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The history of technology can be approached not only as a chronology of machine development 

and a study of artifacts, but also as a study of economic and social development. Although the 

emphasis in this guide is on general histories of technology in the English language, many of the 

sources listed will be useful in compiling the histories of individual branches of technology. Not 

intended to be a comprehensive bibliography, this compilation updates TB 87-4 and is designed--

as the name of the series implies--to put the reader "on target." Related Tracer Bullet titles include 

History of Household Technology, Science and Technology in 18th Century America, Inventions 

and Inventors, and History of American Agriculture. 

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GM's 1,000,000th car -- 

The 1919 Oldsmobile 37-B model.

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INTRODUCTIONS TO THE TOPIC

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Buchanan, Robert A. The history of technology. In The New Encyclopaedia Britannica. 15th ed. v. 28. Chicago, 

Encyclopaedia Britannica, c1998. p. 440-472. 

 AE5.E363 1998 <BusRR> 

Hall, A. Rupert. Technology. In The Encyclopedia Americana. International ed. v. 26. Danbury, Conn., Grolier, 

c2000. p. 357-378. 

 AE5.E333 2000 <BusRR> 

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Subject headings used by the Library of Congress, under which books on the history of technology can be 

located in most card, book, and online catalogs, include the following: 

Highly Relevant

TECHNOLOGY--HISTORY

 Note: for geographical breakdowns of this topic, it may be necessary to search both "Technology-

-Geographic area--History," e.g., "Technology--Europe--History" and "Technology--History--

Geographic area," e.g., "Technology--History--China." 

Relevant

ENGINEERING--HISTORY

 Note: for geographical breakdowns of this topic, search "Engineering--Geographic area--History," 

e.g., "Engineering--Great Britain--History." 

 See also more specific topics, such as "Mechanical Engineering--History;" "Power Resources--

History;" "Steam-engines--History," etc. 

INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY

INDUSTRIAL ARTS--HISTORY

INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS--HISTORY

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Daumas, Maurice, ed. A history of technology & invention; progress through the ages. Translated by Eileen B. 

Hennessy. New York, Crown Publishers, c1969-1979. 3 v. 

 Includes bibliographies. 

 T15.D2613 <SciRR> 

 Translation of Histoire générale des techniques. 

 Contents: v. 1. The origins of technological civilization.--v. 2. The first stages of mechanization.--v. 3. The 

expansion of mechanization, 1725-1860. 

Derry, T. K. (Thomas Kingston), and Trevor I. Williams. A short history of technology from the earliest times to 

A.D. 1900. New York, Oxford University Press, 1961, c1960. 782 p. 

 Bibliography: p. 750-758. 

 T15.D4 1961 <SciRR> 

Garrison, Ervan G. A history of engineering and technology: artful methods. 2nd ed. Boca Raton, Fla., CRC 

Press, 1999. 347 p. 

 Includes bibliographies. 

 TA15.G37 1998 <SciRR> 

The History of techniques. New York, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, c1986. 2 v. (1410 p.) 

 Bibliography: p. 1187-1242. 

 T15.H5713 1986 <SciRR> 

 Translation of Histoire des techniques. 

 Contents: v. 1. Techniques and civilizations. Written and edited by Bertrand Gille -- v. 2. Techniques and 

sciences. Edited by Bertrand Gille; written by André Fel and others. 

SUBJECT HEADINGS

BASIC TEXTS

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Singer, Charles Joseph, and others, eds. A history of technology. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1954-1984. 8 v. 

 Includes bibliographies. 

 T15.S53 <SciRR> 

 Volumes 6-7 ed. by Trevor I. Williams. 

 Contents: v. 1. From early times to fall of ancient empires.--v. 2. The Mediterranean civilizations and the Middle 

Ages, c. 700 B.C. to c. 1500 A.D.--v. 3. From the Renaissance to the industrial revolution, c. 1500-c. 1750.--v. 4. 

The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850.--v. 5. The late nineteenth century, c. 1850 to c. 1900.--v. 6-7. The 

twentieth century, c. 1900 to c. 1950.--v. 8. Consolidated indexes. Compiled by Richard Raper. 

Technology in Western civilization. Edited by Melvin Kranzberg and Carroll W. Pursell, Jr. New York, Oxford 

University Press, 1967. 2 v. 

 Includes bibliographies. 

 T15.T43 <SciRR> 

 Contents: v. 1. The emergence of modern industrial society, earliest times to 1900.--v. 2. Technology in the 

twentieth century. 

Williams, Trevor Illtyd. A history of invention: from stone axes to silicon chips. Updated & revised by William E. 

Schaaf, Jr. with Arianne E. Burnette. New York, Checkmark Books, c2000. 367 p. 

 Includes bibliographies. 

