History |
PW-3821 | Leavitt, David | The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer | 2006 | Leavitt, David. The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2006 | WW Norton & Co. | New York |
Enigma World War II Artificial Intelligence cryptology Biography |
PW-2426 | Leavitt, Robert K. | Machett Cathode Press: Memorial Issue | 1956 | Leavitt, Robert K. Machlett Cathode Press: Memorial Issue. Stamford CT: Machlett Laboratories Inc., 1956. | Machlett Laboratories, Inc. | Stamford CT | x-ray
Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Tubes, Electron |
PW-1015 | Lebow, Irwin | Information Highways & Byways: From the Telegraph to the 21st Century | 1995 | Lebow, Irwin. Information Highways & Byways: From the Telegraph to the 21st Century. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Press, 1995. | IEEE Press | Piscataway NJ | History
Telecommunications Communication Telegraphs Computers |
PW-3812 | Lecuyer, Christophe | Making silicon Valley: Innovation and Growth of High Tech, 1930-1970 | 2006 | Lecuyer, Christophe, Making Silicon Valley: Innovation and the Growth of High Tech, 1930-1970. Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 2006 | MIT | Cambridge MA | Silicon Valley
Entrepreneurship Semiconductors Intel History
|
PW-6197 | Lecuyer, Christophe, and David C. Brock | Makers of the Microchip: A Documentary History of Fairchild Semiconductor | 2010 | Study of the early years of Fairchild Semiconductor, the firm that developed the microchip | University of Chicago Press | Chicago | Semiconductors
Microchip History |
PW-394 | Leger, James, ed. | History of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota 1888 - 2006 | 2006 | Leger, James, ed. History of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1888 - 2006. Minneapolis MN: University of Minnesota Press. | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis MN | Computers
Computer Engineering History |
PW-4340 | Leiner, Oscar | Leiners Elektrotechnischer Katalog Die Literatur | 1903 | 1884-1903 | Oskar Leiner | Leipzig | Literature
Electricity |
PW-4998 | Leo Marx | The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America | 1972 | This book's purpose is to describe and evaluate the uses of the pastoral ideal in the interpretation of American experience . It shall be tracing its adaption to the conditions of life in the New World, its emergence as a distinctly American theory of | Images
Environment Culture | ||
PW-3927 | Leslie, Stuart W. | Boss Kettering: Wizard of General Motors | 1983 | Leslie, Stuart W. Boss Kettering: Wizard of General Motors. New York: Columbia University Press, 1983. | Columbia University Press | New York | Biography |
PW-4496 | Leslie, Stuart W. | The Cold War and American Science: The Military-Industrial-Academic Complex at MIT and Stanford | 1993 | Columbia University Press | New York. | Stanford University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Military | |
PW-1072 | Lessing, Lawrence | Man of High Fidelity: Edwin Howard Armstrong | 1956 | Lessing, Lawrence. Man of High Fidelity: Edwin Howard Armstrong. New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1956. | J. B. Lippincott Company | New York | History
Radio Audio Technology Biography |
PW-3880 | Levin, Miriam (editor) | Cultures of Control | 2000 | Levin, Miriam, editor, Cultures of Control. Amsterdam: Harwood Academic Press, 2000 | Harwood Academic Publishers | Amsterdam | Culture
History |
PW-2708 | Lewis, Michael | The NEW NEW Thing | 2000 | Lewis, Michael, The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000. | W. W. Norton & Company | New York | History
Silicon Valley |
PW-468 | Lewis, Tom | Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio | 1991 | Lewis, Tom. Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio. New York: Harper Collins, 1991. | Harper Collins | New York | History
Radio Radio Broadcasting |
PW-2775 | Lienhard, John H. | The Engines of Our Ingenuity | 2000 | Lienhard, John H. The Engines of Our Ingenuity: An Engineer Looks at Technology and Culture. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. | Oxford University Press | New York | Chronology/Timeline
Engineers |
OB-1055 | Life | Life Magazine, November 1965 (Blackout issue) | November 19, 1965 Located in MB-20 | blackouts
New York City Power Supply | |||
PW-4022 | Life | Life: Special double issue | Fall 1997 | 100 Incredible discoveries Cataclysmic Events Magnificent Moments of the Past 1000 Years | Time Inc | New York | Magazine
Chronology/Timeline |
PW-6661 | Lifset, Robert D. | Power on the Hudson: Storm King Mountain and the Emergence of Modern American Environmentalism | 2014 | In the fall of 1962, Con Ed announced plans for the construction of a pumped-storage hydro-electric plant at Storm King Mountain on the Hudson River, forty miles north of New York City. Local environmentalists opposed these plans and organized against th | University Press of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, Pa. | Environmentalism
Storm King Mountain, N.Y. Consolidated Edison (Con Ed) of New York Hydroelectricity Power Plant (Generating Station) Federal Power Commission |
PW-6664 | Lifshitz, Kenneth B. | Makers of the Telegraph: Samuel Morse, Ezra Cornell and Joseph Henry | 2017 | The single-wire telegraph revolutionized long distance communications but it was not the effort of one inventor, Samuel Morse. His colleagues and employees, specifically Ezra Cornell and Joseph Henry, made crucial contributions.The author presents Morse | McFarland & Company, Ltd. | Jefferson, N.C. | Inventors
Telegraph Samuel F. B. Morse Ezra Cornell Joseph Henry |
PW-4178 | Lighting Service Bureau | Interior Lighting Design: Electric Illumination | 1949 | Lighting Service Bureau | New York | Illumination
Design | |
PW-6159 | Lillian Hoddeson, Ernest Braun, Jurgen Teichmann, & Spencer Weart eds. | Out of the Crystal Maze: Chapters from the History of Solid-State Physics | 1992 | History of solid-state physics. | Oxford University Press | Oxford | Physics |
PW-1260 | Lincoln Electric Co. | Lessons in Arc Welding | 1940 | Lincoln Electric Co., Lessons in Arc Welding. 1940
Part of the Slate gift (#96-01) 1940 |
Lincoln Electric Company | Cleveland, Ohio | Arc Welding
Education Guide Book |
PW-6106 | Lincoln, E.S. | Industrial Electric Control | 1945 | An introduction into industrial electrical control. | Duell, Sloan, and Pearce | New York | Electrical Engineering
Electrical Industry |
PW-3929 | Lincoln, Samuel B. | Lockwood Greene: The History of an Engineering Business 1832-1958. | 1960 | Lincoln, Samuel B. Lockwood Greene: The History of an Engineering Business 1832-1958. Brattleboro, VT: Stephen Greene Press, 1960. | Stephen Greene Press | Brattleboro, VT | History
textiles Factory Electrification |
PW-837 | Linkous, Clovis | General Electric at Fort Wayne, Indiana: A 110 Year History | 1994 | Linkous, Clovis. General Electric at Fort Wayne, Indiana: A 110 Year History. Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc. 1994. | Gateway Press | Baltimore MD | General Electric
History |
PW-1103 | Lipartito, Kenneth | The Bell System and Regional Business: The Telephone in the South, 1877-1920 | 1989 | Lipartito, Kenneth, The Bell System and Regional Business: The Telephone in the South, 1877-1920. Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989. | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore MD | Chronology/Timeline
Bell System American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) Telephones History |
PW-6107 | Livingston, O.W. | Theory of Industrial Electronic Tubes | 1937 | Theory of Industrial Electronic Tubes | International Textbook Company | Scranton, PA | Tubes |
PW-1102 | Lodge, Oliver | Pioneers of Science | 1926 | Lodge, Oliver, Pioneers of Science. New York: Dover Publications, 1960. Reprint of 1926 original | Dover Publications | New York | Chronology/Timeline
Biography |
PW-6524 | Loewy, Raymond | Never Leave Well Enough Alone | 1951 | Autobiographical account and commentary by Raymond Loewy (1893-1986), a French-born American industrial designer, first published in 1950. This is a signed copy presented to David Sarnoff on 7 November 1955 and the book was part of the David Sarnoff Libr | Simon and Schuster | New York | Raymond Loewy
Industrial Design |
PW-2414 | Logsdon, John | Managing the Moon Program: Lessons Learned from Project Apollo | 1999 | Logsdon, John. Managing the Moon Program: Lessons Learned from Project Apollo. Washington, D.C.: NASA History Office, 1999. | NASA History Office | Washington DC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Aerospace History Space Programs |
PW-2809 | Logsdon, John | Legislative Originsof the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958: Proceedings of an Oral History Workshop | 1992 | Logsdon, John. Legislative Origins of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958: Proceedings of an Oral History Workshop. Washington DC: NASA History Office, 1992. | NASA History Office | Washington DC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Legislation History |
PW-1303 | Logsdon, John ed. | Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program | 1995 | Logsdon, John ed., Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Volume 1: Organizing for Exploration. Washington, DC: NASA History Office, 1995. | NASA History Office | Washington DC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA))
Space Exploration Space Programs History |
PW-1594 | Logsdon, John ed. | Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program | 1999 | Logsdon, John ed., Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Volume 2: External Relationships. Washington, DC: NASA History Office, 1999. | NASA History Office | Washington DC | History
Space Programs |
PW-2037 | Logsdon, John ed. | Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program | 1998 | Logsdon, John ed., Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Volume 3: Using Space. Washington, DC: NASA History Office, 1998. | NASA History Office | Washington DC | History
Space programs |
PW-2480 | Logsdon, John ed. | Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the US Civil Space Program | 1999 | Logsdon, John ed., Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Volume 4: Accessing Space. Washington, DC: NASA History Office, 1999. | NASA History Office | Washington DC | History
Space Programs |
PW-2837 | Logsdon, John ed. | Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the US Civil Space Program, | 2001 | Logsdon, John ed., Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Volume 5: Exploring the Cosmos. Washington, DC: NASA History Office, 2001. | NASA | Washington DC | History
Space National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
PW-4440 | Logsdon, John M. ed. with Roger D. Launius | Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Volume VII: Human Spaceflight: Projects Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo. | 2008 | Logsdon, John M. ed. Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Volume VII: Human Spaceflight: Projects Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo. Washington, DC: NASA History Office, 2008. | NASA | Washington, DC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Space Programs Space Exploration Spacecraft Design Aeronautical Engineering Aeronautics |
PW-4439 | Logsdon, John M. ed. with Stephen J. Garber, Roger D. Launius, Ray A. Williamson | Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Volume VI: Space and Earth Science | 2004 | Logsdon, John M. ed. Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Volume VI: Space and Earth Science. Washington, DC: NASA History Office, 2004. | NASA | Washington, DC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Space Space Programs Physics Aerospace Solar Energy |
PW-3103 | Lohr, Steve | Go To: The Story of the Math Majors, Bridge Players, Engineers, Chess Wizards, Maverick Scientists and Iconoclasts - The Programmers who Created the Software Revolution | 2001 | Lohr, Steve. Go To: The Story of the Math Majors, Bridge Players, Engineers, Chess Wizards, Maverick Scientists and Iconoclasts - The Programmers who Created the Software Revolution. New York: Basic Books, 2001. | Basic Books | New York | Programming languages
Programming History International Business Machines (IBM) Computing |
PW-1101 | Lomask, Milton | A Minor Miracle: An Informal History of the National Science Foundation | 1976 | Lomask, Milton, A Minor Miracle: An Informal History of the National Science Foundation. Washington DC: The National Science Foundation, 1976. | National Science Foundation | Washington DC | Chronology/Timeline
National Science Foundation (NSF) History |
PW-6168 | Lubar, Steven | Infoculture: The Smithsonian Boook of Information Age Inventions | 1993 | A Smithsonian publication of Information Age inventions and how they work. | Houghton Mifflin Company | Boston | Inventions
History |
PW-482 | Luckin, Bill | Questions of Power: Electricity and Environment in Inter-war Britain | 1990 | Luckin, Bill. Questions of Power: Electricity and Environment in Inter-war Britain. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1990. | Manchester University Press | Manchester UK | History
Electricity World War I World War II |
PW-4034 | Lucky, Robert W. | Lucky Strikes Again | 1993 | A collection of Robert Lucky's essays from IEEE Spectrum | IEEE Inc. | New York | Technology
Engineering |
PW-6007 | Lucky, Robert W. | Silicon Dreams: Information, Man, and Machine | 1989 | Information technology and the information age as it relates to the systems and processes being produced and created in Silicon Valley. | St. Martin's Press | New York | Silicon Valley
Information Technology Information Age Information processing |
PW-483 | Lundgren, Anders | Technological Innovation and Industrial Evolution: The Emergence of Industrial Networks | 1991 | Lundgren, Anders. Technological Innovation and Industrial Evolution: The Emergence of Industrial Networks. Stockholm: Stockholm School of Economics, 1991. | Stockholm School of Economics | Stockholm | History
Technological Innovations Technology |
PW-4466 | Lundstrom, David E | A Few Good Men from Univac | 1987 | Memoir of computer engineering/management | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Computer Engineering
UNIVAC |
PW-6526 | Lunsford, Andrea A. | The St. Martin's Handbook | 2003 | Handbook and style guide for writing and research.
Addresses many issues from argument to research to writing. |
Bedford/St. Martin's | Boston, MA | Reference book
Writing and style guide Research guide |
PW-3384 | Lurie, Maxine N. and Marc Mappen | Encyclopedia of New Jersey | 2004 | Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ, 2004 | Rutgers University Press | New Brunswick, NJ | History |
PW-1104 | Lurkis, Alexander | The Power Brink: Con Edison, A Centennial of Electricity | 1982 | Lurkis, Alexander. The Power Brink: Con Edison, A Centennial of Electricity. New York: Icare Press, 1982. | Icare Press | New York | Chronology/Timeline
Power Industry Centennial History |
PW-3071 | Lustig, Lawrence, ed. | Impact: A Compilation of Bell System Innovations in Science and Engineering | 1981 | Bell Laboratories | Murray Hill NJ | Bell System
American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) | |
PW-4299 | Luxbacher, Guenther | Massenproduktion im globalen Kartell: Gluehlampen, Radioroehren und die rationalisierung der Elektroindustrie bis 1945 | 2003 | Translation: Mass Production in Global Syndicates: Light Bulbs, Radio Tubes and the Standardization of the Electronics Industry before 1945.
Series = Aachen Annals of Industrial and Technical History, edited by Prof. Dr. Walter Kaiser |
Verlag fuer Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und der Technik | Berlin | Tubes
Europe Electronics Electronics Industry Light bulb |
PW-3282 | Luxbacher, Gunther | Praktiker, Theoretiker und Freunde der Elektrotechnik Der Osterreichische Verband fur Elektrotechnik 1883-2013 | 2014 | History of Austria's electrical engineering society and the profession from establishment in 1883 to the present: under Austo-Hungarian empire (1883-1918), during the interwar period to the Anschluss, under Nazi German control, and since 1945 (largely to | OVE | Vienna | Electrotechnology-Austria
Electrical engineering-Austria Electronic engineering-Austria Osterreichische Verband fur Elektrotechnik OVE |
PW-6506 | Luxbacher, Gunther | Praktiker, Theoreticker und Freunde der Elektrotechnik: Der Osterreichische Verband fur Elektrotechnik, 1883-2013 | 2013 | This is a history of the Austrian Electrotechnical Association founded in 1883. It includes information about the association and its work concerning electricity, standards, electrical equipment, and electrical engineering in Austria. | OVE Austrian Electrotechnical Association | Graz, Austria | Electricity
Austria Electrical Engineering Standards Equipment - electrical |
PW-6608 | Lynes, Russell | The Tastemakers: The Shaping of American Popular Taste | 1980 | Unabridged republication of the edition, first published by Harper & Brothers in 1955. New Afterword by Lynes.
A history of the tastemakers; the arbitrators of taste in the United states from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries. A histor |
Dover Publications, Inc. | New York | Popular culture
Material culture |
PW-4967 | Lynn Hunt, Thomas R. Martin, Barbara H Rosenwein, P. Po-chia Hsia, | The Challenge of the West | 1995 | Textbook, traces the historical development of Western Europe. Begins with the prehistoric era and continues through to the modern era | |||
PW-1106 | Lyons, Eugene | David Sarnoff | 1966 | Lyons, Eugene. David Sarnoff. New York: Harper & Row, 1966. | Harper & Row | New York | Chronology/Timeline
Biography |
PW-1243 | M.I.T. Radar School Staff | Principles of Radar | 1946 | M.I.T. Radar School Staff, Principles of Radar. 1946
Copy that the Center already has kept in preference over one included in Slate gift (#96-01) |
Mcgraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Education Radar |
PW-6703 | Ma, T.P., and Paul V. Dressendorfer, editors | Ionizing Radiation Effects in Mos Devices and Circuits | 1989 | Textbook regarding the impace of ionizing radiation on metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) devices and integrated circuits. | John Wiley & Sons | New York | Textbook
Physics Semiconductors Metal oxide semiconductors (MOS) MOS device Radiation Integrated Circuit |
PW-4311 | Maas, Georg | Elecktrotechnische Bibliographie | 1893 | Barth | Leipzig | Bibliography | |
PW-1105 | Mabon, Prescott C. | Mission Communications: The Story of Bell Laboratories | 1975 | Mabon, Prescott C. Mission Communications: The Story of Bell Laboratories. Murray Hill NJ: Bell Laboratories, 1975. | Bell Laboratories | Murray Hill NJ | Chronology/Timeline
AT&T Bell Laboratories Communication History |
PW-6103 | MacColl, LeRoy A. | Fundamental Theory of Servomechanisms | 1945 | Introduction and theories on servomechnanics. | D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc. | New York | |
PW-6112 | MacGahan, Paul | Electrical Measuring Instruments | 1940 | Electrical measuring instruments | International Textbook Company | Scranton, PA | Electric measurements |
PW-489 | Mack, Pamela E. | Viewing The Earth: The Social Construction of the Landsat Satellite System | 1990 | Mack, Pamela E. Viewing The Earth: The Social Construction of the Landsat Satellite System. Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 1990. | MIT Press | Cambridge MA | History
Satellite Communications Satellites |
PW-2220 | Mack, Pamela E., ed. | From Engineering Science to Big Science: The NACA and NASA Collier Trophy Research Project Winners | 1998 | Collection of articles on institutional history of scientific research in American government aviation, 1920s-1980s. | NASA | Washington DC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Aviation Aerodynamics Engineering, aerospace |
PW-2322 | Mackenzie, Catherine | Alexander Graham Bell | 1940 | Mackenzie, Catherine. Alexander Graham Bell. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1940. | Grosset and Dunlap | New York | Biography |
PW-1398 | MacKenzie, Donald | Knowing Machines: Essays on Technical Change | 1996 | MacKenzie, Donald. Knowing Machines: Essays on Technical Change. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1996. | MIT Press | Cambridge MA | History
Technological Innovations |
PW-490 | MacKenzie, Donald | Inventing Accuracy: A Historical Sociology of Nuclear Missile Guidance | 1990 | MacKenzie, Donald, Inventing Accuracy: A Historical Sociology of Nuclear Missile Guidance. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1990. | MIT Press | Cambridge Press | History
Nuclear Weapon Guidance Missiles |
PW-1653 | MacKenzie, Nancy R., ed. | Science and Technology Today: Readings for Writers | 1995 | MacKenzie, Nancy R., ed., Science and Technology Today: Readings for Writers. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. | St. Martin's Press | New York | Chronology/Timeline
Technology Bibliography |
PW-6687 | Maclean, Magnus | Electrical Laboratory Course for Junior Students | 1916 | Intended as a textbook to cover the first year college electrical engineering course and laboratory | Blackie and Son Limited | London, UK | Textbooks
Electrical Engineering Electricity Electrical equipment |
PW-3284 | MacLeod, Christine | Heroes of Invention; Technology, Liberalism and British Identity, 1750-1914 | 2007 | Explains why British revised popular opinion about inventors and engineers in the 19th century, when liberals, scientists, and artisans used their reputations in a largely failed effort to campaign against aristocracy and militarized nationalism | Cambridge UP | Industrial Revolution
Engineers-Popular Culture Great Britain-19th century-Culture Inventors-Popular Culture Engineers-National identity Inventors-National identity | |
PW-6173 | Madey, Theodore E. & Brown, William C. | History of Vacuum Science and Technology | 1984 | A history of vacuum science and technology. A special volume commemorating the 30th anniversary of the American Vacuum Society, 1953-1983. | American Institute of Physics, Inc. | New York | |
PW-6571 | Madhavan, Guru | Applied Minds: How Engineers Think | 2014 | Dust jacket: This book explores the visions and tools of engineers and their influence in transforming problems into opportunities. It pairs the innovators of modern history - Thomas Edison, the Wright Brothers, Steve Jobs - with everything from ATMs to | W. W. Norton & Company | New York | Engineering
Engineers Creativity Thomas Edison |
PW-1651 | Magers, Bernard | 75 Years of Western Electric Tube Manufacturing, 2nd ed | 1994 | Magers, Bernard. 75 Years of Western Electric Tube Manufacturing, 2nd ed. Tempe, AZ: Antique Electric Supply, 1994. | Tempe AZ | Antique Electric Supply | Chronology/Timeline
Tubes Western Electric Company History |
PW-3285 | Magoun, Alexander B. | David Sarnoff Research Center: RCA Labs to Sarnoff Corporation | 2003 | Magoun, Alexander B. David Sarnoff Research Center: RCA Labs to Sarnoff Corporation. Charleston SC: Arcadia Press, 2003, 128 pp. | Arcadia Press | Charleston SC | History
Radio Corporation of America (RCA) |
PW-3952 | Magoun, Alexander B. | Television: The Life Story of a Technology | 2009 | Magoun, Alexander B. Television: The Life Story of a Technology. Baltimore MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009. | The Johns Hopkins University Press. | Baltimore MD | History
Television television broadcasting |
PW-5140 | Maher, Jimmy | The Future Was Here: The Commodor Amiga | 2012 | Maher, Jimmy. The Future Was Here: The Commodore Amiga (Cambrige: The MIT Press, 2012) | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | History
Computers Computer Technology Computer Graphics Computer Engineering Computer Imaging |
PW-3951 | Mahon, Basil | The Man Who Changed Everything: The Life of James Clerk Maxwell | 2003 | Mahon, Basil. The Man Who Changed Everything: The Life of James Clerk Maxwell. London: John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2003 | John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | London | Biography
Electromagnetism Current, Electric |
PW-4013 | Mahon, Thomas | Charged Bodies: People, Power and Paradox in Silicon Valley | 1985 | New American Library | New York | Silicon Valley | |
PW-892 | Maier, Helmut | Erwin Marx (1893-1980) | 1993 | Maier, Helmut. Erwin Marx (1893-1980). Stuttgart: Verlag GNT, 1993. | Verlag GNT | Stuttgart | Biography |
PW-2647 | Maisel, Martin D., Guilianetti, Demo J., Dugan, Daniel C. | The History of the XV-15 Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft: From Concept to Flight | 2000 | Maisel, Martin D., Guilianetti, Demo J., Dugan, Daniel C. The History of the XV-15 Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft: From Concept to Flight. Monographs in Aerospace History, Number 17. Washington D.C.: NASA, 2000. | NASA | Washington DC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
History |
PW-5053 | Malcom Nicolson and John E.E. Fleming | Imaging & Imagining the Fetus: The Development of Obstetric Ultrasound | 2013 | Malcolm Nicolson and John Fleming relate the technical and social history of ultrasound imaging—from early experiments in Glasgow in 1956 through wide deployment in the British hospital system by 1975 to its ubiquitous use in maternity clinics throughout | Medical electronics
Medicine Technology Gender History | ||
PW-1212 | Malone, Michael S. | The Microprocessor: A Biography | 1995 | Malone, Michael S. The Microprocessor: A Biography. New York: Springer Verlag, 1995. | Springer | New York | microprocessors
History Computing |
OB-407 | Maney, Kevin | The Maverick and his Machine | Kevin Maney tals about his book, The Maverick and his Machine: Thomas Watson, Sr. and the Making of IBM, published by John Wiley and Sons. Run time: 1:22 (Date: 16 September 2003, Rutgers University) Located in Mary Ann's office, in the filing cabinet | International Business Machines (IBM) | |||
PW-3236 | Maney, Kevin | The Maverick and His Machine: Thomas Watson, Sr. and the Making of IBM | 2003 | Maney, Kevin. The Maverick and His Machine: Thomas Watson, Sr. and the Making of IBM. New York: Wiley, 2003. | Wiley | New York |
Computers biography History International Business Machines (IBM) |
PW-6652 | Manganiello, Christopher J. | Southern Water, Southern Power: How the Politics of Cheap Energy and Water Scarcity Shaped a Region | 2015 | This book combines environmental history; public policy; the history of technology and regional economic development; the relationship between water resources, electricity, drought, and state versus private control of water resources; and river engineeri | University of North Carolina Press | Chapel Hill, N.C. | Water supply
River engineering Dam United States - Southern States Electricity Coal Chattooga River Public policy |
PW-6110 | Manly, Harold P. | Drake's Cyclopedia of Radio and Electronics: A Practical Reference Work | 1933 | A reference guide of radio and electronics. | Frederick J. Drake & Co. | Chicago | Radio
Electronics |
PW-6105 | Mann, W.B. | The Cyclotron | 1948 | Detailed information about the cyclotron and how and why it works. Written for the Honours Student in Physics. Includes a foreward by Ernest O. Lawrence (5 Oct. 1939) , Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1939. First edition published in 1940. Second edition pu | Methuen & Co., Ltd. | London | Cyclotron
Textbook Ernest O. Lawrence |
PW-2974 | Manning, Maurice and Moore McDowell | Electricity Supply in Ireland: The History of ESB | 1984 | Manning, Maurice and Moore McDowell. Electricity Supply in Ireland: The History of ESB. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan Ltd., 1984. | Gill and Macmillan, Ltd. | Dublin | History
Power Supply Power Distribution |
OB-88 | Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs | Creativity and Culture | Creativity and Culture by the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs (Tokyo: Mita Press, 1991) donated by Troy Nagle Received by him on trip to China Certificate of Gift: 94-2
artifact |
Centennial
Centennial Gifts Culture Creativity | |||
PW-1652 | Mansfield Foundation | Creativity and Culture: The Inaugural Mansfield American-Pacific Lectures, 1989-1990 - Sozosei to bunka: dai 1-kai Mansufirudo kinen koen, 1989-1990 | 1991 | Mansfield Foundation. Creativity and Culture: The Inaugural Mansfield American-Pacific Lectures, 1989-1990 - Sozosei to bunka: dai 1-kai Mansufirudo kinen koen, 1989-1990 . Tokyo: Mita Shuppankai, 1991. | Mita Shuppankai | Tokyo | Lecture
Culture |
PW-6633 | Manuel, Frank E. | A Portrait of Isaac Newton | 1979 | Biography of Sir Isaac Newton | New Republic Books | Washington, D.C. | Isaac Newton
Physics |
PW-3787 | Marconi 2007 Centennial Committee | Cape Breton's Wireless Heritage: The First Transatlantic Radio Service | 2005 | Marconi 2007 Centennial Committee, The, Cape Breton's Wireless Heritage: The First Transatlantic Radio Service, Wolfville, Canada,(self-published?), 2005
A brief account prepared by the The Marconi 2007 Centennial Committee of Marconi's wireless work, t |
Wireless communications
Wireless Stations Telegraphy Centennial | ||
PW-1186 | Marconi Company | Jubilee Year, The Marconi Company | 1947 | Marconi Company, Jubilee Year, The Marconi Company. Chelmsford, UK: Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company Limited, 1947.
in Fragile Books box. Spiral bound Center copy is gift #85-02 |
Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company Limited | Chelmsford, UK | History
Anniversary |
PW-5144 | Marconi, Degna | My Father, Marconi | 1982 | Marconi, Degna. My Father, Marconi. (Ottawa, ON Canada: Balmuir, 1982) | Balmuir Book Publishing Ltd. | Ottawa, ON Canada | Biography
Radio Wireless communications |
PW-1251 | Marcuvitz, N. | Waveguide Handbook | Marcuvitz, N., Waveguide Handbook. 1950 (1964 ed.)
