Books, 1899 - 1970

The Books sub-series contains books collected by Benjamin F. Miessner. Subjects include, but are not limited to, electronic musical instruments, electrical and radio engineering, chemical formulas, the physics of hearing, acoustics, creativity, and inventing. Also included is Miessner's book "Radiodynamics".

Many of the books in the collection contain annotations and notes from Miessner.

Miessner's book "On the Early History of Radio Guidance" can be found in the “John Hays Hammond, Jr. Feud” series.

Box 58 includes: Knowlton, Archer E., editor. Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers, 8th edition (1949); Marks, Lionel S., editor. Mechanical Engineers' Handbook, 5th edition (1951); Research Analysis Group. Physics of Sound in the Sea, parts 1-4 (1945); Barnes, William H. The Contemporary American Organ: its evolution, design and construction, 4th edition (1948); Markus, John and Vin Zeluff. Handbook of Industrial Electronic Control Circuits (1948); Markus, John and Vin Zeluff. Handbook of Industrial Electronic Control Circuits, 1st edition (1956); Lemon, Harvey Brace and Michael Ference Jr. Analytical Experimental Physics, revised edition (1946); Miller, Dayton Clarence. The Science of Musical Sounds (1916); Richardson, E. G. Sound: a physical text-book, 2nd edition (1935); Jewkes, John, David Sawers, and Richard Stillerman. The Sources of Invention (1958); Hunt, Frederick V. Electroacoustics: the analysis of transduction, and its historical background (1954); Richardson E. G. Sound: a physical text-book (1927); Fange, Eugene K. von. Professional Creativity (1962).

Box 59 includes: Matzke, Hermann. Unser technisches Wissen von der Musik: Einführung in die musikalische Technologie (1949); Bureau of Naval Personnel. Basic Electronics (1963); Harris, Cyril M. Handbook of Noise Control (1957); Geyger, William A. Magnetic-Amplifier Circuits: basic principles, characteristics, and applications (1954); Southworth, George C. Forty Years of Radio Research (1962); Houwink, Dr. R. Elasticity, Plasticity and Structure of Matter, 2nd edition (1953); Christie, Clarence V. Electrical Engineering: the theory and characteristics of electrical circuits and machinery, 1st edition, 2nd corrected impression (1913); Kinsler, Lawrence E. and Frey, Austin R. Fundamentals of Acoustics, 2nd edition (1962); American Radio Relay League. The Radio Amateur's Handbook, 39th edition (1962); American Radio Relay League. The Radio Amateur's Handbook, 27th edition (1950); Weiss, Eugène H. Phonographes et Musique Mécanique (1930); Beranek, Leo L. Acoustic Measurements (1949); Wood, A. B. A Textbook of Sound (1930); Timoshenko, S. Vibration Problems in Engineering, 3rd edition (1955); Zworykin, V. K. and Ramberg, E. G. Photoelectricity and its Application (1949); Rossman, Joseph. The Psychology of the Inventor: a study of the patentee (1931); Strutt, John William. The Theory of Sound, volume 1, 2nd edition, revised and enlarged (1929); Redfield, John. Music: a science and an art (1928); Federal Telephone and Radio Corporation. Reference Data for Radio Engineers, 3rd edition (1949); Strong, C. L. The Amateur Scientist (1960); Kolsky, H. Stress Waves In Solids (1953).

Box 60 includes: Bennett, H., editor. The Chemical Formulary: a condensed collection of valuable, timely, practical formulae for making thousands of products, in all fields and industry, volume 1 (1933); de Forest, Lee. Father of Radio: the autobiography of Lee de Forest (1950); Taylor, Calvin W. and Barron, Frank. Scientific Creativity: its recognition and development (1963); Lion, Kurt S. Instrumentation in Scientific Research: electrical input transducers (1959); Smithsonian Institution and Frederick E. Fowle. Smithsonian Physical Tables, 7th revised edition (1923); Smithsonian Institution and William Elmer Forsythe. Smithsonian Physical Tables, 9th revised edition (1954); Shea, Richard F., editor. Principles of Transistor Circuits (1953); Morse, Philip M. Vibration and Sound, 1st edition (1936); Trendelenburg, F., editor. Akustik (1927); Fischer, F. and H. Lichte, editors. Tonfilm Aufnahme und Wiedergabe nach dem Klangfilm-Verfahren (system Klangfilm-Tobis) (1931); Palmer, Frank R. and George V. Luerssen. Tool Steel Simplified: a handbook of modern practice for the man who makes tools, 2nd revised edition (1948); White, William Braid. Piano Tuning and Allied Arts, 4th edition, revised and enlarged (1943); Fahie, J. J. A History of Wireless Telegraphy (circa 1899); Fessenden, Helen M. Fessenden: builder of tomorrows (1940); Frayne, John G. and Halley Wolfe. Elements of Sound Recording (1949); Ferry, Ervin S. A Brief Course in Elementary Dynamics for Students of Engineering (1908); Rider, John F. Obtaining and Interpreting Test Scope Traces (1954); Sprague de Camp, L. The Heroic Age of American Invention (1954); Gilfillan, S. C. The Sociology of Invention (1935); Hoar, Roger Sherman. Patent Tactics and Law: what the industrial executive and engineer should know about patents, revised edition (1939); Jamison, Alpha Pierce. Elements of Mechanical Drawing: their application and a course in mechanical drawing for engineering students, 2nd edition, revised (1911).

