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Aviation

Boeing Design Manual-Titanium Alloys BDM-1054 1998.pdf (210kb) (1)
Taken down at the demand of Boeing.  If you want this document, simply google for the title.  It's located on sites around the world including  Israeli, Russian, Chinese and sites in whatever country has the TLD of .hr.  It's also available on bittorrent and Usenet.
 

Chemistry and Physics

The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments - (29MB) If one could point to a single book that put Americans on the moon, this would be it.  There is literally no telling how many scientific and engineering careers were launched by this book, including mine.  At the same time, if there is a single book, the fear of which represents today's pan-phobic panty-wetting cowards that masquerade as safety nazis, this book is also it.  I imagine Ralph Nader fears this book as much as he did the Corvair.

This book is reported around the net as having been banned.  It wasn't.  Book Banning hasn't come of age in the US. Yet.  This book WAS purged from most all school and municipal libraries back in the 70s.  The panty-wetter effect at work.

A paper copy of this book is very hard to come by.  Unfortunately my disappeared in the distant past.  I've managed to snag a good scan, however and it is safely hosted here.  Do your kids a favor (or yourself if you're under about 45), print this book out and work the experiments with them.  After feeding and clothing them, this is the best thing you can provide for your kids.  Well, that and taking them out of government schools so they can get an actual education.

journal-of-new-alchemists-1.pdf (5.1MB)
journal-of-new-alchemists-3.pdf (14.4MB)
journal-of-new-alchemists-4.pdf (16.8MB)
journal-of-new-alchemists-5.pdf (17.2MB)
How To Build An 11 Plant Hydroponic Garden.pdf (466kb)
How To Make Soap.pdf (14kb)
API and Baume Gravity Tables and Weight Factors.pdf (724kb)
Expandable Hydroponic Garden Plans.pdf (147kb)

Construction

Bridge Design Manual-Hydraulic Design-Missouri DOT.pdf (532kb)
Bridge Design Manual-US DOT.pdf  (6.2MB)

Electrical and Mechanical

The Boy Mechanic Volume 1 - (18MB) A wonderful book of electrical and mechanical experimenting dating from the 40s. From the Gutenberg Project.  I have the paper version of Volumes 2-4.  I'll scan them when I can.

The Boy Electrician - (40MB) A similar book but with more concentration on electricity.  Another excellent hands-on book from the past.

Metallurgy for Knifesmiths - (8MB) A wonderful, somewhat scientific book on metallurgy by John D. Verhoeven, Emeritus Professor, Iowa State University with a specific focus on knife Making.

Edison Alkaline Storage Battery Bulletin 850 (738KB) - This is the instruction manual for the original Edison Nickel-Iron storage battery.  Since this technology hasn't changed in 100 years, this information is still relevant.  Retrieved from here and turned into a PDF.  Original Scan and Photoshopped version, easier to read.
 

Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements.pdf (18MB)
Flywheel Energy Storage Workshop ORNL,1995.pdf (34MB)
Foseco Ferrous Foundrymans Handbook-J.Brown.pdf (4.2MB)
Foseco Non-Ferrous Foundrymans Handbook 11th ed.-J.Brown.pdf (8.0MB)
GE Gas Turbine Design Philosophy (1994).pdf (3.7MB)
GE Generators-An Overview (1994).pdf (1.9MB)
GE Steam Turbine Design Philosophy and Technology Pgms.pdf (4.0MB)
Fabricators and Erectors Guide to Welded Steel Construction.pdf (884kb)
Gas Turbine Engines-US Army Aviation Course AL0993.pdf (20.0MB)
Gas Turbine Repair Technology (2001).pdf (3.1MB)
Hydraulic Design Manual - Texas DOT.pdf (6.7MB)
Illustrated Sourcebook of Mechanical Components.pdf (82MB)
Geothermal Well Design Handbook (US DOE 1982).PDF (10.4MB)
hydraulic design handbook - larry w. mays.rar (20.2MB)
Handbook of Analog Computation 2nd ed-Electronic Associates (1967).pdf (23.4MB)

Farming and Rural

Timber Drying Manual - (20MB) What it says - how to dry wood.

