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Archibald Sturrock
The History Press 2011; US$ 21.86Born in 1816, by 1840 Sturrock was involved with Brunel and Gooch in establishing the Great Western Railway's works at Paddington and new town at Swindon. On Brunel's recommendation, Sturrock was appointed locomotive engineer for Great Northern Railway, and he designed the locomotives and carriages which established East Coast main line's reputation... more...
Women and the Great Western Railway
The History Press 2011; US$ 18.94The Great Western Railway struggled with what was called 'the women question' for many years. It had heartily agreed with The Railway Sheet and Official Gazette that 'the first aim of women's existence is marriage, that accomplished, the next is ordering her home'. Yet women were the cheapest form of labour, apart from young girls, presenting the... more...
Fred Dibnah's Age Of Steam
Ebury Publishing 2013; US$ 22.66Britains favourite steeplejack and industrial enthusiastic, the late Fred Dibnah, takes us back to the 18th century when the invention of the steam engine gave an enormous impetus to the development of machinery of all types. He reveals how the steam engine provided the first practical means of generating power from heat to augment the old sources... more...
Engineering Mechanics of Deformable Solids
OUP Oxford 2012; US$ 69.99This book covers the essential elements of engineering mechanics of deformable bodies, including mechanical elements in tension-compression, torsion, and bending. It emphasizes a fundamental bottom up approach to the subject in a concise and uncluttered presentation. Of special interest are chapters dealing with potential energy as well as principle... more...
Geothermal Reservoir Engineering
Elsevier Science 2013; US$ 69.50Geothermal Reservoir Engineering more...
Bremsenhandbuch
Springer 2012; US$ 69.95Kfz-Ingenieure und -Techniker kommen ohne detailliertes Wissen über moderne Fahrzeugbremsen bis hin zur Mechatronik nicht mehr aus. Das Bremsenhandbuch behandelt umfassend Grundlagen, Anforderungen, Auslegungen, Aufbau, Gestaltungen, Komponenten und Teilsystemfunktionen im modernen Kraftfahrzeug auch von geländegängigen Rad- und Kettenfahrzeugen... more...
Managing Children with Psychiatric Problems
Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2008; US$ 86.95This is a book which gives an overview of the main treatments and procedures in child and adolescent psychiatry. It describes the different treatment approaches, indications for treatment and results and procedures for liaising with other services - for example inpatient psychiatric units and courts. The book aims to help all clinicians to identify... more...
Geothermal Energy
Elsevier Science 2006; US$ 141.95More than 20 countries generate electricity from geothermal resources and about 60 countries make direct use of geothermal energy. A ten-fold increase in geothermal energy use is foreseeable at the current technology level. Geothermal Energy: An Alternative Resource for the 21st Century provides a readable and coherent account of all facets of... more...
Aqueous Systems at Elevated Temperatures and Pressures
Elsevier Science 2004; US$ 300.00The International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam (IAPWS) has produced this book in order to provide an accessible, up-to-date overview of important aspects of the physical chemistry of aqueous systems at high temperatures and pressures. These systems are central to many areas of scientific study and industrial application, including... more...
Freeze-Drying
Wiley 2008; US$ 240.00Many modern pharmaceutical and biological products, e.g. blood derivatives, vaccines, cytostatic drugs, antibiotics, bacteria cultures but also consumer goods such as soluble coffee are freeze-dried to transform perishable substances into a form that can be stored and reconstituted to their almost original state without loss of quality. The book describes... more...









