SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 



The bibliography of the fields included in the mechanical collec- 

 tion of the Museum is large. A few of the more useful publications 

 are listed here in groups corresponding to subdivisions of the catalog. 

 In each list the leading items are placed first because they are recent 

 or current works, are generally available, present broader views of 

 of subjects treated, and in most instances contain bibliographies. 

 The use of these will give the student the best start in developing the 

 details and exhausting the sources of the various divisions. It is 

 suggested that reference to the standard encyclopedias, particularly 

 the older editions in which bibliographies or sources were included 

 in the articles, will in many cases give the beginner his most effi- 

 cient approach. The lists given here are not exhaustive, and many 

 fine works will not be found. 



GENERAL HISTORIES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF INVENTION, TECHNOLOGY, AND 



ENGINEERING 



1. UsHEK, Abbott Payson : A history of mechanical inventions. McGraw-EQll 

 Book Co., New York, 1929. Bibliography, pp. 373-382. 



2. Nbjubergee, Au^KRT^. Technical arts and sciences of the ancients (translated 



by Henry L. Brose). Macmillan Co., New York, 1930. 



3. Bishop, Carl Whiting, in collaboration with Charles Greely Abbot and 



AleS HRDLieKA: Man from the farthest past. Smithsonian Scientific Se- 

 ries, vol. 7. Smithsonian Scientific Series, Inc., New York, 1930. 



4. Kaempffebt, Waldemab: A popular history of American invention, 2 vols. 



Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1924. 



5. Newcomen Society for the Study of the History of Engineering and Tech- 



nology: Transactions, vols. 1-15 (annual). London, 1921-1935. Annual 

 analytical bibliography of the history of engineering and technology. 



6. Shaw, Ralph E. : Engineering books available in America prior to 1830. 



Bull. New York Public Library, Jan.-May 1933. 



7. HoDoms, E., and F. Alexander Magoun : Behemoth : The story of power, 



Doubleday, Doran & Co., Garden City, N. Y., 1932. 



8. VowLES, Hugh P. and Margaret W. : The quest for power from prehistoric 



times to the present day. Chapman & Hall, London, 1931. 



9. Byrn, Edward W. : The progress of invention in the nineteenth century. 



Munn & Co., New York, 190O. A review of developments based on United 

 States patents granted. 



10. iMAsoN, Otis Tufton : The origins of invention. Charles Scribner's Sons, 



New York, 1905. 



11. Beckmann, John: A history of inventions and discoveries (translated by 



William Johnston), ed. 3, 4 vols. London, 1817. 



12. Knight, Edward H. : American mechanical dictionary, 3 vols. J. B. Ford & 



Co., New York, 1874. 

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