Part of the Slate gift (#96-01) 1950(1964 ed.) |
Waveguides
Guide Book | |||
PW-4373 | Marcuvitz, N. (Ed.) | Waveguide Handbook (Volume 10) | 1964 | Boston Technical Publishers | Lexington, Massachusetts | Radiation laboratory (RadLab)
Radar Waveguides | |
PW-6231 | Marder, Eric | The Laws of Choice: Predicting Customer Behavior | 1997 | The Free Press | New York | Marketing
Businesses Television | |
PW-5103 | Margaret B.W. Graham and Alec T. Shuldiner | Corning and the craft of innovation | 2001 | This book details the 150 year history of Corning Incorporated, long the largest glass manufacturer in the United States. Corning's innovations made possible such essential items as light bulbs, television, Pyrex, catalytic converters for cars, and high- | Innovation
Innovators Engineering Engineers | ||
PW-5139 | Mario G. Slavadori | The Mathematical Solution of Engineering Problems | 1953 | Columbia University Press | New York | Mathematics | |
PW-6068 | Mark, Robert | Experiments in Gothic Structure | 1982 | A study of the structural elements of Gothic cathedrals. A look at the technology behind Gothic buildings. | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Architecture |
PW-6575 | Markoff, John | Machines of Loving Grace: The Quest for Common Ground Between Humans and Robots | 2015 | A history of the relationship between humans and machines. The author traces the different ways developers have addressed this fundamental tension between humans and machine and the ethical quandaries raised as the pace of technological change accelerate | HarperCollins Publishers | New York | Robot
Ethics Design Computer revolution |
PW-6177 | Markus, John & Zeluff, Vin | Handbook of Industrial Electronic Circuits | 1948 | Handbook of Industrial Electronic Circuits | McGraw-Hill | New York | Circuit |
PW-5120 | Marshall M. Lee | Winning with People: The first 40 years of Tektronix | 1986 | This is the history of Tektronix, Inc., founded in 1946 and forty years old at the publishing of this book. Its the story of how the founders Howard Vollum and Jack Murdock and a group of engineers built the company. The company is best known for manuf | Oscilloscope
Radio Instruments Innovation Innovators Technological Innovations Engineers | ||
PW-6515 | Martel, Mark, Mark Bernstein and others | Dayton's Children: The unlikely gang who brought us aviation, the Crash, and the keys to the road ahead | 2015 | The companion book to the website www.DaytonInnovationLegacy.org
This book is intended to humanize the larger-than-life men and women from Dayton who helped create the world of today. It is a collection of brief biographies, mostly of Daytonians, and |
Technology - biography - history
Dayton, Ohio | ||
PW-5150 | Martin Cambpell-Kelly, William Aspray, Nathan Ensmenger, Jeffrey R. Yost | Computer: A History of the Information Machine | 2014 | A one-volume history of computing from pre-computing through the internet. Designed as an overview and text for college course use. | Westview Press | Boulder, CO | Computers
Computerization Computer Software Computer Science Computer Programming Computer Industry Computer Engineering Data processing |
PW-4968 | Martin Campbell-Kelly and William Aspray | Computer: A History of the Information Machine | 1996 | This history of the computer explores the roots of the industry's phenomenal development, tracing not only the development of the machine itself--beginning with Charles Babbage's well-known 1883 mechanical prototype--but also chronicling the effects of m | Computing
Computer Industry Computer Language Computer Programming Computer Software Computer Technology Computers Microchip Microprocessors | ||
PW-4996 | Martin Fransman | Japan's Computer and Communications Industry: The Evolution of Industrial Giants and Global Competitiveness | 1995 | This work draws on and extends the theoretical framework developed by such authors as Richard Nelson, Sidney Winter, and David Teece, through an empirical analysis of the evolution of the Japanese information and communications industry. Particular atten | Japan
Information Age Information Technology Communication Technology | ||
PW-499 | Martin, Michele | Hello Central? Gender, Technology, and Culture in the Formation of Telephone | 1991 | Martin, Michele. Hello Central?:Gender, Technology, and Culture in the Formation of Telephone Systems. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1991. | McGill-Queen's University Press | Montreal | History
Telephones Culture Technology Gender |
PW-872 | Martin, Thomas Commerford | Forty Years of Edison Service, 1882 - 1922. | 1922 | Martin, Thomas Commerford. Forty Years of Edison Service, 1882 - 1922. New York: New York Edison Company, 1922. | New York Edison Company | New York | Awards
Anniversary Power Industry |
PW-4177 | Marven, Craig and Gillian Ewers | A Simple Approach to Digital Signal Processing | 1996 | John Wiley and Sons | New York | Signal Processing | |
PW-500 | Marvin, Carolyn | When Old Technologies Were New: Thinking About Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century | 1988 | Marvin, Carolyn. When Old Technologies Were New: Thinking About Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. | Oxford University Press | New York | History
Communication Communication Technology |
PW-1335 | Masini, Giancarlo, Giorgio Tabarroni, Rinaldo De Benedetti et al. | Marconi: Cento anni dalla nascita (Torino: ERI 1974) | 1995 | Masini, Giancarlo, Marconi. New York: Marsilio Publishers, 1995. | Marsilio Publishers | New York | Biography |
PW-2307 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Five Years at the Radiation Laboratory | 1946 | 1: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Five Years at the Radiation Laboratory. Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 1946
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MIT Press | Cambridge MA | Radiation laboratory (RadLab)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) History |
PW-2619 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. | Elihu Thomson Eightieth Birthday Celebration | 1933 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Elihu Thomson Eightieth Birthday Celebration. Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 1933. Filed under M for Massachusetts | MIT Press | Cambridge MA | Biography |
PW-2608 | Mathews, John A. and Cho, Dong-Sung | Tiger Technology: The Creation of a Semiconductor Industry in East Asia | 200 | Mathews, John A. and Cho, Dong-Sung, Tiger Technology: The Creation of a Semiconductor Industry in East Asia. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000 | Cambridge University Press | New York | Solid State
History manufacturing Semiconductors |
PW-4328 | Mathys, Joan M. et. al. | Guide to the Collection of the Smithsonian Videohistory Program | 1992 | Smithsonian Institution Archives | Washington, D. C. | Oral History | |
PW-2702 | Matsumoto, Eiju | Hakaru Sekai | 2000 | Matsumoto, Eiju, Hakaru Sekai. Tokyo: Tamagawa Daigaku Shuppanbu, 2000. | Tamagawa Daigaku Shuppanbu | Tokyo |
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PW-2706 | Matsumoto, Eiju | Haruka naru sumisonian: Hakubutsukan to daigaku to akaibusu to | 1997 | Matsumoto, Eiju, Haruka naru sumisonian: Hakubutsukan to daigaku to akaibusu to (Lessons from Smithsonian: Museums, University, and Archives). | Tamagawa Univ. Press | Tokyo | History
Museums |
PW-6156 | Mattson, James & Simon, Merrill | The Pioneers of NMR and Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: The Story of MRI | 1996 | Documenting the story of the MRI and the pioneers who were behind the science and technology of the innovative use of magnetic resonance. | Bar-Ilan University Press | Jericho, NY | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) |
PW-2000 | Mattson, James, and Merrill Simon, | The Pioneers of NMR and Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: The Story of MRI | 1996 | History through biography of 9 leading researchers | Bar-Ilan University Press | Jericho, NY | Isidor I. Rabi, Norman F. Ramsey, Edward M. Purcell, Felix Bloch, Nicolaas Bloembergen, Erwin L. Hahn, Richard R. Ernst, Raymond V. Damadian, Paul C. Lauterbur, MRI, magnetic resonance imaging, medical technology, nuclear magnetic resonance, Nobel laurea |
PW-1100 | Maxwell, James Clerk | Origins of Clerk Maxwell's Electric Ideas [letters of Maxwell] | 1937 | Maxwell, James Clerk. Origins of Clerk Maxwell's Electric Ideas as described in letters to his friend, William Thomson. Joseph Larmor, ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1937. | Cambridge University Press | Cambridge UK | Chronology/Timeline
Correspondence |
PW-1213 | Maxwell, James Clerk | The Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk Maxwell: Volume 2, 1862-1873 | 1995 | Maxwell, James Clerk, The Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk Maxwell: Volume 2, 1862-1873. P.M. Harman, ed., New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995. | Cambridge University Press | New York | Guide Book
History |
PW-1996 | Maxwell, James Clerk | The Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk Maxwell | 1995 | Maxwell, James Clerk. The Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk Maxwell, Volume 2: 1862-1873. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995. | Cambridge University Press | New York | History
Correspondence |
PW-4161 | Maxwell, James Clerk | A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, Two volumes bound as one (reprint) | 1954 | Reprint of original Volume. | Dover Publications | Magnetism
Electricity | |
PW-6104 | Maxwell, James Clerk | A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism | 1954 | A treatise on electricity and magnetism. | Dover Publications, Inc. | Electricity
Magnetism | |
PW-2585 | May, Peter | Georg Simon Ohm, 1789 - 1854 | 1989 | May, Peter. Georg Simon Ohm, 1789 - 1854. Erlangen, Germany: Druckhaus Mayer, 1989. | Druckhaus Mayer | Erlangen, Germany | Biography |
PW-506 | Mayes, Thorn L. | Wireless Communications in the United States: The Early Development of American Radio Operating Companies | 1989 | Mayes, Thorn L. Wireless Communications in the United States: The Early Development of American Radio Operating Companies. Greenwich RI: New England Wireless and Steam Museum, 1989. | New England Wireless and Steam Museum | Greenwich RI | History
Radio Wireless communications |
PW-6067 | Mayr, Otto & Post, Robert C. eds. | Yankee Enterprise: The Rise of the American System of Manufactures | 1981 | A series of essays on mass-manufacturing in the US based upon a symposium held at the Smithsonian sponsored by the US Chamber of Commerce. | Smithsonian Institution Press | Washington, DC | Manufacturing |
PW-793 | Mazuzan, George T., and J. Samuel Walker | Controlling the Atom: The Beginnings of Nuclear Regulation, 1946-1962 | 1985 | Mazuzan, George T., and J. Samuel Walker. Controlling the Atom: The Beginnings of Nuclear Regulation, 1946-1962. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985. | University of California Press | Berkeley | Standardization
Nuclear Weapon Nuclear Power Nuclear Physics Nuclear Engineering History |
PW-42 | McArthur, Tom, and Peter Waddell | The Secret Life of John Logie Baird | McArthur, Tom, and Peter Waddell. The Secret Life of John Logie Baird. London: Hutchinson, 1986. | Hutchinson | London | Biography
History | |
PW-6008 | McCartney, Scott | Eniac: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World's First Computer | 1999 | Documenting the rise of ENIAC, with a focus on John Mauchly and Presper Eckert, and the birth of electrical computers in the US. | Walker & Co. | New York | ENIAC
Computers History Computer Industry |
PW-6473 | McCaughey, Robert | A Lever Long Enough: A History of Columbia's School of Engineerng and Applied Science Since 1865 | 2014 | This book provides of social history of Columbia University's School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) from its founding in 1864. | Columbia University Press | New York | Engineering education
Columbia University |
PW-3290 | McCaughey, Robert A. | A Lever Long Enough: A History of Columbia's School of Engineering and Applied Science since 1864 | 2014 | History of engineering school at Columbia University including evolving relationship with the univerisity's administration, faculty, and other students; also compared to development of engineering education at other American institutions. | Columbia UP | Columbia University-Engineering
Engineering Education-Columbia University Columbia University-School of Engineering and Applied Science | |
PW-509 | McChesney, Robert W. | Telecommunications, Mass Media, and Democracy: The Battle for Control of U.S. Broadcasting, 1928 - 1935. | 1993 | McChesney, Robert W. Telecommunications, Mass Media, and Democracy: The Battle for Control of U.S. Broadcasting, 1928-1935. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. | Oxford University Press | New York | History
Telecommunications Broadcasting |
PW-2650 | McClellan, James E., III, Dorn, Harold | Science and Technology in World History: An Introduction | 1999 | McClellan, James E., III, Dorn, Harold, Science and Technology in World History: An Introduction. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. | Johns Hopkins University Press | History | |
PW-907 | McClenachan, C.T. | Detailed Report of the Proceedings had in Commemoration of the Successful Laying | 1863 | McClenachan, C.T. Detailed Report of the Proceedings had in Commemoration of the Successful Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable. New York: Edmund Jones & Co., 1863. | Edmund Jones & Co. | New York | Transatlantic Communications
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PW-3111 | McCormick, Blaine | At Work with Thomas Edison: 10 Business Lessons from America's Greatest Innovator | 2001 | McCormick, Blaine. At Work with Thomas Edison: 10 Business Lessons from America's Greatest Innovator. Entrepreneur Press, 2001 | Entrepreneur Press |
Technological Innovations Management | |
PW-6442 | McCraw, Thomas K. | TVA and the Power Fight, 1933-1939 | 1971 | McCraw tells the inside story of the TVA-Commonwealth and Southern fight in 1930s America. Two distinct traditions built the power industry in the United States, a private tradition which started and developed most of its vast network of power lines and | J.B. Lippincott Company | Philadelphia | Franklin D. Roosevelt
David E. Lilienthal Wendell L. Wilkie Tennessee Valley Authority Utilities Electrical Grid Electrical Industry Electrification |
PW-64401 | McCullough, David | The Wright Brothers | 2015 | In 1903, on the romove Outer Banks of North Carolina, two brothers from Dayton, Ohio, Wilbur and Orville Wright, made aviation history. The age of flight had begun with the first heavier-than-air powered machine carrying a pilot. McCullough draws on the | Simon & Schuster | New York | Aeronautical Engineering
Airplanes Orville Wright Wilbur Wright Inventors |
PW-3031 | McCurdy, Howard E. | Faster, Better, Cheaper: Low Cost Innovation inthe U.S. Space Program | 2001 | The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2001, 156 pgs. | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | History
Space Programs |
PW-4431 | McCurdy, Howard E. | Low-Cost Innovation in Spaceflight: The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) Shoemaker Mission | 2005 | McCurdy, Howard E. Low-Cost Innovation in Spaceflight: The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) Shoemaker Mission, Monographs in Aerospace History No. 36. Washington, DC: NASA History Division, 2005. | NASA | Washington, DC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Spacecraft Design Space Exploration Aeronautical Engineering |
PW-6065 | McDougall, Walter A. | ...the Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the Space Age | 1985 | A history of the Space Age from the 19th century until the 1980s. How government policy and space programs/explorations intertwined during the Cold War and beyond. | Basic Books, Inc. | New York | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Space Exploration Space Programs Policy Soviet Union (USSR) |
PW-513 | McDowall, Duncan | The Light: Brazilian Traction, Light and Power Company Limited, 1899-1945 | 1988 | McDowall, Duncan. The Light: Brazilian Traction, Light and Power Company Limited, 1899-1945. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1988. | University of Toronto Press | Toronto | History
Train Power Industry Light |
PW-4090 | McGraw-Hill | Electronics' Engineering Manual Volume VI | Collection of articles from Electronics magazine, c. 1950s. No date in volume. | McGraw-Hill | New York | Electrical Engineering
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PW-5147 | McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch | The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy | McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch. The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012) | Mathematics | |||
PW-6029 | McKay, John P. | Tramways and Trolleys: The Rise of Urban Mass Transport in Europe | 1976 | A history of the rise of public urban transit in Europe with a focus on the streetcar, trolley, and tramway. | Princeton University Press | Princeton | Trolley
Mass transit History |
PW-2355 | McKinney, John B. | RADAR: The Reluctant Miracle | 1962 | McKinney, John B., RADAR: The Reluctant Miracle. McKinney, John B., Unpublished Manuscript, 1962, | Unpublished Manuscript | Radar
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PW-1066 | McMahon, A. Michal | The Making of a Profession: A Century of Electrical Engineering in America | 1984 | McMahon, A. Michal. The Making of a Profession: A Century of Electrical Engineering in America. New York: IEEE, 1984. | IEEE | New York | History
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PW-3810 | McMahon, Peter | Global Control: Information Technology and Globalization since 1845 | 2002 | McMahon, Peter. Global Control: Information Technology and Globalization since 1845. Northampton MA: Edward Elgar, 2002 | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd | Northampton MA |
Information Technology economics History |
PW-1551 | McNeil, Ian, ed. | An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology (London: Routledge Press, 1990). | 1990 | McNeil, Ian, ed., An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology. | Routledge | London | Terminology
History Technology |
PW-3376 | McNicol, Donald | Radio's Conquest of Space: The Experimental Rise in Radio Communication | 1946 | McNicol, Donald. Radio's Conquest of Space: The Experimental Rise in Radio Communication. New York: Murray Hill Books, 1946 | Murray Hill Books | New York | Radio
Space |
PW-4026 | Mcphee, John | Uncommon Carriers | 2006 | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | New York | Telecommunications | |
PW-3902 | McRae, Ian | The Test of Leadership: 50 Years in the Electricity Supply Industry of South Africa | 2006 | McRae, Ian. The Test of Leadership: 50 Years in the Electricity Supply Industry of South Africa. EE Publishers, 2006. | EE Publishers | South Africa | Power Distribution
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PW-519 | Mehalik, Matthew | Investigating the Incremental Design Process: The F-1 Injector, Turbopump, and Propellant Feed System | 1992 | Mehalik, Matthew. Investigating the Incremental Design Process: The F-1 Injector, Turbopump, and Propellant Feed System. University of Virginia: Unpublished, 1992. Undergraduate Senior Thesis | History
Design Research and Development (R&D) | ||
PW-6507 | Meigs, Montgomery C. with an introduction by Congressman Ike Skelton | Slide Rules and Submarines: American Scientists and Subsurface Warfare in World War II | 1990 | A history of how the Allies learned to counter the German U-boat threat during World War II. Using new technology and new tactics derived from scientific methods, the Allies devised countermeasures to defeat the German submarine menace. This is a history | National Defense University Press | Washington, DC | World War II - Naval Operations - United States
World War II - Naval Operations - Germany World War II - Naval Operations - Submarine Scientists |
PW-1133 | Meinicke, Klaus-Peter and Klaus Krug (Hrsg.) | Wissenschafts- und Technologietransfer zwischen Industrieller und Wissenschaftlich-technischer Revolution | 1992 | Proceedings of symposium on science and technology transfer in the second industrial revolution at TH Carl Schorlemmer, Leuna-Merseburg, 12-14 September 1990. | GNT | Stuttgart | Chronology/Timeline
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PW-6670 | Melosi, Martin V., and Joseph A. Pratt, editors | Energy Metropolis: An Environmental History of Houston and the Gulf Coast | 2007 | Experts examine Houston's growth and analyze the environmental impact of large-scale energy production and unchecked expansion. Rich reserves of oil and natural gas and access to international shipping fueled the city's exponential growth. This expansion | University of Pittsburgh Press | Pittsburgh, Pa. | Houston, Texas
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PW-4442 | Meltzer, Michael. | Mission to Jupiter: A History of the Galileo Project. | 2007 | Meltzer, Michael. Mission to Jupiter: A History of the Galileo Project. Washington, DC: NASA History Division, 2007. | NASA | Washington, DC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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PW-3157 | Merrill, John | A History of Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) Submarine Radio Communications | 2002 | Merrill, John. A History of Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) Submarine Radio Communications. Southington CT: Strong Books, 2002 | Strong Books | Southington CT | Submarine
Radio Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) |
PW-3587 | Merrill, John | Submarines, Technology, and History | 2004 | Merrill, John. Submarines, Technology, and History: Selected Articles by John Merrill. Haverford PA: Infinity Books, 2004. | Infinity Books | Haverford PA | Submarine
Military World War I World War II
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PW-3597 | Merrill, John | From Submarine Bells to Sonar: Submarine Signal Company 1901-1946 | 2003 | John Merrill. From Submarine Bells to Sonar: Submarine Signal Company 1901-1946. (Self-published) 2003. | Self-published | History
Submarine Sonar | |
PW-1868 | Merrill, John and Lionel D. Wyld | Meeting the Submarine Challenge: A Short History of the N.U.S.C. | 1997 | Merrill, John and Lionel D. Wyld. Meeting the Submarine Challenge: A Short History of the Naval Underwater Systems Center. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1997. | USGPO | Washington DC | Navy, U.S.
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PW-523 | Metcalf, George F. | Making Waves in the Information and Space Age: Creativity and Management in the in the Electronic Era | 1992 | Metcalf, George F. Making Waves in the Information and Space Age: Creativity and Management in the Electronic Era. Portland, OR: Binford & Mort, 1992. | Binford & Mort | Portland OR | History
Information Age Management |
PW-1433 | Metcalfe, Bob | Packet Communication | 1996 | Metcalfe, Bob. Packet Communication. San Jose, CA: Peer-to-Peer Communications, 1996. | Peer-to-Peer Communications | San Jose CA | Communication
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PW-3995 | Metropolis,N, J. Howlett and Gian-Carlo Rota | A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century | 1980 | Academic Press | New York | History
Computers | |
PW-4391 | Metz, Lance E., and Ivan M. Viest | The First 75 Years: A History of the Engineering Foundation | 1991 | Metz, Lance E., and Ivan M. Viest. The First 75 Years: A History of the Engineering Foundation. New York: Engineering Foundation, 1991. | Engineering Foundation | New York | History
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PW-1058 | Meurling, John, and Richard Jeans | The Mobile Telephone Book: The Invention of the Mobile Telephone Industry | 1994 | Meurling, John, and Richard Jeans, The Mobile Telephone Book: The Invention of the Mobile Telephone Industry. London: CommunicationsWeek International, 1994. | CommunicationsWeek international | London | History
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PW-3669 | Meyer, Herbert W. | A History of Electricity and Magnetism | 1972 | Meyer, Herbert W. A History of Electricity and Magnetism. Norwalk, CT: Burndy Library, 1972. | Burndy Library | Norwalk CT | History
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PW-1811 | Meyer, Ralph O. | Old-Time Telephones: Design, History and Restoration. | 2005 | Meyer, Ralph O. Old-Time Telephones: Design, History and Restoration. Atglen PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2005. | Schiffer Publishing | Atglen PA | Telephones
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PW-6051 | Meyer, Stephanie | The Five Dollar Day: Labor Management and Social Control in the Ford Motor Company, 1908-1921 | 1981 | History of industrial technology and labor management in the Ford Motor Company from 1908-1921. | State University of New York Press | Albany, NY | Automobile Industry
Labor History |
PW-5005 | Michael E. Porter | The Competitive Advantage of Nations | 1990 | Based on research in ten leading trading nations, this book offers the first theory of competitiveness based on the causes of the productivity with which companies compete. Michael Porter shows how traditional comparative advantages such as natural resou | Historian
History Europe Japan | ||
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PW-5006 | Mikael Hard and Andrew Jamison | The Intellectual Appropriation of Technology: Discourses on Modernity,1900-1939 | 1998 | Starting around 1900, technology became a lively subject for debate among intellectuals, writers, and other opinion leaders. The expansion of the machine into ever more areas of social and economic life had led to a need to interpret its meanings in a mo | Modem
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PW-1276 | Millard, Andre | Edison and the Business of Innovation | 1990 | Millard, Andre. Edison and the Business of Innovation. Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990 | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore MD | Innovation
History |
PW-5027 | Millard, Andre | Edison and the Business of Innovation | 1990 | This is the story of the other Thomas Edison—not the heroic lone inventor, but Edison the businessman, industrialist, and successful manager of one of the world's largest industrial research laboratories. Tracing his career from his boyhood to his deat | Edison effect
Edison Machine Works Edison Manufacturing Company Menlo Park Innovation Innovators | ||
PW-6646 | Millard, Doug | Satellite: Innovation in Orbit | 2017 | Published in association with the Science Museum, London.
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Space Space Race |
PW-4254 | Miller, Charles | Handbook of High Speed Photography | 1963 | General Radio Company | West Concord, MA | Guide Book
Photography | |
PW-338 | Miller, John Anderson | Men and Volts at War: The Story of General Electric in World War II | 1948 | Miller, John Anderson. Men and Volts at War: The Story of General Electric in World War II. New York: Bantam Books, 1948. Paperback | Bantam Books | New York | World War II
General Electric History |
PW-860 | Miller, John Anderson | Modern Jupiter: The Story of Charles Proteus Steinmetz | 1958 | Miller, John Anderson. Modern Jupiter: The Story of Charles Proteus Steinmetz. New York: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1958. | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | New York | Biography |
PW-1404 | Miller, Samuel, and Donald G. Fink | Neon Signs: Manufacture, Installation, Maintenance | 1989 | Miller, Samuel, and Donald G. Fink. Neon Signs: Manufacture, Installation, Maintenance. Bradley IL: Lindsay Publications, 1989. | Lindsay Publications | Bradley IL | History
Neon Light |
PW-6483 | Millikan, Robert A. | The Autobiography of Robert A. Millikan | 1950 | Autobiography of Robert A. Millikan. | Prentice-Hall, Inc. | New York | Robert A. Millikan
National Academy of Sciences National Research Council California Institute of Technology
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PW-1238 | Millman, Jacob and Samuel Seely | Electronics | 1941 | Millman and Seely, Electronics. 1941, First Edition
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PW-4214 | Millman, Jacob and Samuel Seely | Electronics | 19511951 | Second Edition | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Electronics |
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Maritime culture Lighthousekeeper Canada |
PW-1457 | Mills, John | Radio Communication: Theory and Methods | 1917 | Mills, John, Radio Communication: Theory and Methods. 1917
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Radio |
PW-4160 | Mills, John | Radio Communication: Theory and Methods with an Appendix on Transmission Over Wires | 1917 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Radio
Communication | |
PW-1277 | Mims, Forrest M. | Siliconnections: Coming of Age in the Electronic Era | 1986 | Mims, Forrest M. Siliconnections: Coming of Age in the Electronic Era. New York, McGraw Hill, 1986. | McGraw Hill | New York | Electronics
Information Age |
PW-3136 | Mindell, David A. | Between Human and Machine: Feedback, Control, and Computing before Cybernetics | 2002 | Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore | Computers
History Data Processing
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PW-3945 | Mindell, David A. | Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Spaceflight | 2008 | Mindell, David A. Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Spaceflight. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2008. | The MIT Press | Cambridge MA | Space Programs
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PW-6190 | Mindell, David A. | 'Datum for its Own Annihilation:' Feedback, Control, and Computing, 1916-1945. | 1996 | David A. Mindell's dissertation from MIT. | Computing | ||
PW-6052 | Mintz, Steven & Roberts, Randy eds. | Hollywood's America: United States History Through its Films | 1993 | A history of the US through films produced by Hollywood studios. Use of film technology to produce a visual history of the US. | Brandywine Press | New York | History
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PW-530 | Misa, Thomas | Marvin Camras Papers, Special Collections, Galvin Library, Illinois Institute of Technology: Finding Guide to Professional Papers (1938-1985) | 1993 | Misa, Thomas, Editor. Marvin Camras Papers, Special Collections, Galvin Library, Illinois Institute of Technology: Finding Guide to Professional Papers (1938-1985), Transcript of Oral History, Unpublished, 1993. | History
Oral History Transcript Guide Book | ||
PW-5959 | Misa, Thomas J., editor | Gender Codes: Why Women are Leaving Computing | 2010 | IEEE Computer Sopciety/John Wiley & Sons | Hoboken, NJ, USA | ||
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Education Computer Science Computer Engineering Computer Technology | |
PW-6585 | Mitchell, Edwin Valentine | The Horse & Buggy Age in New England | 1937 | A history of life in New England before World War I. It was a time when the automobile and airplane were novelties; an age when transportatoin was dominated by the horse and related trades. | Coward-McCann, Inc. | New York | Transportation
Horse United States - New England Technology |
PW-1629 | MITRE | MITRE: The First Twenty Years | 1979 | MITRE. MITRE: The First Twenty Years. Bedford, MA: The MITRE Corporation, 1979. | The MITRE Corporation | Bedford MA | History
Technology Transfer Education |
OB-685 | Modern Electrics | Modern Electrics, 1910 | April, 1910 - July, 1910 | Modern Electrics (magazine)
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OB-686 | Modern Electrics | Modern Electrics, 1911 | April - September - May - October - June - November - July - December - August | Modern Electrics (magazine)
Periodical | |||
OB-687 | Modern Electrics | Modern Electrics, 1912 | January - February - March | Modern Electrics (magazine)
Periodical | |||
OB-688 | Modern Electrics | Modern Electrics, 1913 | February - March - August | Modern Electrics (magazine)
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PW-2430 | Moise, Robert | Guide visite de la Maison D'Ampere, Musee de l'Electricite | 1996 | Moise, Robert. Guide visite de la Maison D'Ampere, Musee de l'Electricite. Lyon, France: Societe des Amis D' Andre'-Marie Ampere. 1996. | Societe des Amis d'Andre-Marie Ampere | Lyon, France | Museums
Guide Book |
PW-4101 | Mollan, Charles and Jupton, John | The Scientific Apparatus of Nicholas Callan and other Historic Instruments | 1994 | St. Patrick's College, Maynooth | Ireland | Instruments
Apparatus | |
PW-1242 | Montgomery, Carol | Technique of Microwave Measurement | 1947 | Part of the Slate gift (#96-01) | Microwaves
Measurement Measuring Instruments | ||
PW-4367 | Montgomery, Carol G. (Ed.) | Technique of Microwave Measurements (Volume 11) | 1947 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Radiation laboratory (RadLab)
Radar Microwaves | |
PW-4365 | Montgomery, Carol G., Dicke, R.H., & Purcell, E.M. (Eds.) | Principles of Microwave Circuits (Volume 8) | 1948 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Radiation laboratory (RadLab)
Radar Microwaves Circuit | |
PW-6610 | Moon, Francis C. | Social Networks in the History of Innovation and Invention | 2013 | Part of the History of Machines and Mechanism Series.
An examination of the ideas of networks in the context of history, focusing on mechanical and electrical inventions and artifacts. |
Springer, Dordrecht | The Netherlands | Invention
Innovation Social Network Theory |
PW-6459 | Moore, Graham | Last Days of Night: a novel | 2016 | This historical novel is set in New York City in 1888 and it follows Paul Cravath, a patent attorney fresh out of Columbia Law School, hired by George Westinghouse to defeat Thomas A. Edison. The right to electrifiy America is held in the balance. | Random House | New York | George Westinghouse
Thomas A. Edison Electric Light Patents |
PW-6673 | Morecroft, J.H. | Principles of Radio Communication | 1921 | J.H. Morecroft assisted by A. Pinto and W. A. Curry.
Textbook regarding the principles, theory and practice of radio communication |
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | New York | Radio
Communication Radio Communication Textbooks |
PW-5161 | Morgan, Alfred P. | The Boy Electrician | 1995 | A how-to book for children, explaining the construction of electrical machines, such as radios, telephony, motors, batteries etc. | Lindsay Publications | Bradley, IL | Electric Devices
Motor design Telegraphy Radio Children |
PW-6432 | Morgan, Clay | Shuttle-MIR: The United States and Russia Share History's Highest Stage | 2001 | Shuttle-MIR: The United States and Russia Share History's Highest Stage | NASA History Office | Washington, DC | History
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space Station Space Shuttle Space Programs |
PW-1794 | Morgan, Jane | Electronics in the West: The First Fifty Years | 1967 | Morgan, Jane. Electronics in the West:The First Fifty Years. Palo Alto CA: National Press Books, 1967. | National Press Books | Palo Alto CA | History
Electronics |
PW-1695 | Morgan, M. Granger, ed. | Energy and Man: Technical and Social Aspects of Energy | 1975 | Morgan, M. Granger, ed. Energy and Man: Technical and Social Aspects of Energy. New York: IEEE Press, 1975 | IEEE Press | New York | Government
Power Industry Energy usage Culture |
PW-4989 | Morris, P.R. | A History of the World Semiconductor Industry | 1990 | A general historical survey covering events leading to the establishment of the semiconductor industry and its subsequent development up to the 1990s. Topics covered in the book include, development of the thermionic valve, historical survey of early re | Semiconductors
Innovation Computer Industry Computers | ||
PW-5068 | Morris, Peter Robin | A history of the world semiconductor industry | 1990 | A general historical survey covering events leading to the establishment of the semiconductor industry and its subsequent development up to about the midde of the 1980s. Although a description of the technical developments of semiconductor devices durin | Computer Engineering
Computer Technology Computer Software Semiconductors Industrial Design | ||
PW-537 | Morrisey, John W., ed. | The Legacies of Edwin Howard Armstrong | Morrisey, John W., ed., The Legacies of Edwin Howard Armstrong. Park Ridge, NJ: The Radio Club of America, 1990. | Radio Club of America | Park Ridge NJ | History
Biography | |
PW-2515 | Morton, David | Off the Record: The Technology and Culture of Sound Recording in America | 2000 | Morton, David, Off the Record: The Technology and Culture of Sound Recording in America. iv + 220 pp., illus., index. New Brusnwick, NJ/London: Rutgers University Press, 2000. | Rutgers University Press | New Brunswick, NJ | History
Sound recording |
PW-2516 | Morton, David | Off the Record: The Technology and Culture of Sound Recording in America | 2000 | Morton, David, Off the Record: The Technology and Culture of Sound Recording in America. iv + 220 pp., illus., index. New Brusnwick, NJ/London: Rutgers University Press, 2000. Copy 2, paperback | Rutgers University Press | History
Sound recording | |
PW-2587 | Morton, David | Power: A Survey History of Electric Power Technology since 1945 | 2000 | Morton, David, Power: A Survey History of Electric Power Technology since 1945. IEEE History Center, NJ: 2000 | IEEE History Center | New Brunwick, NJ |
Electric Devices History |
PW-2404 | Morton, David L. | A History of Electronic Entertainment | 1999 | Morton, David L. A History of Electronic Entertainment. New Brunswick, NJ: IEEE History Center, 1999. | IEEE History Center | New Brunswick NJ | Consumer Electronics
Radio Broadcasting Television Electronics History |
PW-3601 | Morton, David L. and Joseph Gabriel | Electronics: The Life Story of a Technology | 2004 | David L. Morton, and Joseph Gabriel. Electronics: The Life Story of a Technology. Westport CT: Greenwood Press, 2004. | Greenwood Press | Westport CT | Electronics
History |
PW-4202 | Moschwitzer, Albrecht | Semiconductor Devices, Circuits and Systems | 1991 | Oxford Science Publications | Oxford | Semiconductors | |
PW-6514 | Mowery, David C., and Richard R. Nelson, editors | Sources of Industrial Leadership: Studies of Seven Industries | 1999 | This book is comprised of nine essays arising from a project supported by the Center for Economic Policy Research at Stanford University. They are nine case studies about technological innovation and management. | Cambridge University Press | New York | Technological innovations - Management
Industries - technological innovations - case studies International Trade - comparative advantages |
PW-2975 | Mudgway, Douglas J. | Uplink-Downlink: A History of the Deep Space Network, 1957-1997 | 2001 | Mudgway, Douglas J. Uplink-Downlink: A History of the Deep Space Network, 1957-1997. Washington, DC: NASA History Office, 2001. | NASA | Washington DC | Radio Astronomy
History |
PW-4027 | Mudgway, Douglas J. | William H. Pickering: America's Deep Space Pioneer | 2007 | William H. Pickering: America's Deep Space Pioneer. Washington, D.C.: NASA History Office, 2007. | NASA | Washington D.C. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Space Exploration Biography |
PW-1112 | Mueser, Roland, ed. | Bell Laboratories Innovation in Telecommunications, 1925-1977 | 1979 | Mueser, Roland, ed., Bell Laboratories Innovation in Telecommunications, 1925-1977. Murray Hill, NJ: Bell Laboratories, 1979. | Bell Telephone Laboratories | Murray Hill, NJ | Chronology/Timeline
Telecommunications Research Research and Development (R&D) AT&T Bell Laboratories History |
PW-2822 | Muir, Malcolm | The Iowa Class Battleships: Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri & Wisconsin | 1992 | Muir, Malcolm. The Iowa Class Battleships: Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri & Wisconsin. New York: Dorset Press, 1992 | Dorset Press | New York | History
Ship Radar World War II |
PW-4158 | Mullaly, John | A Trip to NewFoundland; its Scenery and Fisheries with an account of the laying of the Submarine Telegraph Cable | 1855 | T.W Strong | New York | Telegraphs
Telegraphy Transatlantic Cable History | |
PW-906 | Mullaly, John | The Laying of the Cable, or the Ocean Telegraph... | 1858 | Mullaly, John, The Laying of the Cable, or the Ocean Telegraph.... New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1858.
