Engineering & Technology

The engineers’ classics — Brunel and the Stephensons, the Wright brothers in their own words, Babbage on machinery, Smiles’s lives of the great builders, and the working manuals of steam, flight, print and craft. Each book a clean, beautifully formatted EPUB, free to download.

• Concrete Construction: Methods and Costs Halbert Powers Gillette and Charles Shattuck Hill
• Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught Joshua Rose
• Steam Turbines Hubert E. Collins
• My Life and Work Henry Ford and Samuel Crowther
• How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Thomas M. St. John
• Agricultural Implements and Machines John T. Schlebecker
• Elements of Plumbing Samuel Edward Dibble
• The Inventions, Researches and Writings of Nikola Tesla Thomas Commerford Martin
• The Wonder Book of Knowledge Henry Chase Hill
• The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century Edward W. Byrn
• The Aeroplane Speaks H. Barber
• Edison: His Life and Inventions Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin
• Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post Thomas Rainey
• The Handbook of Soap Manufacture W. H. Simmons and H. A. Appleton
• The History of Steam Navigation John Kennedy
• Learning to Fly: A Practical Manual for Beginners Claude Grahame-White and Harry Harper
• The Pencil of Nature William Henry Fox Talbot
• Gas and Oil Engines, Simply Explained Walter C. Runciman
• Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction James Braidwood
• Lives of the Engineers Samuel Smiles
• Computers — The Machines We Think With D. S. Halacy
• Inventions in the Century William H. Doolittle
• Lectures in Navigation Ernest Gallaudet Draper
• James B. Eads Louis How
• The Story of the Typewriter Herkimer County Historical Society
• English and American Tool Builders Joseph Wickham Roe
• The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America Howard Irving Chapelle and Tappan Adney
• Aerial Navigation Albert Francis Zahm
• Rambles on Railways Sir Cusack P. Roney
• The Invention of the Sewing Machine Grace Rogers Cooper
• A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine Robert Henry Thurston
• Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay Clough Williams-Ellis
• Carriages & Coaches: Their History & Their Evolution Ralph Straus
• Ocean Steamships J. D. Jerrold Kelley, French Ensor Chadwick, John H. Gould, Ridgely Hunt, William H. Rideing, and A. E. Seaton
• Time Telling through the Ages Harry Chase Brearley
• Aviation Engines Victor Wilfred Pagé
• Aviation in Peace and War Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes
• Lightships and Lighthouses Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
• On the Origin of Clockwork Derek J. de Solla Price
• Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Internet Ed Krol
• The Modern Railroad Edward Hungerford
• The Modern Bicycle and Its Accessories Alex Schwalbach and Julius Wilcox
• The Evolution of the Steam Locomotive George Augustus Nokes
• The Manufacture of Paper R. W. Sindall
• Soap-Making Manual Edgar George Thomssen
• The Gunsmith’s Manual J. Parish Stelle and Wm. B. Harrison
• Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 Peter C. Welsh
• The American Printer: A Manual of Typography Thomas MacKellar
• Lives of Boulton and Watt Samuel Smiles
• Highways and Highway Transportation George R. Chatburn
• Aircraft and Submarines Willis J. Abbot
• Motorcycle, Solo (Harley-Davidson Model WLA) United States. War Department
• The History of Coaches George Athelstane Thrupp
• Development of the Phonograph at the Volta Laboratory Leslie J. Newville
• The Rise of Rail-Power in War and Conquest Edwin A. Pratt
• The Romance of Modern Mechanism Archibald Williams
• An Analysis of the Lever Escapement H. R. Playtner
• The Automobile Storage Battery Otto A. Witte
• Mechanics: The Science of Machinery A. Russell Bond
• The American Railway Thomas Curtis Clarke
• Experimental Mechanics Robert S. Ball
• Artificial Light: Its Influence upon Civilization Matthew Luckiesh
• Inventors at Work George Iles
• On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures Charles Babbage
• A Manual of Face Brick Construction American Face Brick Association
• The Life of George Stephenson and of his Son Robert Stephenson Samuel Smiles
• The Life of Isambard Kingdom Brunel Isambard Brunel
• The First Quarter-Century of Steam Locomotives in North America Smith Hempstone Oliver
• American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype S. D. Humphrey
• A Short History of the Printing Press Robert Hoe
• Heroes of the Telegraph John Munro
• Induction Coils: How to Make, Use, and Repair Them H. S. Norrie
• Gunpowder and Ammunition: Their Origin and Progress H. W. L. Hime
