Vannevar Bush's essay "As We May Think" proposes a memex, a hypothetical electromechanical device for individual knowledge storage and retrieval. It is considered a foundational text in the history of information science and a precursor to hypertext and the internet.
Sources for Vannevar Bush — As We May Think
Vannevar Bush — As We May Think in Engineering
Held in the Engineering chamber of the Babel Nexus Index.
- Vitruvius — De Architectura (c. 15 BCE)
- James Clerk Maxwell — Papers on the Theory of Structures (1864)
- Nikola Tesla — My Inventions (1919)
- Leonardo da Vinci — The Notebooks (c. 1500)
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel — Life and Works (Collected) (1870 (biography/papers))
- Georgius Agricola — De Re Metallica (1556)
- Robert Fulton — A Treatise on the Improvement of Canal Navigation (1796)
- W.J.M. Rankine — A Manual of Applied Mechanics (1858)
- Charles Babbage — On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures (1832)
- Nikola Tesla — Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency (1892)