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  • Archibald Sturrockby Tony Vernon

    The History Press 2011; US$ 21.86

    Born 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 Railwayby Rosa Matheson

    The History Press 2011; US$ 18.94

    The 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 Steamby David Hall; Fred Dibnah

    Ebury Publishing 2013; US$ 22.66

    Britains 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 Solidsby Sanjay Govindjee

    OUP Oxford 2012; US$ 69.99

    This 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 Engineeringby Malcomm Grant

    Elsevier Science 2013; US$ 69.50

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  • Bremsenhandbuchby Bert Breuer; Karlheinz H. Bill

    Springer 2012; US$ 69.95

    Kfz-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 Problemsby M. Elena Garralda; Caroline Hyde

    Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2008; US$ 86.95

    This 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 Energyby Harsh K. Gupta; Sukanta Roy

    Elsevier Science 2006; US$ 141.95

    More 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 Pressuresby Roberto Fernandez-Prini; A.H. Harvey; D.A. Palmer

    Elsevier Science 2004; US$ 300.00

    The 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-Dryingby Georg-Wilhelm Oetjen; Peter Haseley

    Wiley 2008; US$ 240.00

    Many 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...