• Men of Invention and Industry Samuel Smiles
• Aircraft: Its Development in War and Peace Evan John David
• The History of the Telephone Herbert Newton Casson
• James Nasmyth, Engineer: An Autobiography James Nasmyth
• Records of a Family of Engineers Robert Louis Stevenson
• The Submarine in War and Peace Simon Lake
• Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt Eugene S. Ferguson
• Seasoning of Wood J. B. Wagner
• The Early History of the Airplane Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright
• John Deere’s Steel Plow Edward C. Kendall
• Autobiography of Sir John Rennie Sir John Rennie
• The Art of Paper-Making Alexander Watt
• The Jacquard Machine Analyzed and Explained E. A. Posselt
• Story of the Automobile H. L. Barber
• British Airships, Past, Present, and Future George Whale
• The Watchmakers’ Hand Book Claudius Saunier
• Railway Adventures and Anecdotes Unknown
• Textiles William H. Dooley
• The Life of the Second Marquis of Worcester Henry Dircks
• The Tank Corps Clough Williams-Ellis and Amabel Williams-Ellis
• Acetylene: The Principles of Its Generation and Use F. H. Leeds and W. J. Atkinson Butterfield
• Lighthouses and Lightships W. H. Davenport Adams
• An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design David Allan Low
• A History of Aeronautics Evelyn Charles Vivian and W. Lockwood Marsh
• Ancient Egyptian and Greek Looms H. Ling Roth
• Great Inventions and Discoveries Willis Duff Piercy
• Soldering, Brazing and Welding Bernard E. Jones
• Marvels of Scientific Invention Thomas W. Corbin
• Forge Work William L. Ilgen
• The Panama Canal Frederic J. Haskin
• The Wright Brothers Fred C. Kelly
• The Modern Clock Ward L. Goodrich
• The 1893 Duryea Automobile Donald H. Berkebile
• An Unsinkable Titanic J. Bernard Walker
• The Wright Brothers’ Engines and Their Design Leonard S. Hobbs
• The Story of the Atlantic Cable Sir Charles Bright
• A Treatise on Dry Rot in Timber Thomas Allen Britton
• Modern Ships of War Sir Edward J. Reed and Edward Simpson
• The Aswân Obelisk Reginald Engelbach
• The Construction of Locks A. C. Hobbs
• The Automobile Owner’s Guide Frank B. Scholl
• Measuring Tools Unknown
• Glue, Gelatine, Animal Charcoal, Phosphorus and Cements F. Dawidowsky
• The Story of the Airship Hugh Allen
• A Catechism of the Steam Engine C. E. John Bourne
• Inventors Philip Gengembre Hubert
• Opportunities in Engineering Charles M. Horton
• Watch and Clock Escapements Anonymous
• Lightning Conductors F.C.S. Richard Anderson
• Two Centuries of Shipbuilding by the Scotts at Greenock Scotts’ Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd.
• The Use of Ropes and Tackle Homer J. Dana and W. A. Pearl
• Mechanics of the Household E. S. Keene
• How to Install Electric Bells, Annunciators, and Alarms Norman H. Schneider
• The Life of Thomas Telford Samuel Smiles
• The Recent Revolution in Organ Building George Laing Miller
• The Radio Amateur’s Hand Book A. Frederick Collins
• Tunneling Charles Prelini
• History of Electric Light Henry Schroeder
• A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing Bernard D. Bolas
• Stories of Inventors Russell Doubleday
• Turning and Boring Franklin Day Jones
• The Invention of the Track Circuit American Railway Association
• Ancient and Modern Engineering and the Isthmian Canal William H. Burr
• Papierprüfung Wilhelm Herzberg
• Chats on Old Clocks Arthur Hayden
• The Useful Arts Employed in the Construction of Dwelling Houses Anonymous
• Handbook of Railroad Construction George L. Vose
• An Account of the Bell Rock Light-House Robert Stevenson
• Photographic Reproduction Processes P. C. Duchochois
• Automobiles James Slough Zerbe
• The Silversmith’s Handbook George E. Gee
• Electric Transmission of Water Power Alton D. Adams
• Airplane Photography Herbert Eugene Ives
• Farm Mechanics Herbert A. Shearer
• Mechanical Devices in the Home Edith Allen
• Principles and Practice of Fur Dressing and Fur Dyeing William E. Austin
• Twentieth Century Inventions: A Forecast George Sutherland
• Railway Construction William Hemingway Mills
• Zeppelin: The Story of a Great Achievement Harry Vissering
• How It Flies Richard Ferris
• The Railway Conquest of the World Frederick A. Talbot
• American Inventions and Inventors William A. Mowry and Arthur May Mowry
• Maxims and Instructions for the Boiler Room N. Hawkins
• Animal Proteins Hugh Garner Bennett
• Wireless Telegraph Construction for Amateurs Alfred Powell Morgan
• A Course in Wood Turning Archie Seldon Milton and Otto K. Wohlers
• Inventions of the Great War A. Russell Bond
• Automobile Biographies Lyman Horace Weeks
• The Curtiss Aviation Book Glenn H. Curtiss
• The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens Henry Bore
