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Paperback. One of the best night fighters of World War II. Num Pages: 48 pages, over 100 b/w photographs, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JWG; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 221 x 178 x 3. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Schiffer Pub Ltd
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887401886
- ISBN
- 9780887401886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
€ 13.99
€ 10.86
Paperback. This text describes the development of magnetic recording over the past century, by selecting major product designs and the innovative technology that they introduced. Separated into three parts, the book deals specifically with the history of audio recording, video recording and data recording. Editor(s): Daniel, Eric D.; Mee, C.D.; Clark, Mark H. Num Pages: 370 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; AJR; PDX; PHK; TBX; TJ; UNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 180 x 19. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780780347090
- ISBN
- 9780780347090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 169.44
€ 169.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 425. 416 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JJ; TBX. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 18. Weight: 448.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 16th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486457437
- ISBN
- 9780486457437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.43
€ 19.99
€ 14.43
Paperback. A Companion to American Technology is a groundbreaking collection of original essays that analyze the hard-to-define phenomenon of "technology" in America. Editor(s): Pursell, Carroll W. Series: Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 26. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405179942
- ISBN
- 9781405179942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.39
€ 58.39
Hardback. A House in the Sun describes a number of experiments in solar house heating in the 1940s and 1950s. It shows how resource limitations were seen as an opportunity for design to attain new relevance for social and cultural transformations. Num Pages: 352 pages, 136. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; AMX; PDX; TBX; THX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 261 x 23. Weight in Grams: 978.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199394012
- ISBN
- 9780199394012
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
Paperback. How a scientific outsider came up with a revolutionary theory of light and saved untold numbers of lives. Num Pages: 288 pages, 60 illustrations, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBTM; TBX; TBY; TRLN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393350890
- ISBN
- 9780393350890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.14
€ 16.99
€ 16.14
Paperback. First published in 1844, Hutchinson's treatise serves as a practical guide to the many methods of land drainage in England. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Technology. Num Pages: 230 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108026642
- ISBN
- 9781108026642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.68
€ 35.68
Hardcover. Captain Bogart Rogers was one of only 25 "aces" who shot down five or more German planes during World War I. His letters to his fiancee, Isabelle Young, detail his wartime experiences against a lethal and elusive opponent exemplified by the likes of Baron von Richthofen's Flying Circus. Editor(s): Morrow Jr, John H. (Franklin Professor of History, University of Georgia, USA). Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 photographs. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBWN; TBX; WGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700607983
- ISBN
- 9780700607983
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.35
€ 48.35
Hardcover. Technology demands uniformity from human beings who encounter it. People encountering technology, however, differ from one another. This book presents a history of technology focused not on innovations but on their unintended consequences. Num Pages: 304 pages, 46 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: PDR; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226081175
- ISBN
- 9780226081175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.16
€ 72.16
Hardcover. They were in a two-man race to break the sound barrier. It was October 1947, a time before high-speed digital computers, when predictions of what would happen to fighter planes at such speeds were nebulous. Num Pages: 282 pages, photographs, index. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJP; BGH; TBX; TGMF1; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842027328
- ISBN
- 9780842027328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.19
€ 75.19
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, 22 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JJP; ACXJ; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262033961
- ISBN
- 9780262033961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.08
€ 23.99
€ 18.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 104 pages, over 190 color and b/w photos. BIC Classification: JWG; TBX; TRP; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 218 x 9. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764303883
- ISBN
- 9780764303883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.75
€ 24.99
€ 17.75
Hardback. Volume I covers: JG 1 Oesau, JG 2 Richthofen, JG 3 Udet, JG 4, JG 5 Eismeer, JG 6 Horst Wessel, JG 7 Nowotny, JG 11, JG 26 Schlageter, JG 27, JV 44, JG 51 Molders, and JG 52. Num Pages: 256 pages, 700+ colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 223 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1572. 256 pages, Over 700 colour and black and white photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; TBX; WGM. Dimension: 286 x 223 x 26. Weight: 1546.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887407512
- ISBN
- 9780887407512
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.87€ 37.95
€ 52.87
€ 37.95
Hardback. Volume II covers: JG 53 Pik-As, JG 54 Grunherz, JG 77 Herz-As, JG 300, JG 301, JG 302 Wilde Sau, and JG 400. Num Pages: 256 pages, 700+ colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1306. 256 pages, Over 700 colour and black and white photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; TBX; WGM. Dimension: 287 x 222 x 22. Weight: 1308.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887407529
- ISBN
- 9780887407529
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.87€ 37.95
€ 52.87
€ 37.95
Paperback. Airplanes shows how the solutions to these riddles have helped spur dramatic changes in the world's social and cultural life. Num Pages: 184 pages, 31, 27 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: TBX; TRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890697
- ISBN
- 9780801890697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.25
€ 33.25
Hardback. Raising fascinating questions of consumption, environment, and desire, Upcycling Aluminum is for anyone interested in industrial and environmental history, discard studies, engineering, product design, music history, or antiques. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 216 pages, 20, 18 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; TBX; TDM; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421865
- ISBN
- 9781421421865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.76
€ 52.76
Num Pages: 460 pages, over 350 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBWN; JWG; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 223 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2078.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887405778
- ISBN
- 9780887405778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.16
€ 52.99
€ 38.16
Hardback. Argues for a more harmonious and rational approach to our relationship with insects, one that does not harm our environment. Beginning with the early techniques of colonial farmers and ending with the modern use of chemical insecticides, this book shows how America's war on insects mirrors its continual struggle with nature and technology. Num Pages: 312 pages, 35 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; TBX; TVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231139427
- ISBN
- 9780231139427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.58
€ 38.99
€ 28.58
Paperback. Rapid population growth in the Great Plains and the American West after the Civil War was the result not only of railroad expansion but of a collaboration among competing railroads to adopt a uniform width for track. This title shows how the consolidation of smaller railroads and the growth of capitalism worked to unify the railroad industry. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KNGT; TBX; WGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5906 x 3895 x 407. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252071140
- ISBN
- 9780252071140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.13
€ 20.99
€ 19.13
Hardback. This volume offers a collection of ten key essays selected from contemporary historical scholarship with coverage ranging from the the colonial period to the modern day. The essays add up to an exploration of major technological themes in American history. Editor(s): Pursell, Carroll W. Series: Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History. Num Pages: 376 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631219965
- ISBN
- 9780631219965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.85
€ 113.85