For a brief period in the early Twentieth Century it seemed as if the future of air travel lay with the giant airships of Count von Zeppelin. The First World War ended that dream, fixed wing aircraft
Windsor Castle, the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world, has been a site of fundamental historical, cultural, and architectural importance for nearly one thousand years. This new popular h
London’s Heathrow Airport is the busiest international airport in the world, and has been for decades. Since it’s opening in 1946 the world’s airlines have beaten a path to its door and seventy years
Cheltenham Caravans were made by one of the smallest caravan manufacturing companies and are still used across Europe by members of the longest established one-marque caravan owners' clubs, forty year
Beginning with their first development, Nicholas Leach traces the life of the Oakley and Rother class lifeboats with photographs and text. He looks at their origins, their timein service, and t
Although the contributions of Islamic civilisations to science have long been recognised, the application of this scientific expertise to technology had been neglected until the publication of this then pioneering 1986 text. The book begins to remedy that neglect, first by celebrating the richness and ingenuity of the world of Islamic technology and then by pointing the way forward to its more detailed exploration. Lavishly illustrated, this book explores the major technological achievements of Islamic civilisations, namely the public works of civil engineering, the machines and mechanical devices which served to control water, provide power, serve as instruments or to amuse.
Presents a history of twenty-one popular branded medications, with details of the inventor, the origins of the medicine, and its formula and intended purpose.
Now in paperback!??This is local history at its best. John Hanc’s lively, absorbing narrative is both nostalgic and sophisticated.”?Barnet Schecter, author of The Battle for New York and The Devil’s O
Includes descriptions of outstanding rescues, volunteer crews and the lifeboats that have served. Unpublished photographs and some stunning colour illustrations. The first history of this lifeboat sta
Before the age of the lighthouse Scotland’s untamed seas and perilous rocky coast too often witnessed the watery end to the mariner’s voyage. From its establishment in 1786, it was the rem
