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26654. A Long Ago Book. Fire Fighting of Long Ago. Maynard, Massachusetts: Chandler Press, 1988, unpaginated, 37pp., very good stapled brochure, $12
A Long Ago Book. Iillustrated throughout with drawings of 19th century fire equipment. [Feuerwehr]. ISBN 0944593119


28864. Abel, Jessica. Radio. An Illustrated Guide. By Jessica Abel and Ira Glass. Seattle: Fantagraphic Books, 1999, 30pp., stapled PAPERBACK, very good, $65
Comic book presentation on high-quality paper with stiff paperback cover. History and process behind the outstanding public radio show: This American Life, from WBEZ Chicago. The weekly radio broadcasts and travelling stage live-productions specializes in stories from the periphery of everyday life, which turns out to be quite central. Dedicated to the idea that even the most complex cultual phenomena can be understood and presented clearly.


3486. Albrecht, Max und Ernst. Das Erdöl und seine Produkte, Lagerung und Transport von der Quelle bis zum Verbraucher. Leipzig: S. Hirzel, 1909, viii, 151pp. illus., XII fold. pl. (incl. 3 maps) diagrs. 25 cm., very good large blue cloth, slight wear to edges, $75
"Sonderabdruck aus Engler-Hofer, Das erdol. II bd.". With wonderful full page drawings of machinery, fold out illustrations of tanker design, maps, drawings, designs. Oil production, transportation. Max Albrecht was one of the first to recognize the importance of oil in Baku, import it to factory in Hamburg and organize transport across Europe; founder of the Reichserdölverband, the first such organization in Germany.


13145. Aston, James, 1876- / Story, Edward B.. Wrought iron, its manufacture, characteristics and applications. Pittsburgh, Pa., A.M. Byers Company, 1939, 2d printing, 2pp. l., 59pp. : illus., pl.. 24 cm, very good blue cloth, some foxing on rear cover, previous owner's name, $25
"2d printing." James Aston, born in England, but attended Milwaukee public schools, Professor of Metallurgy at University of Cincinnati, 1912-15, later with A. M. Byers 1916-26, Carnegie Institute of Technology 1926-35, A. M. Byers Pittsburgh from 1926.


25421. AT & T Bell Laboratories. Engineering and operations in the Bell System. R.F. Rey, technical editor. Murray Hill, N.J. : AT&T Bell Laboratories, 1983, 2d edition, stated First Printing, xvi, 884pp., dust-jacket slightly chipped around edges, very good large hardcover, previous owner's name, $17
First printing, 1984. The previous edition appeared in 1977. Prepared by members of the technical staff and the Technical Publication Department, AT&T Bell Laboratories. ISBN 0932764045


26944. Bader, Wolfgang. Die Verbindung von Rhein und Donau : zur Geschichte eines bemerkenswerten Wasserstrassenprojektes. München : R. Oldenbourg ; Düsseldorf : VDI-Verlag, 1982, 100 p. : ill. ; 21 cm, sewn PAPERBACK, very good, $25
Abhandlungen und Berichte / Deutsches Museum; 50. Jahrg., 1982, Heft 2. ISBN 3486275518


9540. Bähr, E., Hrsg.. Otto Mohr zum achtzigsten Geburtstage. Mit 140 Abbildungen. Berlin: Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn, 1916, 228pp., large red cloth, slight wear, $75
13 essays by different authors on technical issues of railroad, bridge, and other construction problems. With a bibliography of Mohr's writings 1860-1916. Wood and iron construction, engineering. Fachwerk. Mohr: 1836-1918.


23425. Balke, Siegfied. Aus seinen Reden über Technik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. Köln: Arbeitgeber-Förderung-GmbH, 1969, 222pp., very good light blue cloth, briefly INSCRIBED by Balke on half-title. $45
Mostly lectures and speeches held from 1964 to 1968 on the economic importance of technology, planning, labor and education. During this period Balke was president of the Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände.