Kept with the fragile books |
D. Appleton and Company | New York | Telegraphs
History Transatlantic Cable Transatlantic Communication |
PW-6706 | Muller, Richard S. and Theodore I. Kamins | Device Electronics for Integrated Circuits | 1977 | This textbook focuses on the most important devises used in silicon-integrated circuits and results from teaching students at the University of California, at Berkeley. | John Wiley & Sons | New York | Textbook
Solid-state Physics Semiconductors Integrated Circuit Electronics |
PW-6485 | Murray, James B., Jr. | Wireless Nation: The Frenzied Launch of the Cellular Revolution in America | 2002 | In this history of the cell phone in America, the author aims to tell the human stories behind the revolution. The author contends the adoption of the cell phone was a genuine modern gold rush, a frantic stampede by latter-day pioneers seeking to lay c | Perseus Publishing | Cambridge, MA | Cell Phone
Wireless Wireless Internet Mobile communications |
PW-4352 | Museum of Science and Industry | Centennial of Engineering 1852-1952 | 1952 | Proceedings of a symposium (referred to as a convocation) held at the Musuem of Science and Industry, Chicago Illinois on the 100th anniversary of the founding of the first national engineering society in the United States, the American Society of Civil | Museum of Science and Industry | Chicago | Engineering
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) |
PW-1400 | Mushiake, Yasuto | Self-Complementary Antennas | 1996 | Mushiake, Yasuto, Self-Complementary Antennas. Springer-Verlag, 1996. | Springer | Berlin | Antennas |
PW-13 | Musser, Charles | Before the Nickelodeon: Edwin S. Porter and the Edison Manufacturing Company | 1991 | Musser, Charles. Before the Nickelodeon: Edwin S. Porter and the Edison Manufacturing Company. Berkeley, CA: Univeristy of California Press, 1991 | University of California Press | Berkeley CA |
Cinema history |
PW-1534 | Musser, Charles | Thomas A. Edison and His Kinetographic Motion Pictures | 1995 | Musser, Charles. Thomas A. Edison and His Kinetographic Motion Pictures. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1995. | Rutgers University Press | New Brunswick NJ | Cinema
Biography |
PW-3177 | Mussio, Laurence B. | Telecom Nation: Telecommunications, Computers, and Government in Canada | 2001 | Mussio, Laurence B. Telecom Nation: Telecommunications, Computers, and Government in Canada. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001 | McGill-Queen's University Press | Montreal | Telecommunications
Computers |
PW-1793 | Myers, William | Iron Men and Copper Wires: A Centennial History of the Southern California Edison Company | 1983 | Myers, William, Iron Men and Copper Wires: A Centennial History of the southern California Edison Company. Glendale CA: Trans-Anglo Books, 1983 | Trans-Anglo Books | Glendale CA | Power Industry
History Employees |
PW-7 | Myllyntaus, Timo | Electrifying Finland: The Transfer of a New Technology into a Late Industrialising Economy | 1991 | Myllyntaus, Timo. Electrifying Finland: The Transfer of a New Technology into a Late Industrialising Economy. London: Macmillian Academic and Professionals, Ltd., 1991 | Macmillan Academic and Professsional, Ltd. | London |
Technology Transfer Power Distribution History |
PW-5014 | Myron Kayton, ed. | Navigation: Land, Sea, Air, and Space | 1989 | A comprehensive tutorial on navigation for all vehicles. It consists of 8 introductions that the author wrote specifically for this book and 39 reprints that heselected to illustrate modern navigation technology. The goals of the book have been to give | Transportation
Train Satellites Space Shuttle | ||
PW-1425 | Nahin, Paul | Oliver Heaviside: Sage in Solitude | 1987 | Nahin, Paul. Oliver Heaviside: Sage in Solitude. New York: IEEE Press, 1987. | IEEE | New York | Biography |
PW-5993 | Nakagawa, Yasuzo | Japanese Radar and Related Weapons of WWII | 1997 | A history of radar technology in Japan before, during, and after WWII. | Aegean Park Press | Laguna Hills, CA | Japan
Radar World War II |
PW-5056 | Narain Gehani | Bell labs: Life in the crown jewel | 2003 | The author, Narain Gehani worked at Bell Labs for twenty-three years from 1978 to 2001. His book, tells the fascinating story of the transition Bell Labs undergoing as it adapts to new business conditions. Due to a changing business environment the com | Bell System
Innovation Innovators Engineering Engineers | ||
PW-6513 | Narayanamurti, Venkatesh and Toluwalogo Odumosu | Cycles of Invention and Discovery: Rethinking the Endless Frontier | 2016 | This book allegedly offers an in-depth look at the real-world practice of science and engineering. It explains how the standard categories of basic and applied have become a hindrance to the organization of the U.S. science and technology enterprise. | Harvard University Press | Cambridge, MA | Research - Methodology
Science - Methodology Technology - Research Engineering - Research |
PW-4432 | NASA | Objectives and Goals in Space Science and Applications - 1968 | 1968 | Objectives and Goals in Space Science and Applications - 1968, Prepared by Office of Space Science and Applications. Washington, DC: NASA Scientific and Technical Information Division, 1968. | NASA | Washington, DC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Space Exploration Space Programs Space Aeronautical Engineering Aerospace |
PW-4433 | NASA | Conference on Medical Results of the First U.S. Manned Suborbital Space Flight: A Compilation of the Papers Presented June 6, 1961. | 1961 | Conference on Medical Results of the First U.S. Manned Suborbital Space Flight: A Compilation of the Papers Presented June 6, 1961. Washington, DC: U.S. NASA in cooperation with National Institutes of Health and National Academy of Sciences. | NASA | Washington, DC | Health
Space Exploration Space Conference Proceedings Conference Proceedings |
PW-4450 | NASA | Beyond the Ionosphere: The Development of Satellite Communications, Book I: October 17-18, 1995. | 1995 | Beyond the Ionosphere: The Development of Satellite Communications, Book I: October 17-18, 1995. Washington, DC: NASA History Office, 1995. | NASA | Washington, DC | Symposium
Conference Proceedings Conferences National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Satellite Communications Telecommunications |
PW-4451 | NASA | Beyond the Ionosphere: The Development of Satellite Communications, Book II: October 17-18, 1995 | 1995 | Beyond the Ionosphere: The Development of Satellite Communications, Book II: October 17-18, 1995. Washington, DC: NASA History Office, 1995. | NASA | Washington, DC | Conference Proceedings
Conferences Symposium National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Telecommunications Satellite Communications Satellites |
PW-6427 | NASA | The Mission Transcript Collection: U.S. Human Spaceflight Missions From Mercury Redstone 3 to Apollo 17 | 2000 | The Mission Transcript Collection: U.S. Human Spaceflight Missions From Mercury Redstone 3 to Apollo 17 | NASA | Aerospace
Space Exploration Space Programs History National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | |
PW-6428 | NASA | Taming Liquid Hydrogen: The Centaur Upper Stage Rocket | 2004 | Taming Liquid Hydrogen: The Centaur Upper Stage Rocket | NASA History Office | History
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Rocket Propulsion Rocket Technology | |
PW-6429 | NASA | Remembering Apollo 11: The 30th Anniversary Data Archive CD-ROM | July, 1999 | Remembering Apollo 11: The 30th Anniversary Data Archive CD-ROM | NASA | Washington, DC | History
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space Programs |
PW-6430 | NASA | Remembering Apollo 11: The 35th Anniversary Data Archive CD-ROM | 2004 | Remembering Apollo 11: The 35th Anniversary Data Archive CD-ROM | NASA | Washington, DC | History
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space Programs |
PW-6431 | NASA | U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission presents Born of Dreams ~ Inspired by Freedom | 2004 | U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission presents Born of Dreams ~ Inspired by Freedom | NASA | Washington, DC | History
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Aeronautical Engineering Aeronautics |
PW-3615 | NASA Glenn Research Center | Fueling Space Exploration: The History of NASA's Rocket Engine Test Facility | 2005 | NASA Glenn Research Exploration, Fueling Space Exploration: The History of NASA's Rocket Engine Facility, 2005, NASA Glenn Research Center, SP-2005-4607 (DVD) | NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
rockets Space | |
PW-6232 | NASA Glenn Research Center | Of Ashes and Atoms: A Documentary on the NASA Plum Brook Reactor Facility. | 2004 | Of Ashes and Atoms: A Documentary on the NASA Plum Brook Reactor Facility, DVD. Directed by James Polaczynski. NASA Glenn Research Center, 2004.
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NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Nuclear Engineering Nuclear Power | |
PW-6083 | Nasaw, David | Going Out: The Rise and Fall of Public Amusements | 1993 | Documenting the rise and fall of public amusements such as Vaudeville, amusement parks, dollar theaters, dance halls, etc. | Basicbooks | New York | Culture
History |
PW-555 | Nash, Gerald D. | World War II & The West: Reshaping the Economy | 1990 | Nash, Gerald D., World War II & The West: Reshaping the Economy. Lincoln NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1990 | University of Nebraska Press | Lincoln | History
World War II Economics |
PW-4332 | National Academy of Engineering | Memorial Tributes, Volume 1. | 1979 | Biographies of over 50 deceased members of the National Academy of Engineering. These biographies were originally published as separate booklets between 1964 and 1978. | National Academy of Engineering | Washington, DC | Biography |
PW-1270 | National Bureau of Standards | Circular #74 Radio Instruments and Measurements | 1918 | National Bureau of Standards, Circular #74 Radio Instruments and Measurements. 1918
Part of the Slate gift (#96-01) another copy came came to the Center in gift 96-26 |
Government Printing Office | Washington, DC | Radio
Measurement Measuring Instruments National Bureau of Standards (NBS) Standards |
PW-4257 | National Electrical Manufacturers Association | A Chronological History of Electrical Development from 600 B.C. | 1946 | Small paperback book with timeline of electrical history | General Books | New York | Chronology/Timeline |
PW-6600 | National Geographic Society | The Builders: Marvels of Engineering | 1992 | A history of some of the world's engineering wonders from ancient times to the present, including roads, canals, bridges, buildings, railroads, pipelines, domes, sports arenas, exposition halls, pyramids, dams, and tunnels. | National Geographic Society | Washington, D.C. | Engineering
History Roads Canals Bridges Railroads Pipelines Civil Engineering |
PW-3894 | National Inventors Hall of Fame | Inductees of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, 35th Edition | 2008 | National Inventors Hall of Fame, Inductees of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, 36th edition, Akron, Ohio, 2008
This is a cumulative volume, containing one page biographies of all inducteed, When a new edition comes in, keep the new edition and dis |
National Inventors Hall of Fame | Akron, Ohio | Inventors
Awards |
PW-2357 | National Research Council | Funding a Revolution: Government Support for Computing Research | 1999 | National Research Council. Funding a Revolution: Government Support for Computing Research. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1999. | National Academy Press | Washington DC | Computing
Government Funding Research |
PW-1809 | National Resources Planning Board | Research: A National Resource, Vol. II: Industrial Research | 1940 | National Resources Planning Board. Research: A National Resource, Vol. II: Industrial Research. Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1940 | USGPO | Washington DC | Research
Research and Development (R&D) |
PW-4966 | National Science Foundation | Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology | 2000 | A textbook about how to prepare students for a technologically advanced world. Chapters on The nature of technology and Technology and Society | Standards
Technological Innovations Technology | ||
PW-2303 | Naval Undersea Warfare Center | A Century of Progress: A History of Torpedo System Development | 1998 | Naval Undersea Warfare Center. A Century of Progress: A History of Torpedo System Development. Newport RI: Department of the Navy Undersea Warfare Division, 1998.. | Department of the Navy Undersea Warfare Division | Newport RI | Navy, U.S.
Weapons Underwater propulsion History |
PW-2015 | Nebeker, Frederik | Signal Processing: The Emergence of a Discipline 1948 to 1998. | 1998 | Nebeker, Frederik. Signal Processing: The Emergence of a Discipline 1948 to 1998. New Brunswick, NJ:IEEE History Center, 1998. 2 copies | IEEE | New Brunswick NJ | Signal Processing
History |
PW-2017 | Nebeker, Frederik | The IEEE Signal Processing Society: Fifty Years of Service. | 1998 | Nebeker, Frederik, The IEEE Signal Processing Society: Fifty Years of Service. New Brunswick, NJ: IEEE History Center, 1998. | IEEE | New Brunswick NJ | Signal Processing
Signal Processing Society, IEEE History Anniversary |
PW-3879 | Nebeker, Frederik | Calculating the Weather: Meteorology in the 20th Century | 1995 | Nebeker, Frederik. Calculating the Weather: Meteorology in the 20th Century. Academic Press, New York, 1995 | Academic Press | New York | History
Meteorology |
PW-3917 | Nebeker, Frederik | 50 Years of Electromagnetic Compatibility 1957-2007 | 2007 | IEEE EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) Society | IEEE | History
Electromagnetic Compatability Society, IEEE (EMCS) Anniversary | |
PW-4415 | Nebeker, Frederik | Dawn of the Electronic Age | 2009 | Electrical Technologies in the Shaping of the Modern World, 1914-1945 | Wiley | Hoboken, NJ | History
Electricity Technology |
PW-562 | Nebeker, Frederik | Sparks of Genius: Portraits of Electrical Engineering Excellence | 1994 | Nebeker, Frederik. Sparks of Genius: Portraits of Electrical Engineering Excellence. New York: IEEE Press, 1994. | IEEE Press | New York | History
Engineers Biography |
PW-6157 | Nebeker, Frederik | Astronomy and the Geophysical Tradition in the United States in the Nineteenth Century: A Guide to Manuscript Sources in the Library of the American Philosophical Society | 1991 | A guide to the manuscript sources available in the Library of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia on astronomy and geophysical traditions in the US during the 19th century. | American Philosophical Society | Philadelphia | Astronomy |
PW-1271 | NEC Corporation | NEC Corporation: The First 80 Years | 1984 | Nippon Electric Company Corporation. NEC Corporation: The First 80 Years. Tokyo: NEC Corporation, 1984. | NEC Corporation | Tokyo | History
Japanese Companies Japan |
PW-2710 | Needell, Allan A. | Science, Cold War and the American State | 2000 | Needell, Allan A. Science, Cold War and the American State. Amsterdam: Harwood Academic Publishers, 2000. | Harwood Academic Publishers | Amsterdam | History
Cold War |
PW-2304 | Negru, John | The Electric Century: An illustrated history of electricity in Canada | 1992 | Negru, John. The Electric Century: An illustrated history of electricity in Canada. Montreal: Canadian Electrical Association, 1992. | Canadian Electrical Association | Montreal | Electricity
Electrical Engineering History |
PW-567 | Nese, M., and F. Nicotra | Antonio Meucci, 1808-1889 | 1989 | Nese, M., and F. Nicotra. Antonio Meucci, 1808-1889. Rome: Italy Magazine, 1989. In English and Italian | Italy Magazine | Rome | History
Biography |
PW-431 | Neuenschwander, John A. | Oral History and the Law | 2009 | The standard guide to all legal aspects of oral history--releases, defamation, subpeonas, future use consideration. This is the 4th edition, much expanded. It also includes 2 appendices: one of sample legal forms, the second the complete Oral History | Oxford University Press | Oxford, England | Oral History |
PW-4316 | Neuenschwander, John A. | Oral History and the Law | 2002 | Oral History Association | n. p | Oral History | |
PW-6648 | Neufeld, John L. | Selling Power: Economics, Policy, and Electric Utilities Before 1940 | 2016 | The story of how electric utilities went in one generation from prototype to an indispensable part of most Americans' lives is a story about the relationships between economics, politics, and technology. The author, an economics professor, provides an hi | University of Chicago Press | Chicago and London | Electric Utilities
Utilities United States |
PW-6144 | Nevison, Christopher H. | Turning Machines and What Can Be Computer: An Historical Perspective | 1992 | A history of turning machines and computing. | MIT Press & McGraw-Hill | Cambridge, MA | Computing |
PW-27 | Newcomen Society, ed. | Evolution of Electric Traction 1890-1990 (London: Newcomen Society and Faculty of Technology, Sunderland Polytechnic, 1990). | 1990 | Evolution of Electric Traction 1890-1990. Proceedings, Imperial College, South Kensington, 10 November 1990.
Collection of papers presented at a symposium at the Imperial College. |
Newcomen Society | London |
Train Subway Railroad Urban Transit |
PW-4309 | Newton, Harry | Newton's Telecom Dictionary | 2003 | CMP Books | San Francisco | Telephones
Telegraphy Computing Information Technology Internet | |
PW-471 | Nicholas Rasmussen | Picture Control: The Electron Microscope and the Transformation of Biology in Amercia, 1940-1960. | 1997 | Study of the adoption of the electron microscope as a new tool by biologists, and how that adoption changed the practice of biology. | Stanford University Press | Stanford, California | Electronics
Microscope |
PW-5100 | Nick Montfort and Ian Bogost | Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System | 2009 | Development of atari video gaming system, also known as the 2600, the first widespread home video game console, introduced in 1977. | Video Games
Culture History Technology | ||
PW-5074 | Nick Taylor | Laser: The Inventor, the nobel laureate, and the thirty year patent war | 2000 | In 1957 Gordon Gould, then an obscure physicist and perennial graduate student, conceived one of the revolutionary inventions of the twentieth century -- the laser. But before he could submit a patent application, a prominent professor of physics whose o | Lasers
Patent Law Technology Innovation Innovators | ||
PW-4006 | Niemann, Ralph A. | Dahlgren's Participation in the Development of Computer Technology | 1982 | Naval Surface Weapons Center | Dahlgren, Virginia | History
Computers | |
PW-6182 | Nightingale Gordon | WNEW: Where the Melody Lingers On 1934-1984 | 1984 | A history of the important people and events in WNEW from 1934-1984. | Nightingale Gordon | New York | Radio
Radio Broadcasting Radio Stations |
PW-4990 | Nikola Tesla | The Tesla Papers: Nikola tesla on Free Energy and Wireless Transmission of Power | 2000 | A reprint of Nikola Tesla's rare article The Problem of Increasing Human Energy with Special Reference to the Harnessing of the Sun's Energy-originally published in the June 1900 issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine-was the master blueprin | Wireless
Innovation | ||
PW-5057 | Nikola Tesla and Leland I. Anderson | Nikola Tesla: Lecture before the New York Academy of Sciences | 1994 | Following Nikola Tesla On His Work With Alternating Currents, this book is the second in a three part Tesla Presents series offering the reader what has been, up until now, unavailable material on the pioneering work of Nikola Tesla in field of radio f | Lecture
Historian History Electricity | ||
PW-6108 | Nilson, Arthur R. & Hornung, J.L. | Radio Operating Questions and Answers | 1946 | Radio operating questions and answers | McGraw-Hill | New York | Radio |
PW-3281 | Nishiyama, Takashi | Engineering War and Peace in Modern Japan, 1868-1964 | 2014 | Role of military engineers in Japan's development in 20th century, especially World War II, and how they transferred skills to civilian engineering, especially with high-speed railroads in the postwar era. | Johns Hopkins University Press | Japan-Military Engineering
Japan-World War II Japan-Railroad Engineering | |
PW-4292 | Noble, Daniel E. | Paintings and Pratings | Paintings
Art | ||||
PW-4411 | Nocks, LIsa | The Robot: LIfe Story of a Technology | 2008 | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore, MD | Robot
Robotics History | |
PW-6532 | Nokia Bell Labs | The Future of the Information Age, Claude Shannon Centennial Conference, Program, 28-29 April 2016. | 2016 | Conference Program on shelf in Refernce Section of IEEE History Center Library.
The Future of the Information Age, Claude Shannon Centennial Conference held in Murray Hill, New Jersey on 28-29 April 2016. |
Claude Shannon
Claude Shannon Centennial Conference | ||
PW-6533 | Nokia Bell Labs | The Human Digital Orchestra Premiers The Shannon Effect.
The Future of the Information Age, Claude Shannon Centennial Conference, Program, 28-29 April 2016. |
2016 | Program for The Human Digital Orchestra Preimiers The Shannon Effect.
Part of the Claude Shannon Centennial Conference, 28-29 April 2016 at Nokia Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey. |
Claude Shannon
Human Digital Orchestra - The Shannon Effect Claude Shannon Centennial Conference | ||
PW-1538 | Norberg, Arthur L., and Judy O'Neill | Transforming Computer Technology: Information Processing for the Pentagon, 1962- 1986 (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Press, 1996). | 1996 | Norberg, Arthur L., and Judy O'Neill. Transforming Computer Technology: Information Processing for the Pentagon, 1962-1986. | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore MD | Computing, Military
Cold War Information processing |
PW-3295 | November, Joseph | Biomedical Computing: Digitizing Life in the United States | 2012 | Origins of computerization of biology in the U.S. in the 1950s and early 1960s, and interactive effects of trend on computers and software and on biology. | Johns Hopkins University Press | Computing, biomedical
Research, biomedical Informatics, medical National Institutes of Health | |
PW-6465 | Noyce, Pendred | Magnificent Minds: Sixteen Remarkable Women of Science and Medicine | 2015 | Biographies of sixteen women of science and medicine, including: Louise Bourgeois Boursier, Maria Cunitz, Marie Meurdrac, Laura Bassi, Augusta Ada Byron, Florence Nightingale, Mary Putnam Jacobi, Sophie Kovalevskaya, Marie Sklodowska Curie, Lise Meitner, | Tumblehome Learning, Inc. | Boston, Massachusetts | Women in Science
Women in Medicine Louise Bourgeois Boursier Maria Cunitz Marie Meurdrac Laura Bassi Augusta Ada Byron Florence Nightingale Mary Putnam Jacobi Sophie Kovalevskaya Marie Sklodowska Curie Lise Meitner Emmy Noether Barbara McCli |
PW-1080 | Nye, David | Electrifying America: Social Meaning of a New Technology, 1880-1940 (Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 1990). | 1990 | Nye, David. Electrifying America: Social Meaning of a New Technology, 1880-1940. | MIT Press | Cambridge MA | History
Power Distribution |
PW-1855 | Nye, David | Consuming Power: A Social History of American Energies (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1997). | 1997 | Nye, David. Consuming Power: A Social History of American Energies. | MIT Press | Cambridge MA | Power
Power Industry Culture |
PW-1654 | Nye, David E. | American Technological Sublime | 1994 | Nye, David E., American Technological Sublime. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1994.
needs to be reviewed |
MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Chronology/Timeline
Technology |
PW-5977 | Nye, David E. | When the Lights Went Out: A History of Blackouts in America | 2010 | A history of blackouts in the US and their connection and importance to urban centers, military and government affairs, as well as the overall American community and lifestyle. | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Electrical Grid
History Blackouts Military Warfare Grid [power network] |
PW-5091 | O. Casey Corr | Money from Thin Air: The story of Craig MaCaw, the visionary who invented the cell phone industry, and his next billion-dollar idea | 2000 | Biography of Craig McCaw, who built one of the companies in the early U.S. cell phone industry, eventually selling his company to AT&T. | Cell Phone
Innovation Innovators Biography | ||
PW-2973 | O'Beirne, Gerald | Siemens in Ireland 1925-2000 (Dublin, Ireland: A&A Farmar, 2000). | 2000 | O'Beirne, Gerald. Siemens in Ireland, 1925-2000: Seventy Five Years of Innovation. | A & A Farmaw | Dublin, Ireland | History
Innovation |
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PW-4318 | O'Brien, Robert L., ed. | Jefferson's Welding Encyclopedia. | 1997 | American Welding Society | Miami | Welding | |
PW-6501 | Odermatt, Andre A. | Welding: A Journey to Explore Its Past | 2014 | This book is an illustrated history of welding. It includes a time line; a list of milestones in welding and cutting; a list of historical electrode patents; and a 1913 list of works relating to welding; as well as two charts, one pertaining to welding a | Hobart Institute of Welding Technology | Troy, OH | Welding - history |
PW-1278 | O'Hara, James G., and W. Pricha | Hertz and the Maxwellians (London: Peter Peregrinus, 1987). | 1987 | O'Hara, James G., and W. Pricha. Hertz and the Maxwellians. | Peter Peregrinus | London | Biography |
PW-1014 | Okamura, Sogo, ed. | History of Electron Tubes (Washington DC: IOS Press, 1994). | 1994 | Okamura, Sogo, ed., History of Electron Tubes. | IOS Press | Washington DC | Tubes, Vacuum
Tubes, Electron |
PW-4323 | Oldfield, Homer R. | King of the Seven Dwarfs: General Electric's Ambiguous Challenge to the Computer Industry. | 1996 | The author was general manager and founder of the General Electric Computer Division | IEEE Computer Society Press | Los Alamitos, CA | General Electric
Computer Industry Computers |
PW-6611 | Oleson, Alexandra and John Voss, editors | The Organization of Knowledge in Modern America, 1860-1920 | 1979 | A collection of essays prepared under the auspicies of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as part of a historical study of the organization of science and scholarship in the United States. The growth of specialization in all areas of science and s | The Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | Education
Science Scholarship |
PW-4221 | Oristaglio, Michael and Alexander Dorozynski | A Sixth Sense: The Life and Science of Henri-Georges Doll, Oilfield Pioneer and Inventor | 2009 | Overlook Duckworth | New York, NY | Biography
Energy Mining | |
PW-3878 | Orkin, Michael | What Are The Odds: Lotteries, Blackjack, Zero-Sum Games, and More (New York: Barnes and Noble Books, 2000). | 2000 | Orkin, Michael, What Are The Odds: Lotteries, Blackjack, Zero-Sum Games, and More. | Barnes and Noble | New York | History |
PW-2704 | Orloff, Richard W. | Apollo by the Numbers: A Statistical Reference | 2000 | Orloff, Richard W. Apollo by the Numbers: A Statistical Reference. Washington D. C.: NASA History Division, 2000. | NASA History Division | Washington DC | History
Statistics Space Programs |
PW-1792 | Ornstein, Martha | Role of Scientific Societies in the Seventeenth Century, The | 1938 | Ornstein, Martha. Role of Scientific Societies in the Seventeenth Century, 3rd edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1938. | University of Chicago Press | Chicago | History
Professional Groups |
PW-579 | Oslin, George P. | The Story of Telecommunications | 1992 | Oslin, George P. The Story of Telecommunications. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1992. | Mercer University Press | Macon, GA | History
Telecommunications |
PW-4348 | Osterberg, Max | Synopsis of Current Electrical Literature 1895 | 1896 | Van Nostrand | New York | Electricity | |
PW-5994 | Overhage, Carl F.J. ed. | The Age of Electronics | 1962 | A collection of essays from the eight Lincoln Laboratory Decennial speakers on the age of electronics. | McGraw-Hill | New York | Electronics
Communication Technology Radar Computers Radio Astronomy Radio Telescope Transistor Satellites |
PW-4315 | Overmier, Judith A., and Senior, John E. | Books and Manuscripts of the Bakken | 1992 | Catalog of the collections of the Bakken Library of Minneapolis, MN | Scarecrow Press | Metuchen, NJ | Library
Electricity |
PW-6035 | Pacey, Arnold | The Maze of Ingenuity: Ideas and Idealism in the Development of Technology | 1985 | A history of technology and invention from Asia and the Middle Ages up until the 20th century US. | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Technology
History |
PW-1096 | Packard, David | The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built our Company (New York: HarperBusiness, 1995. | 1995 | 193-page memoir by one of Hewlett-Packard's founders. Three appendices provide timeline, list of innovations, and charts comparing product orders in the early 1980s and early 1990s. No index. | HarperBusiness | New York | Chronology/Timeline
Autobiography Hewlett-Packard |
PW-6015 | Pais, Abraham | Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World | 1986 | The history of the field of physics of matter and physical forces since the x-ray. | Oxford University Press | Oxford | X-Ray
Radioactivity Electron Nuclear Physics Quantum Physics History |
PW-6109 | Palmer, Harry L. & Weitz, C.E. | Electron Tubes Control of Lighting Circuits | 1933 & 1941 | Electron Tubes Control of Lighting Circuits | International Textbook Company | Scranton, PA | Tubes, Electron
Circuit systems |
PW-5035 | Pamela Pfiffner | Inside the Publishing Revolution: The Adobe Story | 2003 | Written by tech journalist Pamela Pfiffner, this bookexplores the rich history behind the modern publishing revolution, as seen through the lens of one of its most important players. In the past 20 years, Adobe Systems has become synonymous with great de | Publishing
Computer Software Computer Technology Computerization Computers | ||
PW-4991 | Pamela Spence Richards | Scientific Information in Wartime: The Allied-German Rivalry, 1939-1945 | 1994 | The primary purpose of this book is to reconstruct the wartime organizations set up by the various governments to ensure, in the midst of the collapse of other forms of international scientific communication, the continued supply of enemy scientific and | World War II
Innovation Innovators Technology Government | ||
PW-582 | Pancaldi, Giuliano | Volta: Science and Culture in the Age of Enlightenment (Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 2003) | 2003 | Pancaldi, Giuliano. Volta: Science and Culture in the Age of Enlightenment. | Pinceton University Press | Princeton NJ | History
Biography |
PW-1687 | Pancaldi, Giuliano, ed. | From Marconi to the Music of the Universe [History of Wireless] | 1995 | Pancaldi, Giuliano, ed., From Marconi to the Music of the Universe [History of Wireless]. Bolgn: Grafis, 1995.
Text in both English and Italian |
Grafis | Bologna, Italy | Wireless Communication
History |
PW-6702 | Pankove, Jacques I. | Optical Processors in Semiconductors | 1971 | Prentice-Hall Electrical Engineering Series.
Solid State Physical Electronics Series, Nick Holonyak, Jr., editor. This book covers the broad range of optical phenomena in semiconductors and deals with the interactions among photons, electrons and atoms |
Prentice-Hall, Inc. | Englewood Cliffs, NJ | Textbook
Semiconductors Physics Crystals |
PW-4461 | Park, Hyunsoo | The Social Structure of Large Scale Blackouts: Changing Envrironment, Institutional Imbalance and Unresponsive Organizations. | October 2010 | Ph.D. Dissertation, Rutgers University, Graduate Program in Planning and Public Policy | Rutgers University | New Brunswick, NJ | Blackouts |
PW-6612 | Parker, Geoffrey | The Military Revolution: Military innovation and the rise of the West, 1500-1800 | 1988 | The Lees Knowles lectures (1984), given at Trinity College, Cambridge.
This author explains how the West, so small and so deficient in natural resources in 1500, had by 1800 come to control over one-third of the world. |
Cambridge University Press | New York | Military Technology
Firearms Ship - warships Military Revolution |
OB-947 | Parker, Richard Green | Parker's Natural and Experimental Philosophy | Also entered in as a Published Works VERY FRAGILE | Experiment
Education Textbooks | |||
PW-3590 | Parker, Richard Green | A School Compendium of Natural and Experimental Philosophy | 1863 | Collins & Brother, New York, 1863
NOTE: This book is in the IEEE Archives due to its age and condition. MB-025 Acc # 947 |
Collins & Brother | New York | Electricity
Lighting Magnetism Heat Textbooks Telegraphs |
PW-905 | Parkinson, J.C. | The Ocean Telegraph to India | 1870 | Kept with fragile books | William Blackwood and Sons | London | Telegraphy
Transatlantic Cable |
PW-3974 | Parsons, Patrick R. | Blue Skies: A History of Cable Television | 2008 | Temple University Press | Philadelphia | Television
Television broadcasting History | |
PW-583 | Paterson, Sir Clifford | A Scientist's War: The War Diaries of Sir Clifford Paterson, 1939-1945 | 1991 | Paterson, Sir Clifford. A Scientist's War: The War Diaries of Sir Clifford Paterson, 1939-1945. eds. Robert Clayton and Joan Algar. IEE History of Technology Series 14. London: Peter Peregrinus Ltd., 1991. | Peter Peregrinus | London | History
Warfare World War II |
PW-2440 | Pauer, Erich, Ed. | Papers on the History of Industry and Technology of Japan Marburg ( Germany: Marburger Japan-Reihe, 1995). | 1995 | Pauer, Erich, ed. Papers on the History of Industry and Technology of Japan, 2 volumes. | Marburger Japan-Reihe | Marburg, Germany | History
Japan |
PW-4981 | Paul Freiberger and Michael Swaine | Fire in the Valley: The making of the personal computer | 1984 | This is the story of the development of the personal computer. The authors have sought to capture a sense of the period during which the events took place and to depict the people who had the vision to make the personal computer revolution happen. Thei | Computer Engineering
Personal computer (PC) Computer Industry | ||
PW-5037 | Paul J. Nahin | The Logician and the Engineer: How George Boole and Claude Shannon Created the Information Age | 2013 | Using the dual biographies of George Boole (1815-1864) and Claude Shannon (1916-2001), the author examines the history of Boole's innovative ideas, and considers how they led to Shannon's groundbreaking work on electrical relay circuits and information t | Innovation
Innovators Engineers Mathematics | ||
PW-4980 | Paul Sieghart | Micro-chips with Everything: The Consequences of Information Technology | 1982 | The essays in this volume are based on contributions made at a series of five seminars entitled IT's Consequences: The Social and Political Implications of Information Technology organised by the Institute of Contemporary Arts in July 1992. | Information Age
Information processing Information Technology Innovators Innovation Software | ||
PW-6649 | Peavitt, Helen | Refrigerator: The Story of Cool in the Kitchen | 2017 | Published in association with the Science Museum, London. A history of refrigeration technologies and their profound impact on society since the nineteenth century. The book explores the advertising and marketing of domestic fridges, and the ways patter | Reaktion Books, Ltd. | London | Refrigeration
Refrigerator Advertising Consumers |
PW-6081 | Pedersen, Gunnar | To generationer og radiobolgerne | 1976 | To generationer og radiobolderne | Host and Sons Forlag | Radio
History | |
PW-4984 | Peggy A. Kidwell and Paul E. Ceruzzi | Landmarks in Digital Computing | 1994 | Focusing on the rich holdings of the Smithsonian Institution, this book offers a facinating visual record of the milestones in digital computing. | Calculators
Calendar Innovators Innovation Computing Computers | ||
PW-4472 | Pender, Harold , ed. | Handbook for Electrical Engineers | 1914 | A reference book for practicing engineers and students of engineering. Compiled by a staff of experts | John Wiley and Sons | New York | Guide Book
Electricity |
PW-4416 | Pender, Harold Pender and Knox McIlwain, eds. | Electrical Engineers' Handbook: Electrical Communications and Electronics | 1936 | Harold Pender and Knox McIlwain, eds. Electrical Engineers' Handbook: Electrical Communications and Electronics., 3rd Edition. (New York: John Wiley, 1936). Co-editor McIlwain's personal copy, with signature and annotations. The donor is McIlwain's | John Wiley | New York | Electronics
Communication Communication Technology |
PW-4155 | Pender, Harold, William A. Del Mar, and Knox McIlwain, eds. | Electrical Engineers' Handbook: Electric Power | 1936 | Wiley Engineering Handbook Series, Volume IV. | John Wiley and Sons | London | Guide Book
Electricity Reference Book |
PW-2651 | Peppas, Nicholas, A. | History of the School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University (West Lafayette IN: Purdue University, 1986). | 1986 | Peppas, Nicholas, A. History of the School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University. | Purdue University | West Lafayette IN | Education
Chemical Engineering History |
PW-3576 | Perkowitz, Sidney | Digital People: From Bionic Humans to Androids (Washington DC: John Henry Press, 2004). | 2004 | Perkowitz, Sidney. Digital People: From Bionic Humans to Androids. | Joseph Henry Press | Washington DC | robotics
Biomedical Engineering pacemakers Robotics Bionic Artificial Intelligence |
PW-6242 | Perlin, John | Let it Shine: The 6,000-Year History of Solar Energy | 09/2013 | John Perlin. Let it Shine: The 6,000-Year Story of Solar Energy. (Novato, CA: New World Library, 2013). | New World Library | Novato, CA | Solar Energy
Solar Cell Solar panels History |
PW-5066 | Pesi Rustom Masani | Norbert Wiener, 1894-1964 | 1990 | Biography of Norbert Wiener (1894 – 1964) was an American mathematician. He was Professor of Mathematics at MIT. A famous child prodigy, Wiener later became an early researcher in stochastic and noise processes, contributing work relevant to electronic | Biography
Mathematics | ||
PW-4351 | Pessel, David, ed. | A Brief History of Computer Time: 60 Years of Computer Technology and the People who Helped Make it Happen | 2006 | This strange book consists of sixty pages each consisting of a photo of one or more important people in computer history, with an extremely short description of their significance, and a cartoon on computing reprinted from The New Yorker magazine. Publi | IEEE Computer Society | ||
PW-5031 | Peter R. Jensen | Early Radio: In Marconi's Footsteps, 1894 to 1920 | 1994 | Copiously illustrated history of radio communication, and its inventor, Guglielmo Marconi. Also describes in detail a number of construction projects recreating early radio artefacts using modern techniques and materials, and explains the scientific basi | Radio transmission
Radio Transmitters Radio Equipment Radio Engineer Radio Innovation Innovators Technology | ||
PW-6040 | Petroski, Henry | Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing | 1996 | How engineering and engineers work, design, and think. | Harvard University Press | Cambridge, MA | Design
Innovation Technology |
PW-6041 | Petroski, Henry | To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design | 1969 | How failures in engineering have helped shape successful designs. | St. Martin's Press | New York | Engineering |
PW-6509 | Petroski, Henry | The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance | 1990 | Petroski looks at the pencil and traces it origins back to ancient Greece and Rome and its present incarnation in the sixteenth century and the discovery of graphite in England. He explains how a pencil is made and tells the stories of the pencil's most | Alfred A. Knopf | New York | Pencils - History
Engineering Design |
PW-6572 | Petroski, Henry | Small Things Considered: Why There Is No Perfect Design | 2003 | A study of design in everyday life and an examination of the creative process by which common objects are invented and improved in the pursuit of perfection. Nothing is perfect, so the quest for perfection continues and continues. The author also explor | Alfred A. Knopf | New York | Engineering Design
Design |
PW-591 | Petzold, Hartmut | Moderne Rechenkunstler (Munich: Verlag C. H. Beck, 1992). | 1992 | Petzold, Hartmut. Moderne Rechenkunstler. | C. H. Beck | Munich | History |
PW-1095 | Philadelphia Section of the IEEE | 100th Anniversary 1903-2003: The Development of the Electrical, Electronic and Computer Industries in the Delaware Valley in the Past 100 Years | 2003 | Collection of largely brief (1 p. or less) articles on organizations in and around Philadelphia including university engineering departments; also includes photo essay of Philadelphia section, lists of section chairs, medalists, and award recipients. | Philadelphia | RCA, Victor Talking Machine Company, L3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, University of Pennsylvania, Philco, Electric Power-Delaware Valley, Sperry Rand, Burroughs, General Electric Company, Technitrol, Megger, KYW Channel 3, John W. Mauchly, General Atr | |
PW-1622 | Philco Corporation | Introduction to Television Receiver Design, Vols 1 & 2 | 1951 | Philco Corporation, Introduction to Television Receiver Design, Vols 1 & 2. 1951.
