Download PDF by Colin Hempstead,William Worthington: Encyclopedia of 20th-Century Technology

By Colin Hempstead,William Worthington

Comprising 395 essays prepared alphabetically, totally on person items, artefacts, ideas, and items, this can be an updated paintings of reference for all these thinking about educating or studying the heritage of twentieth-century technology.

For a whole record of entries, participants, and extra, stopover at the Encycloped ia of 20th-Century Technology website.

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