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Title: The Tradition of Technology : Landmarks of Western Technology in the Collections of the Library of Congress
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Date: 1998
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0844408883
ISBN 13: 9780844408880
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Weight: 3.62 pounds

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The collections of the Library of Congress include first editions works by many of the best-known names in the history of technology--among them Gutenberg, Fulton, Watt, Marconi, Leeuwenhoek, Mercator, Fahrenheit, Daguerre, Bell, Goddard, Babbage, and Wright. Seminal works of Greece and Rome, as well as technical works by such men of science as Galileo, Boyle, Huygens, Kepler, Leibniz, Franklin, and Van Newman, further enrich the library's holdings.In The Tradition of Technology Leonard C. Bruno describes in detail more than 350 significant works from this vast collection, conveying both the excitement of first discovery and the distinctly human aspects behind each technological achievement. Richly illustrated with 240 photographs, engravings, reproductions, and maps (eleven in color), this monumental guide offers a comprehensive and authoritative tour through the library, as well as a sweeping survey of the history of technology, from Greek and Roman times through the late t

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Leonard C. Bruno is a Senior Science Specialist in the Science and Technology Division of the Library of Congress. His earlier book, The Tradition of Science: Landmarks of Western Science in the Collections of the Library of Congress, is a companion volume to this one. He is also the author of On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation.

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