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24 books recommended for fans of The Chief Engineer (1920) by Henry Abbott, tied together by themes of Civil & Environmental, Engineering, Engineering & Transportation, and Reference.

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Roper’s Questions And Answers For Engineers (1880) — Stephen Roper

Roper’s Questions And Answers For Engineers (1880)

Themes: Civil & Environmental • Engineering • Engineering & Transportation

The Water Supply, From Underground Sources, Of The East Riding Of Yorkshire (1906) — Charles Fox-Strangways

The Water Supply, From Underground Sources, Of The East Riding Of Yorkshire (1906)

Charles Fox-Strangways

Themes: Civil & Environmental • Engineering • Engineering & Transportation

Der Indikator Practisches Handbuch Für Entwurf, Untersuchung Und Verbesserung Von Dampfmaschine, Dampfkesseln, Etc.: Aus Der Praxis Für Die Praxis — Hermann Haeder

Der Indikator Practisches Handbuch Für Entwurf, Untersuchung Und Verbesserung Von Dampfmaschine, Dampfkesseln, Etc.: Aus Der Praxis Für Die Praxis

Themes: Civil & Environmental • Engineering • Engineering & Transportation

Dynamo Laboratory Outlines: For Students In Electrical Engineering (1913) — John Fay Wilson

Dynamo Laboratory Outlines: For Students In Electrical Engineering (1913)

John Fay Wilson

Themes: Civil & Environmental • Engineering • Engineering & Transportation

Reminiscences Of A Railroad Engineer (1896) — William Hasell Wilson

Reminiscences Of A Railroad Engineer (1896)

William Hasell Wilson

Themes: Civil & Environmental • Engineering • Engineering & Transportation

Water Hammer With Special Reference to the Researches of Professor N. Joukovsky — O. Simin

Water Hammer With Special Reference to the Researches of Professor N. Joukovsky

Themes: Civil & Environmental • Engineering • Engineering & Transportation

Technic Of Surveying Instruments And Methods: Including General And Detailed Instructions For Field And Office Work Of Extended Students’ Surveys (1917) — Walter Loring Webb

Technic Of Surveying Instruments And Methods: Including General And Detailed Instructions For Field And Office Work Of Extended Students’ Surveys (1917)

Walter Loring Webb

Themes: Civil & Environmental • Engineering • Engineering & Transportation

The Tay Bridge: Its History And Construction — Albert Grothe

The Tay Bridge: Its History And Construction

Themes: Civil & Environmental • Engineering • Engineering & Transportation

Practical Radiography A Hand-Book of the Applications of the X-Rays — Henry Snowden Ward

Practical Radiography A Hand-Book of the Applications of the X-Rays

Henry Snowden Ward

Themes: Civil & Environmental • Engineering • Engineering & Transportation

Non-Ferrous Foundry Metallurgy The Science of Melting and Casting Non-Ferrous Metals and Alloys — Alfred John Murphy

Non-Ferrous Foundry Metallurgy The Science of Melting and Casting Non-Ferrous Metals and Alloys

Alfred John Murphy

Themes: Civil & Environmental • Engineering • Engineering & Transportation

Skeleton Structures: Especially In Their Application To The Building Of Steel And Iron Bridges (1867) — Olaus Henrici

Skeleton Structures: Especially In Their Application To The Building Of Steel And Iron Bridges (1867)

Themes: Civil & Environmental • Engineering • Engineering & Transportation

Physics and Hydraulics of the Mississippi River — James Buchanan Eads

Physics and Hydraulics of the Mississippi River

James Buchanan Eads

Themes: Civil & Environmental • Engineering • Engineering & Transportation

Simple Practical Methods of Calculating Strains on Girders, Arches, and Trusses — Edward William Young

Simple Practical Methods of Calculating Strains on Girders, Arches, and Trusses

Edward William Young

Themes: Civil & Environmental • Engineering • Engineering & Transportation

Principles of Control Systems Engineering McGraw Hill Series in Control Systems Engineering — Vincent Del Toro

Principles of Control Systems Engineering McGraw Hill Series in Control Systems Engineering

Vincent Del Toro

Themes: Civil & Environmental • Engineering • Engineering & Transportation

The Design and Construction of Harbours A Treatise On Maritime Engineering — Thomas Stevenson

The Design and Construction of Harbours A Treatise On Maritime Engineering

Thomas Stevenson

Themes: Civil & Environmental • Engineering • Engineering & Transportation

Helmets and Body Armor in Modern Warfare — Bashford Dean

Helmets and Body Armor in Modern Warfare

Themes: Civil & Environmental • Engineering • Engineering & Transportation

Reports, Specifications, and Estimates of Public Works in the United States of America — William Strickland

Reports, Specifications, and Estimates of Public Works in the United States of America

William Strickland

Themes: Civil & Environmental • Engineering • Engineering & Transportation

Extractive Industry Indigenisation in Zimbabwe Neoextractivism, Resource Nationalism and Uneven Development — Kennedy Manduna

Extractive Industry Indigenisation in Zimbabwe Neoextractivism, Resource Nationalism and Uneven Development

Kennedy Manduna

Themes: Civil & Environmental • Engineering • Engineering & Transportation

A Wilding Year Bringing Life Back to the Land — Hannah Dale

A Wilding Year Bringing Life Back to the Land

Themes: Civil & Environmental • Engineering • Engineering & Transportation

An Historical Review of Waterways and Canal Construction in New York State — Pettibone Wayland Hill

An Historical Review of Waterways and Canal Construction in New York State

Pettibone Wayland Hill

Themes: Civil & Environmental • Engineering • Engineering & Transportation

Applied Mechanics — Alfred Peter Poorman

Applied Mechanics

Alfred Peter Poorman

Themes: Civil & Environmental • Engineering • Engineering & Transportation

Mining Accidents and Their Prevention — Frederick Augustus Abel

Mining Accidents and Their Prevention

Frederick Augustus Abel

Themes: Civil & Environmental • Engineering • Engineering & Transportation

Sam Hobart, The Locomotive Engineer: A Workingman’s Solution Of The Labor Problem And Lives of Illustrious Shoemakers (1883) — Justin Dewey Fulton

Sam Hobart, The Locomotive Engineer: A Workingman’s Solution Of The Labor Problem And Lives of Illustrious Shoemakers (1883)

Justin Dewey Fulton

Themes: Civil & Environmental • Engineering • Engineering & Transportation

Histoire De L’horlogerie Depuis Son Origine Jusqu’à Nos Jours Précédée De Recherches Sur La Mesure Du Temps Dans L’antiquité Et Suivie De La Biographie Des Horlogers Les Plus Célèbres De L’europe — Pierre DuBois

Histoire De L’horlogerie Depuis Son Origine Jusqu’à Nos Jours Précédée De Recherches Sur La Mesure Du Temps Dans L’antiquité Et Suivie De La Biographie Des Horlogers Les Plus Célèbres De L’europe

Themes: Civil & Environmental • Engineering • Engineering & Transportation

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Civil & Environmental, Engineering, Engineering & Transportation — the same threads that run through The Chief Engineer (1920) by Henry Abbott. Among the authors featured: Stephen Roper, Charles Fox-Strangways, Hermann Haeder, John Fay Wilson, and others.

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