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I recently purchased a Britannica 15th Edition 32 Volume Complete from a yard sale. I'm not a doomsayer so to speak but if the grid ever gets hit with a big eno
by TGIM 2y ago
I recently purchased a Britannica 15th Edition 32 Volume Complete from a yard sale. I'm not a doomsayer so to speak but if the grid ever gets hit with a big enough solar flare, I'll have plenty to read.
- fouc 2y agoWould be nice if the Encyclopedia was detailed enough to be able to re-build the grid ;)
- 082349872349872 2y agoI have a two or three volume encyclopaedia-like work from the XIX that, as far as I can tell, was directed to factory owners. Its articles cover things like roofing that lets in natural light, how best to build private rail spurs into your factory, or even cheap and cheerful ways to provide worker housing in your company town, etc. etc.
- rerdavies 2y agoSupplement that with The Chemical Rubber Company Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulas, for when we don't even have digital computers! We shall rise again!