Philco Research Division Television Seminar Notes. Mimeographed and Bound. |
Philco Corporation | Philadelphia | History
Television Design Philco Co. |
PW-4982 | Philip Scranton | Endless Novelty: Speciality Production and American Industrialization | 1997 | This book represents an effort to recast the history of the Second Industrial Revolution, that epochal transformation of productive capacities and organizational forms which spanned the half-century after 1870 United States via an emphasis on small produ | Historian
History | ||
PW-1279 | Phillips, V.J. | Early radio wave detectors (London: Peter Peregrinus, 1980). | 1980 | Phillips, V.J. Early radio wave detectors. | Peter Peregrinus | London | Radio
Radio Equipment |
PW-2291 | Phillips, W. Hewitt | Journey in Aeronautical Research: A Career at NASA Langley Research Center (Washington, D.C.: NASA, 1998). | 1998 | Phillips, W. Hewitt. Journey in Aeronautical Research: A Career at NASA Langley Research Center. Monographs in Aerospace History Number 12 (Nov. 1998). Washington, DC: NASA History Office, 1998. | NASA | Washington DC | Chronology/Timeline
Aeronautical Engineering Aeronautics National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
PW-4291 | Pierce, John R. | My Career as an Engineer: An Autobiographical Sketch | 1988 | Printed copy of Pierce's book and a CD contain a .pdf version. | University of Tokyo | Japan | Autobiography
Engineer Tubes |
PW-5984 | Pierce, John R. | Electrons, Waves and Messages | 1956 | A look at the science behind electronics and communication including theories, laws, and technology related to the topic. | Hanover House | Garden City, NY | Electron
Electronics Electromagnetic Field Tubes, Vacuum Amplifier Noise Microwave radio systems Television Quantum Physics |
PW-3215 | Pierce, John R. and A. Michael Noll | Signals: The Science of Telecommunications (New York: Scientific American Library, 1990). | 1990 | Pierce, John R. and A. Michael Noll. Signals: The Science of Telecommunications. | Scientific American Library | New York | History
Telecommunications |
PW-3255 | Pierce, John R. and Arthur G. Tressler | The Research State: A History of Science in New Jersey | 1964 | The New Jersey Historical Series, D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., Princeton, NJ, 1964 | D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc. | New York | History
Technology Research |
PW-6709 | Pike, Helen-Chantal | New Jersey: Crossroads of Commerce | 2008 | The president of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce provides the foreward. This is a very brief illustrated history of the Garden State, emphasizing the state's contributions as a center of innovation, industry, manufacturing, and education. | Cherbo Publishing Group, Inc. | Encino, CA | New Jersey
Commerce Industry History Business |
PW-6183 | Pildas, Ave | Movie Palaces | 1980 | Documenting the history of movie palaces in the US. | Clarkson N. Potter, Inc. | New York | Movie Theater |
PW-5141 | Pileggi, Leah | How to Design a World-Class Engineering College: A History of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University | 2013 | Pileggi, Leah. How to Design a World-Class Engineering College: A History of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2013) | Carnegie Mellon University Press | Pittsburgh | History
Education Engineering |
PW-3221 | Pinch, Trevor and Frank Trocco | Analog days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer (Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2002). | 2002 | Pinch, Trevor and Frank Trocco. Analog days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer. | Harvard University Press | Cambridge MA | History
Analog Musical Instruments |
PW-5160 | Pincock, Stephen | Codebreaker: The History of Codes and Ciphers from the Ancient Pharaohs to Quantum Cryptography. | 2006 |
Discussing the history and story of codes, ciphers and cryptology |
Walker & Company | New York | Codes
Coding Cryptology Encryption History |
PW-1810 | Pizer, Russell A., ed. | Record of Proceedings, Third International Symposium on Telecommunications History (Algonquin, IL: Telephone Collectors International, 1995). | 1995 | Pizer, Russell A., ed. Record of Proceedings: Third International Symposium on Telecommunications History. | Telephone Collectors International | Algonquin, IL | Communication
History Telecommunications Recording Conference Proceedings |
PW-6027 | Platt, Harold L. | The Electric City: Energy and the Growth of the Chicago Area, 1880-1930 | 1991 | Documenting the growth of urban development in Chicago alongside energy consumption, technology, and power. | University of Chicago Press | Chicago | Electrical Industry
Electrification Commonwealth Electric |
PW-5992 | Pollard, Ernest C. | Radiation: One Story of the MIT Radiation Laboratory | 1982 | Ernest C. Pollard, former staff member of the MIT Radiation Laboratory (1941-1945), recounts his days as a scientist during WWII at the height of radiation experiments and technology. | The Woodburn Press | Durham, NC | Microwave Radar
Radiation laboratory (RadLab) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) World War II |
PW-5985 | Pomegranate Artbooks | Inventors and Scientists: A Book of Postcards from the Library of Congress | 1991 | A book of postcards from the Library of Congress of various notable scientists and inventors, including Guttenberg, Marconi, Bell, Galileo, and Newton. | Pomegranate Artbooks | San Francisco | |
PW-6467 | Pool, Ithiel de Sola | Technologies of Freedom | 1983 | A study of communication technologies, regulations and civil liberties. | Belknap Press of Harvard University Press | Cambridge, MA | Mass media - law and legislation - United States
Telecommunications Liberty of the Press Technology - social aspects |
PW-883 | Pool, Ithiel de Sola | Technologies Without Boundaries: On Telecommunications in a Global Age (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1990). | 1990 | Pool, Ithiel de Sola. Technologies Without Boundaries: On Telecommunications in a Global Age. | Harvard University Press | Cambridge MA | Communication
Telecommunications |
PW-1547 | Pool, Robert | Beyond Engineering: A New Way of Thinking About Technology | 1997 | Pool, Robert, Beyond Engineering: A New Way of Thinking About Technology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997 | Oxford University Press | Ofxord | engineering
Technology |
PW-4021 | Popular Mechanics | Popular Mechanics Special Collector's Issue | January 2000 | A Century of Technology, Cars, Science | Magazine | ||
PW-6102 | Popular Science Monthly | Radio for the Millions | 1945 | Radio building information, diagrams, pictures, and instructions. | Popular Science Publishing Co, Inc. | New York | Radio |
PW-5000 | Porter, Roy and Mikulas Teich | The Scientific Revolution in National Context | 1992 | The Scientific Revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries continues to command attention in historical debate. What was its nature? How did it develop? Controversy still rages about the extent to which it was essentially a revolution of the | Scientific Innovation
| ||
PW-6019 | Porter, Theodore M. | The Rise of Statistical Thinking 1820-1900 | 1986 | A look back at the origins of statistics and the rise of its prevalence in the 20th century. | Princeton University Press | Princeton | Statistics
Mathematics History |
PW-2754 | Portree, David S. | Humans to Mars: Fifty Years of Mission Planning, 1950-2000 (Washington DC: NASA, 2001). | 2001 | Portree, David S. Humans to Mars: Fifty Years of Mission Planning, 1950-2000. Monographs in Aerospace History 21. Washington, D.C.: NASA History Office, 2001. | NASA | Washington DC | History
Space Exploration Space Programs |
PW-2039 | Portree, David S. F. | NASA's Origins and the Dawn of the Space Age. | 1998 | Portree, David S. Nasa's Origins and the Dawn of the Space Age.
Monographs in Aerospace History Series Number 10 (Sept 1998). Washington, DC: NASA History Division, 1998. |
NASA | Washington, DC | History
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space Exploration |
PW-1841 | Portree, David S. F. and Robert C. Trevino | Walking to Olympus: An EVA Chronology. Monographs in Aerospace History Series 7 (Oct 1997) Washington, DC: Nasa History Office. | 1997 | Portree, David S. and Robert C. Trevino. Walking to Olympus: An EVA Chronology. Monographs in Aerospace History Series 7 (Oct 1997) | NASA | Washington DC | Aerospace
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)) History |
PW-6233 | Post, Robert C. | Urban Mass Transit: The Life Story of a Technology | 2010 | A history of mass transit from the 1830s to the 2000s, tracing the evolution and demise of the streetcar. | Johns Hopkins | Baltimore | Transportation
Urban Transit Mass transit Tracks, train/streetcar Trolley |
PW-6638 | Post, Robert C. | High Performance: The Culture and Technology of Drag Racing, 1950-1990 | 1996 | Originally published in 1994, this is a firsthand history of drag racing from the earliest legal drags run on rural airfields to the careers of drag racing's poldest innovators. Post interviewed the sport's legends and superstars, including Pappy C.J | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | Automobile
Drag Racing Technological design Wally Parks Don Garlits Shirley Muldowney National Hot Rod Association |
PW-6042 | Postman, Neil | Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology | 1992 | A book about how our culture and society have become overwhelmed by technology, and the benefits and negative effects it could have on our lives. | Vintage Books | New York | Technology
Culture |
PW-867 | Poulter, J.D. | An Early History of Electricity Supply: The Story of Electric Light in Victorian (London: Peter Peregrinus, 1986). | 1986 | Poulter, J.D. An Early History of Electricity Supply: The Story of Electric Light in Victorian Leeds. | Peter Peregrinus | London | Power Distribution
History Illumination |
PW-1253 | Pound and Durand | Microwave Mixers | Pound and Durand, Microwave Mixers. 1946 (1964 ed.)
Part of the Slate gift (#96-01) 1946 (1964 ed.) |
Microwaves | |||
PW-4376 | Pound, Robert V. and Durand, Eric | Microwave Mixers (Volume 16) | 1964 | Boston Technical Publishers | Lexington, Massachusetts | Radiation laboratory (RadLab)
Radar Microwave Radar Microwaves | |
PW-884 | Povey, P.J., Earl, R.A.J. | Vintage Telephones of the World (London: Peter Peregrinus, 1988). | 1988 | Povey, P.J., Earl, R.A.J. Vintage Telephones of the World. telephone | Peter Peregrinus | London | Telephones
History |
PW-3293 | Prasad, Amit | Imperial Technoscience: Transnational Histories of MRI in the United States, Britain, and India | 2014 | Theoretically informed history of invention, development, marketing, and culture of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as practiced in technocultures of two advanced nations and post-colonial India | MIT Press | MRI, history
Magnetic resonance imaging, history Innovations, medical technology, medical Magnetic resonance imaging, United States Magnetic resonance imaging, Great Britain Magnetic resonance imaging, India | |
PW-6455 | Prasad, Amit | Imperial Technoscience: Transnational Histories of MRI in the United States, Britain, and India | 2014 | Prasad follows sociotechnical trails in relation to five aspects of MRI research: invention, industrial development, market, history, and culture. He examines the history of MRI in the United States, Great Britain, and India. | MIT Press | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Medical innovations Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) - Great Britain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) - United States Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) - India Medical technology |
PW-6668 | Pratt, Joseph A., Martin V. Melosi, and Kathleen A. Brosnan | Energy Capitals: Local Impact, Global Indluence | 2014 | Cities and regions with strong ties to energy industries, energy capitals, have comprehensive effects. These consequences are transformative for the society in which citizens reside and they center on quality of life issues, ranging from health to transp | University of Pittsburgh Press | Pittsburgh, Pa. | Energy
Energy Policy Energy usage Fuel Public Policy Economics |
PW-885 | Pretzer, William S., ed. | Working at Inventing: Thomas A. Edison and the Menlo Park Experience (Dearborn MI: Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village, 1989). | 1989 | Analysis of Edison's inventive style | Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village | Dearborn MI | Menlo Park
Biography Inventors |
PW-6639 | Price, Derek John de Solla | Little Science, Big Science | 1963 | In June 1962, historian of science and physicist, Dreek J. de Solla Price, gave a series of lectures dealing with the sociology of science. He wanted to treat science as a mesurable entity, using scientific method to examine science itself, the emergence | Columbia University Press | New York | History
Science History of Science Scientific journals Big Science |
PW-1022 | Pugh, Emerson W. | Building IBM: Shaping an Industry and its Technology (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1995). | 1995 | History of IBM's effect on the computer industry | MIT Press | Cambridge MA | International Business Machines (IBM)
Computers Mainframe System/360 |
PW-3996 | Pugh, Emerson W. | Memories that Shaped an Industry: Decisions leading to IBM System/360 | 1984 | MIT Press | London | International Business Machines (IBM)
History Computers | |
PW-4237 | Pugh, Emerson W. | Interview Summaries for The IBM Magnetic Film Memory Development Effort and Memories That Shaped an Industry | 1987 | IBM Technical History Project | Thomas J. Watson Research Center | Yorktown Heights, NY | IBM
Computers Interview |
PW-4227 | Pugh, Emerson W., Johnson, Lyle R, and Palmer, John H. | Interviews and Discussions for IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems | 1991 | IBM Technical History Project | Thomas J. Watson Research Center | Yorktown Heights, NY | IBM
Computers Interview |
PW-4228 | Pugh, Emerson W., Johnson, Lyle R, and Palmer, John H. | Interviews and Discussions for IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems | 1991 | IBM Technical History Project | Thomas J. Watson Research Center | Yorktown Heights, NY | IBM
Computers Interview |
PW-4229 | Pugh, Emerson W., Johnson, Lyle R, and Palmer, John H. | Interviews and Discussions for IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems | 1991 | IBM Technical History Project | Thomas J. Watson Research Center | Yorktown Heights, NY | IBM
Computers Interview |
PW-604 | Pugh, Emerson, Lyle R. Johnson, and John H. Palmer | IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems | 1991 | History of industry-changing IBM System/360 computers, 1960s-70s | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Computers
International Business Machines (IBM) |
PW-6009 | Pugh, Jane rev. | Calculating Machines and Instruments | 1975 | A catalogue of photographs of calculating machines and instruments from the Science Museum first published in 1926 and then revised in 1975. | Science Musuem | London | |
PW-6586 | Pumfrey, Stephen | Latitude & the Magnetic Earth: The True Story of Queen Elizabeth's Most Distinguished Man of Science | 2002 | An exploration of sixteenth-century scientific theory and the work of William Gilbert. Gilbert was the personal physician to Queen Elizabeth I and the author of De Magnete. De Magnete was published in 1600 and became the standard work on electricity and | MJF Books | New York | William Gilbert
Science Science and state Magnetism Latitude Great Britain Navigation Queen Elizabeth I |
PW-3068 | Punnett, Milton | General Data, Installation, Operation and Maintenance Manual, TSX-1 Radome System (Telstar) | Birdair Report No. 6108-8, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. Whippany, NJ: October 1963. | Milestone
Satellite Communications Radio Astronomy | |||
PW-3891 | Pupin, Michael | From Immigrant to Inventor (New York: Charles Scribners, 1930) | 1930 | Pupin, Michael. From Immigrant to Inventor. | Charles Scribner | New York | Autobiography |
PW-2411 | Purrington, Robert D. | Physics in the Nineteenth Century (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1999) | 1999 | Purrington, Robert D. Physics in the Nineteenth Century. | Rutgers University Press | New Brunswick NJ | Physics
History |
PW-6053 | Pursell, Carroll W. | Technology in America: A History of Individuals and Ideas | 1981 | A history of the most important ideas and inventions in technology in the US.
SECOND COPY |
MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Technology
History |
PW-6654 | Pursell, Carroll W. | From Playgrounds to Play Station: The Interaction of Technology & Play | 2015 | Examines the changing landscape of nineteenth and twentiety-century American toys, games, hobbies, and amusements. Pursell asks, What can we learn by studying the relationship between technology and play. He suggests that play reflects and drives the evo | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | Games and Technology
Toys Electronic games Recreation United States |
PW-1655 | Pursell, Carroll, ed. | Technology in America, 2nd ed | 1996 | Pursell, Carroll, ed., Technology in America, 2nd ed. Cambridge, MA, 1996. | Chronology/Timeline
Technology History | ||
PW-3843 | Putt, Archibald | Putt's Law and the Successful Technocrat: How to Win in the Information Age (New York: IEEE Press, 2006). | 2006 | Putt, Archibald. Putt's Law and the Successful Technocrat: How to Win in the Information Age | IEEE Press | New York | Management |
PW-6508 | Putt, Archibald | Putt's Law and the Successful Technocrat | 1981 | The author, Archibald Putt (pseudonym), claims his book is about organizations and people who work with modern technology. The people, organizations, and events are wholly fictional, but the various factors that affect them are real. He tries to expla | Exposition Press | Smithtown, NY | Technology
Technocracy Technocrat Management |
PW-6048 | Pyatt, Edward | The National Physical Laboratory: A History | 1983 | A history of the National Physical Laboratory in the United Kingdom. | Adam Hilger Ltd. | Bristol | History
World War I World War II |
PW-4326 | Queen's University | A Catalogue of the Riche-Covington Collection | 1984 | Catalog of Queen's University's collection of books and other material on early radar and radio-astronomy | Douglas Library, Queen's University | Kingston, ON | Radar
Radio Astronomy |
PW-1791 | Rabinow, Jacob | Inventing for Fun and Profit (San Francisco: San Francisco Press, 1990). | 1990 | Rabinow, Jacob. Inventing for Fun and Profit. | San Francisco Press | San Francisco |
Inventors Inventions |
PW-3626 | Radio Club of America | Golden Jubilee, 1909 - 1959 (New York: Radio Club of America, 1960) | 1960 | Radio Club of America. Golden Jubilee, 1909 - 1959. | Radio Club of America | New York | History
Radio Anniversary |
PW-6207 | Radio Corporation of America | RCA Receiving Tube Manual | 1964 | Guide to available RCA Vacuum tubes (also known as electron tubes) for home entertainment purposes. | Tubes, Electron
Tubes, Vacuum | ||
OB-682 | Radio Review | The Radio Review, 1922 | A monthly record of scientific progress in radiotelegraphy and telephony, January 1922 issue, Vol. 3, No. 1. | Radio | |||
PW-4366 | Ragan, George L. (Ed.) | Microwave Transmission Circuits (Volume 9) | 1948 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Radiation laboratory (RadLab)
Radar Microwaves Circuit | |
PW-6531 | Ralston, Anthony and Edwin D. Reilly, eds. | Encyclopedia of Computer Science. Third Edition | 1993 | Van Nostrand Reinhold for IEEE Press | New York | Computer science - encyclopedias
Information science - encyclopedias | |
PW-1172 | Ramo, Simon | Cure for Chaos: Fresh Solutions to Social Problems Through the Systems Approach (New York: David McKay Company, Inc. 1969). | 1969 | Ramo, Simon. Cure for Chaos: Fresh Solutions to Social Problems Through the Systems Approach. | David McKay Company | New York | Systems
Systems Engineering |
PW-1569 | Ramo, Simon | Business of Science: Winning and Losing in the High-Tech Age (New York: Hill and Wang, 1988). | 1988 | Ramo, Simon. Business of Science: Winning and Losing in the High-Tech Age. | Hill & Wang | New York |
Competition Economics Technology |
PW-1245 | Ramo, Simon and Whinnery, John R. | Fields and Waves in Modern Radio (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1944) | 1944 | Ramo, Simon and John R. Whinnery, Fields and Waves in Modern Radio. | John Wiley | 1944 | Radio |
PW-1247 | Ramo, Simon and Whinnery, John R. | Fields and Waves in Modern Radio (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1944) | 1944 | Ramo, Simon and John R. Whinnery, Fields and Waves in Modern Radio. This copy autographed by both authors | John Wiley | 1944 | Radio |
PW-6462 | Ramsaye, Terry | A Million and One Nights: A History of the Motion Picture Through 1925 | 1926 | Originally published in 1926, this is a of the motion picture from the beginning through 1925. | Simon and Schuster | New York | Motion Pictures
Motion Picture Projector Motion Picture Industry |
PW-4001 | Randell, Brian (Editor) | The Origins of Digital Computers: Selected Papers | 1982 | Springer-Verlag | New York | History
computers | |
PW-4019 | Rannestad, Andreas (Compiler) | NATO and Science: An Account of the Activities of the NATO Science Committee 1958-1972 | 1973 | NATO- Scientific Affairs | Brussels | North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
History | |
PW-2036 | Rao, T.R.N., and Subhash Kak | Computing in Ancient India Lafayette ( LA: University of Southwestern Lousiana, 1998. Pp. 107). | 1998 | Rao, T.R.N., and Subhash Kak. Computing in Ancient India. | University of Southwestern Louisiana | Lafayette LA | History
Computing |
PW-4036 | Rashke, Richard | Stormy Genius: The Life of Aviation's Maverick, Bill Lear | 1985 | Houghton Mifflin Company | Boston | Biography
Aviation | |
PW-6097 | Rath, Gustave J. | Punched Card Data Processing | 1966 | Introduction to punch card data processing system, readers, and computer programming. | Science Research Associates, Inc. | Chicago | Punch card
Punch Card Reader Punch Card System Data processing Computer Programming |
PW-4032 | Rauscher, Elizabeth Ann and Grotz, Toby, eds. | Tesla '84. Proceedings of the Tesla Centennial Symposium : In Light of Modern Physics | 1985 | Held at Colorado College, Colorado Springs CO August 9-12 1984. held at the centennial of Tesla's arrival in the United States, and the centennial of IEEE. | International Tesla Society | Physics
Proceedings | |
PW-3978 | Raynham, E.F | Apollo- Cahora Bassa: Enigma and Diversions | 2004 | History of Apollo-Cahora Bassa project in South Africa | EE Publishers (Pty)Ltd. | South Africa | Electrical Industry
Power Transmission Power Generation Hydroelectricity |
OB-20 | RCA | The Place of Radio in World Communications | 30 page hardbound popular (childrens?) book--The Place of Radio in World Communications, circa 1927 (illustrated with photos) gift #93-1 | Radio Corporation of America (RCA)
Radio Communication | |||
OB-384 | RCA | Television | spiral bound publicity publication by RCA, 1939 entitled Television illustrated This items provenance is not recorded. Perhaps it came to the IEEE through a gift by George H. Brown, but that is just a wild guess (Nov 17, 1997) |
Radio Corporation of America (RCA) Television | |||
PW-1093 | RCA | 1942-1967: Twenty-Five Years at RCA Laboratories (New York: RCA Laboratories, 1967). | 1967 | RCA. 1942-1967: Twenty-Five Years at RCA Laboratories. | RCA Laboratories | New York | Chronology/Timeline
Laboratories Radio Corporation of America (RCA) History |
PW-1814 | RCA | First 25 Years of RCA: A Quarter Century of Radio Progress | 1944 | RCA. First 25 Years of RCA: A Quarter Century of Radio Progress. New York: Radio Corporation of America, 1944 | Radio Corporation of America | New York | History
Radio Radio Corporation of America (RCA) |
PW-3364 | RCA | Five Historical Views (New York: Radio Corporation of America, 1971). | 1971 | RCA. Five Historical Views. | Radio Corporation of America | New York | History
Radio Corporation of America (RCA) |
PW-6696 | RCA | Television, Volume II. | 1937 | Television: Collected Addresses and Papers on the Future of the New Art and Its Recent Technical Developments.
Since the publication of Television, Volume I, in July 1936, the research work and field tests conducted by the Radio Corporation of America i |
RCA Institutes Technical Press | New York | Television
David Sarnoff Television Studio Television transmission Cathode-ray tube Radio Corporation of America (RCA) |
PW-6697 | RCA | Television, Volume I. | 1936 | Television: Collected Addresses and Papers on the Future of the New Art and Its Recent Technical Developments. RCA began to speed the development of television more than fifteen years ago...The engineers were faced with the problem of moving forward fro | RCA Institutes Technical Press | New York | Radio Corporation of America (RCA)
Television Television broadcasting Television receiver Television transmission Cathode Ray Tube Electronics David Sarnoff |
PW-6704 | RCA | Transistors I | 1956 | Review copy of Transistors I: A selection of papers describing research and development work of the Radio Corporation of America as it applies to the theory, fabrication, and application of transistors. The publishers thanked the Institute of Radio Engin | RCA Laboratories | Princeton, NJ | Radio Corporation of America (RCA)
Transistor Electronics Semiconductor devices |
PW-4305 | RCA Review | Patent Notes for Engineers | 1947 | RCA Laboratories Division | Princeton NJ | Patent Law | |
PW-6695 | RCA. A.N. Goldsmith, A.F. Van Dyck, R.S. Burnap, E.T. Dickey, G.M.K. Baker, eds. | Television, Volume IV, (1942-1946) | 1947 | RCA Review Technical Book Series. RCA Institutes Technical Press. Television, volume 4, covering 1942 through 1946. Topics covered include: pickup, transmission, reception, color television, and military television. | RCA Review, RCA, RCA Laboratories Division | Princeton, NJ | Television
Television broadcasting Television receiver Military Television transmission Color television Radio Corporation of America (RCA) |
PW-6694 | RCA. Goldsmith, Alfred N.; Arthur F. Van Dyck; Robert S. Burnap, et. al., editor | Television, Volume III (1938-1941) | 1946 | RCA Technical Book Series. Television, Vol. III, covers the period 1938 - 1941. The papers are organized in four sections: Pickup; Transmission; Reception; and General. | RCA Review, RCA, RCA Laboratories Division | Princeton, NJ | Television
Television broadcasting Television receiver Radio Corporation of America (RCA) |
PW-4029 | RCI | The First 25 years of RCA: A Quarter-century of Radio Progress | 1944 | Radio Corporation of America | New York | Radio
Radio Corporation of America (RCA) History | |
PW-610 | Reader, W.J. | A History of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1871-1971 (London: Peter Pergrinus, 1987). | 1987 | Reader, W.J. A History of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1871-1971. | Peter Pergrinus | London |
History Electrical Engineers Professional Groups |
PW-1790 | Redinger, David | The Story of Big Creek (Glendale CA: Trans-Anglo Books, 1986). | 1986 | Redinger, David. Story of Big Creek. | Trans-Anglo Books | Glendale CA | History |
PW-2628 | Redmond, Kent C. and Thomas M. Smith | From Whirlwind to MITRE: The R&D Story of the SAGE Air Defense System (Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 2000). | 2000 | Redmond, Kent C. and Thomas M. Smith. From Whirlwind to MITRE: The R&D Story of the SAGE Air Defense System. | MIT Press | Cambridge MA | Radar
History Research and Development (R&D) |
PW-4008 | Redmond, Kent C. and Thomas M. Smith | Project Whirlwind: The History of a Pioneer Computer | 1980 | Digital Press | Bedford,MA | History
Computers | |
PW-2730 | Redmond, Kent C., and Thomas M. Smith | From Whirlwind to MITRE: The R&D Story of the SAGE Air Defense Computer | 2000 | Redmond, Kent C., and Thomas M. Smith, From Whirlwind to MITRE: The R&D Story of the SAGE Air Defense Computer. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2000. | MIT Press | Cambridge MA | History
Radar |
PW-2041 | Reed, R. Dale | Wingless Flight: The Lifting Body Story | 1997 | Reed, R. Dale. Wingless Flight: The Lifting Body Story. Washington, DC: NASA History Office, 1997. | NASA History Office | Washington DC | History
Aeronautics Airplanes |
PW-6453 | Rees, Jonathan | Refrigeration Nation: A History of Ice, Appliances and Enterprise in America | 2013 | This book illustrates how refrigeration changed the everyday lives of Americans. It examines business practices and the history of technology.
Beginning with the natural ice industry in 1806, Rees considers a variety of factores that drove the industry, |
Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | Refrigeration
Refrigerator Cold Storage Consumption Food |
PW-2769 | Region 9 History Committee | 100 Anos de Desarrollo de La Industria Electrica | 1985 | Region 9 IEEE. 100 Anos de Desarrollo de La Industria Electrica. Caracas: Region 9 IEEE, 1985. | IEEE Region 9 | Caracas | Chronology/Timeline
Centennial Electrical Industry |
PW-1068 | Reich, Leonard S. | The Making of American Industrial Research: Science and Business at GE and Bell (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985). | 1985 | Reich, Leonard S. The Making of American Industrial Research: Science and Business at GE and Bell, 1876-1926. | Cambridge University Press | Cambridge | History
General Electric Research Research and Development (R&D) American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) |
PW-2776 | Reichhardt, Jasia | Robots: Fact, Fiction, and Prediction | 1978 | Views of the past, present, and future of robotics, both real and imagined, both in literature and motion pictures. | Thames & Hudson Ltd. | London | Robot
Robotics |
PW-1084 | Reid, T.R. | The Chip: How Two Americans Invented the Microchip & Launched a Revolution | 1984 | Reid, T.R. The Chip: How Two Americans Invented the Microchip & Launched a Revolution. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1984 | Simon and Schuster | New York | Chronology/Timeline
History Microchip Inventions Computers |
PW-6039 | Reingold, Nathan ed. | Science in Nineteenth-Century America: A Documentary History | 1964 | Scientific discovery and innovation in 19th century US. | University of Chicago Press | Chicago | Scientific Innovation
History |
PW-4974 | Rene Moreau | The Computer comes of age | 1984 | Given the proliferation of computers and computer-related products, it is difficult to realize that the computer's history is, in fact, a very short one. This book, traces the evolution of the computer from its earliest stored-program stages in the 1940s | Innovation
Computer Programming Computer Science Computer Technology Computers | ||
PW-4347 | Rennsalear Polytechnic Institute | The Centennial Celebration of Rennsalear Polytechnic Institute | 1925 | Proceedings of the centennial celebration, Troy, New York, 3-4 October, 1924. program, addresses, attendees, | Rennsalear Polytechnic Institute | Troy, New York | Education |
PW-2829 | Rens, Jean-Guy | The Invisible Empire: A History of Telecommunications Industry in Canada, 1846-1956 (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001) | 2001 | Rens, Jean-Guy. The Invisible Empire: A History of Telecommunications Industry in Canada, 1846-1956, | McGill-Queen's University Press | Montreal | Telecommunications
History Telegraphs Telephones Radio |
PW-4436 | Renstrom, Arthur G., with Roberta W. Goldblatt, Carl Minkus, and Karen L. Berube | Wilbur & Orville Wright: A Bibliography Commemorating the Hundredth Anniversary of the First Powered Flight, December 17, 1903. | 2002 | Renstrom, Arthur G., comp. Wilbur & Orville Wright: A Bibliography Commemorating the Hundredth Anniversary of the First Powered Flight, December 17, 1903. Monographs in Aerospace History No. 27 (September 2002). Washington, DC: NASA History Office, 2002. | NASA | Washington, DC | Aerial
Aeronautical Engineering Aeronautics Airplanes History |
PW-4435 | Renstrom, Arthur George | Wilbur & Orville Wright: A Reissue of a Chronology Commemorating the Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Orville Wright, August 19, 1871. | 2003 | Renstrom, Arthur George. Wilbur & Orville Wright: A Reissue of a Chronology Commemorating the Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Orville Wright, August 19, 1871. Monographs in Aerospace History No. 32 (September 2003). Washington, DC: NASA History Off | NASA | Washington, DC | Aeronautics
Airplanes Aeronautical Engineering Aerial History |
PW-1789 | Reti, Ladislao and Bern Dibner | Leonardo Da Vinci: Technologist (Norwalk CT: Burndy Library, 1969). | 1969 | Reti, Ladislao and Bern Dibner, Leonardo Da Vinci: Technologist. | Burndy Library | Norwalk CT | Biography |
PW-1788 | Reynolds, Terry S. | 75 Years of Progress: A History of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1908-1983 (New York: American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1983). | 1983 | Reynolds, Terry S. 75 Years of Progress: A History of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1908-1983. | American Institute of Chemical Engineers | New York | History
Chemical Engineering Chemical Industry |
PW-1435 | Rhoads, B. Eric | Blast from the Past: A Pictorial History of Radio's First 75 Years (West Palm Beach, FL: Streamline Publishing, Inc., 1996). | 1996 | Rhoads, B. Eric. Blast from the Past: A Pictorial History of Radio's First 75 Years. | Streamline Publishing, Inc. | West Palm Beach FL | History
Radio |
PW-6434 | Rhodes, Richard | Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr | 2011 | spread spectrum radio, Hedy Lamarr, torpedo, frequency hopping, jamming, | Doubleday | New York | Hedy Lamarr
World War II Communication Technology Military Technological Innovations Torpedo Radio signals |
PW-6044 | Rhodes, Richard ed. | Visions of Technology: A Century of Vital Debate About Machines, Systems, and the Human World | 1999 | A plethora of short, concise articles on various subtopics related to technology, machines, systems, and the culture surrounding them in America from the 1900s to the present. | Simon & Schuster | New York | Technology
History World War II |
PW-6452 | Ribbat, Christoph | Flickering Light: A History of Neon | 2013 | The social and cultural history of neon lighting and neon signs.
