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Parachute basics : sun n' fun 1998 (The Regulatory, 1998), by United States. Federal Aviation Administration. Regulatory Support Division (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Skydiving -- United States -- Safety measures

Safety of parachute jump operations (National Transportation Safety Board, 2008), by United States. National Transportation Safety Board (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Skydiving -- United States

Your United States Army parachute team, the Golden Knights. (Dept. of the Army, 1988), by United States. Dept. of the Army (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Skydiving -- Accidents -- United States

Safety of parachute jump operations (National Transportation Safety Board, 2008), by United States. National Transportation Safety Board (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Smokejumping -- United States -- History

History of smokejumping. (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service Northern Region, 1968), by United States. Forest Service. Division of Fire Control (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
History of smokejumping (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Region, 1980), by United States. Forest Service. Northern Region. Aviation & Fire Management (page images at HathiTrust)
History of smokejumping (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Region, 1976), by United States. Forest Service. Fire and Aviation Management (page images at HathiTrust)
History of smokejumping (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Region, 1974), by United States. Forest Service. Division of Fire Control (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Paragliding

NASA TN D-1826 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1963), by Garrison P. Layton, Milton O. Thompson, Flight Research Center (U.S.), and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
NASA TN D-1776 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1963), by Dewey E. Wornom, Robert T. Taylor, Langley Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Filed under: Smokejumping

History of smokejumping (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Region, 1974), by United States. Forest Service. Division of Fire Control (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Smokejumping -- History

History of smokejumping. (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service Northern Region, 1968), by United States. Forest Service. Division of Fire Control (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
History of smokejumping (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Region, 1976), by United States. Forest Service. Fire and Aviation Management (page images at HathiTrust)
History of smokejumping (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Region, 1974), by United States. Forest Service. Division of Fire Control (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Equipment and supplies