21619. Bezilla, Michael. Engineering education at Penn State: a century in the land-grant tradition. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1981, viii, 239pp.: ill. 24 cm, very good dust-jacket, very good blue cloth, $12
. ISBN 0271002875


6700. Bungardt, Karl / Franz Bollenrath. Entwicklung von Hochtemperaturlegierungen auf Kobalt- und Nickelbasis - Über Niobium, die Entwicklung und Anwendung von Nioblegierungen. Köln: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1966, 83pp., PAPERBACK, good copy, cover darkened at edges, cover reglued, $10
Two separate essays, the first by Bungardt, the second by Bollenrath, with discussion. Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Heft 154.


2530. Centre economique et social de perfectionnement des cadres. Technique et vie humaine. Paris: Federation nationale des syndicats d'ingenieurs et de cadres, 1961, 109pp., very good white paper wraps, uncut, $12
Essays by Renée Lebrun, Jean Riondet, Georges Ville, Pierre jardillier, jean-Jacques Getti, Jean-Francois Gravier on the management of labor, time, industrial psychology, living conditions, industry and human community. Cahiers du Centre economique et social de perfectionnement des cadres. Ve session Elite et responsabilites.


29720. Channing, Marion L.. The Textile Tools of Colonial Homes. From Raw Materials to Finished Garments Before Mass Production in the Factories. Illustrated by Walter E. Channing. Marion, Massachusetts: Marion L. Channing, 1971, 2d edition, 64pp., stapled PAPERBACK, very good but with dark offsetting stains on front cover, previous owner's name, $12
Illustrated throughout with line drawings of carding, spinning and weaving devices.


30324. Dene, Shafto. Trail blazing in the skies. illustrated by J. Francis Chase. Akron, Ohio: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, 1943, 78pp., very good blue cloth with cover illustration of dirigible and airplane, $15
32-page section of photos in rear show unusual views of blimps, rigid airships, flotation rafts and vests, aircraft assembly, wheels, brakes. Text presents popular history of Goodyear designs of aircraft and airship technology with drawings.


27570. Dibner, Bern, 1897-. Alessandro Volta and the electric battery. New York, Franklin Watts, 1964, 2d printing, 135 p. illus., ports. 22 cm., very good dust-jacket, very good green cloth, slight fading around edges, $20
Series: Immortals of science / Burndy Library publications, 22. Deals with Alessandro Volta, 1745-1827.


24083. Ducassé, Pierre, 1905-. Histoire des techniques. Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 1964, later printing, 136pp., small sewn PAPERBACK, very good, $10
Que sais-je? 126.


24616. Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule. Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, 1855-1955. École Polytechnique Fédérale. Zürich, Buchverlag der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung, 1955, xix, 723pp., very good large white half-cloth, $45
Substantial history of the Swiss technical university.


15573. Fontanellaz, Gustav Ch.. Ein Ultrakurzwellen-Telefoniesystem hoher Kanalzahl mit Frequenzweiche. Zürich: Dissertationsdruckerei Leemann, 1949, 74pp., very good sewn paper wraps, dissertation, INSCRIBED by Fontanellaz. $85
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15849. Fuchs, Franz, 1881-1971. Grundriß der Funken-Telegraphie in gemeinverständlicher Darstellung. 160 Textabbildungen. München: R. Oldenbourg, 1922, 12te, neubearbeite Auflage, 94pp., very good gray sewn paper wraps, $25
Author was at the time Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Deutschen Museum.


15399. Gessner, Richard, 1894-. Ein Maler sieht das Ruhrgebiet. Ein Skizzenbuch. Vorwort Otto Brües. Düsseldorf: August Bagel Verlag, 1953, unpaginated,, very good dust-jacket a bit worn, very good oblong gray half-cloth, slight edgewear, 80 full page water-colors, with text in several languages on facing page, $65
Gessner was a student at the Freie Schulgemeinde Wickersdorf, interested in engineering, but ended up as an artist with special affection for industrial scenes: bridges, railroads, steel mills, and harbors. Unusual focus on industrial sites with an artistic eye.


32872. Graudenz, Karlheinz. Kleine Reise in die Vergangenheit. Wwe. Wilh. von Hagen, 1857-1957. Illustriert von Ulrik Schramm. no place or publisher noted, 1957, 60pp., very good square blue cloth, cover a bit faded, illustrated with many hand-drawn illustrations of the work process, laid in: printed card announcing gift of the book, $20
Festschrift der von August von Hagen jun. begonnenen und von Ulrich und Günter von Hagen fortgeführten Familienchronik.