The social and cultural history of neon lighting and signs in Manhattan and Las Vegas. |
Reaktion Books Ltd | London | Neon History
Neon Light Neon Signs |
PW-5077 | Richard G. Hewlett and Francis Duncan | Atomic Shield: A history of the United States Atomic Energy Commission | 1990 | This is the second volume of the highly regarded official history of the birth of the atomic age and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) dealing with the years from 1947 through 1952. Atomic Shield, the second volume in a historical series, begins in Janu | Atomic Bomb
Atomic Energy Atomic Energy Commission Government Cold War Innovation Innovators Technological Innovations Technology | ||
PW-5079 | Richard G. Hewlett and Jack M. Holl | Atoms for Peace and War: 1953-1961 | 1989 | Based on highly classified and for the most poart unpublished sources, Atoms for Peace and War provides for the first time a detailed understanding of nuclear policy making at the highest level of the Eisenhower Adminsistration during teh critical year | President
Atomic Energy Atomic Bomb Hydrogen Bomb Government Cold War | ||
PW-5078 | Richard G. Hewlett and Oscar E. Anderson | The New World: A history of the United States Atomic engergy commission | 1962 | This is the highly regarded official history of the birth of the atomic age and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). The foreword states: No other development in our lifetime has been fraught with such consequences for good or evil as has atomic fission. | Atomic Bomb
Atomic Energy Atomic Energy Commission Innovation Innovators Technology World War II | ||
PW-5046 | Richard Rhodes | The making of the atomic bomb | 1986 | The author tells, for the first time, in rich, human, political and scientific detail, the complete story of how teh bomb was developed, from the turn-of-the- century discovery of the vast energy locked inside the atom, to the dropping of the first bombs | Atomic Bomb
Innovation Innovators Technology Weapons Nuclear Weapon | ||
PW-5047 | Richard Rhodes | Dark Sun: The making of the hydrogen bomb | 1995 | In this major work of history, the author tells for the first time the secret story of how and why the hydrogen bomb was made. The book includes the political history of the United States and the Soviet Union and reveals how close the world came to nucl | Hydrogen Bomb
Innovation Innovators Technology History | ||
PW-5043 | Richard Rhodes, ed. | Visions of Technology: From Marconi, Wright and Ford to the thinkers and creators of today and tomorrow: A century of vital debate about machines, systems and the human world | 1999 | The Western world has argued passionately about technology - what it is, where its going, whether its good or bad for us - throughout the twentieth century, even while its inventing it as a ferocious and accelerating rate. This anthology sample that vi | Innovation
Innovators Technology Theory History | ||
PW-5085 | Richard T. Gedney, Ronald Schertler and Frank Gargione | The advanced communications technology satellite: An insiders's account of the emergence of interactive broadband technology in space | 2000 | A insider's look at the creation of the most advanced digital communications satellite of its time that sparked a revolution in the field of communications and helped spawn Ka Band systems such as Spaceway, Astrolink, Euroskyway, and others. Although cre | Satellite Communications
Satellites National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Government Funding Historian History | ||
PW-3973 | Richelson, Jeffrey T. | The Wizards of Langley: Inside the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology | 2001 | Westview Press | Boulder, Colorado | Security
History | |
PW-4363 | Ridenour, Louis N. (Ed.) | Radar System Engineering (Volume 1) | 1947 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Radar
Radiation laboratory (RadLab) Radar systems Engineering | |
PW-1787 | Ridley, Jack B. | Completing the Circuit: A Century of Electrical Education at MSM/UMR (Columbia MO: University of Missouri Press, 1984). | 1984 | Ridley, Jack B. Completing the Circuit: A Century of Electrical Education at MSM/UMR. University of Missouri Rolla, Missouri School of Mines | University of Missouri Press | Columiba MO | History
Education Electrical Engineering |
PW-1380 | Riehl, Nikolaus and Frederick Seitz | Stalin's Captive: Nikolaus Riehl and the Soviet Race for the Bomb (Washington D.C.: American Chemical Society, 1996). | 1996 | Riehl, Nikolaus and Frederick Seitz. Stalin's Captive: Nikolaus Riehl and the Soviet Race for the Bomb. | American Chemical Society | Washington D.C. | History
Nuclear Weapon |
PW-6032 | Rigal, Laura | The American Manufactory: Art, Labor, and the World of Things in the Early Republic | 1998 | Documents the beginnings of American nationalism reflected in art and the culture of the American manufacturing in art. | Princeton University Press | Princeton | Manufacturing
Art |
PW-1763 | Righter, Robert | Wind Energy in America | 1996 | Righter, Robert. Wind Energy in America. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1996. | University of Oklahoma Press | Norman OK | Electrical Engineering
Energy, alternative sources |
PW-1548 | Riordan, Michael, and Lillian Hoddeson | Crystal Fire: The Birth of the Information Age | 1997 | Riordan, Michael, and Lillian Hoddeson. Crystal Fire: The Birth of the Information Age. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 1997. | W. W. Norton | New York | Information Technology
Solid State Information Age |
PW-4015 | Ritchie, David | The Computer Pioneers: The Making of the Modern Computer | 1986 | Simon and Schuster | New York | History
Computers | |
PW-6521 | Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. | The Pony Express: The Collection formed by Thurston Twigg-Smith | 1979 | Catalogue for the auction of The Pony Express: The Collection formed by Thurston Twiggs-Smith held at Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. in New York City on 5 December 2009. | Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. | New York | Pony Express - History |
PW-5076 | Robert Friedel and Paul Israel | Edison's Electric Light: The Art of Invention | 2010 | In September 1878, Thomas Alva Edison brashly—and prematurely—proclaimed his breakthrough invention of a workable electric light. That announcement was followed by many months of intense experimentation that led to the successful completion of his Pearl | Light
Light bulb Innovation Innovators Technology | ||
PW-4995 | Robert Pool | Beyond Engineering: How Society Shapes Technology | 1997 | We have long recognized technology as a driving force behind much historical and cultural change. Now, in Beyond Engineering, science writer Robert Pool turns the question around to examine how society shapes technology. Drawing on such disparate field | Innovation
Innovators Culture Industrial Design | ||
PW-5017 | Robert S. Elliott | Electromagnetics: History, Theory, and Applications | 1991 | A handy reference for engineers and physicists, this IEEE reprinting of the classic text provides a deep, fundamental understanding of electromagnetics. Providing a pertinent historical overview for each chapter, it shows how special relativity is used t | Magnetic Field
History Textbooks | ||
PW-5055 | Robert Slater | Protraits in Silicon | 1987 | Who are the masterminds of today's electronic revolution and what motivated them? That's the question Time correspondent Robert Slater asked as he traveled to Silicon Valley to interview the designers, entrepreneurs, hardware engineers, and software writ | Innovation
Innovators Computer Engineering Computer Industry Computer Programming Computer Technology Computers Biography History | ||
PW-5001 | Robert W. Smith | The Space Telescope: A Study of NASA, science, technology, and politics | 1989 | Robert Smith's The Space Telescope sets the fascinating and disturbing history of this massive venture within the context of 'Big Science'. Launched at a cost of no more than $2 billion, the Space Telescope turned out to be seriously flawed by imperfecti | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Telescope Space Space Programs Space Exploration Government | ||
PW-6529 | Robert, Henry M., and Sarah Corbin Robert, with Henry M. Robert III | The Scott, Foresman Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised | 1990 | Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised.
Ninth Edition. 1990 editon |
Scott, Foresman and Company | Robert's Rules of Order
Parliamentary Practice | |
PW-6164 | Roberts, Gerrylynn K. & Steadman, Philip | American Cities & Technology: Wilderness to Wired City | 1999 | A history of American cities and the technology behind the wiring and electrification of the US urban landscape. | Routledge | New York | Cities
Technology History |
PW-1117 | Robinson, Jack Fay | Bell & Howell Company: A 75-Year History | 1982 | Robinson, Jack Fay. Bell & Howell Company: A 75-Year History. Chicago: Bell & Howell Company, 1982. | Bell & Howell Company | Chicago | Chronology/Timeline
History Anniversary |
OB-678 | Robison, S.S. | Manual of Wireless Telegraphy for the Use of Naval Electricians, 1915 | Manual of Wireless Telegraphy (Radio) for the Use of Naval Electricians, 1915, Commander S.S. Robison, US Navy, The United States Naval Institute, 1915 | Wireless
Wireless communications Telegraphy Manual | |||
PW-1807 | Rochester Engineering Society | Century of Engineering in Rochester, 1897-1997 | 1997 | Rochester Engineering Society. Century of Engineering in Rochester, 1897-1997. Rochester, NY: Rochester Engineering Society, 1997. | Rochester Engineering Society | Rochester NY | Centennial
History Engineering |
PW-2549 | Rockwell, Theodore | Rickover Effect: How One Man Made A Difference | 2002 | Rockwell, Theodore. Rickover Effect: How One Man Made A Difference. Annapolis, MD: Reprint Edition, Autographed with Dedication by the Author. | Naval Institute Press | Annapolis MD | Biography
Navy, U.S. Nuclear Power |
PW-3581 | Rockwell, Theodore | Creating the New World: Stories & Images from the Dawn of the Atomic Age | 2004 | Rockwell, Theodore. Creating the New World: Stories & Images from the Dawn of the Atomic Age. Bloomington IN: 1st Books Library, 2004. Autographed, with dedication by the Author. | 1st Books Library | Bloomington IN | Atomic Energy
Manhattan Project History Nuclear Power |
PW-839 | Rockwell, Theodore | Rickover Effect: How One Man Made A Difference | 1992 | Rockwell, Theodore. Rickover Effect: How One Man Made A Difference. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1992. | Naval Institute Press | Annapolis MD | Biography
Navy, U.S. Nuclear Power |
PW-3985 | Roddle, John,Loren Butler et.al (compilers) | Sources in Electrical History 3: An International Guide to Corporate Records and Archives of Companies in the Electrical, Electronics, and Computer Industries | 1995 | IEEE Center for the History of Electrical Engineering | New York | History
Bibliography | |
PW-3925 | Rodgers, William | Think: A Biography of the Watsons and IBM | 1969 | Rodgers, William. A Biography of the Watsons and IBM. New York: Signet, 1969. | Signet | New York | International Business Machines (IBM)
Biography |
PW-6199 | Roe, Kathleen D. - | Arranging and Describing Archives and Manuscripts | 2005 | SAA recommende book on its topic. Designed for both reference use and text use. Contains both discussion of theoretical issues and practical techniques. | Society of American Archivists | Chicago | Archives |
PW-6012 | Rogers, Everett M. & Larsen, Judith K. | Silicon Valley Fever: Growth of High-Technology Culture | 1984 | The history and culture surrounding Silicon Valley. | Basic Books, Inc. | New York | Silicon Valley
Microelectronics Semiconductors History Apple Computer Co. |
PW-1786 | Röhl, Juan | Ricardo Zuloaga | 1978 | Röhl, Juan, Ricardo Zuloaga (1867-1932). 1978. English Translation of 1963 Spanish original. Venezuelan Power Engineer. Venezuela. | none listed | Caracas, Venezuela. | Biography |
PW-618 | Rohl, Juan, Ricardo Zuloaga | C. A. La Electricidad de Caracas | 1978 | Rohl, Juan. Ricardo Zuloaga. Caracas: C. A. La Electricidad de Caracas, 1978. | C. A. La Electricidad de Caracas | Caracas | Power Distribution |
PW-5086 | Roland, Alex | Strategic Computing: DARPA and the quest for macine intelligence, 1983-1993 | 2002 | This is the story of the effort by the U.S. Department of Defense to hasten the advent of machines that think. From 1983 to 1993, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) spent an extra $1 billion on computer research aimed at achieving ar | Government
Computer Engineering Computer Industry Computer Programming Computer Science Computer Software Computer Technology Computers Government Artificial Intelligence | ||
PW-4353 | Rolph, P. M. ed. | Fifty Years of the Cavity Magnetron | 1990 | Proceedings of a one day Symposium, 21 February 1990 | School of Physics and Space Research, University of Birmingham | Birmingham, England | .Magnetrons |
PW-6637 | Romer, Alfred | The Restless Atom: The Awakening of Nuclear Physics | 1982 | This edition is a slightly revised version of the work originally published in 1960. The book focuses on the evolution of the concept of the atom, beginning with Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen's discovery of X-rays and ending with Niels Bohr's new model of the a | Dover Publications, Inc. | New York | Nuclear Physics
Radioactivity Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen Niels Bohr Ernst Rutherford Marie Curie Pierre Curie Henri Bequerel Kasimir Fajans Frederick Soddy William Crookes |
PW-5083 | Rosalind Williams | Notes on the Underground: An essay on Technology, Society, and the Imagination | 1990 | The underground has always played a prominent role in human imaginings, both as a place of refuge and as a source of fear. In a work that masterfully combines the study of technology and study of literature, the author argues that the subterranean envir | Images
Symbol Symbolism Culture | ||
PW-1568 | Rosenberg, Nathan | Inside the Black Box: Technology and Economics | 1982 | Rosenberg, Nathan, Inside the Black Box: Technology and Economics. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1982. | Cambridge University Press | New York | Economics
Technology |
PW-4384 | Rosenberg, Robert | Academic Physics and the Origins of Electrical Engineering in America | 1990 | Doctoral Dissertation | The Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD |
History Electrical Engineering Electrical Engineers Physics Physicists Education |
PW-5162 | Rosenblith, Walter A. ed. | Jerry Wiesner: Scientist, Statesman, Humanist: Memories and Memoirs | 2003 | An autobiographical and biographical discussion of the life of MIT president, Jerry Wiesner | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Policy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Electrical Engineers |
PW-4239 | Rosol, Christoph | RFID: Vom Ursprung einer (all)gegenwärtigen Kulturtechnologie | 2007 | In German
RFID: From the origin of (all) current culture technology |
Kulturverlag Kadmos | Berlin, Germany | Radio |
PW-1853 | Ross, Ian M. | The Transistor: Dawn of a New Era | 1997 | Ross, Ian M. The Transistor: Dawn of a New Era. New Jersey: Lucent Technologies, 1997. | Lucent Technologies | New Jersey | Transistor
History AT&T Bell Laboratories Transistor |
PW-6098 | Roth, Williard, Lockwood, E.H., & Woodson, J.C. | Electric Heating | 1933 & 1939 | Made up of two sections: Electric Heating & Electric Furnaces. Detailed information about how both operate and function. | International Textbook Press | Scranton, PA | Electric Devices |
PW-6099 | Rothe, R., Ollendorff, F, & Pohlhausen, K. eds. | Theory of Functions as Applied to Engineering Problems | 1942 | An instructional book on mathematical fundamentals, applications, and functions relating to electrical engineering. | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Engineering
Mathematics |
PW-4335 | Rothenberg, Marc | The History of Science and Technology in the United States: A Critical and Selective Bibliography | 1982 | Rothenberg, Marc, The History of Science and Technology in the United States: A Critical and Selective Bibliography. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., .
This is volume I. We also hold volume 2 (1993) |
Garland | New York | History
Technology Bibliography |
PW-624 | Rothenberg, Marc | The History of Science and Technology in the United States: A Critical and Selective Bibliography | 1993 | Rothenberg, Marc, The History of Science and Technology in the United States: A Critical and Selective Bibliography, Volume II. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1993. | Garland | New York | History
Technology Bibliography |
PW-825 | Rouvière, J., and R. Chapuis | Rapport de Mission aux Etats-Unis et au Canada | Rouvière, J., and R. Chapuis, Rapport de Mission aux Etats-Unis et au Canada . Unpublished report of CCITT, 1958 (61pp).
Gift 97-11 |
Communication Telecommunications American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) | |||
PW-1649 | Rowbottom, Margaret, and Charles Susskind | Electricity and Medicine: History of Their Interactions | 1984 | Rowbottom, Margaret, and Charles Susskind. Electricity and Medicine: History of Their Interactions. San Francisco: San Francisco Press, 1984. | San Francisco Press | San Francisco | Chronology/Timeline
History Electricity Medicine |
PW-3877 | Rowen, Henry S., Hancock and Miller | Making IT: The Rise of Asia in High Tech | 2007 | Rowen, Henry S., Marguerite Gong Hancock and William F. Miller. Making IT: The Rise of Asia in High Tech. Palo Alto CA: Stanford University Press, 2007. | Stanford University Press | Palo Alto CA | History
Information Technology |
PW-6477 | Rowen, Henry S., Marguerite Gong Hancock, and William F. Miller, eds. | Making It: The Rise of Asia in High Tech | 2007 | This book, the product of international collaboration, focuses on the information technology industry in Asia, including: Japan; Seoul, South Korea; Singapore; Bangalore, India; Beijing, China; and Hsinchu, Taiwan. | Stanford University Press | Stanford, CA | High Technology Industries - Asia
Information Technology - economic aspects - Asia |
PW-3955 | Royal Society of Edinburgh | Celebrating the Achievements and Legacy of James Clerk Maxwell | 2009 | Proceedings of the Conference marking the unveiling of the Clerk Maxwell Statue | Royal Society of Edinburgh | Edinburgh, Scotland | Biography |
PW-4334 | Roysdon, Christine and Khatri, Linda A. | American Engineers of the Nineteenth Century | 1978 | Alphabetical list of 19th century American engineers, with 1-2 sentence descriptions, and references to the source of the information in a 19th century periodical | Garland | New York | Biography
Engineers |
PW-2261 | Rumerman, Judy A. | U.S. Human Spaceflight: A Record of Achievement, 1961-1998 | 1998 | Rumerman, Judy A. U.S. Human Spaceflight: A Record of Achievement, 1961-1998. Washington, DC: NASA History Division, 1998. | NASA | Washington, DC | Aerospace
Space Programs History National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
PW-2586 | Rumerman, Judy A. | NASA Historical Data Book, Volume VI | 2000 | Rumerman, Judy A. NASA Historical Data Book, Volume VI. Washington D.C.: NASA, 2000 | NASA | Washington D.C. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Aeronautics Research and Development (R&D) Spacecraft Design Space Exploration Systems Engineering |
PW-4441 | Rumerman, Judy A. | NASA Historical Data Book, Volume V: NASA Launch Systems, Space Transportation, Human Spaceflight, and Space Science 1979-1988 | 1999 | Rumerman, Judy A. NASA Historical Data Book, Volume V: NASA Launch Systems, Space Transportation, Human Spaceflight, and Space Science 1979-1988. Washington, DC: NASA History Office, 1999. | NASA | Washington, DC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Space Exploration Space Programs Space Shuttle Space Astronomy Aerospace |
PW-6491 | Runes, Dagobert D., ed. | The Diary and Sundry Observations of Thomas Alva Edison | 1968 | This book includes the diary Thomas Edison kept while courting his second wife, Mina Miller, in July 1885; an autobiographical essay, and Edison's writings covering such topics as motion pictures and the arts; war and peace; education and work; Thomas Pa | Greenwood Press Publishers | Westport, CT | Thomas A. Edison |
PW-5145 | Russell, Andrew L. | Open Standards and the Digital Age: History, Ideology, and Networks | 04/28/2014 | Russell, Andrew L. Open Standards and the Digital Age: History, Ideology,and Networks. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014) | Cambridge University Press | New York | Standards
Government Economics |
PW-1340 | Russell, W.H. | The Atlantic Telegraph | 1965 | Russell, W.H. The Atlantic Telegraph. London: Day & Son, 1865
Note the date of the book after the failure of the original 1858 cable and shortly before the laying of the successful 1865 cable. Since the volume is in poor condition, it is being ho |
Day & Son | London | Telegraph
History Transatlantic Cable Transatlantic Communication |
PW-2413 | Russo, Arthur | ESA's Scientific Programme Towards theTurn of the Century | 1999 | Russo, Arthur. ESA's Scientific Programme Towards the Turn of the Century. Netherlands: European Space Agency, 1999. | ESA Publications | Netherlands | Aerospace
Space Programs |
PW-2281 | Russo, Arturo | Third Phase of the Telecommunications Programme ECS, Marecs and Olympus | 1998 | Russo, Arturo. Third Phase of the Telecommunications Programme ECS: Marecs and Olympus. Netherlands: European Space Agency, 1998. | European Space Agency | Netherlands | Chronology/Timeline
Telecommunications |
PW-4345 | Rutgers College | Rutgers College: The Celebration of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of its Founding As Queens College 1766-1916 | 1917 | Proceedings of the Celebration of Rutger's Sesquicentennial. Includes history, addresses, paegents. Illustrated | Rutgers College | New Brunswick, NJ | Education
Rutgers College Queen's College |
PW-1067 | Rutland, David | Why Computers are Computers: The SWAC and the PC | 1995 | Rutland, David, Why Computers are Computers: The SWAC and the PC. Philomath, OR: Wren Publishers, 1995. | Wren Publishing | Philomath OR | History
Computers |
PW-876 | Rutland, David | Behind the Front Panel: The Design and Development of 1920s Radios | 1994 | Rutland, David. Behind the Front Panel: The Design and Development of 1920s Radios. Philomath, OR: Wren Publishers, 1994. | Wren Publishers | Philomath OR | Radio
engineering Radio Design History |
PW-1073 | Ryder, John D. and Donald G. Fink | Engineers and Electrons: A Century of Electrical Progress | 1984 | Ryder, John D. and Donald G. Fink, Engineers and Electrons: A Century of Electrical Progress. 1984. | History
Electron Engineers Electricity | ||
PW-4359 | Saafeld, Fred E., ed. | Forty Years of Excellence in Support of Naval Science. Office of Naval Research | 1986 | A collection of papers in various relevant fields supported by the Office of Naval Research | Office of Naval Research, Department of the Navy | Arlington, VA | Navy, U.S.
Research |
PW-2221 | Saez, Raul. | Hombre del Siglo XX, TOMO I | 1994 | Saez, Raul., Hombre del Siglo XX, TOMO I (Chile: Dolmen Mundo Abierto, 1994) | Dolmen | Santiago, Chile | History |
PW-2222 | Saez, Raul. | Hombre del Siglo XX | 1994 | Saez, Raul., Hombre del Siglo XX, TOMO 2 (Chile: Dolmen,1994). | Dolmen | Santiago, Chile | History |
PW-2424 | Sanderson, C.H. | Relay Handbook and Supplement | Sanderson, C.H., Relay Handbook and Supplement. National Electric Light Association, 1931. | National Electric Light Association | relay
Electric Light Guide Book | ||
PW-1281 | Sapolsky, Harvey M. | Science and the Navy: The History of the Office of Naval Research | 1990 | Sapolsky, Harvey M., Science and the Navy: The History of the Office of Naval Research (Princeton: Princeton University Press,1990) | Princeton University Press | Princeton, NJ | Research
Research Facility Navy, U.S. History |
PW-3801 | Sarker, Tapan K., et al | History of Wireless | 2006 | Sarker, Tapan K.; Mailloux, Robert J.; Oliner, Arthur A.; Salazar-Palma, Magdalena; Sengupta, Dipak L. History of Wireless. Wiley Series in Microwave and Optical Engineering (Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and sons, 2006) | Wiley | New York | Wireless telegraphy
History |
PW-6082 | Sarnoff, David | Looking Ahead: The Papers of David Sarnoff | 1968 | A vast array of essays and papers by David Sarnoff on radio, technology, communications, and television and how they will impact present (1920s) and future generations. | McGraw-Hill | New York | Radio
Wireless communications Radio Broadcasting Radio Corporation of America (RCA) Television Communication Communication Technology Technology |
PW-4361 | Sato, Gentei | Professor Chen-To Tai and I | 2000 | English Translation | Sougou Electronics Press | Tokyo | Japan
Antennas Antennas and Propogation Society, IEEE Electromagnetics |
PW-4362 | Sato, Gentei | Professor Chen-To Tai and I | 2000 | In Japanese. See PW-4361 for English Translation | Sougou Electronics Press | Tokyo | Japan
Antennas Antennas and Propogation Society, IEEE Electromagnetics |
PW-632 | Saxby, Stephen | The Age of Information: The Past Development and Future Significance of Computing and Communications | 1990 | Saxby, Stephen, The Age of Information: The Past Development and Future Significance of Computing and Communications. New York: New York University Press, 1990. | New York University Press | New York | Computing
Communication History Information Age |
PW-6 | Saxenian, Annalee | Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128 | 1994 | Saxenian, Annalee, Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1994. | Harvard University Press | Cambridge, MA |
Silicon Valley History Computing Computers |
PW-1280 | Schallenberg, Richard H. | Bottled Energy: Electrical Engineering and the Evolution of Chemical Energy Storage | 1982 | Schallenberg, Richard H., Bottled Energy: Electrical Engineering and the Evolution of Chemical Energy Storage. 1982 | American Philosphical Society | Philadelphia | Batteries
Chemistry |
PW-1059 | Schiffer, Michael Brian | Taking Charge: The Electric Automobile in America | 1994 | Automobile - Electric
Automobile Industry Electric Devices | |||
PW-4962 | Schiffer, Michael Brian | Power Struggles: Scientific Authority and the Creation of Practical Electricty Before Edison | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Electricity | ||
PW-6210 | Schiffer, Michael Brian | Draw the Lightning Down: Benjamin Franklin and Electrical Technology in the Age of Enlightenment | 2003 | Historical analysis of eighteenth-century electrical technologies in Europe and U.S. | University of California Press | Berkeley | Electricity - History - 18th c. |
PW-637 | Schiffer, Michael Brian | The Portable Radio in American Life | 1992 | Schiffer, Michael Brian, The Portable Radio in American Life. Tuscon, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1992.
Review appeared in NL 36; Includes summaries of the development of electromagnetic theory, early radio; work of Maxwell, Hertz, Tesla, Marconi |
Radio
Transistor tubes | ||
PW-1248 | Schlabach and Rider | Printed and Integrated Circuitry: Materials and Processes | Schlabach and Rider, Printed and Integrated Circuitry: Materials and Processes. 1963
Part of the Slate gift (#96-01) 1963 |
Circuitry
Circuit | |||
PW-6587 | Schlereth, Thomas J. | Victorian America: Transformations in Everyday Life, 1876-1915 | 1991 | In the years between the Civil War and World War I, the United States experienced tremendous political, technological, economic, and demographic change. The way most Americans lived, worked, and played as it transitioned into a modern, urban, and indus | HarperCollins Publishers | New York | United States - social life and customs
History World's Fairs Centennial Exposition Columbian Exposition Panama- Pacific Exposition Technological Innovations |
PW-5154 | Schlesinger, Henry | The Battery: How Portable Power Sparked a Technological Revolution | 2010 | The history and development of batteries | Harper Collins Publishers | New York | Power
Batteries Storage |
PW-6519 | Schlichting, Kurt C. | Grand Central's Engineer: William J. Wilgus and the Planning of Modern Manhattan | 2012 | This is both a biography of civil engineer, William John Wilgus (1865-1949), and a history of the planning and construction of Grand Central Terminal in New York City. It also contains information about New York Metropolitan Area transportation, includi | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | William J. Wilgus
Grand Central Terminal (New York) Civil engineers - United States - biography Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) - Buildings and structures - History - 20th Century Transportation Engineering - New York Metropolitan Area Railroad Mass tr |
PW-6518 | Schmidt Horning, Susan | Chasing Sound: Technology, Culture, and the Art of Studio Recording from Edison to the LP | The author traces the cultural and technological evolution of recording studios in the United States from the first practical devices to the modern multi-track studios of the analog era. | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | Sound recording - Production and direction - history
Popular music - Production and direction - history Sound recording industry - History Sound - Recording and reproducing - History Sound studios - History Society of Motion Picture Engineers Phono | |
PW-1864 | Schmidt, Susanne and Raymund Werle | Coordinating Technology: Studies in the International Standardization of Telecommunications (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1998). | 1997 | Schmidt, Susanne and Raymund Werle, Coordinating Technology: Studies in the International Standardization of Telecommunications. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1997.
3 case studies: fax, videotex, email. |
MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Communication
Facsimile e-mail Telecommunications |
PW-2465 | Schmidt-Hennigker, Frierich | Elektrotechnikers Literariches Ausfunftsbuch | 1903 | Schmidt-Hennigker, Frierich, Elektrotechnikers Literariches Ausfunftsbuch. Leipzig: Verlag von Oskar Leiner, 1903 | Oskar Leiner | Leigpzig | Electrical Engineers
Electrical Engineering |
PW-3979 | Schneider, Janet M and Bayla Singer (editors) | Blueprint for Change: The Life and Times of Lewis H. Latimer | 1995 | Biography of a pioneering African-American engineer. Done in conjunction with an exhibit at the Queensborough Public Library. | Queens Borough Public Library | New York | Biography
Electrical Engineers Electric Light Engineers, African-American |
PW-6463 | Schneider, Janet M., Bayla Singer, Asa J. Davis, Kenneth R. Manning | Blueprint for Change: The Life and Times of Lewis H. Latimer | 1995 | Biography of the inventor Lewis Howard Latimer (1848-1928) | Queens Borough Public Library | New York | Lewis H. Latimer
Inventors |
PW-642 | Schurr, Sam H., Calvin C. Burwell, Warren D. Devine, Jr., and Sidney Sonenblum | Electricity in the American Economy: Agent of Technological Progress | 1990 | Schurr, Sam H., Calvin C. Burwell, Warren D. Devine, Jr., and Sidney Sonenblum, Electricity in the American Economy: Agent of Technological Progress. Contributions in Economics and Economic History 117. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press and Electric Power | Power Industry
History Power Distribution | ||
PW-5986 | Schwartz, Evan I. | The Last Lone Inventor: A Tale of Genius, Deceit, and the Birth of Television | 2002 | A partial biography of Philo T. Farnsworth who claimed to be the father of television. A history of television invention and inventors in the US. | HarperCollins | New York | Television
History |
PW-6171 | Science Museum | The Science Museum | 1988 | A guidebook to different important milestones located and displayed in the Science Museum in London in the following categories: Science, Society, Industry, and Museum. | Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd. | Leicester | Museums |
PW-3 | Scott, Otto J. | The Creative Ordeal: The Story of Raytheon | 1974 | Scott, Otto J., The Creative Ordeal: The Story of Raytheon (New York: Atheneum, 1974). | Atheneneum | New York | History |
PW-1624 | Seamans, Robert C., Jr. | Aiming at Targets: The Autobiography of Robert C. Seamans, Jr | 1996 | Seamans, Robert C., Jr., Aiming at Targets: The Autobiography of Robert C. Seamans, Jr. Washington DC: NASA History Office, 1996. | NASA History Office | Washington, DC | History
Autobiography |
PW-4427 | Seamans, Robert C., Jr. | Project Apollo: The Tough Decisions | 2005 | Seamans, Robert C., Jr. Project Apollo: The Tough Decisions, Monographs in Aerospace History No. 37. Washington, DC: NASA History Division, 2005. | NASA | Washington, DC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Space Programs Space Exploration History Aerospace |
PW-5075 | Sean McCutcheon | Electric Rivers: The story of the James Bay Project | 1991 | Electric Rivers explores the natural and human history of the James Bay project; probes the political and financial interests behind it; explains the technology by which diverts rivers and converts them into electric power; describes the repercussions | Hydroelectricity
Dam Environment Canada Power | ||
PW-4330 | Sears, John E. ed. | Who's Who in Engineering, 1920 | 1920 | Compendium Publishing | London | Electrical Engineering
Biography | |
PW-1876 | Sebesta, Lorenza | Spacelab in Context | 1997 | Sebesta, Lorenza, Spacelab in Context (The Netherlands: ESA Publications Division, October 1997) | European Space Agency | Aerospace
Satellites Space Station | |
OB-690 | Secor, H.W | Wireless Course, 1912 | FRAGILE Wireless Course in Twenty Lessons by H.W. Secor, S. Gernsback, A. Lescarboura | Education
Wireless Wireless communications | |||
PW-1632 | Seifer, Marc | Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla | 1996 | Seifer, Marc, Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla (Secaucus, NJ: Carol Publishing, 1996) | Carol | Seacaucus, NJ | Electric Power
Electrotechnology Biography |
PW-2632 | Semmens, Peter | Shinkansen: The World's Busiest High-Speed Railway | 1997 | Semmens, Peter, Shinkansen: The World's Busiest High-Speed Railway (England: Platform 5 Publishing, Sheffield, England, 1997)
Book about the Tokaido Shinkansen--history and technology. |
Platform 5 Publishing | Sheffield, England | Japan
Milestone Transportation Railroad |
PW-4321 | Serbia | The Electrification of Serbia 1893-1941 | 1979 | In Serbian. Illustrated. | Office of Hydroelectric Distribution of Serbia | Belgrade | Electrification |
PW-4322 | Serbia | Electrotechnology in the Socialist Republic of Serbia | n.d. circa 1979 | In Serbian. Illustrated. | Union fo the Advancement of Electrotechnology.ew | Belgrade | Electrification
Power |
PW-4238 | Serchinger, Reinhard W. | Walter Schottky: Atomtheoretiker und Elektrotechniker | 2008 | in German
Walter Schottky—Atomic theorist and electrical engineer Biography of the leading German industrial physicist of the 20th Century. |
GNT-Verlag | Germany | Physicists
Electrical Engineers |
PW-5010 | Sergio Verdu and Steven McLaughlin, ed. | Information Theory: 50 Years of Discovery | 2000 | A collection of tutorial and retrospective papers on key subjects from communications, signal processing, computer science, probability and statistics and, of course, information theory. | Communication
Communications Society, IEEE Communication Technology | ||
PW-6460 | Shamir, Ronen | Current Flow: The Electrification of Palestine | 2013 | This book examines the history of electrification of British-rules Palestine in the 1920s, as it marked, affirmed, and produced soical, political, and economic differences between Arabs and Jews. The author reveals how electrification was central in asse | Stanford University Press | Stanford, California | Electrification - Palestine - History - 20th century
Electrification - social aspects Jewish-Arab relations Palestine - social conditions Sociology of technology |
PW-4417 | Shanklin, James R. | Leading Antenna Engineer: John Pack Shanklin | 2010 | Biography of John P. Shanklin, by his son. Privately Printed | Privately Printed | Biography
Antennas | |
PW-3958 | Shannon, Claude E. | Claude E. Shannon: The Collected Papers | 1992 | Shannon, Claude E., Claude E. Shannon: The Collected Papers. Editors N. J. A. Sloane, and A. D. Wyner. New York: IEEE Press, 1992. Copy #2 | History
Paper | ||
PW-648 | Shannon, Claude E. | Claude E. Shannon: The Collected Papers | 1992 | Shannon, Claude E., Claude E. Shannon: The Collected Papers. Editors N. J. A. Sloane, and A. D. Wyner. New York: IEEE Press, 1992. | IEEE Press | New York |
History |
PW-1246 | Shannon, Claude E. and Warren Weaver | The Mathematical Theory of Communication | 1949 | Shannon and Weaver, The Mathematical Theory of Communication. 1949
Part of the Slate gift (#96-01) 1949 |
University of Illinois Press | Urbana | Mathematics
Communication |
PW-2040 | Shapiro, David E. | Old Electrical Wiring Maintenance and Retrofit (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998). | 1998 | Shapiro, David E., Old Electrical Wiring Maintenance and Retrofit. | McGraw-Hill | New York | History
Wiring Guide Book |
PW-654f5 | Sharma, Dinesh C. | The Outsourcer: The Story of India's IT Revolution | 2015 | A history of India's information technology industry.