 T15.W718 2000 <SciRR> 

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TITLES ABOUT PARTICULAR PERIODS OR COUNTRIES

Bishop, John Leander. A history of American manufactures from 1608 to 1860. 3rd ed., rev. and enl. New York, 

A. M. Kelly, 1966. 3 v. (Library of early American business and industry, 1) 

 Bibliographical footnotes. 

 TS23.B72 1966 <SciRR> 

 3rd ed. first published in 1868. 

Early American technology: making and doing things from the colonial era to 1850. Edited by Judith A. McGaw. 

Chapel Hill, Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the 

University of North Carolina Press, c1994. 482 p. 

 Bibliography: p. 358-460. 

 T21.E24 1994 <SciRR> 

Forbes, Robert James. Studies in ancient technology. Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1964- Label mounted on t.p. of v. 1 has 

imprint: W.S. Heinman, New York. Vol. 1, 3, 5, 7: 2nd ed.; v. 2, 4, 6, 9: 2nd rev. ed. 

 Includes bibliographies. 

 T15.F729 <SciRR> 

Gille, Bertrand. Engineers of the Renaissance. Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press, 1966. 254 p. 

 TA18.G5413 1966 

 Translated from Les ingénieurs de la Renaissance, published by Hermann, Paris, in 1964. 

Hindle, Brooke, and Steven Lubar. Engines of change: the American industrial revolution, 1790-1860. 

Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, c1986. 309 p. 

 Bibliography: p. 285-298. 

 HC105.H66 1986 

Hodges, Henry. Technology in the ancient world. With drawings by Judith Newcomer. New York, Knopf, 1970. 

287 p. 

 Includes bibliographies. 

 T16.H63 1970b 

Humphrey, John William, John P. Oleson, and Andrew N. Sherwood. Greek and Roman technology: a 

sourcebook: annotated translations of Greek and Latin texts and documents. London, New York, Routledge, 

1998. 623 p. 

 Includes bibliographies. 

 T16.G74 1998 <SciRR> 

SPECIALIZED TITLES

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Marcus, Alan I., and Howard P. Segal. Technology in America: a brief history. 2nd ed. Fort Worth, Harcourt Brace 

College Publishers, c1999. 400 p. 

 Includes bibliographies. 

 T21.M372 1999 <SciRR> 

Mowery, David C., and Nathan Rosenberg. Paths of innovation: technological change in 20th century America. 

Cambridge, Eng., New York, Cambridge University Press, 1998. 214 p. 

 Bibliography: p. 181-199. 

 T21.M75 1998 

Needham, Joseph. Science and civilisation in China. Cambridge, Eng., University Press, 1954- . 

 Includes bibliographies. 

 DS721.N39 <China Ref> 

 Partial contents: v. 4. Physics and physical technology: pt. 2. Mechanical engineering. pt. 3. Civil engineering 

and nautics, with the collaboration of Wang Ling and Lu Gwei-Djen--v. 5. Chemistry and chemical technology: pt. 

1. Paper and printing, by Tsien Tsuen-hsuin. pt. 6. Military technology, missiles and sieges. pt. 7. Military 

technology, the gunpowder epic. pt. 9. Textile technology, spinning and reeling, by Dieter Kuhn. pt. 13. Mining, 

by Peter J. Golas. 

Sinclair, Bruce, Norman R. Ball, and James O. Peterson, comps. Let us be honest and modest: technology and 

society in Canadian history. Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1974. 309 p. 

 Bibliography: p. 307-309. 

 T23.A1S57 

Technology in Australia, 1788-1988: a condensed history of Australian technological innovation and adaptation 

during the first two hundred years. Compiled by Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences 

and Engineering. Melbourne, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, 1988. 1017 p. 

 Includes bibliographies. 

 T167.T44 1988 

 "The Sir Lindesay Clark memorial volume." 

White, K. D. Greek and Roman technology. Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University Press, 1984. 272 p. 

 Bibliography: p. 241-255. 

 T16.W45 1984 <SciRR> 

White, Lynn Townsend, Jr. Medieval religion and technology: collected essays. Berkeley, University of California 

Press, c1978. 360 p. (Publications of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, UCLA, 13) 

 Includes bibliographies. 

 T17.W47 <SciRR> 

Williams, Trevor Illtyd. A short history of twentieth-century technology c. 1900-c. 1950. Oxford (Oxfordshire), 

Clarendon Press; New York, Oxford University Press, 1982. 411 p. 

 Includes bibliographies. 

 T20.W55 1982 

 Sequel to A short history of technology from the earliest times to A.D. 1900, by T. K. Derry and Trevor I. 

Williams. 

TITLES ABOUT PARTICULAR TOPICS

American Public Works Association. History of public works in the United States, 1776-1976. Editor, Ellis L. 

Armstrong; associate editors, Michael C. Robinson, Suellen M. Hoy. Chicago, The Association, c1976. 736 p. 

 Includes bibliographies. 

 HD3885.A63 1976 

Bilstein, Roger E. The American aerospace industry: from workshop to global enterprise. New York, Twayne 

Publishers, c1996. 280 p. 

