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The History of Technology:
A Select Bibliography

Adas, Michael. MACHINES AS THE MEASURE OF MEN: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND IDEOLOGIES OF WESTERN DOMINANCE (Cornell University Press, 1989).

Agricola, Georgius. DE RE METALLICA, TRANSLATED FROM THE FIRST LATIN EDITION OF 1556, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION, ANNOTATIONS AND APPENDICES UPON THE DEVELOPMENT OF MINING METHODS, METALLURGICAL PROCESS, GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY & MINING LAW FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE 16TH CENTURY, trans. Herbert Clark Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1950).

Armytage, W.H.G. THE RISE OF THE TECHNOCRATS: A SOCIAL HISTORY (Routledge and K. Paul, 1965).

Basalla, George. THE EVOLUTION OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge University Press, 1988).

Bernal, J.D. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY (Indiana University Press, 1970).

Bertolotti, David S. CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY (Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1984).

Bowen, Harold Gardiner. A SHORT HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY (Thomas Alva Edison Foundation, 1954).

Brown, Murray. ON THE THEORY AND MEASUREMENT OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE (Cambridge U.P., 1966).

Burke, James. CONNECTIONS, 1st American ed. (Little, Brown, 1978).

Cardwell, D.S.L. TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE AND HISTORY: A SHORT STUDY OF THE MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF WESTERN MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH SCIENCE AND OTHER FORMS OF KNOWLEDGE (Heinemann Educational, 1972).

Cardwell, D.S.L. TURNING POINTS IN WESTERN TECHNOLOGY: A STUDY OF TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE AND HISTORY (Science History Publications, 1972).

Casimir, H. B. G. HAPHAZARD REALITY: HALF A CENTURY OF SCIENCE, 1st ed. (Harper & Row, 1983).

Clark, Ronald William. THE SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGH: THE IMPACT OF MODERN INVENTION, 1st American ed. (Putnam, 1974).

Clark, Ronald William. WORKS OF MAN, 1st American ed. (Viking, 1985).

Daumas, Maurice, ed. A HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY & INVENTION; PROGRESS THROUGH THE AGES, 3 v. (Crown Publishers, 1969-1979).

Davis, Watson. THE CENTURY OF SCIENCE, 1st ed. (Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1963).

de Camp, L. Sprague. THE ANCIENT ENGINEERS (1960; reprint, Ballentine Books, 1974).

Derry, T. K. A SHORT HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO A.D. 1900 (Clarendon Press, 1960).

DYNAMOS AND VIRGINS REVISITED: WOMEN AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN HISTORY, AN ANTHOLOGY (Scarecrow Press, 1979).

Eco, Umberto. THE PICTURE HISTORY OF INVENTIONS FROM PLOUGH TO POLARIS (Macmillan, 1962).

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INVENTIONS (Chartwell Books, 1976).

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INVENTIONS (Galahad Books, 1977).

ESSAYS ON SCIENCE: FELICITATION VOLUME IN HONOUR OF DR. JOSEPH NEEDHAM, 1st ed. (Hamdard Foundation Pakistan, 1990).

Evans, Oliver (1755-1819). THE YOUNG MILL-WRIGHT AND MILLER'S GUIDE: ILLUSTRATED BY TWENTY-EIGHT DESCRIPTIVE PLATES, 9th ed. Carey, Lea & Blanchard., 1836).

Flug, Arthur. A STORY OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (Laidlaw Brothers, 1971).

Forbes, R. J. A HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2 v. (Penguin Books, 1963).

Forbes, R. J. STUDIES IN ANCIENT TECHNOLOGY, 9 v. (E.J. Brill, 1955-1964).

Gartmann, Heinz. RINGS AROUND THE WORLD; MAN'S PROGRESS FROM STEAM ENGINE TO SATELLITE (Morrow, 1959).

Gies, Frances, and Joseph Gies. CATHEDRAL, FORGE, AND WATERWHEEL: TECHNOLOGY AND INVENTION IN THE MIDDLE AGES (New York: Harper Collins Publishers, Inc., 1994).

Habakkuk, H. J. AMERICAN AND BRITISH TECHNOLOGY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: THE SEARCH FOR LABOUR-SAVING INVENTIONS (University Press, 1962). 

Hall, Courtney Robert. HISTORY OF AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE (Library Publishers, 1954).

Headrick, Daniel R. THE TOOLS OF EMPIRE: TECHNOLOGY AND EUROPEAN IMPERIALISM IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY (Oxford University Press, 1981).

Heyn, Ernest Victor. A CENTURY OF WONDERS: 100 YEARS OF POPULAR SCIENCE, 1st ed. (Doubleday, 1972).

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THESE EXCITING TIMES: A COLLECTION OF ARTICLES OF LASTING INTEREST FROM THE PAGES OF POPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE (Popular Mechanics Press, 1959).

HISTORY OF TECHNIQUES, 2 v. (Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, 1986).

Hodges, Henry. ARTIFACTS: AN INTRODUCTION TO EARLY MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY (Humanities Press, 1981).

Hodges, Henry. TECHNOLOGY IN THE ANCIENT WORLD, 1st American ed. (Knopf, 1970).

