Technology & Engineering

James B. Eads

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Louis How


Captain James Buchanan Eads (May 23, 1820 – March 8, 1887) was a world-renowned American civil engineer and inventor, holding more than 50 p…

The Magic Lantern and its Management

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T. C. Hepworth


There is no optical instrument so well known or so highly held in popular estimation as the Magic Lantern. It is somewhat unfortunate that i…

Lecture on Artificial Flight

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William G. Krueger


Lecture on artificial flight given on request of the Academy of Natural Sciences on August 7, 1876 in San Francisco, California by William G…

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