 Bibliography: p. 271-273. 

 HD9711.5.U6B55 1996 <BusRR> 

Brockmann, R. John. From millwrights to shipwrights to the twenty-first century: explorations in a history of 

technical communication in the United States. Cresskill, N.J., Hampton Press, c1998. 464 p. 

 Includes bibliographies. 

 T10.5.B75 1998 

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Campbell-Kelly, Martin, and William Aspray. Computer: a history of the information machine. New York, Basic 

Books, c1996. 342 p. 

 Bibliography: p. 321-333. 

 QA76.17.C36 1996 

Condit, Carl W. American building: materials and techniques from the first colonial settlements to the present. 2nd

ed. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1982. 329 p., 88 p. of plates (The Chicago history of American 

civilization, CHAC 25) 

 Bibliography: p. 295-303. 

 TH23.C58 1982 

Cowan, Ruth Schwartz. A social history of American technology. New York, Oxford University Press, 1997. 342 

p. 

 Includes bibliographies. 

 T14.5.C69 1997 <SciRR> 

Gordon, Robert B. (Robert Boyd), and Patrick M. Malone. The texture of industry: an archaeological view of the 

industrialization of North America. New York, Oxford University Press, 1994. 442 p. 

 Bibliography: p. 399-423. 

 T21.G67 1994 

Hounshell, David A. From the American system to mass production, 1800-1932: the development of 

manufacturing technology in the United States. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, c1984. 411 p. 

(Studies in industry and society, 4) 

 Bibliography: p. 385-398. 

 TS149.H68 1984 <SciRR> 

Hunter, Louis C. A history of industrial power in the United States, 1780-1930. Charlottesville, Published for the 

Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation by the University Press of Virginia, 1979-1985. 2 v. 

 Includes bibliographical references. 

 HD1694.A5H76 <SciRR> 

 Vol. 2 has imprint: Published for the Hagley Museum and Library. 

 Contents: v. 1. Waterpower in the century of the steam engine.--v. 2. Steam power. 

Lay, M. G. (Maxwell G.) Ways of the world: a history of the world's roads and of the vehicles that used them. 

New Brunswick, N. J., Rutgers University Press, 1992. 401 p. 

 Bibliography: p. 361-377. 

 TA1015.L39 1992 <SciRR> 

MacKeand, J. C. B. Sparks and flames: ignition in engines: an historical approach. Montchanin, Del., Tyndar 

Press, c1997. 168 p. 

 Includes bibliographies. 

 TJ759.M33 1997 

Material culture of the wooden age. Edited by Brooke Hindle. Tarrytown, N.Y., Sleepy Hollow Press, c1981. 394 

p. 

 Bibliography: p. 371-373. 

 TA666.M32 

Military enterprise and technological change: perspectives on the American experience. Edited by Merritt Roe 

Smith. Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press, c1985. 391 p. 

 UF533.M55 1985 

Nye, David E. Consuming power: a social history of American energies. Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press, c1998. 

331 p. 

 Bibliography: p. 265-323. 

 HD9502.U52N94 1998 

Palmer, Marilyn, and Peter Neaverson. Industrial archaeology: principles and practice. London, New York, 

Routledge, 1998. 180 p. 

 Bibliography: p. 164-171. 

 T37.P35 1998 

Petulla, Joseph M. American environmental history. 2nd ed. Columbus, Merrill Pub. Co., c1988. 444 p. 

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 Includes bibliographies. 

 HC103.7.P48 1988 <SciRR> 

Ryder, John Douglas, and Donald G. Fink. Engineers & electrons: a century of electrical progress. New York, 

IEEE Press, c1984. 251 p. 

 Includes bibliographies. 

 TK23.R9 1984 <SciRR> 

Smith, Norman Alfred Fisher. A history of dams. London, P. Davies, 1971. 279 p. 

 Bibliography: p. 257-262. 

 TC540.S55 

White, John H., Jr. A history of the American locomotive: its development, 1830-1880. New York, Dover 

Publications, 1979, c1968. 504 p. 

 Bibliography: p. 489-494. 

 TJ603.2.W48 1979 

 Reprint of the ed. published by Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, under title American locomotives. 

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Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering. New York, D. Appleton & Co., 

1852. 2 v. 

 T9.A65 <SciRR> 

Berlow, Lawrence H. The reference guide to famous engineering landmarks of the world: bridges, tunnels, dams, 

roads, and other structures. Phoenix, Ariz., Oryx Press, 1998. 250 p. 

 Bibliography: p. 221-228. 

 TA15.B42 1998 <SciRR> 

Biographical dictionary of the history of technology. Edited by Lance Day and Ian McNeil. London, New York, 

Routledge, 1996. 844 p. 

 Includes bibliographical references. 

 T39.B49 1996 <SciRR> 

The Blackwell encyclopedia of industrial archaeology. Edited by Barrie Trinder; editorial board, Axel Fohl and 

others. Oxford, Eng., Cambridge, Mass., Blackwell, 1992. 964 p. 