25359. H. Behlen & Bro. Inc.. The Art of Wood Finishing. A Condensed Manual for Furniture, Piano and Hardwood Finishers, Painters, Interior Decorators and all Allied Craftsmen. New York: H. Behlen & Bro., in collaboration with Qualatone Products, Kearny, N.J., 1957, 5th revised edition, 95pp., very good brown hardcover, illustrated with photographs of machinery and techniques, $12
.


18242. Hager, Hermann / Mez, Carl, 1866-. Das Mikroskop und seine Anwendung: Handbuch der praktischen Mikroskopie and Anleitung zu mikroskopischen Untersuchungen. Nach dessen Tode vollständig und in Gemeinschaft mit O. Appel [et al.] neu herausgegeben von Carl Mez. Berlin: Springer, 1925, 13te umgearbeitete Auflage, ix, 373pp.: ill. 25 cm, very good green cloth, cover a bit soiled, some foxing, previous owner's inscription: Unserem lieben Bongner, vom Stift-Verein. 3.III.29, $45
.


26455. Hansen, Emil M.. Modern Marine Pipefitting. New York: Cornell Maritime Press, 1942, 434pp., very good black cloth with fold-out diagrams, many charts, diagrams, drawings in text, $15
Author was chief piping estimator, New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Instructor, Camden County, New Jersey, Vocational School.


Digitale Bibliothek 164. Haustein, Heinz-Dieter, Hrsg.. Universalgeschichte des Messens - cd-rom. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2007, , cd-rom for pc or mac, texts in German, $39
Digitale Bibliothek 164.Contains full contents in digital, searchable, printable form of two previously published books: Heinz-Dieter Haustein: Weltchronik des Messens. Universalgeschichte von Maß und Zahl, Geld und Gewicht, Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2001 (updated edition) - Heinz-Dieter Haustein: Quellen der Meßkunst. Zu Maß und Zahl, Geld und Gewicht, Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2004. The earlier work surveys the history of measurements and standards chronologically by broad period, dealing with social and cultural conditions as well as the technology; the later work presents documents from each period in German translation. The narratives and material here are nicely supplemented by other technological historical material in the Digitale Bibliothek, most importantly the comprehensive Lueger, Lexikon der gesamten Technik. Haustein provides the framework and guidance for more specific research. ISBN 9783898535649


13203. Hill, Rowland, ed.. Fibres from synthetic polymers. Amsterdam. Houston: Elsevier Pub. Co., 1953, xv, 554pp., 25 cm, very good brown cloth, some wear around the edges, both hinges a bit wobbly, a few minor marks in margins on a few pages, $15
Elsevier's polymer series on the chemistry, physics and technology of high polymeric and allied substances. v 6. 20 chapters by various authors.


28665. Horstmann, Bernd. Funkpeilen gestern, heute, morgen. Maximilian Wächtler 80. Jahre. Hamburg: Dr. Wächtler, 1980, 203pp., PAPERBACK, very good, light wear on spine, nicely INSCRIBED at length on half-title by Max Wächtler, thanking his friend R. W. for his friendship and contribution. $45
.


24615. Kappeler, Ernst. Piloten. Mit technischen Beiträgen der Piloten. Solothurn: Schweizer Jugend-Verlage, 1967, 158pp., very good illustrated hardcover, with cover photo of Swissair plane in flight, $20
Six pilots describe their everyday life. Richly illustrated with airplane, airport, and travel photos.


15572. Kaufmann, Peter. Diskussion von Störstellenverteilungen verschiedener Transistortypen und Aufstellung von Konstruktionsunterlagen. Zürich: Juris-Verlag, 1958, 101pp., very good sewn paper wraps, dissertation, INSCRIBED by author. $75
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11816. Keenan, Joseph H., 1900-. Thermodynamic properties of steam, including data for the liquid and solid phases. With Frederick G. Keyes. New York: J. Wiley & sons, inc.. London, Chapman & Hall, limited, 1936, 89pp. : tables., diagrs. (1 double, 1 fold. in pocket). 26 cm., good large red cloth, top edge substantially ink-stained, previous owner's bookplate: William H. Congleton, Princeton University, $15
Previous owner Congleton: graduated from Princeton with a degree in chemical engineering in 1942, M.A. 1943, died at age 79 in Wellesley, Massachusetts (Boston Herald June 15, 2001).


