Science
96 books
*Non-fiction
557
Elisha Gray - Nature's Miracles Volume 3: Electricity and Magnetism
Elisha Gray (August 2, 1835 – January 21, 1901) was an American electrical engineer who co-founded the Western Electric Manufacturing Company. Gray is best known for his development of a telephone prototype in 1876...
5 hours 56 minutes
*Non-fiction
531
Henry M. Field - Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
Cyrus W. Field had a dream: to link the Old World of Britain and Europe to that of the New World of North America by a telegraph cable stretching across the great Atlantic Ocean. It took him thirteen years, a lot of...
9 hours 30 minutes
*Non-fiction
487
George Sutherland - Twentieth Century Inventions: A Forecast
This work from 1901 predicts what technological developments will manifest in the twentieth century. The author, a technical journalist, presents ideas for inventions and new developments in the areas of power,...
6 hours 42 minutes
*Non-fiction
578
L. L. Langstroth - Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee: A Bee Keeper's Manual
Langstroth revolutionized the beekeeping industry by using bee space in his top opened hive. In the summer of 1851 he found that, by leaving an even, approximately bee-sized space between the top of the frames...
15 hours 14 minutes