 Bibliography: p. 873-930. 

 T37.B55 1992 <SciRR> 

Bruno, Leonard C. Science & technology firsts. Detroit, Gale Research, c1997. 636 p. 

 Bibliography: p. 535-538. 

 T15.B684 1997 <SciRR> 

Carter, Ernest Frank. Dictionary of inventions and discoveries. 2nd rev. ed. London, Muller, 1974. 208 p. 

 T9.C335 1974 <SciRR> 

A Diderot pictorial encyclopedia of trades and industry: manufacturing and the technical arts in plates selected 

from "L'Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts, et des métiers" of Denis Diderot. Edited 

with an introduction and notes by Charles C. Gillispie. New York, Dover Publications, 1993. 2 v. 

 Includes bibliographies. 

 T9.E472513 1993 <SciRR> 

 Contains 485 plates. 

 Originally published 1751-1752. 

History of science and technology: a sampler of centers and collections of distinction. Cynthia A. Steinke, editor. 

New York, Haworth Press, c1994. 124 p. 

 Includes bibliographies. 

 T15.H65 1994 

 "Has also been published as Science & technology libraries, volume 14, number 4, 1994." 

Hudson, Kenneth. A guide to the industrial archaeology of Europe. Bath, Adams and Dart, 1971. 186 p., 56 

HANDBOOKS, ENCYCLOPEDIAS, and DICTIONARIES

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plates. 

 T26.A1H8 

Landmarks in mechanical engineering. ASME International History and Heritage. West Lafayette, Ind., Purdue 

University Press, c1997. 364 p. 

 Includes bibliographies. 

 TJ23.L35 1997 <SciRR> 

Leuschner, Fritz. Treasures of technology in museums of the world. Translated from the German by Silvia 

Furness. Leipzig, Edition Leipzig, c1983. 219 p. 

 T179.L4813 1983 

 Translation of Kostbarkeiten aus technischen Sammlungen. 

Sande, Theodore Anton. Industrial archeology: a new look at the American heritage. Brattleboro, Vt., S. Greene 

Press, c1976. 152 p. 

 Bibliography: p. 148. 

 T21.S26 

Schodek, Daniel L. Landmarks in American civil engineering. Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press, c1987. 383 p. 

 Bibliography: p. 371-378. 

 TA23.S36 1987 <SciRR> 

The Timetable of technology. Consultants and contributors, G. W. A. Dummer and others. New York, Hearst 

Books, c1982. 240 p. 

 Bibliography: p. 234. 

 T20.T55 1982 <SciRR> 

 "Chronological listings, from 1900 through 1981, of significant discoveries and developments in medicine, 

communications, transport, energy, food technology, and other fields." 

United States. Congress. The new American state papers: science and technology. Introd. by Nathan Reingold. 

Wilmington, Del., Scholarly Resources, 1973. 14 v. 

 Includes bibliographical references. 

 Q127.U6U485 1973 

 Partial contents: v. 4-5. Patents.--v. 6-7. Steam engines.--v. 8-10. Telegraphs, military technology.--v. 11-13. 

Special studies. 

Weitzman, David L. Traces of the past: a field guide to industrial archaeology. New York, Scribner, 1980. 229 p. 

 Bibliography: p. 211-215. 

 T37.W44 

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Bridge to the future: a centennial celebration of the Brooklyn Bridge. Edited by Margaret Latimer, Brooke Hindle, 

and Melvin Kranzberg. New York, New York Academy of Sciences, 1984. 355 p. (Annals of the New York 

Academy of Sciences, v. 424) 

 Includes bibliographies. 

 Q11.N5 v. 424 

 "Result of a symposium entitled Bridge to the future, held on May 18-20, 1983, and sponsored by Brooklyn 

Rediscovery, a program of the Brooklyn Educational and Cultural Alliance, and the New York Academy of 

Sciences." 

History and heritage of coastal engineering: a collection of papers on the history of coastal engineering in 

countries hosting the international Coastal Engineering Conference 1950-1996. Prepared under the auspices of 

the Coastal Engineering Research Council of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Edited by Nicholas C. 

Kraus. New York, American Society of Civil Engineers, c1996. 603 p. 

 Includes bibliographies. 

 TC215.H57 1996 

International Conference on the History of Civil and Commercial Aviation (1992: Lucerne, Switzerland). From 

airships to airbus: the history of civil and commercial aviation. Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, c1995. 

2 v. 

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 

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 Includes bibliographies. 

 TL515.I53 1992 

 Contents: v. 1. Infrastructure and environment, edited by William M. Leary.--v. 2. Pioneers and operations, 

edited by William F. Trimble. 