The first edition was published in India in 2009 as The Long Revolution: The Birth and Growth of India's IT Industry. |
MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Computer Software Industry
Information Technology India IBM Outsourcing |
PW-4329 | Shaw, Ralph R. | Engineering Books Available in American Prior to 1830 | 1933 | New York Public Library | New York | Book
Bibliography | |
PW-5045 | Sherry Turkle | Simulation and Its Discontents | 2009 | Over the past twenty years, the technologies of simulation and visualization have changed our ways of looking at the world. In Simulation and Its Discontents, the author examines the now dominant medium of our working lives and finds that simulation ha | Simulation
Technological Innovations Technology History Experiment | ||
PW-1111 | Shiers, George | Bibliogrpahy of the History of Electronics | 1972 | Shiers, George, Bibliogrpahy of the History of Electronics. Scarecrow Press, 1972.
The Center only has a photocopy of this in a black binder |
Scarecrow Press | Metuchen, NJ | Chronology/Timeline
History Bibliography |
PW-4336 | Shiers, George | Early Television: A Bibliographic Guide to 1040 | 1997 | The Center only has a photocopy of this in a blue binder | Garland | New York | Chronology/Timeline
History Bibliography |
PW-1775 | Shive, John N. | The Properties, Physics, and Design of Semiconductor Devices | 1959 | Shive, John N., The Properties, Physics, and Design of Semiconductor Devices, 1959. | Van Nostrand | New York | Semiconductors
Design |
PW-4154 | Shive, John N. | The Properties, Physics, and Design of Semiconductor Devices | 1959 | D, Van Nostrand Company | New York | Semiconductors | |
PW-1774 | Shockley, William | Electrons and Holes in Semiconductors With Applications To Transistor Electronic | 1950 | Shockley, William, Electrons and Holes in Semiconductors With Applications To Transistor Electronic. 1950 | Van Nostrand | New York | Semiconductors
Transistor |
PW-4165 | Shockley, William | Electrons and Holes in Semiconductors | 1950 | D. Van Nostrand Company | London | Semiconductors | |
PW-4012 | Shostak, Arnold (Editor) | 40th Anniversary of the Joint Services Electronics Program | 1985 | ANSER | Arlington, VA | Anniversary
History Joint Services Electronics Program (JSEP) | |
PW-6651 | Shulman, Peter A. | Coal & Empire: THe Birth of Energy Security in Industrial America | 2015 | The author reveals how the extraction and use of coal was intertwined with domestic and international politics, economics, and world trade, and innovations in science, mathematics, and tehnology. Focuses on the nineteenth century. | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | Coal
Energy policy Industrialization United States Navy, U.S. Security Trade |
PW-2640 | Siddiqi, Asif A. | Challenge to Apollo: The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945-1974 | 2000 | Siddiqi, Asif A., Challenge to Apollo: The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945-1974. Washington D.C.: NASA History Division, 2000. | NASA | Washington, DC |
History Space Programs Soviet Union (USSR) |
PW-4434 | Siddiqi, Asif A. | Deep Space Chronicle: A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes 1958-2000 | 2002 | Siddiqi, Asif A. Deep Space Chronicle: A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes 1958-2000, Monographs in Aerospace History No. 24 (June 2002). Washington, DC: NASA History Office, 2002. | NASA | Washington, DC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Space Exploration Spacecraft Design Space Satellites Robotics |
PW-5012 | Sidney. Millman, ed. | A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System (1925-1980), Volume 4 Physical Sciences. | 1983 | History of research in the physical sciences at Bell Telephone Laboratories. Volume 4 of a 7 volume series. Sampling of research topics covered - magnetic resonance, transistors, lasers, ion beams, and plasmas. 1925-1980 | Bell System
Semiconductors Polymers Superconductivity X-Ray Plasma | ||
PW-6187 | Siemens | 150 Jahre Siemens | 1997 | 150 years of Siemens from 1847-1997. | Siemens | Germany | History |
PW-5038 | Siemens Museum | Face to Face With Engineering | 1982 | The Siemens Museum in Munich, Germany is located at the former site of the Bavarian Parliament. In the museum's historical section, visitors are greeted by major technical achievements dating from the time of the firm's founder, Werner Siemens. For exa | Innovation
Innovators Museums | ||
PW-1784 | Siemens, Georg | Geschichte des Hauses Siemens III: die Dämonie des Staates, 1922-1945 | 1952 | Siemens, Georg, Geschichte des Hauses Siemens III: die Dämonie des Staates, 1922-1945. 1952 | Verlag Karl Alber Freiberg | Munich | History |
PW-5119 | Sigfrid von Weiher and Herbert Goetzeler | The Siemens Company: Its Historical Role in the Progress of Electrical Engineering 1847-1980 | 1977 | Dr. Sigfrid von Weiher, chief archivist and head of the department of business history at the Werner von Siemens Institute, has undertaken to write a concise history of the Siemens company on the basis of the comprehensive material available in the archi | Electrical Engineers
Electricity Innovation Technology History | ||
PW-6686 | Signal Corps, U.S. Army | The Principles Underlying Radio Communication. | 1922 | This is the second edition. Revised to May 24, 1921.
Readio Communication Pamphlet No. 40. Prepared by the Bureau of Standards. In 1918, the first edition was prepared by the Bureau of Standards under the direction of the Training Section of the Off |
Government Printing Office | Washington, D.C. | Textbooks
Communication Radio U. S. Army Signal Corps Electricity Batteries Transmission Transmitters Receivers Tubes, electron Radio Telephony |
PW-1250 | Silver, Samuel | Microwave Antenna Theory and Design | Silver, Samuel, Microwave Antenna Theory and Design. 1947 (1964 ed.)
Part of the Slate gift (#96-01) 1947 (1964 ed.) |
Antennas
Microwaves | |||
PW-4374 | Silver, Samuel (Ed.) | Microwave Antenna Theory and Design (Volume 12) | 1964 | Boston Technical Publishers | Lexington, Massachusetts | Radiation laboratory (RadLab)
Radar Microwave Radar Microwaves Antennas | |
PW-3539 | Silverman, Kenneth | Lightning Man: The Accursed Life of Samuel F. B. Morse ( New york: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003) | 2003 | Silverman, Kenneth, Lightning Man: The Accursed Life of Samuel F. B. Morse
Biography of Morse |
Alfred A. Knopf | New Yorl | Biography |
PW-4976 | Simon Nora and Alain Minc | The Computerization of Society | 1980 | First published in 1978 as a report to France's president this book became a best-seller abroad and the cause of instantaneous and widespread public discussion. When the Industrial Revolution was beginning, few people realized the importance of what was | Computer Engineering
Computer Industry Computer Programming Computer Science Computer Software Computer Technology Computers | ||
PW-3542 | Simon, Linda | Dark Light: Electricity and Anxiety from the Telegraph to the X-Ray Orlando ( FL: Harcourt Books, 2004). | 2004 | Simon, Linda. Dark Light: Electricity and Anxiety from the Telegraph to the X-Ray. | Harcourt | Orlando, FL | Alternating Current (AC)
Appliances Arc Lighting Civil War Communication Electricity Incandescent light Magnetism Phonograph Photography Telegraphs Telephones Western Union X-Ray |
PW-5983 | Simpson, Thomas K. | Maxwell on the Electromagnetic Field: A Guided Study | 1997 | James Clark Maxwell's three papers in mathematical physics (1855-1864) on the theory of the electromagnetic field. | Rutgers University Press | New Brunswick, NJ | Electromagnetic Field
Physics Mathematics Faraday's Law |
PW-5090 | Simson L. Garfinkel | Architects of the Information Society: Thirty-Five Years of the Laboratory for Computer Science at MIT | 1999 | The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Laboratory for Computer Science (LCS) has been responsible for some of the most significant technological achievements of the past few decades. Much of the hardware and software driving the information revoluti | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Computer Programming Computer Science Computer Technology Computers History Technology | ||
PW-1782 | Sinclair, Bruce | Centennial History of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, A: 1880-1980 | 1980 | Sinclair, Bruce, Centennial History of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, A: 1880-1980 (Toronto: University of Toronto press, 1980). | University of Toronto Press | Toronto | American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Centennial History |
PW-6617 | Singer, Charles; E.J. Holmyard, A.R. Hall, and Trevor I. Williams | A History of Technology. Volume IV, The Industrial Revolution, c. 1750 - c. 1850 | 1958 | Oxford University Press | New York and London | ||
PW-6615 | Singer, Charles; E.J. Holmyard, A.R. Hall, and Trevor I. Williams, editors | A History of Technology. Volume II, The Mediterranean Civilizations and the Middle Ages, c. 700 B.C. to c. A.D. 1500 | 1956 | Oxford University Press | New York and London | ||
PW-6616 | Singer, Charles; E.J. Holmyard, A.R. Hall, and Trevor I. Williams, editors | A History of Technology. Volume III, From the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution, c. 1500 - c. 1750 | 1957 | Oxford University Press | New York and London | ||
PW-6618 | Singer, Charles; E.J. Holmyard, A.R. Hall, and Trevor I. Williams, editors | A History of Technology. Volume V, The Late Nineteenth Century, c. 1850-c. 1900 | 1958 | Oxford University Press | New York and London | ||
PW-6614 | Singer, Charles; E.J. Holmyard, and A.R. Hall, editors | A History of Technology. Volume I, From Early Times to the Fall of Ancient Empires | 1954 | Volume I of the multi-volume A History of Technology. | Oxford University Press | New York | |
PW-5054 | Sir Eric Eastwood, ed. | Wireless Telegraphy: The Royal Institution of Library of Science | 1974 | The present volume brings together a number of lectures presented at The Royal Institution during the years 1857 to 1932 which describe important advances in science and practice of electrical communications. All these discourses were given by men of di | Telegraphy
Innovation Innovators Wireless communications | ||
PW-3674 | Sisler, Robert F. | Long Island's Contribution to the Development of Radio & TV | Sisler, Robert F., Long Island's Contribution to the Development of Radio & TV, 2002, Robert Sisler
History of radio and television experiments which were done on Long Island by Tesla, Armstrong, Marconi, Beverage, et al, especially at Rocky Point |
Self-published | History
Radio Television | ||
PW-2779 | Skamser, Harold P. | A History of the Junior Engineering Technical Society, 1950-1986 | 2000 | Skamser, Harold P., Junior Engineering Technical Society, 1950-1986. | Michigan State University | East Lansing | Chronology/Timeline
Professional Groups Student Activities |
PW-5979 | Skolnik, Merrill I. | Introduction to Radar Systems | 1962 | This book describes radar systems and techniques involved in the field, as well as components, technology, and sub-systems that are relevant to radar. | McGraw-Hill | Radar systems
Radar Radio Transmitters Antennas Receivers Guide Book | |
PW-3898 | Skrabec, Quentin R., Jr. | George Westinghouse: Gentle Genius | 2007 | Algora Publishing | New York | Biography | |
PW-6146 | Slater, John C. | Microwave Electronics | 1950 | Microwave Electronics | D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc. | New York | Microwaves
Electronics |
PW-858 | Slater, Robert | Portraits in Silicon | 1987 | Slater, Robert, Portraits in Silicon (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1987). |
Bibliography Biography | ||
PW-6522 | Slaughter, John Brooks, Yu Tao, and Willie Person, Jr., editors | Changing the Face of Engineering: The African American Experience | 2015 | Collection of essays regarding African American engineers and attempts to attract African Americans to the field of engineering. | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | African American engineers
Engineering - studying and teaching - United States Engineering - education African American - education |
PW-2752 | Slotten, Hugh R. | Radio and Television Regulation: Broadcast Technology in the United States, 1920-1960 | 2000 | Slotten, Hugh R., Radio and Television Regulation: Broadcast Technology in the United States, 1920-1960 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000). | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | History
Broadcasting Radio Television |
PW-1578 | Slotten, Hugh Richard | Patronage, Politics and Practice In Nineteenth-Century American Science | 1991 | Slotten, Hugh Richard, Patronage, Politics and Practice In Nineteenth-Century American Science: Alexander Dallas Bache and the United States Coast Survey. University of Wisconsin-Madison: Doctoral Dissertation, 1991. | University of Wisconsin | Madison, WI | Technology
History |
PW-6498 | Smeltzer, Ronald K., Robert J. Ruben, and Paulette Rose | Extraordinary Women in Science and Medicine: Four Centuries of Achievement | 2013 | This is the catalog for Extraordinary Women in Science and Medicine: Four Centuries of Achievement, an exhibition at the Grolier Club in New York City, open from 18 September to 23 November 2013. The catalog includes an essay by Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie | The Grolier Club | New York | Women - science - history
Women - medicine - history Exhibition Science Medicine Physics Mathematics Chemistry Astronomy Computer Science |
PW-6139 | Smith, Ed Sinclair | Automatic Control Engineering | 1944 | Automatic Control Engineering | McGraw-Hill | New York | Engineering |
PW-1781 | Smith, George David | The Anatomy of a Business Strategy: Bell, Western Electric, and the Origins of the American Telephone Industry | 1985 | Smith, George David, The Anatomy of a Business Strategy: Bell, Western Electric, and the Origins of the American Telephone Industry (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press,1985)� | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | Telephones
History American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) |
PW-6117 | Smith, Herbert G. | Figuring with Graphs and Scales | 1938 | Figuring with graphs and scales. | Stanford University Press | Stanford University, CA | Mathematics |
PW-3975 | Smith, J.R, B. Sturman and A.F Wright (Compilers) | The Tellurometer: From Dr Wadley to the MRA 7 | 2008 | Tellurometer: microwave system for distance measurement | Tellumat (Pty) Ltd. | South Africa | Measurement
Measuring Instruments Microwaves |
PW-6033 | Smith, Merritt Roe | Harpers Ferry Armory and the New Technology: The Challenge of Change | 1977 | A history of the daily operations at Harpers Ferry US Armory in Virginia from 1798 to 1861. | Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | Guns |
PW-2439 | Smith, Merritt Roe and Gregory Clancey | Major Problems in the History of American Technology | 1998 | Smith, Merritt Roe and Gregory Clancey, Major Problems in the History of Amreican Technology. Houghton Mifflim Company, Boston, 1998. | Houghton Mifflin Company | Boston | History
Technology |
PW-17 | Smith, Merritt Roe and Leo Marx | Does Technology Drive History?: The Dilemma of Technological Determinism | 1991 | Smith, Merritt Roe and Leo Marx, Does Technology Drive History?: The Dilemma of Technological Determinism. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press) 1994. |
History Technology Technological Innovations | ||
PW-1339 | Smith, Willoughby | The Rise and Extension of Submarine Telegraphy | 1891 | Smith, Willoughby, The Rise and Extension of Submarine Telegraphy. London, 1891 | J. S. Virtue | London | History
Telegraphs Transatlantic Cable Transatlantic Communication |
PW-6677 | Smyth, Henry DeWolf | Atomic Energy for Military Purposes: The Official Report of the Development of the Atomic Bomb under the Auspices of the United States Government, 1940-1945 | 1945 | Report written at the request of Maj. Gen. L.R. Groves.
The history of the development of the atomic bomb. This book is a republication, with slight modifications detailed in the official report issued 12 August 1945 by the Manhattan District, U.S. Corp |
Princeton University Press | Princeton, NJ | Atomic Bomb
Manhattan Project Atomic Energy World War II Military |
PW-1244 | Smyth, William | Static and Dynamic Electricity | 1939 | Smyth, William, Static and Dynamic Electricity. 1939
Part of the Slate gift (#96-01) 1939 |
Electricity | ||
PW-4164 | Smythe, William R. | Static and Dynamic Electricity | 1939 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Electricity | |
PW-6050 | Snow, C.P. | Science and Government | 1961 | A printed lecture on science and government by C.P. Snow during Harvard University's Godkin Lectures on the Essentials of Free Government and the Duties of the Citizen in 1960. | Harvard University Press | Cambridge, MA | |
PW-1070 | Snyder, Wilbert F. and Charles L. Bragaw | Achievement in Radio: Seventy Years of Radio Science, Technology, Standards, and | 1986 | Snyder, Wilbert F. and Charles L. Bragaw, Achievement in Radio: Seventy Years of Radio Science, Technology, Standards, and Measurement at the National Bureau of Standards. 1986. | History
Radio Radio Equipment | ||
PW-6671 | Sobel, Dava | The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars | 2016 | In the late nineteenty century, the Harvard College Observatory began employing women as calculators (human computers) to interpret the observations their male counterparts made via telescope each night. As photography transformed the practice of astrono | Viking | New York | Women
Astronomy Mathematicians Harvard College Observatory Anna Palmer Draper Williamina Fleming Annie Jump Cannon Cecilia Helena Payne Henrietta Swan Leavitt Antonia Maury Edward Pickering Henry Draper Telescope |
PW-1780 | Sobel, Robert | ITT: The Management of Opportunity (New York: Truman Talley Books, 1982) | 1982 | Sobel, Robert, ITT: The Management of Opportunity | Truman Talley | New York | Management
History |
PW-6138 | Sokolnikoff, Ivan S. & Sokolnikoff, Elizabeth S. | Higher Mathematics for Engineers and Physicists | 1941 | Higher Mathematics for Engineers and Physicists | McGraw-Hill | New York | Mathematics |
PW-4371 | Soller, Theodore, Starr, Merle A. & Valley, George E. Jr. (Eds.) | Cathode Ray Tube Displays (Volume 22) | 1948 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Radiation laboratory (RadLab)
Radar Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) | |
PW-806 | Soloman, William, and Robert McChesney | Ruthless Criticism: New Perspectives in U.S. Communications History | 1993 | Soloman, William, and Robert McChesney edited, Ruthless Criticism: New Perspectives in U.S. Communications History (Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 1993). | Communication
History Telecommunications | ||
PW-3092 | Solomon, Louis | Telstar: Communication Break-Through by Satellite | 1963 | New York, McGraw-Hill: 1963, 64 p. illus., 26 cm. | McGraw-Hill | New York |
Milestone Satellite Communications |
PW-2654 | Solymar, Laszlo | Getting The Message: A History of Communications: A history of communications ( New York: Oxford University Press, 1999). | 1999 | Solymar, Laszlo, Getting The Message: A History of Communications. Oxford University Press, New York, 1999. 311 pp. | Oxford University Press | Oxford | Communication
History |
PW-1118 | Sony Corporation | Genryu: Sony Challenges, 1946-1986 | 1986 | Sony 40th Anniversary publication, in English. Compilation of historical articles from the series Genryu that originally appeared in the Sony in-house weekly, Sony Times | Sony Corporation | Tokyo | Chronology/Timeline
History Sony Consumer Electronics |
PW-6137 | Soroka, Walter W. | Analog Methods in Compution and Simulation | 1954 | Analog Methods in Compution and Simulation | McGraw-Hill | New York | |
PW-6559 | Soulard, Robert | A History of the Machine | 1968 | A history of machines in Western Civilization from the ancient era to the mid-twentieth century. It focues on the First and Second Industrial Revolutions. | Edito-Service, S.A., Geneva and Hawthorn Books Inc. | New York | Technology
Inventions Industrial Revolution |
PW-5978 | Spangenberg, Karl R. | Vacuum Tubes | 1948 | Vacuum tubes: design, characteristics, electron activity, physical laws, and application of tubes. | McGraw-Hill | Tubes, Vacuum
Electrical Engineering Physics Electron Triode Klystron Magnetron Guide Book | |
PW-6136 | Spangenberg, Karl R. | Fundamentals of Electron Devices | 1957 | Fundamentals of Electron Devices | McGraw-Hill | New York | Electron Device |
PW-6468 | Sparberg, Andrew J. | From a Nickel to a Token: The Journey from Board of Transportation to MTA | 2015 | The history of New York City's mass transit system, including subways, and buses from 1940 to 1968. | Fordham University Press | New York | Mass transit
New York City Subway |
PW-1150 | Spencer, Donald D. | The Timetable of Computers: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events | 1997 | Spencer, Donald D., The Timetable of Computers: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Computers. Ormond Beach, FL: Camelot Publishing Company, | Camelot Publishing Company | Ormond Beach, FL | Computing
History Technological Innovations |
PW-1151 | Spencer, Donald D. | The Timetable of Computers: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events | 1999 | Spencer, Donald D., The Timetable of Computers: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Computers. Ormond Beach, FL: Camelot Publishing Company, | Camelot Publishing Company | Ormond Beach, FL | Computing
History Technological Innovations |
PW-1644 | Spencer, Donald D. | Dictionary of Computer Quotations | 1997 | Spencer, Donald D., Dictionary of Computer Quotations. Ormond Beach, FL: Camelot Publishing Company, 1997. | Camelot Publishingq | Ormond Beach, FL | History
Terminology |
PW-2270 | Spencer, Donald D. | The Timetable of Computers (Second Edition) | 1999 | Spencer, Donald D., The Timetable of Computers: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Computing. Ormond Beach, FL: Camelot Publishing Company, 1999 (2nd edition). | Camelot Publishing | Ormond Beach, FL | Computing
Information Technology History |
PW-6520 | Sraffa, Piero | Production of Commodities By Means of Commodities: Prelude to A Critique of Economic Theory | 1960 | Commentary on economic theory | Cambridge University Press | New York | Economic Theory |
PW-3278 | Stacy, Susan M. | Legacy of Light: A History of Idaho Power Company (Boise, Idaho: Idaho power company) | 1991 | Boise: Idaho Power Company, 1991. | Idaho Power | Boise, ID | Illumination
History |
PW-6002 | Staiger, Janet ed. | The Studio System | 1995 | A collection of essays on the studio system technology and history from the 1920s to the 1950s in California, USA. | Rutgers University Press | New Brunswick, NJ | Motion Pictures
History |
PW-4338 | Stamm, Alice and Peatross. C Ford | Historic America: Buildings, Structures, and Sites | 1983 | Recorded by the Historic American Buildings Survey and the Historic American Engineering Record, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the former. The volume has two parts--a set of essays and a checklist of sites by state. | Library of Congress | Washington, NJ | Historic Sites
Engineering |
PW-6003 | Standage, Tom | The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-Line Pioneers | 1998 | A history of the telegraph in Europe and the US. A comparison of the telegraph to the internet, which the author labels as The Victorian Internet. | Walker | New York | Telegraphs
Telegraphy Telegram |
PW-6145 | Stanionis, Victor A. & Berberich, Hugh | Computer Music: Science and Technology of a New Art | 1989 | A look at the up and coming genre of computer music. | MIT Press & McGraw-Hill | Cambridge, MA | Music
Computers |
PW-1533 | Stanley, Autumn | Mothers and Daughters of Invention: Notes for a Revised History of Technology | Stanley, Autumn, Mothers and Daughters of Invention: Notes for a Revised History of Technology. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1995.
NOTE: This publication is in Leah Jamison's office at the Operations Center. |
Women in Engineering (WIE)
History | |||
PW-6678 | Stanley, Rupert | Text-Book on Wireless Telegraphy, Volume II, Valves and Valve Apparatus | 1923 | The development of radio signalling.
This is the second edtion (1923) of Volume II. The first edition was published in 1914 and a New Edition, in two volumes was published in 1919. The author obtained information from the Marconi Co., the Radio Communi |
Longmans, Green and Co. | London | Wireless Telegraphy
Radio Signalling, Radio Vacuum valve Transmitters Receivers Heterodyne Textbooks |
PW-6692 | Stanley, Tim | The Peopleing of Silicon Valley 1940 to the Present Day: An Oral History | 2017 | This book is a compliation of more than 180 stories, or personal accounts, of people living in, had lived in, or are otherwise connected to Silicon Valley. It includes the five major migrations to the Valley since World War II: the GIs, Lockheed, the ch | 2 Timothy Publishing | Irvine, CA | Silicon Valley
Oral history |
PW-6022 | Stark, Steven D. | Glued to the Set: The 60 Television Shows and Events That Made Us Who We Are Today | 1997 | A history of television broadcasting and culture in the US from the 1940s until the 1990s. | The Free Press | New York | Television
Television Station Television broadcasting Television studio Culture |
PW-6605 | Stark, Steven D. | Glued to the Set: The 60 Television Shows and Events That Made US Who We Are Today | 1997 | Social and cultural history of television broadcasting and popular shows | The Free Press | New York | Television
Television broadcasting Popular Culture |
PW-6433 | Starr, Paul | The Creation of the Media: Political Origins of Modern Communications | 2004 | How politics created our media world, first newspapers and postal systems in modern Europe and colonial America, telecommunications, motion pictures, broadcasting, radio, television, privacy, intellectual property | Perseus Books | New York | |
PW-6055 | State Line Generating Company | State Line Generating Station Unit Number One | 1929 | A historical and operational guide to Illinois' State Line Generating Station Unit Number One that services Chicago. | State Line Generating Company | Hammond, Indiana | Electrical Engineering
Electrical Grid Electricity Electrical Industry |
PW-2995 | Stearns, Ben W. | Arthur Collins: Radio Wizard (Iowa: Ben Stearns, 2002) | 2002 | Stearns, Ben W., Arthur Collins: Radio Wizard, Ben W. Stearns, Marion, IA, 2002
Biography of radio entrepreneur Arthur Collins and of Collins Radio |
Privately Published | Marion, Iowa | History
Radio Biography |
PW-6606 | Stearns, Ben W. | Arthur Collins: Radio Wizard | 2002 | A history of Arthur Collins and the Collins Radio Company. Topics addressed include: ham radio, amateur radio, Aviation electronics, space communications, high power transmitters for the Air Force and Voice of America, and data communications. Collins V- | Ben W. Stearns | Marion, Iowa | Arthur Colllins
Collins Radio Company Radio transmitters Electronics - aviation Space communications
|
PW-6656 | Steffen, David J. | From Edison to Marconi: The First Thirty Years of Recorded Music | 2005 | Appendices list popular genre recordings made between 1889 and 1919.
A history of sound recording, focusing on the era between the commercial debute of Thomas Edison's talking machine in 1889, and the first commercial radio broadcast three decades later |
McFarland & Company, Inc. | Jefferson, N.C. | Thomas Edison
Guglielmo Marconi Emile Berliner Sound recording Sound Recording Industry Phonograph Sound Reproduction Victor Talking Machine Company |
PW-1706 | Stein, Dorothy | Ada: A Life and a Legacy | 1985 | Stein, Dorothy, Ada: A Life and a Legacy. | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Biography |
PW-1560 | Steinmetz, Charles P. | Theory and Calculations of Electrical Apparatus | 1917 | Steinmetz, Charles P., Theory and Calculations of Electrical Apparatus. 1917
Came from Manz gift (96-37) |
McGraw-Hill | New York |
Mathematics Theory |
PW-1561 | Steinmetz, Charles P. | Engineering Mathematics | 1917 | Steinmetz, Charles P., Engineering Mathematics. 1917
Came from Manz gift (96-37) |
McGraw-Hill | New York | Mathematics |
PW-1564 | Steinmetz, Charles P. | Electric Discharges, Waves, and Impulses | 1914 | Steinmetz, Charles P., Electric Discharges, Waves, and Impulses. 1914
Came from Manz gift (96-37) |
McGraw-Hill | New York | Discharge
Electrical Engineering |
PW-3908 | Steinmetz, Charles P. | General Lectures in Electrical Engineering | 1908 | Robson & Adee, Publishers, Schenectady, NY, 1908, Fourth Edition | Robson & Adee | Schenectedy, NY | Power Distribution
Incandescent light Arc Lighting Illumination Lecture |
PW-4166 | Steinmetz, Charles Proteus | Engineering Mathematics: A series of Lectures Delived at Union College | 1917 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Lecuture
Mathematics | |
PW-4168 | Steinmetz, Charles Proteus | Electric Discharges, Waves and Impulses and Other Transients | 1914 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Electricity | |
PW-4169 | Steinmetz, Charles Proteus | Theory and Calculations of Electrical Apparatus | 1917 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | London | Apparatus
Theory Electricity | |
PW-538 | Steinmetz, Charles Proteus | General Lectures on Engineering | 1918 | Volume 1-A Series of Lectures Delivered at Union College. | McGraw-Hill | New York | Education
Electrical Engineering |
PW-539 | Steinmetz, Charles Proteus | Engineering Mathematics | 1918 | Volume 2-- A Series of Lectures Delivered at Union College. | McGraw-Hill | New York | Education
Electrical Engineering |
PW-540 | Steinmetz, Charles Proteus | Theoretical Elements of Electrical Engineering | 1915 | Volume 3 | McGraw-Hill | New York | Education
Electrical Engineering |
PW-541 | Steinmetz, Charles Proteus | Theory and Calculation of Engineering Phenomena | 1916 | Volume 4 | McGraw-Hill | New York | Education
Electrical Engineering |
PW-542 | Steinmetz, Charles Proteus | Theory and Calculation of Electronic Circuits | 1917 | Volume 5. In earlier editions of the set, this material appeared as part of volume 4. | McGraw-Hill | New York | Education
Electrical Engineering |
PW-543 | Steinmetz, Charles Proteus | Theory and Calculation of Electrical Apparatus | 1917 | Volume 6. In earlier editions of the set, this material appeared as part of volume 4. | McGraw-Hill | New York | Education
Electrical Engineering |
PW-544 | Steinmetz, Charles Proteus | Elementary Lectures on Electric Discharges, Waves,and Impulses, and Other Transients.. | 1914 | Volume 7. | McGraw-Hill | New York | Education
Electrical Engineering |
PW-545 | Steinmetz, Charles Proteus | Theory and Calculations of Transient Electric Phenomena and Oscillations | 1920 | Volume 8 | McGraw-Hill | New York | Education
Electrical Engineering |
PW-546 | Steinmetz, Charles Proteus | Radiation, Light and Illumination | 1918 | Volume 9. A series of lectures delivered at Union College | McGraw-Hill | New York | Education
Electrical Engineering |
PW-5028 | Stephen M. Stigler | Statistics on the Table: The history of statistical concepts and methods | 1999 | This lively collection of essays examines in witty detail the history of some of the concepts involved in bringing statistical argument to the table, and some of the pitfalls that have been encountered. The topics range from seventeenth-century medicin | |||
PW-2652 | Sterling, Christopher H. & George Shiers | History of Telecommunications Technology: An Annotated Bibliography | 2000 | Sterling, Christopher H. & George Shiers, History of Telecommunications Technology: An Annotated Bibliography. | Scarecrow Press | Metuchen, NJ | Bibliography
Communication Telecommunications |
PW-256 | Stern, Nancy | From Eniac to Univac: A Case Study in the History of Technology | 1978 | Ph.D. dissertation, SUNY Stony Brook | State University of New York at Stony Brook | Stony Brook, NY | Computer, Digital
ENIAC UNIVAC |
PW-4003 | Stern, Nancy | From ENIAC to UNIVAC: An Appraisal of the Eckert-Mauchly Computers | 1981 | Social, economic, and political influences on development of early computers and issues of priority of invention of the digital, programmable, general purpose, electronic computer.