Box 61 includes: Waetzmann, E. Technische Akustik (2. Teil) (1934); Waetzmann, E. Technische Akustik (1. Teil) (1934); Arguimbau, Lawrence Baker. Vacuum-Tube Circuits (1948); Read, Oliver. The Recording and Reproduction of Sound, 2nd edition (1952); Olson, Harry F. Acoustical Engineering (1957); Chance, Britton, Vernon Hugues, Edward F. MacNichol, and the Office of Scientific Research and Development National Defense Research Committee, editors. Waveforms (1949); von Békésy, Georg. Experiments in Hearing (1960); Ansley, Arthur C. Manufacturing Methods and Processes (1957); Skudrzyk, E. Die grundlagen der akustik (1954); Crede, Charles E. Vibration and Shock Isolation (1951); Electronics' Engineering Manual, revised edition, (undated); Petzoldt, Herbert. Elektroakustik Band 1. Allgemeine Anlagentechnik (1. Aufl.) (1951); Eisler, Charles. The Million-Dollar Bend: the autobiography of the benefactor of the radio tube and lamp industry (1960); Mason, Warren P. Electromechanical Transducers and Wave Filters, 2nd edition (1948); Trendelenburg, Ferdinand. Einführung in die Akustik (2. Auflage) (1950); Pollard, Ernest C. and Julian M. Sturtevant. Microwaves and Radar Electronics (1948); Strutt, John William. The Theory of Sound, volume 2, 2nd edition, revised and enlarged (1929).

Box 62 includes: Bitter, Francis. Magnets: the education of a physicist (1959); van Bergeijk, Willem A., John R. Pierce, and Edward E. David, Jr. Waves and the Ear (1960); Sattelberg, O. Wörterbuch der Elektrischen Nachrichtentechnik / Dictionary of Technological Terms Used in Electrical Communication: Zweiter Teil Deutsch-Englisch / part second German-English (1926); Wise, John Kenneth. Patent Law in the Research Laboratory (1955); Dennemark, Sigurd. Om rätten till arbetstagares uppfinningar (1950); Trendelenburg, Ferdinand. Fortschritte der physikalischen und technischen Akustik (1932); E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. "Lucite" Aircraft Manual (circa 1950); Funke, Otto. Das Klavier und seine Pflege: Theorie und Praxis des Klavierstimmens, 2. Auflage (1946); Briggs, G. A. Loudspeakers: the why and how of good reproduction, 3rd edition (1949); Renne, Harold S. Electronic Metal Locators, 1st edition (1956); Crowhurst, Norman H. Electronic Musical Instrument Handbook (1962); Meyer-Eppler, W., editor. Gravesano: Musik, Raumgestaltung, Elektroakustik: 19 Abhandlungen (1955); Popp, Ewald. Konstruktion und Bau elektromagnetischer Lautsprecher-Antriebssysteme (1929); General Electric Company. General Electric Transistor Manual, 3rd edition (1958); Meyer-Eppler, Werner. Elektrische Klangerzeugung: Elektronische Musik und synthetische Sprache (1949); Douglas, Alan. The Electronic Musical Instrument Manual: a guide to theory and design, two copies (1949); Pierce, John R. The Beginnings of Satellite Communications (1968); Brown, Sam, editor. Getting the Most out of your Lathe : wood turning, metal turning, metal spinning, 12th edition (1935); Eisinger, Larry and George Tilton, editors. Inventor's Handbook (1954).

Box 63 includes: Pfeiffer, Walter. Die Verlängerungen im Hammerwerk des Klaviers (1924); Borden, Perry A. and Gustave M. Thynell. Principles and Methods of Telemetering (1948); Trendelenburg, Ferdinand. Klänge und Geräusche: Methoden und Ergebnisse der Klangforschung, Schallwahrnehmung, grundlegende Fragen der Klangübertragung (1935); Poynting, J. H. and Sir J. J. Thomson. A Text-Book of Physics. Sound, 7th edition (1920); Hansing, Siegfried. Das Pianoforte in seinen akustischen Anlagen (2. verb. und erw. Auflage) (1950); Fischer, F. A. Grundzüge der Elektroakustik (1. Auflage) (1950); American Steel and Wire Company. Manual of Spring Engineering (1946); Benade, Arthur H. Horns, Strings and Harmony (1960); Miessner, Benjamin Franklin. Radiodynamics: the wireless control of torpedoes and other mechanisms (1916); Marcson, Simon. The Scientist in American Industry: some organizational determinants in manpower utilization, two copies (1960); Dorf, Richard H. Electronic Musical Instruments (1954); Hagen, W. Englisch-deutsches Funk-Wörterbuch: für den englisch lesenden Funkbastler (1924).