Hydroponics - (26MB) A 50s era book.  Not pot-related.  Aw shucks :-)

Firewood Crops - (54MB) Growing firewood as a crop.

Make your own Fertilizer - (1.3MB) How to make your own fertilizer.  Given the current price of all petroleum-based products, this book might come in handy.

Chainsaw Guide - (25MB) An old guide on the use of the chainsaw.  Still relevant.

The Big Book Of Buds[Marijuana Varieties].pdf - (10.8MB) Just what it says.  Even if you don't smoke, this book is fascinating to read just to see all the varieties of pot.

Medical

Final Exit 3rd ed.pdf - (12.5MB) The ultimate self-help book.

Military

112 gripes about the French.pdf - (5.1MB) A nifty little pamphlet published in Paris in 1945 by the 'Information & Education Division' of the US Occupation Forces.  It provides an interesting snapshot of conditions in France in the immediate post-victory time period.  It also addresses some perceptions about the WW-2 era French that have become embedded in modern thinking that might not be correct.  I still think they talked way too much and did way too little in the run-up to WW-II but this pamphlet addresses some of the reasons behind those perceptions.
 

Nuclear

Defense Nuclear Agency-history-1947-97.pdf
Distribution and density of fallout from MIKE-US Navy RDL.pdf
EMP Interaction-USAF 1980.pdf
Monitoring Nuclear Tests[HEAVILY redacted](1958).pdf
Nuclear Energy-An Introduction to the Concepts Systems etc. 5th ed.pdf
Nuclear High-Altitude EMP-Implications for Homeland Security.pdf
Nuclear Weapons Effects-Test Evaluation and Simulation.pdf
Numerical Solutions of Spherical Blast Waves-H.Brode(RAND Corp.).pdf
Op.CASTLE-Chem,Phys and Radiochem Char of the Contaminant(1954).pdf
Op.CASTLE-Summary Report Military Effects-DNA (1954).pdf
Op.Hardtack-Fallout Measurements-DNA(1985).pdf
Op. CASTLE(Eniwetok) - Distribution and Intensity of Fallout(1956).pdf
Project SEDAN-Iodine Inhalation Study-US AEC(1964).pdf
TM 5 690 Grounding and Bonding in C4ISR Facilities (EMP protection).pdf
Gamma Dose Rates at Rongelap Atoll 1954-63-USAEC.pdf
General Report on Nuclear Weapons Tests-Sandia Labs(1998 declassified).pdf
US High-Altitude Nuclear Tests-Impact on Environment-H.Hoerlin.pdf
USAF Intel Targeting Guide (NUCLEAR).pdf
US Nuclear Test Fallout Data-USAF.pdf
Glass Fragment Hazards from Windows Broken by Airburs.pdf

johnny.r.barker@boeing.com

Good Morning,
It has come to the attention of this office your web
site www.neon-john.com under the ebooks tab has this document "Boeing
Design Manual-Titanium Alloys BDM-1054 1998.pdf". After review of our
records we could not find any authorization for you to posses or offer
for viewing the above document. It is requested you remove same from
your web site and provide this office with how you acquired it. You
cooperation in this matter is greatly appreciated. Thank you in
advance.

Semper Fidelis,

Johnny Barker
The Boeing Company
Office of Internal Governance
Corporate Investigations/Intellectual Property Enforcement
Seattle, WA

You know, Johnny, that kind of language really pisses a lot of people off.  That might be the way you do things inside the military-industrial complex but out here in the civilian world, a bit more politeness gets the same thing done without making people mad.

First off, an office has no attention for anything to come to.  If something came to your attention then say so.  Second, speaking in the third person really isn't very effective.  It's as if you're afraid to take ownership of your request.

Here's a rewrite of your memo that accomplishes the same thing:

"Hi John,

You have a document on your site named "Boeing Design Manual-Titanium Alloys BDM-1054 1998.pdf".  That document belongs to us and we'd like for you to take it down.

Sincerely,
blablabla."

See?  Two short friendly sentences gets the job done.

You didn't accomplish a thing, though, since this file is all over the net, including places that won't be cooperative like I am.  As I say at the top of this page, I'm simply offering stuff as a convenience to my readers without leeching bandwidth, stuff that is available elsewhere.