Public hazards from unsatisfactory medical diagnostic products, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare : report to the Congress (U.S. General Accounting Office, 1975), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
JOSA (Optical Society of America, 1930), by Optical Society of America and American Institute of Physics (page images at HathiTrust)
Medical technology and the health care system : a study of the diffusion of equipment-embodied technology : a report (National Academy of Sciences, 1979), by Committee on Technology and Health Care (U.S.), National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), and National Science Foundation (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
The Quartermaster Corps : organization, supply, and services (Office of the Chief of Military History, Dept. of the Army, 1953), by United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps, Chester L. Kieffer, Erna Risch, and Center of Military History (page images at HathiTrust)
Logistical support of the armies : in two volumes (Office of the Chief of Military History, Dept. of the Army, 1954), by Roland G. Ruppenthal and Center of Military History (page images at HathiTrust)
The American armamentarium chirurgicum. (George Tiemann & Co., 1879), by George Tiemann & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
Maintenance and servicing of electrical instruments. (Instruments Pub. Co., 1951), by James Spencer (page images at HathiTrust)
Operation and care of circular-scale instruments (Instruments Pub. Co., 1949), by James Spencer (page images at HathiTrust)
Technologies for managing urinary incontinence (Congress of the U.S., Office of Technology Assessment :, 1985), by Joseph G. Ouslander and United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (page images at HathiTrust)
Medical device establishment registration : information and instructions (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, 1987), by Center for Devices and Radiological Health (U.S.). Office of Compliance and Surveillance (page images at HathiTrust)
Waste and abuse in Medicare payments for medical equipment and supplies : hearings before the Committee on the Budget, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, first session, Washington, DC, May 13, 1991; Nashville, TN, June 17, 1991; Washington, DC, July 25, 1991; Bismarck, ND, September 23, 1991; Washington, DC, November 21, 1991. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1992), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Budget (page images at HathiTrust)
Medical devices : hearing before the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, second session : on examing proposed legislation ... July 25, 1990. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1990), by United States Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
FDA review time (The Office ;, 1995), by United States General Accounting Office and United States House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (page images at HathiTrust)
Medicare payments for medical supplies : hearing before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first session, special hearing. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1996), by Health and Human Services United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Departments of Labor (page images at HathiTrust)
Medicare fraud and abuse by durable medical equipment suppliers : hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, first session, West Chester, Pennsylvania, June 21, 1991. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1992), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Oversight (page images at HathiTrust)
FDA and the medical device industry : hearings before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, second session, March 25 and June 3, 1992. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1992), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (page images at HathiTrust)
Medical equipment: regional carriers' coverage criteria are consistent with medicare law (The Office ;, 1995), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
FDA medical product approvals : hearing before the Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first session, August 8, 1995. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1997), by Natural Resources United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Subcommittee on National Economic Growth (page images at HathiTrust)
Durable medical equipment : hearing before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, second session, special hearing. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1995), by Health and Human Services United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Departments of Labor (page images at HathiTrust)
A consumer's perspective on medical devices : hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first session, March 30, 1995. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1995), by United States House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (page images at HathiTrust)
Examination of selected medical device recall cases (The Office, 1989), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
Compliance status of many biomedical equipment items still unknown (The Office, 1998), by United States General Accounting Office and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (page images at HathiTrust)
Much biomedical equipment status information available, yet concerns remain (The Office, 1999), by Joel C. Willemssen, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, United States House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, and United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
Test accuracy and factors that influence cholesterol levels (The Office ;, 1994), by United States General Accounting Office and Space United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science (page images at HathiTrust)
Problems affecting HCFA's ability to set appropriate reimbursement rates for medical equipment and supplies (The Office ;, 1997), by Education United States. General Accounting Office. Health (page images at HathiTrust)
ADP planning : FDA's plans to improve processing of medical device and drug applications : report to congressional requesters (The Office, 1989), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
Medical devices : FDA's forecasts of problem reports and FTEs under H.R. 4640 : report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives (The Office, 1988), by United States General Accounting Office and United States. Congress. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and the Environment (page images at HathiTrust)
Medical devices : FDA's 510(k) operations could be improved : report to the chairman, Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representative (The Office, 1988), by United States General Accounting Office and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and the Environment (page images at HathiTrust)
Physiologische Methodik : ein Handbuch der praktischen Physiologie (Vieweg, 1876), by Richard Gscheidlen (page images at HathiTrust)
Review of scientific instruments (Banta, 1922), by Optical Society of America (page images at HathiTrust)
The Big quack attack : medical devices. (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration, Bureau of Medical Devices, and Office of Public Affairs, 1980), by United States. Bureau of Medical Devices and United States. Food and Drug Administration. Office of Public Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
Federal state medical device legislation, 1973 (U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration, Bureau of Medical Devices and Diagnostic Products :, 1975), by Lois A. Miller and United States. Bureau of Medical Devices and Diagnostic Products (page images at HathiTrust)
Catalogue and report of obstetrical and other instruments : exhibited at the Conversazione of the Obstetrical Society of London ; held by permission at the Royal College of Physicians, March 28th 1866. (Longmans, Green and Co., 1867) (page images at HathiTrust)
Recent trends in dubious and quack medical devices : joint hearing before the Subcommittee on Regulation, Business Opportunities, and Energy of the Committee on Small Business and the Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care of the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, second session, Washington, DC, April 9, 1992. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1992), by Business Opportunities United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Regulation and United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care (page images at HathiTrust)
Illustrations of surgical instruments of superior quality manufactured by the Kny-Scheerer Co. (New York, 1915), by Kny-Scheerer Company (page images at HathiTrust)
A new gas-oxygen-ether apparatus : description and use of the instrument (William Wood, 1915), by Harry Cliffon Luke (page images at HathiTrust)
Practices in renegotiation of war contracts. (National industrial conference board, inc., 1943), by National industrial conference board (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Renegotiation of war contracts (Baker, Voorhis, & Co., 1943), by Theodore W. Graske (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Medical electronics equipment handbook. (Sams, 1962), by Smith Donald A. (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Catalog of gymnastic apparatus ; catalog of anthropometric apparatus ; gymnasium construction (Providence, R.I., 1928), by Narragansett Machine Company (page images at HathiTrust)
Publications index (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, 1988), by Center for Devices and Radiological Health (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Zeiss microscopes (Carl Zeiss, Inc., 1927), by Carl Zeiss (Firm : 1846) (page images at HathiTrust)
Microscopes and microscopical accessories. (Voigtländer & Sohn, 1925), by Voigtländer & Sohn (page images at HathiTrust)
Preis-Verzeichniss der Fabrik chirugischer Instrumente und Bandagen. (The Firm, 1888), by H. Windler (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)
Standardization of Work Measurement. Volume 5, Processing Occupations. (Defense Technical Information Center, 1975), by DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON DC. (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Equipment & operation of emergency medical field units (The Office, 1941), by United States. Office of Civilian Defense (page images at HathiTrust)
Letters from the Army of the Potomac, written during the month of May, 1864, to several of the supply correspondents of the U.S. Sanitary Commission. (McGill & Witherow, 1864), by Alfred Janson Bloor and United States Sanitary Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
The Physicians' manual : a handy reference book compiled expressly for our patrons from the most recent authentic sources : containing new and popular remedies, dose list of official preparations, Latin terms used in prescriptions, poisons and antidotes, important incompatibles, therapeutic terms, medicinal water springs, urinary analysis, static machine and x-ray work, metric system, reference tables, etc., etc. (Truax, Greene, 1901), by Greene & Co Truax (page images at HathiTrust)
The Quartermaster Corps. (Office of the Chief of Military History, Dept. of the Army, 1953), by United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps, Chester L. Kieffer, and Erna Risch (page images at HathiTrust)
Parke, Davis and Company catalogue, 1913-1914. (Parke, Davis & Company, 1913), by Davis & Company Parke and William H. Helfand (page images at HathiTrust)
Manual of artificial limbs : an exhaustive exposition of prothesis [sic] (The Company, 1908), by N.Y.) A.A. Marks (New York (page images at HathiTrust)
Clothing and equipage, Army, 1941: hearings before the subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Seventy-seventh Congress, first session, on H.J. Res. 89, a joint resolution making an additional appropriation for the military establishment, fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, [Tuesday, February 4, 1941]. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1941), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations (page images at HathiTrust)
Map showing important defense projects affecting Illinois health districts. (State of Illinois, Dept. of Public Health, 1942), by Illinois Department of Public Health (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Listing of major War Department supply contracts by state : June 1940 through September 1941 with October 1941 supplement (Washington, D.C. : Office for Emergency Management, Division of Information, 1942, 1942), by United States. Office of Production Management and United States. Office for Emergency Management. Division of Information (page images at HathiTrust)
Drug and device product approvals. (Food and Drug Administration., in the 1970s), by Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (U.S.). Division of Drug Information Resources, Center for Veterinary Medicine (U.S.), Center for Devices and Radiological Health (U.S.), and Center for Drugs and Biologics (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Armco goes to war. ([Armco], 1942), by Armco Steel Corporation (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Mines and boobytraps (Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1969), by United States Marine Corps (page images at HathiTrust)
Booklet, 62 : laboratory instruments. (Sargent & Co., 1961), by E.H. Sargent and Company (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Animal care equipment ([Bethesda, Md., 1966), by National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Supply Management Branch (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Conversion continues at Oldsmobile ([publisher not identified], 1945), by General Motors Corporation. Oldsmobile Division (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
--this is the story of our part in the war. (Saginaw Malleable Iron Division, General Motors Corp., 1945), by Mich.) Saginaw Malleable Iron Co. (Saginaw (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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