Showing posts with label engineering. Show all posts
Showing posts with label engineering. Show all posts

Monday, December 8, 2014

December 8 - What should we celebrate?

December 8th is Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day.
For books about costumes and fashion, see 391.
For books about relativity and time warps, see 530.11.
For books about time in a metaphysical sense, see 115.
For books about chronology, see 529.

December 8th is also the birthday of Eli Whitney, who was born in 1765.
For biographies of inventors, see 609.2.
For biographies of engineers, see 926.2.
For books about farm devices and implements, see 681.7.
For books about manufacturing cotton, wool, and other fabrics, see 677.

December 8th is also Bodhi Day in Japan.
For books about the Buddha, see 294.36.
For biographies of buddhists, see 294.309.
For books about Buddhist meditation, see 294.344.
For books about oriental philosophies, see 181.

Friday, November 28, 2014

November 28 - What should we celebrate?

November 28th is Systems Engineer Day.
For books about systems theory, see 003.
For books about engineering design, see 620.0042.

November 28th is also Maize Day.
For books about growing corn, see 633.15.
For books about cooking sweet corn, see 641.6567.

November 28th is also Flossing Day.
For books about dentistry, see 617.6.

November 28th is also French Toast Day.
For books about cooking breakfast and brunch, see 641.52.
For books about baking bread, see 641.815.

Sunday, October 12, 2014

October 12 - On this day in history...

On October 12th, 1915, the Ford Motor Company under Henry Ford manufactured its 1 millionth Model T automobile.

 For technical books on the design of passenger automobiles, see 629.222.

 For a social perspective on urban communities, see 307.76.

 For a history of America in 1915, during the Woodrow Wilson administration, see 973.913.