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Hoisting and conveying machinery

  • Skipper's Mast and Rigging Guideby Rene Westerhuis

    Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 16.99

    The Skipper's Mast and Rigging Guide is a new title in our popular series of cockpit guides that are designed for easy reference on board in all weather conditions. Of all the elements that are hard to set up on a sailboat, gauging how mast, running rigging and standing rigging should work in combination with each other is perhaps the trickiest... more...

  • Skipper's Mast and Rigging Guideby Rene Westerhuis

    Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 20.99

    The Skipper's Mast and Rigging Guide is a new title in our popular series of cockpit guides that are designed for easy reference on board in all weather conditions. Of all the elements that are hard to set up on a sailboat, gauging how mast, running rigging and standing rigging should work in combination with each other is perhaps the trickiest... more...

  • Matthew Boultonby Kenneth Quickenden; Sally Baggott; Malcolm Dick

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 119.95

    Matthew Boulton was a leading industrialist, entrepreneur and Enlightenment figure. Often overshadowed through his association with James Watt, his Soho manufactories put Birmingham at the centre of what has recently been termed 'The Industrial Enlightenment'. Exploring his many activities and manufactures, and the regional, national and international... more...

  • Sicherheit bei Kranenby Jurgen Koop; Wilhelm Hesse; J Rgen Koop

    Springer 2011; US$ 139.99

    Der Band liefert einen umfassenden berblick ber die Unfallverh tung bei Bau und Betrieb von Krananlagen. Die 10. Auflage fasst alles in einem Buch zusammen: die neuen Vorschriften, die sich aus den Europ ischen Normen (EN-Vorschriften) f r Krane hinsichtlich der Unfallverh tung ergeben, und die alte Unfallverh tungsvorschrift Kran BGV D6 (VGB 9), die... more...

  • James Allisonby Sigur E. Whitaker

    McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2011; US$ 35.00

    Among the engineers fueling the rapid rise of the automotive industry at the dawn of the 20th century was James Allison, a fountain pen maker who joined with Carl G. Fisher in 1904 to found Prest-O-Lite, an early manufacturer of the power source for automotive headlights. This biography tracks Allison's involvement in the Indianapolis 500, which... more...

  • Cranes and Derricks, Fourth Editionby Lawrence Shapiro; Jay Shapiro

    McGraw-Hill Education 2010; US$ 99.95

    The Definitive Handbook on Cranes and Derricks--Updated Per the Latest Standards and Equipment Fully revised throughout, Cranes and Derricks . Fourth Edition, offers comprehensive coverage of the selection, installation, and safe use of cranes and derricks on construction sites. Written for both engineers and non-engineers by the principals... more...

  • Distinguished Figures in Mechanism and Machine Scienceby Marco Ceccarelli

    Springer 2009; US$ 84.99

    Aims to collect contributed papers in a frame that can be a sort of dictionary of personalities in MMS (Mechanism and Machine Science). This work illustrates personalities by recognizing persons and their activity, by looking mainly at technical developments in the historical evolution of the fields that are grouped in MMS. more...

  • James Watt, Chemistby David Philip Miller

    Pickering & Chatto Publishers 2009; US$ 99.00

    Miller examines Watt?s illustrious engineering career in light of his parallel interest in chemistry, arguing that Watt?s conception of steam engineering relied upon chemical understandings. more...

  • Handbook of Riggingby Joseph MacDonald; W. Rossnagel; Lindley Higgins

    McGraw-Hill 2008; US$ 105.00

    The Ultimate Guide to Designing and Operating Safe, Efficient Rigging Systems. Recent years have seen an abundance of changes in the rigging industry. This popular, hands-on reference brings you completely up to date on equipment, materials, systems, and regulations that affect your profession. Whether you are a maintenance technician, hoist operator,... more...