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Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders by William McElwee
epub |eng | 2012-03-26 | Author:William McElwee

The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 1881–1918 The Cardwell reforms, intelligently conceived though they were, inevitably imposed some friction and hardships, and demanded immense patience and tolerance from the more junior ...
( Category: History of Technology March 8,2020 )
Johnstown’s Flood of 1889 by Neil M. Coleman
epub |eng | | Author:Neil M. Coleman

( Category: Hydrology March 8,2020 )
The Challenger Launch Decision: Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA, Enlarged Edition by Diane Vaughan
azw3 |eng | 2016-01-03 | Author:Diane Vaughan [Vaughan, Diane]

Chapter Eight THE EVE OF THE LAUNCH REVISITED We now return to the eve of the launch. Accounts emphasizing valiant attempts by Thiokol engineers to stop the launch, actions of ...
( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight March 7,2020 )
Historic Maritime Maps by Wigal Donald;
epub |eng | 2013-08-29 | Author:Wigal, Donald; [Wigal, Donald]

Atlas (Occidental Europe) * * * Diogo Homem, 1559 Parchment, 44 x 58.6 cm Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris The anonymous Portuguese universal map attributed by the French to Pedro ...
( Category: Cartography March 7,2020 )
Nazi Science by Mark Walker
epub |eng | 2012-03-02 | Author:Mark Walker

Lectures in Switzerland and Budapest In the spring of 1942, Heisenberg received an invitation to speak before the Swiss League of Students. Switzerland was one of the few countries in ...
( Category: Scientists March 6,2020 )
507 Mechanical Movements by Henry T. Brown
epub, azw3 |eng | 2012-07-17 | Author:Henry T. Brown [Brown, Henry T.]

292. Stud escapement, used in large clocks. One pallet, B, works in front of the wheel and the other at the back. The studs are arranged in the same manner, ...
( Category: Industrial Design March 6,2020 )
The Inventions, Researches, and Writings of Nikola Tesla by Thomas Commerford Martin
epub |eng | | Author:Thomas Commerford Martin

FIG. 153. FIG. 154. A more perfected arrangement used in some of these bulbs is illustrated in Fig. 155. In this case the construction of the bulb is as shown ...
( Category: Electronics March 6,2020 )
Kamikaze, Cherry Blossoms, and Nationalisms: The Militarization of Aesthetics in Japanese History by Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2010-07-21 | Author:Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney

He heard in the news of Victor Emmanuel III's dismissal of Mussolini in July 1943. After hearing of the use of a treacherous tactic by the Germans against the British ...
( Category: History of Technology March 6,2020 )
Meat Planet by Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft
epub |eng | | Author:Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft

Myself and Pangur, my white cat, have much the same calling, in that much as Pangur goes after mice I go hunting for the precise word. [. . .]14 But ...
( Category: Food Science March 6,2020 )
The Innovators Behind Leonardo by Plinio Innocenzi
epub |eng | | Author:Plinio Innocenzi

Villard de Honnecourt’s machine (Fig. 8.2) features a spoked wheel and is accompanied by the following description: “Many days the masters have disputed on how to spin a wheel alone. ...
( Category: History of Technology March 5,2020 )
Gemini 4 by David J. Shayler
epub |eng | | Author:David J. Shayler

Data suggested that there would be no further requirement to maneuver the spacecraft to maintain its orbital altitude during the four-day mission. With Gemini 4 orbiting the world at about ...
( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight March 4,2020 )
Rider of the Pale Horse by McAllister Hull
epub |eng | 2005-03-03 | Author:McAllister Hull

Still in the Army Those of us who were in the armed forces were not free to leave when the war ended. The demobilization of the Army of the United ...
( Category: Nuclear Physics March 4,2020 )
The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison by Mike Wilson
epub, pdf |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Mike Wilson [Wilson, Mike]

( Category: Business March 3,2020 )
Thirst for Power by Michael E. Webber
epub |eng | 2016-05-04 | Author:Michael E. Webber [Webber, Michael E.]

SEVEN Trends THE KEY UNDERLYING DEMOGRAPHIC trend that can strain the energy-water nexus is growth: population growth and economic growth. Population is growing, exceeding 7 billion people globally in 2011, ...
( Category: Hydrology March 3,2020 )
Britain's Shield: Radar and the Defeat of the Luftwaffe by David Zimmerman
epub, azw3 |eng | 2012-12-10 | Author:David Zimmerman [Zimmerman, David]

By the late summer of 1936 Bowen had built a transmitter which could transmit pulses at 6.7 metre wavelength. At first it was not possible to miniaturize the transmitter sufficiently ...
( Category: Radar March 2,2020 )

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