Includes the complete First draft of a Report on the EDVAC by John von |
Digital Press | Bedford, MA | ENIAC
EDVAC UNIVAC BINAC Computers, digital Eckert, J. Presper von Neumann, John Air Force, United States Army, United States Mauchly, John |
PW-1779 | Stern, Nancy, and Robert Stern | Computers in Society (Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1983) | 1983 | Stern, Nancy, B. and Robert Stern, Computers in Society. 1983 | Prentice Hall | Englewood Cliffs, NJ | Computers |
PW-4355 | Stevens, John R., ed. | Pioneers of Electric Railroading: Their Story in Words and Pictures | 1991 | Electrical Railroaders' Association | New York | Railroad | |
PW-5110 | Stewart Brand | The Media Lab: Inventing the Future at MIT | 1988 | The author visited MIT's Media Lab for 3 months. This book recounts the work being done by that facility during this time period. It also attempts to project the future evolution of media technology. | Innovation
Innovators Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Technology History | ||
PW-6020 | Stigler, Stephen M. | The History of Statistics: The Measurement of Uncertainty before 1900 | 1986 | The history of statistics from 1700 to 1900. | Harvard University Press | Cambridge, MA | Statistics
History |
PW-6135 | Still, Alfred | Elements of Electrical Design | 1932 | Elements of Electrical Design | McGraw-Hill | New York | Electrical Engineering |
PW-4354 | Stokes, John W. | 70 Years of Radio Tubes and Valves | 1982 | Vestal Press | Vestal NY | Tubes, Electron
Tubes, Vacuum | |
PW-1532 | Stork, David G., ed. | Hal's Legacy: 2001's Computer as Dream and Reality (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1997) | 1997 | Stork, David G., ed., Hal's Legacy: 2001's Computer as Dream and Reality. | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Computing
Computer History |
PW-6133 | Stout, Melville B. | Basic Electrical Measurements | 1960 | Basic Electrical Measurements | Prentice-Hall Inc. | Englewood Cliffs, NJ | Electric measurements |
PW-6573 | Strasser, Susan | Never Done: A History of American Housework | 1982 | A history of the American housewife, household technology, and the ideas about housework. | Pantheon Books | New York | Home Economics - United States
Housewives - United States Appliances Household Technology Women |
PW-1458 | Stratton, Julius | Electromagnetic Theory | 1941 | Stratton, Julius, Electromagnetic Theory. 1941
came to the Center in gift 96-26 |
McGraw-Hill | New York | Electromagnetism |
PW-4173 | Stratton, Julius Adams | Electromagnetic Theory | 1941 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | London | Electromagnetics | |
PW-4231 | Street, Sean | Crossing the Ether: Pre-War Public Service Radio and Commercial Competition in the UK | 2006 | John Libbey Publishing | United Kingdom | Radio
Radio Broadcasting Broadcasting | |
PW-1465 | Streeter, Thomas | Selling the Air: A Critique of the Policy of Commercial Broadcasting in the United States (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996) | 1996 | Streeter, Thomas, Selling the Air: A Critique of the Policy of Commercial Broadcasting in the United States. | University of Chicago Press | Chicago | Broadcasting
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Policy |
PW-3873 | Stross, Randall | The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World | 2007 | Crown Publishers | New York | Biography
Electrical Engineering Electric Light Electrical Industry Power Generation Power Plant (Generating Station) Power Phonograph | |
PW-6021 | Struik, D.J. ed. | A Source Book in Mathematics 1200-1800 | 1986 | A source book in mathematics 1200-1800. | Princeton University Press | Princeton | Mathematics
History |
PW-6636 | Struik, Dirk J. | The Origins of American Science (New England) | 1957 | First published in 1948, the book explores the flowering of science in New England from the Colonial period to the Civil War. The author claims Yankee science and engineering laid the foundations for that many-sided scientific development which is ch | Cameron Associates | New York | Science
Technology History United States |
PW-6505 | Strull, Gene | Electronic Enterprise: Stories from the History of Westinghouse Electronic Systems | 1996 | This publication includes a collection of stories organized by major product areas or business at Westinghouse Electronic Systems. It includes a chronology from 1912 to 1995 as well as information about the foundation of Westinghouse Electronic Systems | Westinghouse, Electronic Systems Division | Westinghouse
Westinghouse - Electronics Systems Division Westinghouse Research Laboratories Research and Development (R&D) | |
PW-1741 | Stumpf, Kevin | Domestic Commercial Computing Power Between 1950-1979 | 1997 | Stumpf, Kevin, Domestic Commercial Computing Power Between 1950-1979. Kitchener, Ont.: Unusual Systems, 1997.
The Complete Source for the Identification of Commercially available, general purpose, digital computers sold by domestic north americal compu |
Unusual Systems | Kitchener, Ontario | Computing
Computers Competition History |
PW-6582 | Sturt, George | The Wheelwright's Shop | 1963 | Originally published in 1923, this book offers a detailed history of how wheelwrights made wheels as well as how smiths forged iron and made horse shoes. | Cambridge University Press | Hand-craft
Artisan Wheelwright Wheel Iron smith Horse shoe | |
PW-6078 | Sugiyama, Takashi | Creating A Corporate Culture: Yokogawa Medical Systems 1982-1988 | 1993 | A collection of essays about the Yokogawa Medical Systems corporation from 1982-1988. | Yokogawa Medical Systems | Japan | |
PW-5113 | Sullivan, Woodruff T. III | Cosmic Noise: A history of early radio astronomy | 2009 | The whole of worldwide radio and radar astronomy is covered, beginning with the discoveries by Jansky and Reber of cosmic noise before World War II, through the wartime detections of solar noise, the discovery of radio stars, lunar and meteor radar exper | Radio
Radio Astronomy Space Astronomy Technology | ||
PW-1192 | Susskind, Charles | Heinrich Hertz: A Short Life San Francisco (CA: San Francisco Press, Inc., 1995). | 1995 | Susskind, Charles, Heinrich Hertz: A Short Life. | San Francisco Press | San Francisco | Biography |
PW-6132 | Susskind, Charles ed. | The Encyclopedia of Electronics | 1962 | The Encyclopedia of Electronics | Reinhold Publishing Corp. | New York | Electronics |
PW-5991 | Swade, Doron | Charles Babbage and his Calculating Engines | 1991 | A biography on Charles Babbage and his work on calculating engines and computing. | The Science Musuem | London | Calculating Engines |
PW-6017 | Swade, Doron | The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer | 2000 | A history of Charles Babbage's quest to build a calculating engine. | Viking | New York | History |
PW-2505 | Swanson, Glen E. | Before This Decade Is Out... Personal Reflections on the Apollo Program (Washington, D.C.: NASA History Office, 1999). | 1999 | Swanson, Glen E., Before This Decade Is Out... Personal Reflections on the Apollo Program. Washington, D.C.: NASA History Office, 1999. | NASA | Washington, DC | Space Programs
autobiography |
PW-3579 | Swedberg, Greg | Profiles in Engineering Leadership: Eta Kappa Nu's First Century Eminent Members | 2004 | Eta Kappa Nu and IEEE, 2004
Eta Kappa Nu's First Century Eminent Members:Bush, Vannevar Royal Wasson Sorersen Vladimir K. Zworykin Karl B. McEachron Soren H. Mortensen Joseph Slepian Frederick Terman William H. Timbie Lee De Forest Edward C. M |
Eta Kappa Nu | Eta Kappa Nu Award
Eta Kappa Nu Membership Centennial | |
PW-3582 | Swedberg, Greg | Profiles in Engineering Leadership: Eta Kappa Nu's First Century Eminent Members | 2004 | Eta Kappa Nu and IEEE, 2004
Eta Kappa Nu's First Century Eminent Members:Bush, Vannevar Royal Wasson Sorersen Vladimir K. Zworykin Karl B. McEachron Soren H. Mortensen Joseph Slepian Frederick Terman William H. Timbie Lee De Forest Edward C. M |
Eta Kappa Nu | Eta Kappa Nu Award
Eta Kappa Nu Membership Centennial | |
PW-2358 | Swenson, Loyd S., James M. Grimwood, Charles C. Alexander | This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury (Washington, D.C: NASA History office, 1998). | 1998 | Swenson, Loyd S., Grimwood, James M., Alexander, Charles C., This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury. Washington, D.C: NASA History Office, 1998. | NASA | Washington, DC | Space Programs
History Aerospace National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
PW-1778 | Swords, S.S. | Technical History of the Beginnings of Radar (London: Peter Peregrinus, 1986). | 1986 | Swords, S.S., Technical History of the Beginnings of Radar. 1986 | Peter Peregrinus | London | Radar
History |
PW-6666 | Szeman, Imre, and Dominic Boyer, editors | Energy Humanities: An Anthology | 2017 | An anthology in the field of energy humanities. The authors argue that today's energy and environmental dilemmas are fundamentally problems of ethics, habits, imagination, values, institutions, belief and power - all traditional areas of expertise of the | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | Power
Energy Fossil Fuel Petroleum Nuclear Energy Energy usage Ethics Environmentalism |
PW-5084 | T.A. Heppenheimer | Turbulent Skies: The History of Commercial Aviation | 1995 | Chronicling the rise of commercial aviation, Turbulent Skies is a, multifaceted tale of daredevils and innovators, big business, and the achievements of modern technology. Based on extensive research and dozens of interviews. The book begins with the | Aviation
Innovation Innovators Economics History Flight Simulator | ||
PW-4033 | Takagi, Makoto | The Kindness of Mr. Devereaux | Biography | ||||
PW-3930 | Takagi, Junichi | History of Electrical measuring Instruments (in Japanese) | 1965 | Takagi, Junichi. History of Electrical measuring Instruments (in Japanese). Yokogawa Electric Company, Tokyo, 1965. Issued on the 50th Anniversary of Yokogawa Electric | Yokogawa Electric Company | Tokyo | History
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PW-2748 | Takagi, Makoto | The Root of Hydroelectric Generation and Electric Railroad in Japan | 2000 | Takagi, Makoto, The Root of Hydroelectric Generation and Electric Railroad in Japan. Kyoto: Kamogawa Publishing Company, 2000.
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Kamogawa Publishing | Kyoto | History
Hydroelectricity |
PW-6194 | Takahashi, Yuso | History of the Electrical Engineering (in Japanese) | 2006 | A summary of the book including Table of Contents included in a print out inside of the book. | Kogyo Chosakai Publishing | Tokyo | |
PW-674 | Takahashi, Yuzo, and Masahiro Maejima | List of the Graduation Essays and Reports at the Course of Telegraphy/Department | 1991 | Takahashi, Yuzo, and Masahiro Maejima, List of the Graduation Essays and Reports at the Course of Telegraphy/Department of Electrical Engineering of the Imperial College of Engineering, Tokyo, in the Meiji Era (1879-1912). Tokyo: Tokyo University of Agr | Japan
Telegraphy | ||
PW-4312 | Takaynagi, Kenjiro | Pioneering Television: The Autobiography of Kenjiro Takayanagi | 1993 | Autobiography of a Japanese television pioneer, regarded as the father of Japanese television. Translated from the Japanese by Mayumi Yoshida. | San Francisco Press | San Francisco | Television |
PW-5169 | Talbott, Page (editor) | Benjamin Franklin: In Search of A Better World | 2005 | Essays on the Tercentenary of Franklin | Yale University Press | New Haven | Biography
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PW-5008 | Tamer Baser , ed. | Control Theory: Twenty-Five Seminal Papers (1932-1981) | 2001 | 25 seminal papers in control research. The first paper was published in 1932 and the final paper in 1981. | Control Room
Amplifier Feedback | ||
PW-4175 | Tarboux, J. G | Electric Power Equipment | 1932 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | London |
Electric Devices | |
PW-1565 | Tarboux, J.G. | Electric Power Equipment | 1932 | Tarboux, J.G., Electric Power Equipment. 1932
Came from Manz gift (96-37) |
McGraw-Hill | New York | Electric Devices |
PW-2800 | Tarrant, Donald R. | Marconi's Miracle: The Wireless Bridging of the Atlantic (Newfoundland: Flanker Press Ltd., 2001) | 2001 | Tarrant, Donald R. Marconi's Miracle: The Wireless Bridging of the Atlantic (Newfoundland: Flanker Press Ltd., 2001) | Flanker Press Ltd. | St. John's Newfoundland, Canada | History
Transatlantic Communication Wireless communications |
PW-6601 | Tatnall, Arthur and Christopher Leslie, eds. | International Communities of Invention and Innovation: IFIP WG 9.7 International Conference of the History of Computing, HC 2016 | 2016 | IFIP, International Federation for Information Processing, International Conference of the HIstory of Computing, HC 2016, Brooklyn, NY, USA, May 25-29, 2016. Revised Selected Papers.
IFIP Working Group 9.7 (History of Computing) |
Springer | Switzerland | Information and Communication Technology
History - computing |
PW-6583 | Taylor, George Rogers | The Transportation Revolution, 1815-1860 | 1968 | A history of the transportation revolution, economic development, and industrialization in the United States.
This book was first published as volume IV of The Economic History of the United States series by Holt, Rinehrat and Winston in 1951. |
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United States Roads Bridges Canals Railroad Economic development |
PW-6001 | Taylor, Timothy D. | Strange Sounds: Music, Technology, and Culture | 2001 | Cultural study of music and the intersections of technology and culture. | Routledge | New York | Technology
Music Culture |
PW-6005 | Teago, F.J. | The Commutator Motor | 1946 | The commutator motor | Methuen & Co. Ltd. | London | |
PW-6004 | Teago, F.J. & Gill, J.F. | Mercury Arcs | 1949 | A book about mercury arcs, static, and voltage. | Methuen & Co. Ltd. | London | |
PW-4467 | Tedlow, Richard S | The Watson Dynasty: The Fiery Reign and Troubled Legacy of IBM's Founding Father and Son | 2003 | Watson dual biography | Harper Business | New York | Management
IBM |
PW-6049 | Teich, Albert H. ed. | Technology and the Future | 1993 | Technology and society in the 1990s. | St. Martin's Press | New York | Technology
Computers Information Technology Biomedical Engineering Employment Environment Energy Policy Research Culture |
PW-3174 | Teichmann, Hans | 1901-2001 Celebrating the Centenary of SI: Giovanni Giorgi's Contribution and the Role of the IEC, 2001 | 2001 | Teichmann, Hans, 1901-2001 Celebrating the Centenary of SI: Giovanni Giorgi's Contribution and the Role of the IEC, 2001, International Electrotechnical Commission, Geneva
History of the adoption of electrical units of measure |
IEC | Geneva, Switzerland | Centennial
History Measurement Measuring Instruments |
PW-1049 | Telefunken | Telefunken Sendertechnik 90 Jahre Fortschritt in der Sendetechnik | 1993 | Telefunken Sendertechnik, 90 Jahre Fortschritt in der Sendetechnik. 1993. | Telefunken | Berlin | History
Telephones Telecommunications |
PW-3948 | Telefunken | Telefunken Nach 100 Jahren | 2003 | Telefunken Nach 100 Jahren, Nicolai, Berlin, 2003.
Edited by Felix Herriger |
Nicolai | Centennial
Telecommunications | |
PW-4325 | Telefunken Geselschaft | 25 Jahre Telefunken: Festschrift der Telefunken-Geselschaft | 1928 | Illustrated, in German. | Telefunken | Berlin | Radio
Telegraphy |
PW-4023 | Television | Television, Volume 1, no. 3 | January- February, 1929 | The Television Publishing Co., Inc | New York | Television
Publication | |
PW-2610 | Tell, Frederik | Organizational Capabilities: A Study of Power Transmission Equipment Manufacture 1878-1990 (Linkoping, Sweden: Linkoping University Press, 2000) | 2000 | Tell, Frederik, Organizational Capabilities: A Study of Power Transmission Equipment Manufacture.
Evolution of large electrical manufacturers and the power transmission business between 1878-1990, the battle of the currents (AC v. DC) |
Lankoping University | Linkoping, Sweden | Power Industry
manufacturing History |
PW-4011 | Temin, Peter with Louis Galambos | The Fall of the Bell System: A Study in Prices and Politics | 1987 | Cambridge University Press | Cambridge | History
Bell System American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) Public Policy | |
PW-4474 | Terman, Frederick E. | Radio Engineers' Handbook | 1943 | A reference book for radio engineers on the basics of the field of radio electronics. | McGraw-Hill | New York | Radio
Circuit Tubes, Vacuum Amplifier Oscillator Radio Transmitters Antennas Guide Book |
PW-5981 | Terman, Frederick E. | Radio Engineers' Handbook | 1943 | A reference book for radio engineers on the basics of the field of radio electronics. | McGraw-Hill | New York | Radio
Circuit Tubes, Vacuum Amplifier Oscillator Radio Transmitters Antennas Guide Book |
PW-3217 | Terman, Frederick Emmons | Radio Engineers' Handbook | 1943 | McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York, 1943 | McGraw-Hill | New York | Radio
Radio Engineer Guide Book |
PW-6147 | Terman, Frederick Emmons & Petit, Joseph Mayo | Electronic Measurements | 1952 | Electronic Measurements | McGraw-Hill | New York | Electric measurements |
PW-5151 | Terry S. Reynolds, ed. | The Engineer in America: A Historical Anthology from Technology and Culture | 1963 | Discussion of the engineering profession and its place in American society. | University of Chicago Press | Chicago | Engineering
Engineers |
PW-1054 | Tesla Memorial Society | From Immigrant to Inventor: Michael Idvorsky Pupin, 1858-1935 | Tesla Memorial Society, From Immigrant to Inventor: Michael Idvorsky Pupin, 1858-1935. video tape, VHS format, 1993. | History
Biography Inventors | |||
PW-1595 | Tesla, Nikola | My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla (Williston, VT: Hart Brothers, 1982). | 1982 | Tesla, Nikola, My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla.
Edited, with an Introduction, by Ben Jonston |
Hart Brothers | Williston, VT | History
Autobiography |
PW-3298 | Thackray, Arnold | Moore's Law: The Life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley's Quiet Revolutionary | 2015 | Biography of Gordon Moore's life and times in Silicon Valley, covering work at Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel as well as his role in formulating and fulfilling Moore's Law. | Basic Books | New York | Biography
Gordon Moore Intel Fairchild Semiconductor Semiconductors Silicon Valley |
PW-2717 | Thackray, Arnold, and Minor Myers, Jr. | Arnold O. Beckman: One Hundred Years of Excellence (Philadelphia: Chemical Heritage Foundation, 2000) | 2000 | Thackray, Arnold, and Minor Myers, Jr., Arnold O. Beckman, Arnold O Beckman :One Hundred Years of Excellence. | Chemical Heritage Foundation | Philadelphia PA | History
Centennial |
PW-6705 | The Corning Museum of Glass | Innovations in Glass | 1999 | This brief book (exhibit catalogue) focuses on the most important stories that are told in the Glass Innovation Center at the Corning Museum of Glass. The Museum opened its doors in 1951 and the Center opened in 1999. The book surveys the properties of | The Corning Museum of Glass | Corning, NY | Glass
Corning Chemistry Innovation Innovators Windows Optics Fiberglass |
PW-4095 | The Digitial Logic Handbook Flip Chip Modules | 1970 | Digital Equipment Corporation | Maynard, MA | Chip
Digital Semiconductors Intergrated circuit | ||
PW-4293 | The Edision National Historic Site | Thomas A. Edison: Advancing a Brilliant Legacy | Edison National Historic Site | Legacies
History Biography | |||
PW-4244 | The Lighting Service Bureau | Illumination Design Data | n.d. | Handbook No. 2B
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The Lighting Service Bureau | London | Electric Light
Illumination |
PW-4245 | The Lighting Service Bureau | Interior Lighting Design | n.d. | Handbook No. 2
No Date. Likely circa 1920s. Note on inside back cover states Lighting Service Bureau formed in 1924. |
The Lighting Service Bureau | London | Electric Light
Illumination |
PW-4986 | Theodore Roszak | The Cult of Information: A Neo-Luddite Treatise on High-Tech, Artificial Intelligence, and the Ture Art of Thinking | 1986 | As we devote ever-increasing resources to providing, or prohibiting, access to information via computer, Theodore Roszak reminds us that voluminous information does not necessarily lead to sound thinking. Data glut obscures basic questions of justice a | Information Age
Innovation Computers Computing Literature | ||
PW-3907 | Thiessen, Arthur E. | A History of the General Radio Company (West Concord, Massachusetts, 1965) | 1965 | Thiessen, Arthur E., A History of the General Radio Company | General Radio | West Concord, MA | History
Radio Measuring Instruments |
PW-5030 | Think Magazine | IBM a special company | 1989 | Special historical issue of IBM's in-house magazine, devoted to the company's history on its 75th anniversary. | IBM
Innovation Innovators History | ||
PW-548 | Thomas J. Misa | Digital State: The Story of Minnesota's Computer Industry | 2013 | A history of computing in the state of Minnesota, both during the period (1950s-1970s) when the Twin Cities was a major global center for computing, with companies ERA, Univac St. Paul, and Control Data, and then more broadly a history of the place of co | University of Minnesota Press | Minneapolis | Computing
Computer Engineering Computer Industry UNIVAC Minnesota |
PW-3283 | Thomas, William | Rational Action: The Sciences of Policy in Britain and America, 1940-1960 | 2015 | Development of the first generation of operational research, systems analysis, decision theory, and management science--the sciences of policy used in government decision-making during and after World War II | MIT Press | Operations research-origins
Decision theory-origins Systems analysis-origins Management science-origins World War II Postwar Britain Mathematics-History-20th c. | |
PW-6454 | Thomas, William | Rational Action: The Sciences of Policy in Britain and America, 1940-1960 | 2015 | During World War II, scientists and engineers developed new means of studying which equipment designs would best meet the military's requirements and how the military could best use the equipment it had on hand. By 1941 they had also begun to gather and | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Science and state
Great Britain United States Policy |
PW-3909 | Thompson, Silvanus P. | Dynamo-Electric Machinery: A Manual for Students of Electrotechnics | 1893 | Home Book Company, New York, 1893 (Fourth Edition) | Home Book Co. | New York | Textbooks
Dynamo Power Generation Alternating Current (AC) |
PW-3911 | Thompson, Silvanus P. | Dynamo-Electric Machinery: A Manual for Students of Electrotechnics | 1905 | Home Book Company, New York, and 1905 (Seventh Edition) | Home Book Co. | New York | Textbooks
Dynamo Power Generation Alternating Current (AC) |
PW-4172 | Thompson, Silvanus P. | Elementary Lessons in Electricity and Magnetism | 1892 | Macmillan and Co. | London | Magnetism
Electricity | |
PW-6689 | Thompson, Silvanus P. | Optical Tables and Data for the Use of Opticians | 1921 | Optical Tables and Data for the Use of Opticians | E. & F.N. Spon, Limited | London, UK | Textbooks
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PW-685 | Thrower, Keith R | History of the British Radio Valve to 1940 | 1992 | Thrower, Keith R, History of the British Radio Valve to 1940. Ropley, Hants, England: MMA International, Ltd., 1992. | History
Radio | ||
PW-4969 | Tilton, John E. | International Diffusion of Technology: The case of Semiconductors | 1971 | This study investigates the international diffusion of transistor, integrated circuit, and other semiconductor technology in five countries - the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany and Japan. | Semiconductors
Inventions Transistor Intergrated circuit | ||
PW-4977 | Tim Jackson | Inside Intel: And the Rise of the World's Most Powerful Chip Company | 1997 | History of Intel, the chip manufacturer. The main focus of the book is CEO and chairman Grove who has dominated Intel since shortly after its founding in 1968. He focused the company on setting goals and achieving results. | Intel
Chip Computer Industry Computer peripherals Computer Science Engineering | ||
PW-6130 | Timbie, William H. & Bush, Vannevar | Principles of Electrical Engineering | 1944 | Principles of Electrical Engineering | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | New York | Electrical Engineering |
PW-2831 | Time, Inc. | Life: The Millennium Issue | 1997 | Fall 1997
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Time Inc. | X-Ray
Telegraphs Kinetoscope Transistor Telephones Television General Electric | |
PW-6613 | Titsworth, John V. | Win Some, Lose Some: My 40 Years in Corporate America
Win Some, Lose Some: My 40 Years in Corporate America |
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Control Data Corporation Business |
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Electronics | |
PW-6645 | Tomory, Leslie | The History of the London Water Industry, 1580-1820 | 2017 | Back cover: Beginning in 1580, a number of competing London companies sold water directly to consumers through a large network of wooden mains in the expanding metropolis. This new water industry flourished throughout the 1600s, eventually expanding to | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | Waterworks
Water supply London |
PW-1254 | Torrey and Whitmer | Crystal Rectifiers | Torrey and Whitmer, Crystal Rectifiers. 1946 (1964 ed.)
Part of the Slate gift (#96-01) 1946 (1964 ed.) |
crystals
Rectifier (as in Diode) | |||
PW-4375 | Torrey, Henry C. and Whitmer, Charles A. | Crystal Rectifiers (Volume 15) | 1964 | Boston Technical Publishers | Lexington, Massachusetts | Radiation laboratory (RadLab)
Radar Crystals Rectifier (as in Diode) | |
PW-2423 | Townes, Charles H. | How the Laser Happened: Adventures of a Scientist (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999) | 1999 | Townes, Charles H., How the Laser Happened: Adventures of a Scientist. | Oxford University Press | Oxford |
Lasers History |
PW-688 | Trenkle, Fritz | Die deutschen Funkmeßverfahren bis 1945 | 1986 | Trenkle, Fritz, Die deutschen Funkmeßverfahren bis 1945. Heidelberg: Hüthig, 1986. | Hüthig | Heidelberg | Radar |
PW-6143 | Truxal, John G. | Feedback-Automation | 1989 | Feedback-Automation | MIT Press & McGraw-Hill | Cambridge, MA | Automation |
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Communication E-mail |
PW-4446 | Tsiao, Sunny | Read You Loud and Clear!' The Story of NASA's Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network | 2008 | Tsiao, Sunny. 'Read You Loud and Clear!' The Story of NASA's Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network. Washington, DC: NASA History Division, 2008. | NASA | Washington, DC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Navigation systems Satellites Networks |
PW-3815 | Tucker, Tom | Bolt of Fate: Benjamin Franklin and His Electric Kite Hoax | 2003 | Benjamin Franklin flying his electric kite is one of the most celebreated images from any of the Founding Father's lives. But what if the kite experiment never happened? ... Tucker aruges...that the kite did not exist, that its absence goes to the heart | PublicAffairs, Perseus Books Group | Cambridge, MA | Benjamin Franklin
Lightning Lightning Rod |
PW-6805 | Turkle, Sherry | The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit | 1984 | The author is interested in the subjective computer. This is the machine as it enters social life and psychological development, the computer as it affects the way that we think, especially the way we think about ourselves...The question is not what wil | Simon and Schuster | New York | Computers
Electronic Data Processing |
PW-6113 | Turner, Rufus P. | Radio Test Instruments | 1946 | Radio test instruments. | Ziff-Davis Publishing Company | Chicago | Radio Equipment
Radio |
PW-6563 | Turner, Ted, with Bill Burke | Call me Ted | 2008 | Ted Turner's autobiography. | Grand Central Publishing | New York | Ted Turner
Communications Cable CNN Media |
PW-2762 | Tyne, Gerald F. J. | The Saga of The Vacuum Tube (Berkeley Heights, NJ: Prompt Publications, 1977) | 1977 | Tyne, Gerald F. J., The Saga of The Vacuum Tube.
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SAMS | Indianapolis | History
Tubes, Vacuum |
PW-1650 | Tyne, Gerald F.J. | Saga of the Vacuum Tube | 1977 | Tyne, Gerald F.J., Saga of the Vacuum Tube. Third Printing, 1994 | Antique Electronic Supply/ Prompt Publications | Tempe, AZ | Chronology/Timeline
Tubes, Vacuum History |
PW-1593 | Uda, Shintaro | Short Wave Projector: Historical Records of My Studies in Early Days (1974) | 1974 | Uda, Shintaro, Short Wave Projector: Historical Records of My Studies in Early Days. | privately published | History
Shortwave Radio Autobiography | |
PW-5059 | Uher, Keith | A History of Land Transportation in the IEEE: From the Age of Electricity to the Computer Age | 1988 | This book examines the contribution of the Land Transportation Committee (LTC) and related groups in IEEE | Carnegie Mellon University Press | Pittsburgh, PA | Land Transportation Committee, IEEE
Innovation Innovators IEEE USA Train |
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Culture History |
PW-1555 | Union Carbide | History of the Carbon Products Division, 1886-1976: Commemorating 90 Years of progress in the manufacture of carbon and graphite | 1977 | Union Carbide, History of the Carbon Products Division, 1886-1976. 1977 unpublished manuscript in a binder
this is gift 96-30 from August Manz |
unpublished. | History
Manufacturing Union Carbide | |
PW-4337 | United States Department of Agriculture | Power to Produce | 1960 | Anthology of articles on the use of power, electric and otherwise, in agriculture and on farms. | United States Government Printing Office | Washington, DC | Agriculture
Power |
PW-1528 | University of Pennsylvania | Proceedings of the ENIAC 50th Anniversary Symposium (Section III): Conference on | University of Pennsylvania, Proceedings of the ENIAC 50th Anniversary Symposium (Section III): Conference on the History of Computing and Information Processing. 16-18 May 1996, University of Pennsylvania. UNPUBLISHED! LIMITED DISTRIBUTION!
the is a s |
Computing
ENIAC Anniversary Symposium Proceedings | |||
PW-3394 | US Department of Commerce | Energy Transfer in Hot Gases | United States Department of Commerce: National Bureau of Standards. Energy Transfer in Hot Gases. National Bureau of Standards Circular 523 (March 10, 1954).
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National Bureau of Standards | Symposium
National Bureau of Standards (NBS) Technology Transfer | ||
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Space Exploration History |
PW-1591 | Vallauri, Giancarlo | Elettrotecnica Radiotecnica Contributi Scientifici (Torino, Italy: Stamperia Artistica Nazionale, 1985) | 1985 | Vallauri, Giancarlo, Elettrotecnica Radiotecnica Contributi Scientifici | Stamperia Artistica Nazionale | Turin | History
Radio |
PW-4368 | Valley, George E. Jr. & Wallman, Henry (Eds.) | Vacuum Tube Amplifiers (Volume 18) | 1948 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Radiation laboratory (RadLab)
Radar Amplifier | |
PW-2010 | van Delft, Dirk, and Ad Maas | Philips Research: 100 Years of Inventions that Matter | 2014 | Photo history of Philips Research Laboratories in Eindhoven, Netherlands, prepared by director of Museum Boerhaave with cooperation of Philps Company Archives | W Books/Boerhaave | Leiden, Netherlands | Electrical history--20th century--Europe
Electronics history-20th century--Europe Philips Research Laboratories |
PW-6675 | Van Der Bijl, H.J. | The Thermionic Vacuum Tube and Its Applications | 1920 | Textbook regarding thermionics and vacuum tubes; the principles of operation of thermionic vacuum tubes. | McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. | New York | Thermionics
Tubes, Vacuum Textbooks |
PW-6208 | van Dulken, Stephen | Inventing the 21st Century | 2010 | Fifty stories of the most interesting inventions of the century so far. Includes original patent illustrations. | British Library | London | Inventions
Patents |
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Physics Electronics Semiconductors Radiation Nuclear Radiation |
PW-4253 | Van Velzer, Harry L., ed. | A Dictionary of Electronic Terms | 1952 | Allied Radio Corporation | Chicago | Electronics
Guide Book | |
PW-6549 | Van Vleck, Jenifer | Empire of the Air: Aviation and the American Ascendancy | 2013 | A history of the central role commerical played in the United States' rise to global preeminence in the twentieth century. As U.S. military and economic influence grew, the federal government partnered with the aviation industry to carry and deliver Ame | Harvard University Press | Cambridge, MA | Airplanes
Aviation industry Globalization United States Travel Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Army Air Corps, US Navy, U.S. |
PW-4377 | Van Voorhis, S.N. (Ed.) | Microwave Receivers (Volume 23) | 1964 | Boston Technical Publishers | Lexington, Massachusetts | Radiation laboratory (RadLab)
Radar Microwave Radar Microwaves Receivers | |
PW-6487 | Vanderbilt, Byron M. | Thomas Edison, Chemist | 1971 | This is a biography of Thomas A. Edison, focusing on her work as a chemist. | American Chemical Society | Washington, DC | Thomas A. Edison
Chemical Engineering Chemist Phonograph Mining Engineering Incandescent light |
PW-2861 | Vardalas, John N. | The Computer Revolution in Canada: Building National Technological Competence | 2001 | Vardalas, John N. The Computer Revolution in Canada: Building National Technological Competence The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2001 | MIT | Computing
History Data processing | |
PW-1557 | Varian, Dorothy | Russell and Sigurd Varian: The Inventor and the Pilot (Palo Alto, CA: Pacific Books, 1983). | 1983 | Varian, Dorothy, Russell and Sigurd Varian: The Inventor and the Pilot. | Pacific Books | Palo Alto, CA |
Biography |
PW-2425 | Vaugh, Gene | From Crystal to Color (Indianapolis : WFBM Stations, 1964) | 1964 | Vaugh, Gene, From Crystal to Color | WFBM Stations | Indianapolis | Broadcasting
Radio Station radio History |
PW-4241 | VDE-Ausschuß (Ed.) | Geschichte der Elektrotechnik: Kolloquium Elektrotechnik im Wandel der Zeit am 30. April 1981 | 1981 | In German
VDE Committee History of Electrical Engineering: Colloquium The Changing World of Electrical Engineering Time April 30, 1981 |
VDE-Ausschuß | Germany | Electrical Engineering |
PW-2931 | Vega, Luis Alberto Arenas | Electromagnetismo en la Antiguedad Clasica, volume 1(Bogota, Colombia: Universidad INCCA de Columbia, 1993). | 1993 | Universidad INCCA de Columbia | Bogota, Colombia | History
Electromagnetism | |
PW-3940 | Veinott, Cyril | Fractional Horsepower Electric Motors | 1939 | New York: McGraw Hill, 1939 | McGraw Hill | New York | motors |
PW-3941 | Veinott, Cyril | Fractional Horsepower Electric Motors | 1948 | New York: McGraw Hill, 1948. 2nd edition. | McGraw Hill | New York | motors |
PW-4180 | Veinott, Cyril G. | Fractional Horsepower Electronic Motors | 1939 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | New York | Motor design
Motors | |
PW-1510 | Veit, Stan | Stan Veit's History of the Personal Computer (Asheville, NC: WorldComm, 1993). | 1993 | Veit, Stan, Stan Veit's History of the Personal Computer. | WorldComm | Asheville, NC | Personal computer (PC)
Computing History |
PW-5165 | Venable, John D. | A Brief Biography of Thomas Alva Edison | Biography of Edison | Edison Electric Company
Edison Machine Works Edison Lamp Company | |||
PW-6425 | Vermeulen, Dirk J. | Living Amongst the Stars at the Johannesburg Observatory | 05/2012 | Dirk J Vermeulen. Living Amongst the Stars at the Johannesburg Observatory. (Johannesburg: Chris van Rensburg Publications, 2012 | Chris van Rensburg Publications | Johannesburg | History
Astronomy Electrical Engineering |
PW-403 | Victiores editions | Nationalisations et denationalisations de l'electricite: Annales historiques de l'electricite | June 2003 | Victiores editions | Paris | History
Electrical Engineering | |
PW-3977 | Victoires Editions | Jeunes chercheurs en histoire de l'electricite: Young researchers in history of electricity | September 2009 | Victoires Editions | Paris | Electricity
History | |
PW-2223 | Villalobos, Sergoi ed. | Historia de la ingenieria en Chile (Chile: Institutio de Ingenieros de Chile, 1990). | 1990 | Villalobos, Sergoi ed., Historia de la ingenieria en Chile. | Hachette | Santiago, Chile | History
Engineering |
PW-5002 | Vincent Lagendijk | Electrifying Europe: The Power of Europe in the Construction of Electricity networks | 2008 | By combining a wide array of rarely used sources, this book unravels how engineers, industrialists, and policymakers used ideas of Europe to gain support for building a European Electrical system. By focusing on transnational and European actors, this bo | Electric Light
Electrical Engineering Electrical Grid Electrical Industry Electricity Europe European Union (EU) | ||
PW-703 | Vincenti, Walter G. | What Engineers Know and How They Know it: Analytical Studies from Aeronautical History (Balitimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990). | 1990 | Vincenti, Walter G., What Engineers Know and How They Know it: Analytical Studies from Aeronautical History. | John Hopkins | Baltimore MD | Aerospace
education engineering |
PW-1877 | Violette, Alderic O. | Merrimack County Telephone Company: The First 100 Years (New Hampshire:MCT, Inc., 1997). | 1997 | Violette, Alderic O., Merrimack County Telephone Company: The First 100 Years.
