Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packag...
A long established standard student reference. To aid understanding of how many of the tables can be used, there is a section of practical worked examples. Useful formulae are also included.
The book presents a clear and unique approach to statistical thermodynamics based on Shannon's measure of information, and provides applications to problems of interest in the l...
An Unabridged, Digitally Enlarged Printing With All Figures, Including, But Not Limited To: STEAM ENGINE MECHANISM - Elements Of The Steam Engine - The Four-Link Slider Crank - The Plain Slide-Valv...
My father, as well as being a engineering toolmaker, was a writer, writing articles for magazines. One of his subjects was steam engines, mainly road-use ones: 'Traction Engines'.
As well as gathe...
Gin’s resurgence is a global phenomenon and a new generation of gin makers are forging an exciting future.Armed with this book, you can count yourself among today’s intrepid c...
First published in 1912, this book contains a detailed treatise on the subject of storage batteries, being an exposition of the chemistry and physics behind lead accumulators. Contents include: “In...
Sixty years ago, Dick Dekker immigrated from one of the smallest countries in Europe to the second-largest country in the world- Canada.Dreaming of Canada's wilderness, he risked his life...
A classic by Edward Rowe Snow, updated by Jeremy D'Entremont, covering the pirate ship Whidah, the wreck of the City of Columbus,the Portland Gale, and the 1938 hurricane.
'This book may be used by an instructor to energize his or her classroom with fun and challenging problems. The games do not require any special equipment. Most can be played with paper, pen...
The retina is the innermost light-sensitive layer of the eye. The retina consists of three layers of neuronal cells namely photoreceptor cells (rods and cones), bipolar cells, and ganglion cells. R...
Structured Conflict Approaches Used in Strategic Decision Making focuses on strategic planning processes which use structured conflict to aid in elicitating and exposing management&rsqu...
This volume contains seventeen essays in the history of modern mathematical logic. The first nine are concerned with the completeness of various logical calculi. The second five essays deal with th...
Chromium is a highly toxic metal ion and considered as a priority pollutant released from various chemical industries like electroplating mixing activities, smelting, battery manufacture and tanner...
Particle packing deals with the problem of selecting appropriate sizes and proportions of particulate materials to obtain a compact mixture. The optimization of the packing-density of granular comp...
In the present study, Cr3C2-NiCr and Cr2O3 coatings were deposited on T-11 boiler steel by using the Detonation Gun (D-Gun) thermal spray technique with objective to check the hot corrosion resista...
Environmental issues increasing day by day with respect to sulfur, carbon, nitrogen and other harmful gases emission. Researchers developed different techniques for sulfur removal. Current work rel...
Vibration during machining is a complex problem, low intensity vibrations have little effect on the machining process. However, intense vibrations can affect several aspects of the cutting process,...