First publication of the standard algorithm for logical deduction in artificial intelligence. First edition of the first publication of the resolut...

The first steamboat patentee. The first edition of Jonathan Hulls' (d.1758) pamphlet advertising his pioneering work on steamboats. An unsophistica...

The rare first account of the manhattan project, with secret page. The rare lithoprint edition, the first obtainable edition of the official accoun...

Supporting the moon landing. Two early manuals relating to the Apollo Lunar Module, the craft that ferried astronauts between the moon's orbit and ...

The first sprinkler system. A signed and dated affidavit to patent a 'mode of construction or arrangement for any building, so as to afford securit...

Invention of a new gun carriage. A signed and dated affidavit to patent the invention of a new gun carriage by Sir William Congreve (1772-1828), co...

A rare and beautiful work on classical automata. The rare first printed edition of the 'only extant treatise on the design and construction of anci...

A fine collection of views of the London docks by William Daniell, published between 1802 and 1808 at £2 12s 6d each. The views show the new docks...

Inscribed association copy. First edition, first printing of 'the first carefully crafted and widely accepted popularization of computers' (IEEE ob...

Looking inside technology. A publisher's sample of this fabulous, chromolithographic flap book on fin de siècle technology. Normally published in t...

Getting to the moon & back. A rare, early technical manual for the Apollo Lunar Module, the craft that ferried astronauts between the moon's or...

Delving into machines. An attractive flap book on modern technology. 'How better to explain the workings of a locomotive, a steam engine, an automo...

The first comprehensive technical guide to automobiles. A rare complete set of the first comprehensive technical work on automobiles. Volume I is t...

Stylish chromolithographic flap book on car engineering. A striking, Art Deco flap book on motor cars, published as marketing for Shell's engine oi...

Rare in-house publication. A remarkable survival, two issues of a magazine created in-house by staff of the Vickers Airship Drawing Office at Barro...

Original drawings of 19th century locomotives. A standard printed locomotive engineer's pocket book, in which columns are left blank for the user t...