32873. Kleinmann, Manfred Peter. Ein halbes Jahrhundert im Dienste der Kohleveredelung : 1901-1951. Essen: Heinrich Koppers GmbH, 1951, 140pp., very good black cloth, cover a bit worn and faded, some light foxing, $20
Extravagantly illustrated and printed, photographs and drawings.


33142. Kosutány, Tamás. A Magyar Buza és A Magyar Liszt. A Gazda, Molnár és Sütö Szempontjából. Budapeöst: Molnárok Lapja Könyvnymodája, 1907, 323pp., good original publisher's gray cloth, worn and scuffed around edges, previous owner's name on title page: fehér múklós [?], $45
Fold-out map in rear.


4923. Kristl, Wilhelm Lukas. Hier darf jeder tun, was ich will : Oskar von Miller in Anekdoten und Momentaufnahmen. Mit e. Lebens- und Werkchronik von Rudolf von Miller. Pfaffenhofen: Ludwig, 1978, 91 p. : ill. ; 21 cm., very good paper-covered boards, some edgewear, nicely INSCRIBED by Rudolf von Müller on half-title. $40
Miller, Oskar Von, 1855-1934..3778720244.Pioneer in Electricity development, and co-founder of the Deutsches Museum in Munich (history of technology).


28498. Lee-Thorp, Vincent. Washington Engineered. Baltimore: Noble House / American Literary Press, 2006, 246pp., very good dust-jacket, slight wear, very good hardcover, $15
Buildings, bridges, transport in Washington D.C. from the perspective of the engineer. ISBN 1561679402


69554. Lueger, Otto. Lexikon der gesamten Technik und ihrer Hilfswissenschaften. Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, no date, preface dated [1894], 1894, , very well preserved, with only minor scuffing, 3/4 leather with decorated ornamental boards, 7 volumes, library gift stamp on first blank page and removal, $650
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Digitale Bibliothek 116. Lueger, Otto, 1843-1911, Hrsg.. Lexikon der Gesamtechnik - DVD-rom. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2005, , DVD-rom for pc or mac, texts in German, $49
Digitale Bibliothek 116.Die elektronische Edition basiert auf der vollständig überarbeiteten und ergänzten Auflage in acht Bänden von 1904. Mit aufgenommen wurden auch die beiden Ergänzungsbände von 1914 und 1920. Die DVD-ROM enthält folgende Ausgabe im kompletten Volltext: Lexikon der gesamten Technik und ihrer Hilfswissenschaften. Im Verein mit Fachgenossen herausgegeben von Otto Lueger, 8 Bände und 2 Ergänzungsbände, Zweite vollständig neu bearbeitete Auflage, Stuttgart und Leipzig: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1904–1910 (Ergänzungsband 1: 1914, Ergänzungsband 2: 1920). ISBN 3898535169


49231. Lueger, Otto, 1843-1911, Hrsg.. Lexikon der Gesamtechnik - DVD-rom. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2005, , text in German, DVD-rom for pc or mac, $119
Digitale Bibliothek 116.Die elektronische Edition basiert auf der vollständig überarbeiteten und ergänzten Auflage in acht Bänden von 1904. Mit aufgenommen wurden auch die beiden Ergänzungsbände von 1914 und 1920. Die DVD-ROM enthält folgende Ausgabe im kompletten Volltext: Lexikon der gesamten Technik und ihrer Hilfswissenschaften. Im Verein mit Fachgenossen herausgegeben von Otto Lueger, 8 Bände und 2 Ergänzungsbände, Zweite vollständig neu bearbeitete Auflage, Stuttgart und Leipzig: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1904–1910 (Ergänzungsband 1: 1914, Ergänzungsband 2: 1920). ISBN 3898535169. ISBN 3898535169


31549. Mach, Ernst, 1838-1916. Kultur und Mechanik. Stuttgart: W. Spemann, 1915, 86pp., quite worn copy, cover worn around edges, spine chipped, pencil underlining or marks in margins on several pages, fragile item, $65
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15292. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Bulletin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Catalogue Issue including courses for 1930-1931. Volume 65, Number 6. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT, 1930, April, 299pp., very good sewn paper wraps, some heavy foxing, $20
Full listing and description of courses, faculty list, scholarships, cost of study etc. Insight into the state of technical studies in the 1930s.