• The Crystal Palace: Its Architectural History and Construction Jr. Charles Fowler and Peter Berlyn
• The Panama Canal: A History and Description J. Saxon Mills
• The Romance of Industry and Invention Unknown
• The Invention of Lithography Alois Senefelder
• Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery Unknown
• The Story of the Pullman Car Joseph Husband
• The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph Henry M. Field
• Printing Telegraphy: A New Era Begins Edward E. Kleinschmidt
• The Dominion of the Air John M. Bacon
• The Jute Industry: From Seed to Finished Cloth Thomas Woodhouse and Peter Kilgour
• Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony Simply Explained Alfred Powell Morgan
• Gas and Petroleum Engines H. de Graffigny
• Jacquard Weaving and Designing T. F. Bell
• Genius Rewarded: The Story of the Sewing Machine John Scott
• Historic Inventions Rupert Sargent Holland
• Invention: The Master-Key to Progress Bradley A. Fiske
• French Polishing and Enamelling Richard Bitmead
• The Draughtsman’s Handbook of Plan and Map Drawing George G. André
• Omnibuses and Cabs Henry Charles Moore
• Farm Engines and How to Run Them James H. Stephenson
• Modern Cotton Spinning Machinery Joseph Nasmith
• Account of the Skerryvore Lighthouse Alan Stevenson
• Engineering Reminiscences Charles T. Porter
• The Lathe and Its Uses James Lukin
• The Romance of Aircraft Laurence Yard Smith
• Non-Technical Chats on Iron and Steel La Verne W. Spring
• H. G. Hawker, Airman Muriel Hawker
• The Mastery of the Air William J. Claxton
• The Atlantic Telegraph William Howard Russell
• Origin of Modern Calculating Machines J. A. V. Turck
• The Birth and Babyhood of the Telephone Thomas A. Watson
• A Practical Treatise on Coach-Building James W. Burgess
• Aeroplanes James Slough Zerbe
• Slipstream Eugene E. Wilson
• The True History of the Ghost John Henry Pepper
• Electricity for the Farm Frederick Irving Anderson
• Home-Made Electrical Apparatus Alfred P. Morgan
• Aeroplane Construction Sydney Camm
• Motion Picture Operation, Stage Electrics and Illusions Henry C. Horstmann
• Triumphs of Invention and Discovery J. Hamilton Fyfe
• The Art of Making Whiskey Anthony Boucherie
• The Telephone, the Microphone and the Phonograph Théodose du Moncel
• Primitive Locks and Keys Augustus Pitt-Rivers
• Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants R. E. Mathot
• Steam, Steel and Electricity James W. Steele
• Motors J. S. Zerbe
• The Romance of the Canadian Pacific Railway R. G. MacBeth
• Masters of Space Walter Kellogg Towers
• Tractor Principles Roger B. Whitman
• Learning to Fly in the U.S. Army E. N. Fales
• Protection from Fire and Thieves George Hayter Chubb
• Nautical Charts G. R. Putnam
• The Aeroplane Claude Grahame-White and Harry Harper
• Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Harold P. Manly
• Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son John Mills
• The ABC of the Steel Square and Its Uses Fred T. Hodgson
• British Manufacturing Industries: Pottery, Glass, Furniture G. Phillips Bevan
• The Violin and the Art of Its Construction August Riechers
• Photo-Lithography Georg Fritz
• Practical Organ-Building W. E. Dickson
• Aircraft in War Eric Stuart Bruce
• Sewage Disposal Works William Charles Easdale
• Electric Bells and All About Them S. R. Bottone
• The Romance of War Inventions Thomas W. Corbin
• Great Facts Frederick C. Bakewell
• Rubber Hand Stamps and the Manipulation of Rubber T. O’Conor Sloane
• Automata Old and New Conrad William Cooke
• Water Supply: Sinking and Boring Wells Ernest Spon
• The Story of American Aviation Jim Ray
• Engineers and Their Triumphs F. M. Holmes
• The Magic Lantern and Its Management T. C. Hepworth
• From Xylographs to Lead Molds H. C. Forster
• The Colored Inventor Henry E. Baker
• Quo Vadimus? E. E. Fournier d’Albe
• Flying Machines Today William Duane Ennis
• The Hardwood Finisher Fred T. Hodgson
• Model Flying Machines A. P. Morgan
• The Gyroscopic Compass T. W. Chalmers
• History of the Water Supply of the World Thomas J. Bell
• The Road Hilaire Belloc
• Motor-Car Principles Roger B. Whitman
• Electricity in Locomotion A. Gowans Whyte
• Steam Shovels and Steam Shovel Work Edward A. Hermann
• The Story of Paper-Making Frank O. Butler
• Vacuum Cleaning Systems M. S. Cooley
• Hephaestus E. E. Fournier d’Albe
• From Paper-Mill to Pressroom William Bond Wheelwright
• History of Sanitation J. J. Cosgrove
• Painting by Immersion and by Compressed Air Arthur Seymour Jennings
• Minimum Gauge Railways Sir Arthur Heywood
• Of Yankee Granite Edward H. Cameron
• Earth Dams Burr Bassell
• John Smeaton and the Eddystone Lighthouse Anonymous
• The Mysteryes of Nature and Art John Bate
• The Panama Canal Harry Clow Boardman