Symposium ICOHTEC (10th, Smolenice, Czechoslovakia, 1982). Sources for the history of technology: national 

comparisons: (conference papers). Tenth Symposium ICOHTEC, Smolenice, 1982, Czechoslovakia. Editor, 

Lubos Novy. Praha, Institute of Czechoslovak and General History CSAS, 1983. 541 p. (Acta historiae rerum 

naturalium nec non technicarum. Special issue, 17. Czechoslovak studies in the history of science. Special 

issue, 17) 

 Includes bibliographies. 

 T14.7.S96 1982 

 English, French, German, and Russian. 

Yankee enterprise, the rise of the American system of manufactures: a symposium. Sponsored by the United 

States Chamber of Commerce, held at the Dibner Rare Book Library, National Museum of American History, 

Smithsonian Institution. Otto Mayr and Robert C. Post, editors. Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981. 

236 p. 

 Bibliography: p. 217-230. 

 HC103.Y36 1981 

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Crisman, Kevin James, and Arthur B. Cohn. When horses walked on water: horse-powered ferries in nineteenthcentury America. Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, c1998. 292 p. 

 Bibliography: p. 269-279. 

 VM421.C75 1998 

Historic America: buildings, structures, and sites. Recorded by the Historic American Buildings Survey and the 

Historic American Engineering Record; checklist compiled by Alicia Stamm; essays edited by C. Ford Peatross. 

Washington, Library of Congress, 1983. 708 p. 

 Includes bibliographies. 

 Z663.H48 1983 <SciRR> 

Learning from things: method and theory of material culture studies. Edited by W. David Kingery. Washington, 

Smithsonian Institution Press, c1996. 262 p. 

 Includes bibliographies. 

 GN406.L43 1996 

Merzbach, Uta C. Georg Scheutz and the first printing calculator. Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, 

1977. 74 p. (Smithsonian studies in history and technology, no. 36) 

 Bibliography: p. 59-72. 

 QA75.M46 

Oliver, Smith Hempstone, and Donald H. Berkebile. Wheels and wheeling; the Smithsonian cycle collection. 

Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974. 104 p. (Smithsonian studies in history and technology, no. 24) 

 Bibliography: p. 103-104. 

 TL410.O43 1974 

 First published in 1953 under title Catalog of the cycle collection of the Division of Engineering, United States 

National Museum. 

United States. Museum of History and Technology. Contributions. Papers 1-72. Washington, Smithsonian 

Institution, 1959-68. (United States. National Museum. Bulletin) 

 T7.U627 

Vogel, Robert M. Building Brooklyn Bridge: the design and construction, 1867-1883. Washington, National 

Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, 1983. 28 p. 

 TG25.N53V63 1983 

Worthington, William E., Jr. Beyond the city lights: American domestic gas lighting systems. Washington, 

Smithsonian Institution, 1985. 23 p. 

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS 

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 TH7910.W67 1985 

 "An exhibit at the National Museum of American History, October 17, 1985-April 20, 1986." 

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Technical reports and other types of literature are indexed under Histories or History in the guides listed below. 

Reports are available in the microform collection of the Science Reading Room. Technical reports are sold by 

the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia 22161; telephone: (800) 553-6847. 

Government Reports Announcements & Index (1946-) 

 Z7916.G78 <SciRR A&I> and Computer Format 

Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports (1963-) 

 TL500.S35 <SciRR A&I> and Computer Format 

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Dissertations can be identified by using online resources or the following indexes located in the Main Reading 

Room. Consult any reference librarian about options. Some dissertations may be available in full text through 

electronic resources on public terminals at the Library of Congress. 

Comprehensive Dissertation Index, 1861-1972 

 Z5053.X47 1973 

Comprehensive Dissertation Index. Supplement (1973- annual) 

 Z5053.X47a 

Dissertation Abstracts International (1938- monthly) 

 Z5053.D57 and Computer Format 

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Holbrook, Daniel Ulrik. Technical diversity and technological change in the American semiconductor industry, 

1952-1965. Ann Arbor, Mich., University Microfilms, 1999. 431 p. 

 UMI Microfiche 99-35995 <MicRR> 

 Thesis (doctoral)--Carnegie-Mellon University, 1999. 

Major, Claire Corinne Howell. From magic lanterns to teaching machines: myths and symbols of the instructional 

technology revolution in American higher education. Ann Arbor, Mich., University Microfilms, 1999. 187 p. 

 UMI Microfiche 99-20058 <MicRR> 

 Thesis (doctoral)--University of Georgia, 1998. 

Winant, Edward Howard. The hydraulics revolution: science and technical design of urban water supply in the 

Enlightenment (eighteenth century). Ann Arbor, Mich., University Microfilms, 1996. 282 p. 

 UMI Microfiche 96-23396 <MicRR> 

 Thesis (doctoral)--West Virginia University, 1996. 