Houghton, John. (1640-1705) A COLLECTION FOR IMPROVEMENT OF HUSBANDRY AND TRADE, 9 v. in 4 (reprint; Gregg International, 1969).

Hughes, Thomas Parke. THE DEVELOPMENT OF WESTERN TECHNOLOGY SINCE 1500 (Macmillan, 1964).

IN CONTEXT: HISTORY AND THE HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY, ESSAYS IN HONOR OF MELVIN KRANZBERG (Lehigh University Press, 1989.

Inkster, Ian. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN HISTORY: AN APPROACH TO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT (Rutgers University Press, 1991).

INTERACTION BETWEEN INDIAN AND CENTRAL ASIAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN MEDIEVAL TIMES, (Indo-Soviet joint monograph series) 2 v. (Indian National Science Academy, 1990).

Klemm, Friedrich. A HISTORY OF WESTERN TECHNOLOGY (Scribner, 1959).

Kranzberg, Melvin, comp. TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE: AN ANTHOLOGY (Schocken Books, 1972).

Landels, J. G. ENGINEERING IN THE ANCIENT WORLD (University of California Press, 1978).

MacLachlan, James H. CHILDREN OF PROMETHEUS: A HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Collegiate ed. (Wall & Thompson, 1989).

McClary, Andrew. BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY: THE EVOLUTION OF MAN AND HIS TECHNOLOGY (Macmillan, 1975).

Meier, Richard L. SCIENCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: NEW PATTERNS OF LIVING (Technology Press of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1956).

Mitchell, Cyril Maynard. APPLIED SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BEFORE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (Museums Association, 1961).

ON PRE-MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE: A VOLUME OF STUDIES IN HONOR OF LYNN WHITE, JR. (Undena Publications, 1976).

Pacey, Arnold. TECHNOLOGY IN WORLD CIVILIZATION: A THOUSAND-YEAR HISTORY, 1st MIT Press ed. (MIT Press, 1990).

Pacey, Arnold. THE MAZE OF INGENUITY: IDEAS AND IDEALISM IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY (Lane, 1974).

Partington, Charles Frederick. AN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE STEAM ENGINE: COMPROMISING A GENERAL VIEW OF THE VARIOUS MODES OF EMPLOYING ELASTIC VAPOUR AS A PRIME MOVER IN MECHANICS; WITH AN APPENDIX OF PATENTS AND PARLIMENTARY PAPERS CONNECTED WITH THE SUBJECT, 2d ed. (Printed for J. Taylor Architectural Library, 1826).

PERSPECTIVES IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 1st ed. (University of Oklahoma Press, 1971).

Pick, Joan. THE INVENTIVE GENIUS (Greystone Press, 1966).

Pursell, Carroll W. THE MACHINE IN AMERICA: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995).

Pyke, Magnus. THE SCIENCE CENTURY (Walker, 1967).

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AT THE TURN OF THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES: INTERRELATIONS OF DISCIPLINES (Institute of Czechoslovak and General History CSAS, 1985).

Singer, Charles Joseph. A HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY, 8 v. (Clarendon Press, 1954-84).

THE SMITHSONIAN BOOK OF INVENTION, 1st ed. (Smithsonian Institution, 1978).

SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND EVERYDAY LIFE 1870-1950, 2 v. (Hodder and Stoughton in association with the Open University, 1988).

Spier, Robert F. G. MATERIAL CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY (Burgess Pub. Co., 1973).

Staudenmaier, John M. TECHNOLOGY'S STORYTELLERS: REWEAVING THE HUMAN FABRIC (Society for the History of Technology and the MIT Press, 1985).

Taylor, Ron. MAN AND TECHNOLOGY (Macdonald, 1979).

TECHNOLOGY IN RETROSPECT AND CRITICAL EVENTS IN SCIENCE, 2 v. (National Science Foundation, 1968).

TECHNOLOGY IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION, 2 v. (Oxford University Press, 1967).

TOOLS OF WAR: INSTRUMENTS, IDEAS, AND INSTITUTIONS OF WARFARE, 1445-1871 (University of Illinois Press, 1990).

United States National Museum. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY (U.S. Govt. Print. Off. 1959).

Usher, Abbott Payson. A HISTORY OF MECHANICAL INVENTIONS, Rev. (Dover, 1988, c1954).

Van Creveld, Martin L. TECHNOLOGY AND WAR: FROM 2000 B.C. TO THE PRESENT (Free Press, 1989).

Veblen, Thorstein. THE INSTINCT OF WORKMANSHIP AND THE STATE OF THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS (Transaction Publishers, 1990).

White, K. D. GREEK AND ROMAN TECHNOLOGY (Cornell University Press, 1984).

Whitney, Elspeth. PARADISE RESTORED: THE MECHANICAL ARTS FROM ANTIQUITY THROUGH THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY, TRANSACTION OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, v. 80. pt. 1 (American Philosophical Society, 1990).

Williams, Brian. INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES (Warwick Press, 1978).

Wolf, Abraham. A HISTORY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND PHILOSOPHY IN THE 16TH & 17TH CENTURIES (G. Allen & Unwin ltd., 1935).

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