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Mechanical Engineering
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
Independent digital catalogue
IHUAS Historical Engineering Library – A Digital Collection of Historical Engineering & Technology Texts
The IHUAS Historical Engineering Library contains 92 public-domain texts focusing on historical engineering, technology, and related fields. The collection includes works on mechanical engineering, electrical technology, civil engineering, and biographies of inventors and industrialists. With contributions from 107 authors, this digital library offers a range of historical perspectives on technological development.
92 public-domain works107 represented authorsSource-attributed catalogue records
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Electrical Technology
Works exploring technology, imagined futures, discovery and speculative changes in society and everyday life.
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Civil Engineering
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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Inventions Industry
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
Engineering — Editor’s Selection
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Mechanical Engineering
The British battle fleet, Vol. 2...
Authored by Authors: Jane, Fred T. (Frederick ..., 'The British battle fleet, Vol. 2...' stands as a notable and significant work within the Mechanical Engineering category. Fred T. Jane's second volume traces the design evolution of British capital ships from the Barnaby era through the Dreadnought revolution, using technical specifications, trial data, and W. L. Wyllie's colour plates to examine how armour, armament, and speed were traded off in successive classes. It serves as a vital entry point into the broader subjects represented in our archive.
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Catechism of the locomotive — A ...
In Inventi...
Elementary lathe practice — Them...
In Civil E...
Omnibuses and cabs — Edition Ins...
In Civil E...
A practical treatise on coach-bu...
In Electri...
Two men on a mill — A Reader’s G...
In Mechani...
The Chickamauga Dam and its envi...
In Civil E...
Three textile raw materials and ...
In Inventi...
Tinting and toning of Eastman po...
In Electri...
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Begin with Mechanical EngineeringOpen a focused route to works connected with Mechanical Engineering.Explore Electrical TechnologyCompare authors, source types and recurring questions within Electrical Technology.Read through Civil EngineeringMove from introductory records to related works in Civil Engineering.Browse Inventions IndustryUse this theme as a starting point for nearby catalogue records in Inventions Industry.
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Catalogue stewardship
Louisa Alcott
Catalogue Editor
Louisa Alcott oversees the overarching architecture of our digital library, comprising 92 books and 107 authors within 4 distinct categories. They guarantee the integrity of our extensive collections.