Published by MCT (Merrimack County Telephone Company) |
MCT, Inc. | Telephones
Centennial History | |
PW-1592 | Vogel, William P. Jr. | Precision, People and Progress: A Business Philosophy at Work (Leeds & Northop Co.,1949). | 1949 | Vogel, William P. Jr., Precision, People and Progress: A Business Philosophy at Work. A History of the Leeds & Northrup Co. | Leeds & Northrup | Philadelphia | History
Management |
PW-6034 | Volti, Rudi | Society and Technological Change | 1995 | How technology has affected society, culture, and work. | St. Martin's Press | New York | Technology |
PW-1590 | von Auw, Alvin | Heritage & Destiny: Reflections on the Bell System in Transition (Westport CT: Praeger, 1983). | 1986 | von Auw, Alvin, Heritage & Destiny: Reflections on the Bell System in Transition. | Praeger | Westport, CT | History
American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) Bell System |
PW-4349 | Von Fischer-Truenfeld, R. | Indiex of Publications on Methods of Communications in the Field and on Torpedo Warfare | 1889 | H. Alabaster, Gatehouse | London | Military
Communication Communication Technology | |
PW-2645 | von Kroge, Harry | GEMA: Birthplace of German Radar and Sonar (Institute of Physics Publishing, Philadelphia, 2000). | 2000 | Von Kroge, Harry, GEMA: Birthplace of German Radar and Sonar. | Institute of Physics Publishing | Philadelphia | Radar
Sonar History |
PW-831 | von Weiher, Sigfrid | Berlins Weg zur Elektropolis (Gottingen: Muster-Schmidt Verlag, 1987). | 1987 | von Weiher, Sigfrid, Berlins Weg zur Elektropolis. | Muster-Schmidt Verlag | Gottingen | Power Distribution
Power Industry |
PW-833 | von Weiher, Sigfrid | Werner von Siemens (Zurich, Switzerland: Musterschmidt Gottingen, 1975). | 1975 | von Weiher, Sigfrid, Werner von Siemens - a Life in the Service of Science, Technology, and Industry. | Musterschmidt Gottingen, | Zurich | Biography |
PW-1580 | von Weiher, Sigfrid and Herbert Goetzeler | The Siemens Company - Its Historical Role in the Progress of Electrical Engineering 1847-1980 | 1977 | von Weiher, Sigfrid, The Siemens Company - Its Historical Role in the Progress of Electrical Engineering 1847-1980. Berlin: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, 1983. | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | Berlin | History
Electrical Engineering |
PW-6186 | Vonneuman, Nicholas A. | John von Neumann: As Seen By His Brother | 1987 | A biography of John von Neumann by his brother Nicholas A. Vonneuman. An unpublished manuscript. | Biography | ||
PW-1249 | Voorhis, S.N. | Microwave Receivers | Voorhis, S.N., Microwave Receivers. 1946 (1964 ed.)
Part of the Slate gift (#96-01) 1946 (1964 ed.) |
Microwaves
Receivers | |||
PW-6163 | W.H. Freeman & Co. | Communication | 1972 | A collection of essays on communication-related topics. | W.H. Freeman & Co. | San Francisco | Communication |
PW-1579 | Wainwright, Nicholas B. | History of the Philadelphia Electric Company 1881-1961 ( Philadelphia: Philadelphia Electric Company, 1961). | 1961 | Wainwright, Nicholas B., History of the Philadelphia Electric Company 1881-1961. | History
Power Industry Utilities | ||
PW-3305 | Wall, Joseph Frazier | Alfred I. du Pont: The Man and his Family | 1990 | Biography of the man who drastically expanded du Pont's business in explosives and chemicals in the first third of the 20th century, with extensive background on the family and company in the late 18th and 19th centuries. | Oxford UP | New York | du Pont Corporation
Explosives Gunpowder |
PW-1879 | Wallace, Harold D., Jr. | Wallops Station and the Creation of an American Space Program (Washington, DC: NASA (NASA History Series), 1997). | 1997 | Wallace, Harold D., Jr., Wallops Station and the Creation of an American Space Program. Washington, DC: NASA History Office, 1997. | NASA | Washington, DC | Space Programs
History Aerospace National Aeronautics and Space Administration (National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)) |
PW-1558 | Wallen, Alberta I. | Genius At Riverhead: A Profile of Harold H. Beverage (North Haven, Maine: North Haven Historical Society, 1988) | 1988 | Wallen, Alberta I., Genius At Riverhead: A Profile of Harold H. Beverage. | North Haven Historical Society | Nortth Haven, Maine | biography |
PW-1454 | Wallmark, Torkel and Douglas McQueen | 100 Important Swedish Technical Innovations From 1945 to 1980 (Lund, Sweden: Studenlitteratur, 1988). | 1988 | Wallmark, Torkel and Douglas McQueen, 100 Important Swedish Technical Innovations From 1945 to 1980. | Studenlitteratur | Lund, Sweden | History
Technological Innovations |
PW-3598 | Wardrip-Fruin, N. & N. Montfort (eds.) | The New Media Reader | 2003 | Noah Wardrip-Fruin and Nick Montfort, eds., The New Media Reader, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2003
Textbook on new media; contains CD-ROM |
MIT | Cambridge, MA | Internet |
PW-3206 | Wardrip-Fruin, Nah and Nick Montfort | The New Media Reader | 2003 | MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2003 | MIT | Cambridge, MA | Telecommunications
Computers Internet |
PW-6588 | Warner, Sam Bass, Jr. | Streetcar Suburbs: The Process of Growth in Boston, 1870-1900 | 1980 | A history of the physical and social transformation of Boston in the late nineteenth century. The development of railroads and street railways enabled the upper and middle classes to move out of central-city Boston to the new suburbs rining the city. | Harvard University Press | Cambridge, MA | History - urban
Transportation Street Railway Suburbanization Boston |
PW-6010 | Warshofsky, Fred | The Chip War: The Battle for the World of Tomorrow | 1989 | A history of the development of chip technology and the race between Japan and the US for the most efficient and marketable microchip. | Charles Scribner's Sons | New York | Silicon Valley
Transistor Japan Chip |
PW-866 | Wasserman, Neil | From Invention to Innovation: Long Distance Telephone Transmission at the Turn of the Century (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985). | 1985 | Wasserman, Neil, From Invention to Innovation: Long Distance Telephone Transmission at the Turn of the Century. | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | Telephones
American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) Long Distance Telephony History |
PW-6450 | Watson, Ian | The Universal Machine: From the Dawn of Computing to Digital Consciousness | 2012 | This is a popular science history about the technology and the pioneers: Babbage, Turing, Wozniak, Jobs, Gates, Berners-Lee and Zuckerberg | Copernicus Books | New York | Computer Technology
Computers Computer Industry Internet Inventors |
PW-6158 | Weart, Spencer R. & Phillips, Melba eds. | History of Physics: Readings from Physics Today | 1985 | A history of physics from the readings of Physics Today | American Institute of Physics | New York | Physics
History |
PW-1589 | Weart, Spencer, R., ed. | Selected Papers of Great American Physicists (New York: American Institute of Physics, 1976). | 1976 | Weart, Spencer, R., ed., Selected Papers of Great American Physicists.
Commerative Bicentennial Volume |
American Institute of Physics | New York | History
Physicists |
PW-5152 | Webb, Marcue | Telephones: Words Over Wires | 1992 | History of Telephones | Lucent Books | San Diego, CA | Telephones |
PW-3676 | Webb, Richard C. | Tele-Visionaries: The People Behind the Invention of Television( Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-IEEE Press, 2005). | 2005 | Webb, Richard C. Tele-Visionaries: The People Behind the Invention of Television. IEEE Press Understanding Science and Technology Series. | John Wiley & Sons/ IEEE Press | 2005 | Chronology/Timeline
Television History |
PW-5960 | Weber, Ernst and Frederik Nebeker | The Evolution of Electrical Engineering: A Personal Perspective | 1994 | Combination autobiography and history of the profession, by the first presdient of IEEE to an IEEE History Center historian | IEEE Press | New York | Electrical Engineering
Professionals Biography |
PW-2021 | Weber, Ernst, with Frederik Nebeker | The Evolution of Electrical Engineering: A Personal Perspective | 1994 | Weber, Ernst, with Frederik Nebeker, The Evolution of Electrical Engineering: A Personal Perspective. IEEE, 1994. | IEEE Press | New York | Biography
Electrical Engineers |
PW-2359 | Weber, Ralph E. | Masked Dispatches: Cryptograms and Cryptology in American History, 1775-1900 (Washington, D.C., National Security Agency, 1993). | 1993 | Weber, Ralph E., Masked Dispatches: Cryptograms and Cryptology in American History, 1775-1900. | National Security Agency | Washington, DC | Cryptography
History Communication |
PW-716 | Weber, Robert J., and David N. Perkins | Inventive Minds: Creativity in Technology (New York: Oxford Univeristy Press, 1992). | 1992 | Weber, Robert J., and David N. Perkins, Inventive Minds: Creativity in Technology. | Oxford | New Yorl | Inventors
Electron Device Microscope |
PW-2581 | Weber, Samuel, Ed. | Special Commemorative Issue of Electronics | 1980 | Weber, Samuel, Ed., Special Commemorative Issue of Electronics. McGraw-Hill Publication, April 17, 1980. | McGraw-Hill Publication | New York | History
commemorative Electronics Magazine |
PW-3671 | Weightman, Gavin | Signor Marconi's Magic Box: The Most Remarkable Invention of the 19th Century and the Amateur Inventor Whose Genius Sparked a Revolution (Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2003). | 2003 | Weightman, Gavin. Signor Marconi's Magic Box: The Most Remarkable Invention of the 19th Century and the Amateur Inventor Whose Genius Sparked a Revolution. | Da Capo Press | Cambridge, MA | History
Radio |
PW-6525 | Weitzman, David | Jenny: The Airplane That Taught America to Fly | 2002 | Juvenile literature.
A history of the Curtiss JN4 Jenny considered the Model T of airplanes. The Jenny was built in large numbers during World War I. After the war, surplus Jennys flooded the market and they became the airplane of choice for many barn |
Roaring Brook Press | Brookfield, CT | Airplanes - design and construction
Women air pilots Aeronautics - United States - history JN-4D Training airplane |
PW-1572 | Welge, Victor | Flying Through Aerospace (1989) | 1989 | Welge, Victor, Flying Through Aerospace. | unpublished | History
Aerospace | |
OB-948 | Wells, David | Well's Natural Philosophy | Also entered in as a published work VERY FRAGILE |
Education Textbooks | |||
PW-3589 | Wells, David A. | Well's Natural Philosophy | 1879 | Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor, & Company, New York, 1879
NOTE: This book is in the IEEE Archives due to its age and condition. MB-025 Acc# 948 |
Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor, & Company | Electricity
Lighting Magnetism Heat Textbooks | |
PW-1582 | Wessel, Horst A., ed. | Moderne Energie fur eine neue Zeit (Berlin: Vde-Verlag gmbh, 1991) | 1991 | Wessel, Horst A., ed., Moderne Energie fur eine neue Zeit. | VDE-Verlag | Berlin | Engineering |
PW-919 | Wessel, Horst A., ed. | Elektrotechnik für mehr Lebensqualität (Essen, Berlin: vde-verlag gmbh, 1990). | 1990 | Wessel, Horst A., ed., Elektrotechnik für mehr Lebensqualität.
Index terms selected are a fairly random selection from the included papers |
VDE-Verlag | Berlin |
bioengineering Transistor Electrical Engineering Power Distribution Technology |
PW-920 | Wessel, Horst A., ed. | Elektrotechnik-Signale, Aufbruch, Perspektiven | 1988 | Wessel, Horst A., ed., Elektrotechnik-Signale, Aufbruch, Perspektiven. Fünftes VDE-Kolloquium am 19. Oktober 1988, Mannheim, (Berlin: ved-verlag gmbh), 1988.
index terms are more-or-less random selection from the included papers |
Mining
Train Power Distribution | ||
PW-2978 | West, C. | The Story of My Life by the Submarine Telegraph | 1859 | London, 1859
The story of the submarince cable, as if told by the cable itself, written by C. West, who developed the insulation materials |
History
Transatlantic Cable Transatlantic Communication Telegraphs | ||
PW-6077 | Westervelt, Virginia Veeder | The World Was His Laboratory: The Story of Dr. Willis R. Whitney | 1964 | A biography of Dr. Willis R. Whitney | Julian Messner, Inc. | New York | |
PW-4250 | Westinghouse | Railroad Electricification Data | 1926 | Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. | East Pittsburgh, PA | Railroad
Electrification | |
PW-4255 | Weston Electrical Instrument Corporation | The Phototronic Photoelectric Cell | 1935 | With experiments. Photoelectricity. The cell converts light into electricity. | Weston Electrical Instrument Corporation | Newark, NJ | |
PW-3986 | Wexelblat, Richard L (editor) | History of Programming Languages | 1981 | Academic Press | New York | History
Programming languages | |
PW-3232 | Whalen, David J. | The Origins of Satellite Communications: 1945-1965 | 2002 | Whalen, David J., The Origins of Satellite Communications: 1945-1965, Washington DC, Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002
Documents the development of US Satellite communications, showing that private industry provided far more of the research and develo |
Smithsonian Institution Press | Washington, D.C. | Satellite Communications
Government National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) History Space Programs |
PW-1777 | Wheeler, Harold Alden | Wheeler Monographs, Vol. 1 | 1953 | Wheeler, Harold Alden, Wheeler Monographs, Vol. 1. 1953 | Wheeler Laboratories | Great Neck, NY | Autobiography |
PW-724 | Wheeler, Harold Alden | The Early Days of Wheeler and Hazeltine Corporation: Profiles in Radio and Electronics | 1982 | Wheeler, Harold Alden, The Early Days of Wheeler and Hazeltine Corporation - Profiles in Radio and Electronics. Greenlawn, NY: Hazeltine Corporation, 1982. | Hazeltine | Greenlawn, NY | Radio
History |
PW-725 | Wheeler, Harold Alden | Hazeltine Corporation in World War II (Ventura, CA: Pathfinder Publishing of California, 1993). | 1993 | Wheeler, Harold Alden, Hazeltine Corporation in World War II. | Pathfinder Publishing of California | Ventura, CA | Radio
History World War II |
PW-868 | Wheeler, Harold Alden | Hazeltine the Professor (Greenlawn, NY: Hazeltine Corporation, 1978). | 1978 | Wheeler, Harold Alden, Hazeltine the Professor. | Hazeltine Corp | Greenlawn, NY | Biography |
PW-6568 | Whipple, A.B.C. (Addison Beecher Colvin) | The Challenge | 1987 | A history of the clipper ship era in American maritime history. | William Morrow | New York | Ship
Clipper Ship Sea Voyages to the Pacific Coast United States Ship - The Challenge |
PW-6045 | White, Lynn | Medieval Technology and Social Change | 1962 | A history of medieval tools, technological projects, and machines' influence on daily life during the Middle Ages. | Oxford University Press | Oxford | Technology
Culture History |
PW-3845 | White, Sarah, Editor | Guide to science and Technology in the USSR | 1971 | White, Sarah, editor, Guide to Science and Technology in the USSR, Francis Hodgson Publishers, Gurensey, 1971 | Francis Hodgeson | Guernsey, UK | Soviet Union (USSR)
Technology Guide Book |
PW-1442 | Wienands, H.-Ulrich, ed. | The SSC Low Energy Booster: Design and Component Prototypes for the First Injector Synchroton (Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Press, 1997). | 1997 | Wienands, H.-Ulrich, ed., The SSC Low Energy Booster: Design and Component Prototypes for the First Injector Synchrotron. | IEEE Press | Piscataway, NJ | Design |
PW-864 | Wildes, Karl L., Lindgren, Nilo A. | A Century of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, 1882-1982 (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1985). | 1985 | Wildes, Karl L., Nilo A. Lindgren, A Century of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, 1882-1982. | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
History Computer Science Electrical Engineering |
PW-6415 | Wilfried, Feldenkirchen | Siemens: From Workshop to Global Player | 2000 | First published in German in 1997 to mark the 150th anniversary of Siemens. This business history records the development of the company from the establishment of Siemens & Halske Telegraph Construction Company in 1847 to 1997. | Piper Verlag GmbH | Munich | Siemens & Halske Telegraph Construction Company
Siemens & Halske Siemens Electric Manufacturing Werner von Siemens Germany |
PW-4002 | Wilkes, Maurice V., David J. Wheeler and Stanley Gill | The Preparation of Programs for an Electronic Digital Computer | 1982 | Tomash Publishers | Los Angeles | Programming
Computers | |
PW-4181 | Wilkinson, H.D | Submarine Cable Laying and Repairing | 1896 | The Electrician | London | Transatlantic Cable
Transatlantic Communication History | |
PW-1031 | William Aspray and Barbara M. Hayes, ed. | Everyday Information: The Evolution of Information Seeking in America. | 2011 | Collection of 9 essays on various topics in the field of information studies. Only a few of the essays have history of technology content. . | Information Technology | ||
PW-5009 | William H. Tranter, Desmond P. Taylor, Rodger E. Ziemer , eds. | The Best of the Best: Fifty Years of Communications and Networking Research | 2007 | A collection of classic papers that provide a historical perspective of the development of communications and netoworking research over the past fifty years | Communication
Communications Society, IEEE Fiber optics Satellites | ||
PW-5011 | William S. Trimmer, ed. | Micromechanics and MEMS: Classic and Seminal Papers to 1990 | 1997 | Provides a historical perspective of microelectromechanical literature by presenting classic papers of the field. | Silicon transistors
Silicon Microelectronics Microchip | ||
PW-3851 | Williams, Kathleen Broome | Grace Hopper: Admiral of the Cyber Sea (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2004) | 2004 | Williams, Kathleen Broome, Grace Hopper: Admiral of the Cyber Sea
Biography of Grace Hopper |
Naval Institute Press | Annapolis, MD | Biography
programming languages Computers Programming |
PW-1089 | Williams, Michael R. | A History of Computing Technology | 1985 | Williams, Michael R., A History of Computing Technology.
2 Copies |
Prentice-Hall | Englewood Cliffs | Chronology/Timeline
History Computing Computers |
PW-5153 | Williams, Raymond | Television: Technbology and Cultural Form | 2003 | An analysis of the history of television and the importance of technology in shaping the cultural forms of television. Edited by Ederyn Williams with a new preface by Roger Silverstone | Routledge | London | Culture
Television |
PW-6593 | Williams, Trevor I | A Short History of Twentieth-Century Technology, c. 1900 - c. 1950 | 1982 | Sequel to A Short History of Technology from the Earliest Times to A.D. 1900 written by T.K. Derry and Trevor I. Williams. | Oxford University Press | New York | Technology
History Twentieth Century |
PW-6165 | Williams, Trevor I. | The History of Invention: From Stone Axes to Silicon Chips | 1987 | The History of Invention: From Stone Axes to Silicon Chips | Facts on File Publications | New York | Inventions
History |
PW-3965 | Williamson, Harold F. and Arnold Daum | The American Petroleum Industry: The Age of Illumination 1859-1899 | 1959 | Northwestern University Press | Evanston, IL | Petroleum Industry
History | |
PW-6685 | Willmer, E.N. | Retinal Structure and Colour Vision: A Restatement and Hypothesis | 1946 | Histology and the science of color vision.
Color vision and its physical and physiological basis; the physiological basis for color perception, rods and cones, |
Cambridge University Press | Cambridge, UK | Textbooks
Histology Color Vision |
PW-6565 | Wilson, Mitchell | American Science and Invention: A Pictorial History | 1954 | An illustrated history of technology and society in America. | Bonanza Books | New York | United States
History Technology Invention Inventors |
PW-6540 | Winchester, Simon | The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom | 2008 | Biography of Joseph Needem, British scientist and author of the multi-volume Science and Civilisation in China. | HarperCollins Publishers Inc. | New York | Joseph Needem
Science - China - History Scientists - Great Britain China - science and civilization History - Technology - China |
PW-6632 | Winner, Langdon | Autonomous Technology: Technics-out-of-Control as a Theme in Political Thought | 1977 | Winner offers a new evaluation of technology's effect on society and also explores the philosophy of technology. Winner examines the idea that technology has gotten out of control in the mid-twentieth century. He contends technologies are political str | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Technology - Social Aspects
Philosophy Technocracy |
PW-3971 | Winseck, Dwayne R. and Robert M. Pike | Communication and Empire: Media, Markets and Globalization, 1860-1930. | 2007 | Duke University Press | Durham | Communication
History Telecommunication Telegraphy | |
PW-1704 | Winslow, Ward, ed. | Making of Silicon Valley: A One Hundred Year Renaissance (Palo Alto, CA: The Santa Clara Valley Historical Association, 1995) | 1995 | Winslow, Ward, ed., Making of Silicon Valley, the: A One Hundred Year Renaissance. | The Santa Clara Valley Historical Association | Palo Alto, CA | Silicon Valley
Centennial History |
PW-6691 | Wittje, Roland | The of Electroacoustics: Transforming Science an Sound | 2016 | During the early twentieth century, acoustics underwent a transformation from a scientific field based on the understanding of classical music to one guided by electrical engineering, with industrial and military applications. Topics also include industr | MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Acoustics
Heinrich Barkhausen Hermann von Helmholtz Baron Rayleigh (William Strutt) Edwin Meyer Hermann Theodor Simon Erich Waetzmann Karl Willy Wagner Military World War I World War II |
PW-6479 | Wolf, Mark J. P., ed. | Before the Great Crash: Early Video Game History | 2012 | This book is a contribution to the field of game studies. It presents analyses of early video game culture and covers the production, economics, and gameplay of video games produced in the 1970s and early 1980s. | Wayne State University Press | Detroit, MI | Video games - history
Video games - social aspects |
PW-6640 | Wolfe, Audra J. | Competing with the Soviets: Science, Technology, and the State in Cold War America | 2013 | In the second half of the twentieth century, the United States and its allies competed with the Soviet Union in almost every way imaginable except open military engagement. Arranged chronologically and thematically, thematically, the book highlights how | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | Science
Technology United States Soviet Union (USSR) Cold War Military-Industrial Complex Space Race Science and the State Scientists |
PW-6095 | Wolfram, Stephen | The Mathematica Book | 1996 | Mathematica - the textbook | Cambridge University Press & Wolfram Media | Cambridge | Mathematics
Data processing |
PW-67000 | Wolfson, Susan J. and Ronald Levao, editors | The Annotated Frankenstein | 2012 | In 1818, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley published Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus in London. The author was noted as anonymous. She published a new edition of her novel in 1823 under her name. The tale of Dr. Victor Frankenstein and his monster. | Belknap Press of Harvard University Press | Cambridge, Mass. | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Victor Frankenstein Scientists |
PW-6802 | Wons, Anthony, compiler. | Tony's Scrap Book: Combined Radio Edisions of 1927, 1928, 1929. | 1930 | A Radio Scrap Book is a book built up of choice bits of reading contributed by a radio audience. Those most popular on the air and which were published in three small booklets are reprinted here. | The Reilly & Lee Co. | Chicago | Poetry |
PW-3972 | Wood, James | History of International Broadcasting, Volume 2 | 2000 | The Institution of Electrical Engineers in association with the Science Museum | London | Broadcasting | |
PW-745 | Wood, James | History of International Broadcasting, volume 1 (London: Peter Peregrinus Ltd., 1992) | Wood, James, History of International Broadcasting, volume 1.
Covers period from the 1920s to the 1980s and apparently covers only radio, not television. Much discussion of BBC, RRG, and other major international broadcasters. Some discussion of Wor |
Peter Peregrinus | London | Broadcasting
History Shortwave Radio Radio Transmitter | |
PW-1852 | Wormbs, Nina | Genom trad och eter: Framvaxten av distributionsnatet for radio och TV (Falths Tryckeri, Varnamo, Sweden: Stiflesen Etermedierna i Sverige, Serie skrifter utgivna 3, 1997). | 1997 | Wormbs, Nina, Genom trad och eter: Framvaxten av distributionsnatet for radio och TV. | Stiflesen | Varnamo, Sweden |
Radio Television |
PW-6476 | Worthy, James C. | William C. NOrris: Portrait of a Maverick | 1987 | Biography of William C. Norris, founder of Control Data Corporation. | William Norris Institute | William C. Norris
Control Data Corporation Computer Industry | |
PW-3200 | Wright, Michael and Mukul Patel, Editors | How Things Work Today | 2000 | Crown Publishers, New York, 2000, 255 pp. + Illustrations | Crown Publishers | New York | Lighting
Telephones Radio Satellite Communications computers Internet sound recording sound reproduction Television Global Positioning System (GPS) Nuclear Power Energy batteries X-Ray Lasers Particle Accelerator Appliances |
PW-713 | WTTW | Long Distance Warrior: The Story of the Most Famous Business Leader You've Never Heard of: Bill McGowan | 2010 | Documentary biography of William Bill McGowan, the long time CEO of MCI. He took on the most powerful monopoly of his time, AT&T and its Bell System of Local Telephone Companies and won against all odds. | WTTW | Chicago | Telecommunications
Telephones |
PW-6653 | Wunsch, Aaron V.; Joseph E.B. Elliott, and David E. Nye | Palazzos of Power: Central Stations of the Philadelphia Electric Company, 1900-1930 | 2016 | Photogaphs by Joseph E.B. Elliott. Foreward by David E. Nye. This book presents the titanic beauty of PECO's central stations and sheds light on the story behind them. A visual and analytical tour of architecture, technology, place, loss, and reuse, th | Princeton Architectural Press | New York | Philadelphia Electric Company
Central Station Power Plant Architecture Electric Utilities Electrical Industry Electrification Electrical Engineering |
PW-5157 | Wysocki Jr.,Edward M. | The Great Heinlein Mystery:Science Fiction, Innovation and Naval Technology | 2012 | A discussion of a science fiction story written by Robert Heinlein that contains an electronics device that possibly inspired an actual system used by the US Navy during WW II. | Edward M. Wysocki, Jr. | Lexington, KY | Navy, U.S.
Warfare Electronics |
PW-1799 | Yajima, Masayuki | Deregulatory Reforms of the Electricity Supply Industry (Westport, Connecticut: Quorum Books. 1997). | 1997 | Yajima, Masayuki, Deregulatory Reforms of the Electricity Supply Industry.
needs to be reviewed |
Quorum Books | Westport, CT | Government
Power Industry History |
PW-3853 | Yates, JoAnne | Structuring the Information Age: Life Insurance and Technology in the Twentieth Century (Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005). | 2005 | The ways by which insurance companies shaped information technologies. They were consistantly early adopters of information technology. | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | information processing
information Systems Data processing
|
PW-6006 | Yates, JoAnne | Control through Communication: The Rise of System in American Management | 1989 | A history of American management and the shifts in communication and information in the American business system model. | Johns Hopkins University Press | Baltimore | Management
Communication Technology History |
PW-1436 | Yavetz, Ido | From Obscurity to Enigma: The Work of Oliver Heaviside, 1872-1891 (Boston: Birkhäuser, 1995). | 1995 | Yavetz, Ido, From Obscurity to Enigma: The Work of Oliver Heaviside | Birkhäuser, | Boston | History
Biography |
PW-6554 | Yergin, Daniel | The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power | 1991 | A history of oil from the drilling of the first well in Pennsylvania, through two world wars, to the discovery of oil in the North Sea, to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. How and why did oil become the largest industry in the world? | Simon & Schuster | New York | Petroleum Industry
World War I World War II Military World Politics John D. Rockefeller British Petroleum Royal Dutch/Shell Gulf Oil OPEC Ibn Saud, King of Saudi Arabia |
PW-6224 | Yetter, David L. | Powering Progress: NYSEG's 150 Years of Energy and Enterprise, 1852-2002 | 2003 | A history of New York State Electric & Gas Corporation (NYSEG). | New York State Electric & Gas Corporation | Ithaca, NY | Power Industry
Electrical Industry Power Plant (Generating Station) Businesses History |
PW-6622 | Yong, James Harvey | The Medical Messiahs: A Social History of Health Quackery in Twentieth-Century America | 1967 | An explorationof the concurrent rise in twentieth-century America of modern medical science and of pseudo-medical nonsense. The author interprets quackery and self-medication in relation to trends in science, marketing, and government. Topics addressed | Princeton University Press | Princeton, NJ | Medicine
Medical Equipment Medical innovations Medical electronics Law and Legislation |
PW-1222 | Yost, Jeffrey R. | The IBM Century: Creating the IT Revolution | 2011 | Yost, Jeffrey. IBM. Computer. Fortran. | IBM
Computer Fortran | ||
PW-4000 | Youden, W. W | Computer Literature Bibliography 1946-1963 | 1965 | National Bureau of Standards Miscellaneous Publication 266 | Washington D.C | Bibliography
Computers History | |
PW-4182 | Young, Elton | Electrical Testing for Telegraph Engineers | The Electrician | Telegraphs
Testing | |||
PW-5142 | Zachary, G. Pascal | Endless Frontier: Vannevar Bush, Engineer of the American Century | 1999 | Zachary, G. Pascal. Endless Frontier: Vannevar Bush, Engineer of the American Century. (Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1999). | The MIT Press | Cambridge, MA | Computing
World War II Weapons Manhattan Project Biography |
PW-2001 | Zbigniew Stachniak | Inventing the PC: the MCM/70 Story | 2011 | History of Mers Kutt's efforts to innovate a microprocessor-based personal, desktop computer through his Canadian company, Micro Computer Machines (MCM) in the early 1970s. | McGill-Queen's University Press | Montreal, QC, and Kingston, ON, Canada | Computer, Personal
Computer, Desktop Microcomputers, Canada MCM/70 |
PW-754 | Zemanek, Heinz | Das Geistige Umfeld der Informationstechnik (Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1992). | 1992 | Zemanek, Heinz, Das Geistige Umfeld der Informationstechnik. | Springer-Verlag | Berlin | Germany
Computing Information Technology |
PW-2656 | Zenner, Walter J. and Robert J. Reek | History of Teletype | 2000 | Zenner, Walter J. and Robert J. Reek, History of Teletype. 2000. Spiral Bound | Unpublished MS. | Teletype
History | |
OB-675 | Zerbe, J.S. | Electricity for Boys, 1914 | J. S. Zerbe, M. A. Donohue & Company, | Electricity
Education | |||
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Technology and culture--West Germany |
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Technological change and politics in China |
Stanford University Press | Palo Alto, CA | History
Telecommunications |
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World War II Warfare Radar |
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Microprocessor Intel |