History of engineering & technology
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History of engineering & technology
Paperback. The story of the author's solo flight from England to Cape Town in a single-engined Percival Mew Gull in 1939, a distance of 12,754 miles over desert, sea and jungle. His flight established several solo records which still stand in 1998. Num Pages: 272 pages, 33 b&w photographs, drawings, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: TBX; TRP; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 488. 272 pages, 33 b&w photographs, drawings, 10 line drawings. The story of the author's solo flight from England to Cape Town in a single-engined Percival Mew Gull in 1939, a distance of 12,754 miles over desert, sea and jungle. His flight established several solo records which still stand in 1998. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: TBX; TRP; WGM. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight: 472.
- Publisher
- Crowood
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840370218
- ISBN
- 9781840370218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.48
€ 32.48
paperback. Based on the latest research, this crisply written, sometimes provocative survey includes a glossary, timeline, and bibliography for further reading. Num Pages: 232 pages, 15, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: TBX; TJKV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890727
- ISBN
- 9780801890727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.87
€ 37.87
Hardback. The Antikythera Mechanism, now 82 small fragments of corroded bronze, was an ancient Greek machine simulating the cosmos as the Greeks understood it. Reflecting the most recent researches, A Portable Cosmos presents it as a gateway to Greek astronomy and technology and their place in Greco-Roman society and thought. Num Pages: 312 pages, 41 b/w halftones; 41 b/w line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA; PDX; PDZ; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 173 x 23. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199739349
- ISBN
- 9780199739349
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.33
€ 66.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 271 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; TBX; TDPB1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226379685
- ISBN
- 9780226379685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.65
€ 39.65
Paperback. Series: Harvard Studies in Business History. Num Pages: 352 pages, 19 tables, 6 charts. BIC Classification: KNDH; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674018051
- ISBN
- 9780674018051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.47
€ 44.47
Paperback. Originally published in hardcover in 2009. Num Pages: 656 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: TBX; VFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813041933
- ISBN
- 9780813041933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.88
€ 41.88
Paperback. Insightful, detailed, and always quirky, Why Didn't I Think of That chronicles the odd origins of famous products, explores how these inventions changed our lives, and reveals the business side of their production and distribution. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KJH; KND; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 209 x 14. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471165118
- ISBN
- 9780471165118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.65
€ 38.65
Paperback. The revealing backstory of spaceflight before the establishment of NASA. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8pp colour section. BIC Classification: TBX; TTDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472911247
- ISBN
- 9781472911247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.17
€ 15.99
€ 12.17
Behind the glories and tragedies that make headlines and move the nation, the story of the space shuttle is inextricably bound to the lesser-known drama of the search for a reusable single-stage-to-orbit rocket. In this book, Andrew J. Butrica tells this story. Series: New Series in NASA History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; TBX; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801873386
- ISBN
- 9780801873386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.16
€ 60.16
Hardback. Volume II covers: JG 53 Pik-As, JG 54 Grunherz, JG 77 Herz-As, JG 300, JG 301, JG 302 Wilde Sau, and JG 400. Num Pages: 256 pages, 700+ colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1306. 256 pages, Over 700 colour and black and white photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; TBX; WGM. Dimension: 287 x 222 x 22. Weight: 1308.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887407529
- ISBN
- 9780887407529
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.33€ 38.61
€ 53.33
€ 38.61
Hardback. Volume I covers: JG 1 Oesau, JG 2 Richthofen, JG 3 Udet, JG 4, JG 5 Eismeer, JG 6 Horst Wessel, JG 7 Nowotny, JG 11, JG 26 Schlageter, JG 27, JV 44, JG 51 Molders, and JG 52. Num Pages: 256 pages, 700+ colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 223 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1572. 256 pages, Over 700 colour and black and white photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; TBX; WGM. Dimension: 286 x 223 x 26. Weight: 1546.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887407512
- ISBN
- 9780887407512
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.33€ 38.61
€ 53.33
€ 38.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, 120+ color and b/w photos. BIC Classification: JWG; JWMV; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 216 x 6. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764300677
- ISBN
- 9780764300677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.18
€ 25.99
€ 18.18
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 pp of photos. BIC Classification: JWG; JWMV; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887407321
- ISBN
- 9780887407321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 24.61
€ 36.99
€ 24.61
Paperback. Hunt translates his often-demanding material into engaging and accessible language suitable for undergraduate students of the history of science and technology. Series: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science. Num Pages: 192 pages, 24, 16 black & white halftones, 8 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JH; PDX; PH; TBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801893599
- ISBN
- 9780801893599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.37
€ 30.37
Hardback. Hunt translates his often-demanding material into engaging and accessible language suitable for undergraduate students of the history of science and technology. Series: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science. Num Pages: 192 pages, 24, 16 black & white halftones, 8 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JH; PDX; PH; TBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801893582
- ISBN
- 9780801893582
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.08
€ 56.08
Paperback. The previously untold story of the Zenith Trans-Oceanic, the world's most romantic and expensive series of portable radios, now in a newly revised & expanded edition. Long a companion of kings, presidents, transoceanic yachtsmen and world explorers, the T Num Pages: 159 pages, 226 photos. BIC Classification: TBX; TJKR; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 866.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing
- Edition
- 2 Rev Exp
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764328381
- ISBN
- 9780764328381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 27.75
€ 42.99
€ 27.75
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781426216497
- ISBN
- 9781426216497
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.38
€ 21.99
€ 19.38
A biography of one of the most significant figures in the history of American aviation. It also provides a documented history of the development of the field of aviation and those involved in it through the first three decades of the 20th century. Num Pages: 576 pages, 106 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; TBX; WGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 757.
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815602644
- ISBN
- 9780815602644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.62
€ 29.62
Hardback. Editor(s): Price, Campbell; Forshaw, Roger; Chamberlain, Andrew; Nicholson, Paul. Num Pages: 520 pages, 10 maps, 17 colour illustrations, 122 black & white illustrations, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HDDG; MBX; PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 248 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1070.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784992439
- ISBN
- 9781784992439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.63
€ 165.63
hardcover. Raising fascinating questions of consumption, environment, and desire, Upcycling Aluminum is for anyone interested in industrial and environmental history, discard studies, engineering, product design, music history, or antiques. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 216 pages, 20, 18 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; TBX; TDM; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KJH0000388
- ISBN
- 9781421421865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 8.31
€ 8.31
Paperback / so. "A guide to the equipment of the trappers and fur traders who opened the old West"--Cover. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602399693
- ISBN
- 9781602399693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.95
€ 15.99
€ 15.95
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFSJ2; TBX; UDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 225 x 22. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816691821
- ISBN
- 9780816691821
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.93
€ 108.93
Paperback. A Companion to American Technology is a groundbreaking collection of original essays that analyze the hard-to-define phenomenon of "technology" in America. Editor(s): Pursell, Carroll W. Series: Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 26. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405179942
- ISBN
- 9781405179942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.50
€ 71.50
Paperback. Along the way, he shows readers how technology enables the forms, equipment, and devices of play to evolve constantly, both reflecting consumer choices and driving innovators and manufacturers to promote toys that involve entirely new kinds of play-from LEGOs and skateboards to beading kits and videogames. Num Pages: 216 pages, 15, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JHBS; TBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421416502
- ISBN
- 9781421416502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.34
€ 36.34