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Analytical bibliography of the history of engineering and applied science. In Newcomen Society for the Study of 

the History of Engineering and Technology, London. Transactions, v. 2, 1921/1922: 141-155; v. 3, 1922/1923: 

122-127; v. 4, 1923/1924: 135-140; v. 5, 1924/1925: 100-124; v. 6, 1925/1926: 203-221; v. 7, 1926/1927: 132-

TECHNICAL REPORTS 

DISSERTATIONS

SELECTED DISSERTATIONS 

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

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145; v. 8, 1927/1928: 161-183; v. 9, 1928/1929: 113-133; v. 10, 1929/1930: 121-134; v. 11, 1930/1931: 171-187; 

v. 12, 1931/1932: 112-118; v. 13, 1932/1933: 187-195; v. 14, 1933/1934: 213-225; v. 15, 1934/1935: 233-248; v. 

16, 1935/1936: 161-178; v. 17, 1936/1937: 221-231; v. 18, 1937/1938: 281-294; v. 19, 1938/1939: 269-279; v. 

20, 1939/1940: 161-173; v. 21, 1940/1941: 158-173; v. 22, 1941/1942: 188-203; v. 25, 1945/1947: 211-221. 

 T1.N47 

Bindocci, Cynthia Gay. Women and technology: an annotated bibliography. New York, Garland Pub., 1993. 229 

p. (Women's history and culture, v. 7) (Garland reference library of social science, v. 517) 

 Z7963.T43B55 1993 <SciRR> 

Current bibliography in the history of technology. 1990- Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1992- 

 T1.T27 

 Issued by the Society for the History of Technology. 

 Previously (1964-1990) appeared annually in issues of Technology and culture. 

 Also available online (1976- ) through RLIN's Eureka as part of HST (History of science and technology) file. 

Cutliffe, Stephen H., Judith A. Mistichelli, and Christine M. Roysdon. Technology and values in American 

civilization: a guide to information sources. Detroit, Mich., Gale Research Co., c1980. 704 p. (Gale information 

guide library. American studies information guide series, v. 9) 

 Z5579.C87 <SciRR> 

Ferguson, Eugene S. Bibliography of the history of technology. Cambridge, Mass., Society for the History of 

Technology, 1968. 347 p. (Society for the History of Technology. Monograph series, v. 5) 

 Z7914.H5F4 <SciRR> 

Isis cumulative bibliography; a bibliography of the history of science formed from Isis critical bibliographies 1-90, 

1913-65. Edited by Magda Whitrow. Chairman of editorial committee: I. Bernard Cohen. London, Mansell, in 

conjunction with the History of Science Society, 1971-1984. 6 v. 

 Z7405.H6I2 <SciRR> 

 Supplements cover 1966-1975 (Z7405.H6I2 Suppl. <SciRR>), 1976-1985 (Z7405.H6I2 Suppl. 2 <SciRR>), 

and 1986-1995 (Z7405.H6I2 1997 Suppl. 3 <SciRR>). 

 The current bibliography is published annually in a separate issue of Isis. 

Kren, Claudia. Medieval science and technology: a selected, annotated bibliography. New York, Garland Pub., 

1985. 369 p. (Bibliographies of the history of science and technology, v. 11) (Garland reference library of the 

humanities, v. 494) 

 Z7405.H6K74 1985 

Multhauf, Robert P. The history of chemical technology: an annotated bibliography. New York, Garland Pub., 

1984. 299 p. (Bibliographies of the history of science and technology, v. 5) (Garland reference library of the 

humanities, v. 348) 

 Z7914.C4M84 1984 

Poole, Mary Elizabeth, comp. "History" references from the Industrial arts index, 1913-1957. Raleigh, D. H. Hill 

Library, North Carolina State College, 1958. 119 leaves. 

 Z7914.H5P66 1958a 

 Photocopy of typescript. Ann Arbor, Mich., Xerox University Microfilms, 1974. 

Rink, Evald. Technical Americana: a checklist of technical publications printed before 1831. Sponsored by the 

Eleutherian Mills Historical Library. Millwood, N.Y., Kraus International Publications, c1981. 776 p. 

 Z7912.R56 <SciRR> 

Roos, Arnold E. A bibliography of the history of Canadian science and technology. Une bibliographie de l'histoire 

de la science et de la technologie au Canada. Ottawa, Ont., Canadian Science and Technology Historical 

Association, 1995. 272 p. 

 Z7911.R66 1995 <SciRR> 

Rothenberg, Marc. The history of science and technology in the United States: a critical and selective 

bibliography. New York, Garland Pub., 1982-1993. 2 v. (Bibliographies of the history of science and technology, 

v. 2, 17) (Garland reference library of the humanities, v. 308, 815) 

 Z7405.H6R67 1982 <SciRR> 

Shiers, George, and May Shiers. Early television: a bibliographic guide to 1940. New York, Garland Pub., 1997. 

616 p. (Garland reference library of social science, v. 582) 

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 Z7711.S49 1997 <SciRR> 

 Chronology begins in 1817. 