25356. McKnight, Lee W., ed.. Internet economics. Edited by Lee W. McKnight and Joseph P. Bailey. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1997, xvi, 525pp., very good dust-jacket, very good black cloth, $12
20 essays by various authors, from a 1995 MIT symposium. Jacket text: "The Internet raises new questions about the economics of networks and forces us to re-examine old questions in a new light. As such, the papers assembled here constitute some of the seminal contributions to a new economic subfield, by the scholars who were among the first to notice and investigate these new questions.". ISBN 0262133369


23032. Megla, Gerhard. Vom Wesen der Nachricht. Stuttgart: S. Hirzel, 1961, 204pp., very good dust-jacket, very good gray cloth, $25
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24642. Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990. The myth of the machine; the pentagon of power. New York Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1970, later printing, 496pp., very good dust-jacket, slightly scuffed, and with wear around edges, very good gray cloth, a few ink lines in margins in last chapter, nicely INSCRIBED: For Victor Weisskopf with admiration Lewis Mumford Cambridge Mass. 19 October 1970.. $250
Dust-jacket is Book-of-the-Month-Club. ISBN 0151639744


21654. Nicholson, L. R., ed.. The Telcon story, 1850-1950. Compiled and edited by G. L. Lawford and L. R. Nicholson. London: Telegraph Construction & Maintenance, 1950, 173, [3]pp.: ill., facsims., ports. 22 cm, very good green cloth, spine faded, some light foxing, previous owner's name and private gift bookplate, $30
Underwater telegraph and power cables.


23851. Perlman, D., ed.. Fermentation Advances. New York: Academic Press, 1969, 909pp., very good dust-jacket, chipped around edges, very good red hardcover, previous owner's name, $15
Papers from the Third Annual Fermentation Symposium, 1968. 42 essays by various authors. ISBN 125508506


25951. Pfeiffer, Eduard A.. Technik der Stadt : vom Schaffen der technischen Betriebe im lebendigen Kreislauf der großen Siedlungen. Stuttgart: Franckh, 1937, 4te Auflage, 238 Ill., 36 Taf., 247pp., dust-jacket with 5cm chip at top front near spine, worn around edges, very good white cloth, $45
Series: Technik von heute, Bd. 3. Other volumes in the series deal with cars and planes and with shipping.


22897. Putnam, Palmer Cosslett, 1900-. Power from the wind. New York, Van Nostrand Co., 1948, xii, 224pp. illus. 23 cm, very good green cloth, with numerous photos of mechanisms and wind power instruments, $30
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28448. Rabinow, Jacob. Inventing for fun and profit. San Francisco: San Francisco Press, 1990, 278pp., very good dust-jacket, very good white cloth, nicely INSCRIBED by Rabinow. $29
Series: History of Technology Monographs. ISBN 0911302646


34067. Samson, D. R., ed.. Development of the blue streak satellite launcher Proceedings of the Second Space Engineering Symposium held at Hatfield College of Technology, Hertfordshire, February 22nd, 1963. New York: Macmillan, A Pergamon Press Book, 1963, xv, 128pp., ex-library but good blue cloth, worn and scuffed and with many library stamps, deaccession black-out marks, otherwise text clean, binding solid, illustrated and with fold-out diagram, $65
International Series of Monographs in Aeronautics and Astronautics. CONTRIBUTORS include: G. H. Hough, E. Large, Hickman, Staniforth, Lee, Godwin, Lofts, Hume, Molloy.


15651. Schneider, Julius. Für oder gegen die Technik. München: Verlag Braun & Schneider, 1934, 108pp., very good sewn paper wraps, illustrated cover shows a scientist shaking hands with a man in a metal diving suit with a robot look and lightbulbs coming out of his head, $40
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9523. Schönhöfer, Robert. Die Haupt-, Neben- und Hilfsgerüste im Brückenbau. Ein Lehr- und Nachschlagebuch über die auf dem Gebiete des Brückenbaues vorkommenden Gerüste. Mit 190 Abbildungen im Text. Berlin: Ernst & Sohn, 1911, 124pp., large black cloth, slight wear, white mark at top of spine, $125
Fantastic photographs of the wooden scaffolding used to hold up bridges under construction. With many architectural diagrams as well as photos, drawings and tables.


