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Technology & Engineering

Step into the world of innovation and ingenuity with our Technology & Engineering collection. Explore the cutting-edge advancements that shape our modern lives, from ground-breaking inventions to sophisticated machinery. Uncover the principles behind the design, construction, and operation of everything from towering skyscrapers to advanced robotics. Delve into the challenges and triumphs of engineering marvels, and witness how technology continues to revolutionise the way we live, work, and interact with the world around us.

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    "A Machine-Oriented Logic Based on the Resolution Principle"

    ROBINSON, J.A.
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    First publication of the standard algorithm for logical deduction in artificial intelligence. First edition of the first publication of the resolut...

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    A Description and Draught of a New-Invented Machine

    HULLS, Jonathan.
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    The first steamboat patentee. The first edition of Jonathan Hulls' (d.1758) pamphlet advertising his pioneering work on steamboats. An unsophistica...

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  • 112920_3 112920

    A General Account of the Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy for Military Purposes

    SMYTH, Henry DeWolf.
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    The rare first account of the manhattan project, with secret page. The rare lithoprint edition, the first obtainable edition of the official accoun...

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  • 112922_2 112922

    A pair of manuals relating to the operation of the Lunar Module.

    [NASA].
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    Supporting the moon landing. Two early manuals relating to the Apollo Lunar Module, the craft that ferried astronauts between the moon's orbit and ...

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  • 109293 109293_2

    Affidavit for a patent to secure buildings against fire, 5th January 1809.

    CONGREVE, Sir William.
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    The first sprinkler system. A signed and dated affidavit to patent a 'mode of construction or arrangement for any building, so as to afford securit...

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  • 108934_2 108934

    Affidavit to patent a gun carriage for land or sea service, 15th March 1808.

    CONGREVE, Sir William.
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    Invention of a new gun carriage. A signed and dated affidavit to patent the invention of a new gun carriage by Sir William Congreve (1772-1828), co...

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  • 33065_2 33065

    Allemagne. Bords du Rhin, La Forêt-Noire, Les Vosges.

    BAEDEKER, Karl.
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    It is a highly detailed, technically precise 'bible', both in text and illustration, of the motor car.This is an exceptionally rare set, both as a...

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  • 108028_2 108028

    De gli Automati, ouero Machine se Moventi, Libri due,

    HERON OF ALEXANDRIA; BALDI, Bernardino (translator).
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    A rare and beautiful work on classical automata. The rare first printed edition of the 'only extant treatise on the design and construction of anci...

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    Four Birds-eye views of the London Docks.

    DANIELL, William.
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    A fine collection of views of the London docks by William Daniell, published between 1802 and 1808 at £2 12s 6d each. The views show the new docks...

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  • Giant Brains, or Machines that Think.

    [COMPUTING]. BERKELEY, Edmund C.
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    Inscribed association copy. First edition, first printing of 'the first carefully crafted and widely accepted popularization of computers' (IEEE ob...

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  • Les Transformateurs d'Energie. Générateurs, Accumulateurs, Moteurs.

    [FLAP BOOK] BARRES, Fernand; BREMAUD, Eugene; SCHOELLER, Adolphe.
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    Looking inside technology. A publisher's sample of this fabulous, chromolithographic flap book on fin de siècle technology. Normally published in t...

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  • 112921_2 112921

    Lunar Excursion Module Familiarization Manual.

    [NASA].
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    Getting to the moon & back. A rare, early technical manual for the Apollo Lunar Module, the craft that ferried astronauts between the moon's or...

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    Moderne Technik.

    [FLAP BOOK] BLUCHER, H.
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    Delving into machines. An attractive flap book on modern technology. 'How better to explain the workings of a locomotive, a steam engine, an automo...

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    The Modern Motor Car.

    [BECK, Maurice, ill.] [FLAP BOOK] Shell.
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    Stylish chromolithographic flap book on car engineering. A striking, Art Deco flap book on motor cars, published as marketing for Shell's engine oi...

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    [Printed engineer's pocket-book for locomotive specifications,

    [RAILWAYS]; GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.
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    Original drawings of 19th century locomotives. A standard printed locomotive engineer's pocket book, in which columns are left blank for the user t...

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