Stapleton, Darwin H. The history of civil engineering since 1600: an annotated bibliography. With the assistance 

of Roger L. Shumaker. New York, Garland Pub., 1986. 232 p. (Bibliographies of the history of science and 

technology, v. 14) (Garland reference library of the humanities, v. 519) 

 Z5851.S84 1986 

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Abstracting and indexing services that index relevant journal articles and other literature are listed below. Some 

suggested terms for searching are "Technology," "Technology--History," "Engineering--History," "History," or 

more specific headings, depending upon the topic of interest. Many of the titles may now be available in 

electronic format. Consult a reference librarian for the location and format of abstracting and indexing 

services. 

America, History and Life (1964-) 

 Z1236.A48, etc. <MRR Alc> 

Applied Science & Technology Index (1913-) 

 Z7913.I7 <SciRR A&I> 

Electrical & Electronics Abstracts (1898-) 

 Z5833.E37 <SciRR A&I> 

Engineering Index (1884-) 

 Z5851.E62 <SciRR A&I> 

General Science Index (1978-) 

 Z7401.G46 <SciRR A&I> 

International Aerospace Abstracts (1961-) 

 TL500.I57 <SciRR A&I> 

Metals Abstracts Index (1968-) 

 TN1.M51532 <SciRR A&I> 

Physics Abstracts (1898-) 

 QC1.P46 <SciRR A&I> 

Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature (1900-) 

 AI3.R48 <BusRR> 

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ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING SERVICES

JOURNALS

American Heritage of Invention and Technology T1.A455

The Chronicle of the Early American Industries Association, 

Inc. T1.E2 

Construction History: Journal of the Construction History Group TH15.C58

History and Technology T14.7.H56 

History of Technology Published annually. T14.7.H57 

IA, the Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology T37.I13 

Icon: Journal of the International Committee for the History of 

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Brown, John K. Design plans, working drawings, national styles: engineering practice in Great Britain and the 

United States, 1775-1945. Technology and culture, v. 41, Apr. 2000: 195-238. 

 T1.T27 

Chiles, James R. The road to radar. American heritage of invention & technology, v. 2, spring 1987: 24-30. 

 T1.A455 

Clément, Pierre. Photography and the development of silver technology. Impact of science on society, no. 168, 

1992: 299-314. 

 Q1.I4 

Demer, John H. How tinsmiths used their tools. The Chronicle of the Early American Industries Association, Inc., 

v. 26, Dec. 1973: 49-57. 

 T1.E2 

Evans, Francis T. Roads, railways, and canals: technical choices in 19th-century Britain. Technology and culture, 

v. 22, Jan. 1981: 1-34. 

 T1.T27 

Livingston, G. E. Foodservice: older than Methuselah. Food technology, v. 44, July 1990: 54, 56, 58-59. 

 TP370.F63 

Lohof, Bruce A. The service station in America: the evolution of a vernacular form. Industrial archaeology, v. 11, 

May 1974: 1-13. 

 T37.I5 

Mass, William, and Andrew Robertson. From textiles to automobiles: mechanical and organizational innovation 

in the Toyoda enterprises, 1895-1933. Business and economic history, v. 25, winter 1996: 1-37. 

 HF5343.B9a 

Meyer-Thurow, Georg. The industrialization of invention: a case study from the German chemical industry. Isis, 

v. 73, Sept. 1982: 363-381. 

 Q1.I7 

Nagengast, Bernard A. History repeating itself–"modern" innovations in HVAC&R technology that appeared long 

ago. ASHRAE transactions, v. 101, pt. 1, 1995: 753-757. 

 TH7201.A5 

Norberg, Arthur L. High-technology calculation in the early 20th century: punched card machinery in business 

and government. Technology and culture, v. 31, Oct. 1990: 753-779. 

 T1.T27 

Technology T14.7.I26 

Industrial Archaeology T37.I5 

Industrial Archaeology Review T37.I53

Isis; an International Review Devoted to the History of Science 

and Its Cultural Influences Q1.I7

Newcomen Society for the Study of the History of Engineering 

and Technology, London. Transactions T1.N47

Scientific American T1.S5

Society for Industrial Archeology Newsletter T37.S62 

Technology and Culture 

 Official publication of the Society for the History of 

Technology. 

T1.T27

REPRESENTATIVE JOURNAL ARTICLES

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Pitts, Eugene, III, and Walter I. Seigal. Fifty years of TV. Audio, v. 65, July 1981: 28-32. 

 TK6540.R17 

Reardon-Anderson, James. Chemical industry in China, 1860-1949. Osiris, 2nd ser., v. 2, 1986: 177-224. 

 Q1.O7 

Staudenmaier, John M. Recent trends in the history of technology. The American historical review, v. 95, June 

1990: 715-725. 

 E171.A57 

Stine, Jeffrey K., and Joel A. Tarr. At the intersection of histories: technology and the environment. Technology 

and culture, v. 39, Oct. 1998: 601-640. 

 T1.T27 

 Includes numerous bibliographic references. 