23698. Shapiro, Ehud, ed.. Concurrent Prolog. Collected Papers, Volume 1. Foreword by Kazuhiro Fuchi. ICOT. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1987, xxix, 525pp., very good dust-jacket, very good large gray cloth, $28
VOLUME ONE ONLY. ISBN 0262192667


23005. State Street Trust Company. Some industries of New England : their origin, development and accomplishments : illustrated by many old and interesting views. Boston : State Street Trust Co., 1923, vi, 70pp., very good sewn paper wraps, but chipped at bottom of spine, illustrations on most pages, $15
Edited, arranged and printed by direction of Walton Advertising & Printing Co., Boston, Mass. Illustrates and describes local industries.


28899. Stokes, Raymond G.. Constructing socialism : technology and change in East Germany 1945-1990. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000, xi, 260pp., very good dust-jacket, very good black hardcover, $12
. ISBN 0801863910


15429. Street Sanitation Committee, American Public Works Association. Street Cleaning Practice. Chicago: Public Administration Service, 1959, Second Edition, 424pp., worn but good large red cloth, good reading copy, with numerous photographs of street-cleaning equipment, paving technology, garbage containers and workers at work, $15
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13600. Timm, Albrecht, 1915-1981. Zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte: mein Weg und mein Wollen. Sankt Augustin: Richarz, 1975, 110pp. , [1] leaf of plates: 1 ill.. 23 cm, very good red cloth, $25
Includes bibliography of the author's works:pp. 99-107. ISBN 3921255090


17794. Treue, Wilhelm, 1909-1992. Achse, Rad und Wagen. Fünftausend Jahre Kultur- und Technikgeschichte. Hrsg. im Auftrage der Bergischen Achsenfabrik Fr. Kotz & Söhne in Wiehl. München, F. Bruckmann [1965], 394pp. illus. (part mounted col.) maps (part col.) port. 29 cm, dust-jacket worn around edges with a few tears, very good large blue cloth in original worn slipcase, $35
Lavishly illustrated history of wheels and wagons.


11815. Tryon, F. G.. Technology and the mineral industries [includes E-1, E-6, E-11, E-3]. Philadelphia: Pa.: Works Progress Administration, National Research Project and Bureau of Mines, Dept. of the Interior, 1937, xiii, 63pp. : ill.. 26 cm., good large blue cloth, $20
Mineral technology and output per man studies. Report no. E-1, April 1937." VOLUME ALSO INCLUDES: Leopold Nicholas Plein. Mechanization trends in metal and nonmetal mining as indicated by sales of underground loading equipment. Philadelphia: Pa.: Works Progress Administration, National Research Project and Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines , 1937, ix, 19pp. : ill., maps. Mineral technology and output per man studies. report no. E-3"June 1937." ALSO: C Nighman . Rock Drilling. Philadelphia: Pa.: Work Projects Administration, National Research Project in cooperation with Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines , 1940, xiii, 158pp. : ill.. Mineral technology and output per man studies. report no. E-ll, February 1940. ALSO: Andrew V. Corry, Grade of ore. Philadelphia: Pa.: Works Progress Administration, National Research Project in cooperation with Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines , 1938, xv, 114pp. : ill., 1 map. Mineral technology and output per man studies. report no. E-6, August 1938.


48175. Völz, Horst. Wissen - Erkennen - Information : cd-rom. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2007, , cd-rom for pc or mac, texts in German, $39
Digitale Bibliothek 159.Contains three substantial works by Völz in digital form: Wissen - Erkennen - Information (2001) - Handbuch der Speicherung von Information, Band 1–2, Shaker-Verlag: Aachen, 2003/2005. - Handbuch der Speicherung von Information, Band 3. - In essence a universal history approached from the perspective of the storage of information: not just printing and archiving, but the biological systems of information storage (genes, hormones) and the preservation of information in the earth. Physical, geological, biological, and human cultural forms of memory. ISBN 9783898535595