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The Boeing 247
In 1933, the Boeing Aircraft Company set a new standard for air transportation by introducing the Boeing 247 a graceful, all-metal, twin-engined aircraft that was 50 percent faster than the competition. Van der Linden traces the development of the 247 and the odyssey from its brief period of dominan
Pushing the Envelope
The most comprehensive history of the aircraft manufacturing industry to date
Air-conditioning America
Cooper demonstrates how the lure of the open air, from rooftop schoolrooms to open-air theaters to the front porch, challenged air conditioning. Americans were slow to give up the social rituals of hot-weather living - the cold drink, the cool clothes, the summer vacation - for the comforts of either the window air conditioner or the central system.
Corporate Archives and History
This text addresses general issues and specific information on encountered problems in the area of business and history. It introduces the concept of corporate history, and provides information on the changing technology and legal position of corporate archives.
The Laser in America, 1950-1970
In this book Joan Lisa Bromberg brings a historian's broad perspective to bear on the formative years of laser research in the United States.
Space on Earth
In this book the author takes a fresh look at some of the successes and failures of architecture over the last hundred years. He suggests that for a while architects lost touch with the society they intended to serve, often with disasterous results. He assesses the work of many architects who influenced the development of architecture in the 20th century, and who may guide it into the next. City planning, conservation, the failures of mass housing and the hope offered by community architecture are all discussed.
The Wind and Beyond
Volume 1 relates the story of the invention of the airplane by the Wright brothers and the creation of the original aeronautical research establishment in the United States.
The Wind and Beyond
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