Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240 Contributions From the Museum of History and Technology Papers 34-44 on Science and Technology

The 1893 Duryea automobile in the Museum of History and Technology, by Don H. Berkebile -- The Borghesi astronomical clock in the Museum of History and Technology, by Silvio A. Bedini -- The engineering contributions of Wendel Bollman, by Robert M. Vogel -- Screw-thread cutting by the master-screw m...

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Main Authors: Museum of History and Technology (U.S.), Smithsonian Institution. Museum of History and Technology, United States. Museum of History and Technology, United States National Museum. Museum of History and Technology, Washington (D.C.). Museum of History and Technology
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Language:English
Published: Project Gutenberg 2012
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Online Access:https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40782/
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Summary:The 1893 Duryea automobile in the Museum of History and Technology, by Don H. Berkebile -- The Borghesi astronomical clock in the Museum of History and Technology, by Silvio A. Bedini -- The engineering contributions of Wendel Bollman, by Robert M. Vogel -- Screw-thread cutting by the master-screw method since 1480, by Edwin A. Battison -- The earliest electromagnetic instruments, by Robert A. Chipman -- Fulton's "steam battery" blockship and catamaran, by Howard I. Chapelle -- History of phosphorus, by Eduard Farber -- Tunnel engineering, a museum treatment, by Robert M. Vogel -- The "Pioneer": light passenger locomotive of 1851 in the Museum of History and Technology, by John H. White -- History of the Division of Medical Sciences, by Sami Hamarneh -- Development of gravity pendulums in the 19th century, by Victor F. Lenzen and Robert P. Multhauf.