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Mechanical Engineering
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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UNBEJ Historical Engineering Library: Machines, Inventions & Industrial Heritage
The UNBEJ Historical Engineering Library assembles 94 public-domain texts that track engineering and industrial history from the 18th to early 20th centuries. The catalogue spans machines, structures, inventions, and creative practice, offering a practical route into primary sources on technological change. Readers can start with broad themes like mechanical inventions or electrical technology, then follow cross-references between civil engineering and industrial heritage records. Each entry includes source attribution and metadata, making it straightforward to verify origins or shift between related subjects. Whether you are tracing a specific innovation or surveying an era, the collection supports both targeted searches and open-ended browsing.
94 public-domain works101 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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Electrical Technology
Engineers and their triumphs the...
Authored by Authors: Holmes, F. M. (Frederic M..., 'Engineers and their triumphs the...' stands as a notable and significant work within the Electrical Technology category. An editorial note on F. M. Holmes's 1894 popular history of 19th-century engineering, focusing on how the opening, middle, and later excerpts guide a first reading of the locomotive, steamship, bridge, and tunnel narratives. Explore the nuanced perspectives and historical context offered in this document.
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The book of wonders — A Closer R...
In Electri...
Ancient and modern engineering a...
In Civil E...
Pneumatic conveying — Reading Notes
In Mechani...
Engineering reminiscences contri...
In Mechani...
Hoisting Appliances — Key Ideas ...
In Mechani...
Self-Help Mechanical Drawing: An...
In Mechani...
The Railway Conquest of the Worl...
In Civil E...
Newark College of Engineering Bu...
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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