Tarr, Joel A., and others. Water and wastes: a retrospective assessment of wastewater technology in the United 

States, 1800-1932. Technology and culture, v. 25, Apr. 1984: 226-263. 

 T1.T27 

Wermiel, Sara. The development of fireproof construction in Great Britain and the United States in the nineteenth 

century. Construction history, v. 9, 1993: 3-26. 

 TH15.C58 

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Selected Materials available in the Science Reading Room pamphlet boxes include the following: 

Bowers, Brian. New lamps for old: the story of electric lighting. IEE review, v. 41, Nov. 16, 1995: 239-242. 

Brown, M. L. The American arms industry and the industrial revolution. National defense, no. 369, July/Aug. 

1981: 41-47. 

Galloway, D. F. Mankind and manufacture. Pt. 1. Retrospect. Chartered mechanical engineer, v. 16, Nov. 1969: 

431-437. 

Hunkin, Tim. Just give me the fax. New scientist, v. 137, Feb. 13, 1993: 33-37. 

Jackson, Donald Dale. Elevating thoughts from Elisha Otis and fellow uplifters. Smithsonian, v. 20, Nov. 1989: 

210-212, 214, 215, 218, 220, 222, 224-228, 231-232, 234. 

Livingston, James D. 100 years of magnetic memories. Scientific American, v. 279, Nov. 1998: 106-111. 

Lucky, Robert. The quickening of science communication. Science, v. 289, July 14, 2000: 259-264. 

Ross, Ian M. The foundation of the silicon age. Physics today, v. 50, Dec. 1997: 34-39. 

Tylecote, R. F. A history of metallurgy. London, Metals Society, c1976. 182 p. 

Uricchio, W. C. The motion picture as industrial archaeology. Industrial archaeology, v. 16, autumn 1981: 233-

237. 

White, Lynn, Jr. Medieval Europe foresaw planes, cars, submarines. Smithsonian, v. 9, Oct. 1978: 114-123. 

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American Philosophical Society Library 

SELECTED MATERIALS 

ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION

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105 South 5th Street 

Philadelphia, PA 19106 

Telephone: 215-440-3400 

URL: http://www.amphilsoc.org/library/

 "This Library is a major national center for research in the history of the sciences, medicine, 

and technology...Researchers who plan to visit the Library are encouraged to call at least one day 

in advance." 

Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village 

20900 Oakwood Boulevard 

P.O. Box 1970 

Dearborn, MI 48121-1970 

Telephone: 313-982-6070 

URL: http://www.hfmgv.org/

 "Holdings include a book and periodical collection reflecting the museum's interest in 

American social history, the history of technology, the history of leisure and entertainment, and the 

growth and development of consumer products. Other significant collections include trade 

catalogs...and the world's fair and exhibition literature collected from fairs held from the midnineteenth century to the present day." 

Hagley Museum and Library 

P.O. Box 3630 

298 Buck Road East 

Wilmington, DE 19807-0630 

Telephone: 302-658-2400 

URL: http://www.hagley.lib.de.us

 "The library houses an important collection of books, pamphlets, trade catalogs, manuscripts, 

photographs, ephemera, and audiovisual materials documenting the history of American business 

and technology." Its catalog may be searched online. 

National Museum of American History Branch Library 

Smithsonian Institution Libraries 

14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW 

Washington, D.C. 20560 

Telephone: 202-357-2414 

URL: http://americanhistory.si.edu/

 The collections, which are open to the public by appointment, include books, serials, 

microforms, trade catalogs, and a World's Fair and Expositions Collection. Its catalog may be 

searched online. 

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The Internet offers a growing number of sites useful for finding information on the history of technology. Several 

of the organizations listed above provide links to related sites from their web sites. You might try the sites 

described below, or use your favorite search engine and appropriate key words to identify more specific 

resources, such as the IEEE History Center at http://www.ieee.org/organizations/history_center/ or Recording 

Technology History at http://history.acusd.edu/gen/recording/notes.html. 

Resources in History of Science & Technology

URL: http://sciweb.lib.umn.edu/subject/hst.html

 This site from the University of Minnesota provides links to related academic programs, 

bibliographies and literature databases, biographical resources, chronologies, electronic 

publications and discussion groups, career information, libraries and museums, organizations, etc. 

Society for the History of Technology

URL: http://shot.press.jhu.edu/

 In addition to providing information about the society itself, this site contains links to graduate 

programs, course syllabi, and other sites related to the history of technology. 

Refstar Technology History

URL: http://www.refstar.com/techhist/

 This site features an annotated collection of links on the history of computers and the 

SELECTED INTERNET RESOURCES 

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Internet, communications, aerospace, and other histories. It includes subsites buried on 

commercial sites. 

The National Museum of Science & Industry

URL: http://www.nmsi.ac.uk/

 This British site features online exhibitions and links to the Science Museum, National 

Museum of Photography, Film & Television, and National Railway Museum. 

Compiled by Diana Niskern 

January 2001 

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