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1978Solid red vinyl hard cover with gold lettering. Clean, tight pages with bright text. Very good condition throughout.
1948Edgeworn paper covers; volume bound with string through hole - punched pages. Marks and the occasional nick on discoloured covers; leading corners of covers and nearby pages are worn and - in some cases - creased. Crease down length of front cover, visible on early pages. Page block is tanned, foxed and uneven. Age - related marks and foxing on many page edges within. Hand - drawn diagrams laid - in at rear. Air Publication 1093F, volume 1. All content is clear. TS Used
1987SOFTCOVER. Sticker to spine and inside cover, stamp to page block. Text is clean, tight and bright Ex - Library
1987SOFTCOVER. Sticker to spine and inside cover, stamp to page block. Text is clean, tight and bright Ex - Library
1993Soft cover is sound with lightly worn ends of spine and corners and creased spine. Pages are clean and bright throughout. Library plate on front inside cover. Library stamps on prelims, back inside cover and page block. Illustrated with graphs and diagrams. Ex-Library
1990Oversized paperback with minor edgewear. Contents in very good condition, clean and sound throughout. Used
1939Quarto maroon cloth, gilt lettering; two preliminary leaves, iii-vi, 318 pages illustrations, diagrams; 23 cm Electric machinery -- Direct current.
1941White quarto, vi, 122 pages, b&w illustrations, folded plates, tables, folded profiles; 28 cm. Scarce. || Pipe fitting, Marine engineering. || Reproduced from typewritten copy.
1944Hardcover blue octavo with faded brown spine. 250 pages : b/w illustrations, diagrams ; 22 cm At head of title: Complete course in practical horology. || "A Benj. Franklin Illustrated Home-Study Course Complete in One Volume"--title page. || Clock and watch making.
1980Quarto red cloth; 408 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm. Includes "Addenda and corrigenda" Piling (Civil engineering) -- Congresses. || Conference papers and proceedings. || Structures; Foundations; Piles; Design & construction - Conference proceedings.
1990Hardcover blue quarto. xix, 705 pages : b/w illustrations ; 24 cm. Series: Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ;; v. 129; || Contents: Recent literature on structural modeling, identification, and analysis / Roy R. Craig Jr. -- Orthogonal projection approach to multibody dynamics / H. Flashner -- Integrated structure-control optimization of space structures / Raphael T. Haftka -- Multibody dynamics formulations via Kane's equations / Ronald L. Huston -- Input-output system identification : learning from repeated experiments / Jer-Nan Juang, Lucas G. Horta and Richard W. Longman -- Multibody dynamics formulations using Maggi's approach / A.J. Kurdila -- Dynamics and control of tethered spacecraft during deployment and retrieval / V.J. Modi and P.K. Lakshmanan -- Staggered solution procedures for multibody dynamics simulation / K.C. Park, J.C. Chiou and J.D. Downer -- Precision pointing of large antennas by static shape estimation / R.E. Scheid and G. Rodriguez. || Optimal projection approach to robust fixed-structure control design / Dennis S. Bernstein and David C. Hyland -- Low-order control of linear finite-element model of large flexible structures using second-order parallel architecture / Mark J. Balas -- Boundary-element method for shape control of distributed-parameter elastostatic systems / Goong Chen and Jianxin Zhou -- Stability of time-varying structural dynamic systems / S. Pradeep -- Robust eigensystem assignment for second-order dynamic systems / Jer-Nan Juang and Peiman G. Maghami -- Minimum sensitivity design method for output feedback controllers / John L. Junkins and Youdan Kim -- Component model reduction by component cost analysis / R.E. Skelton, R. Singh and J. Ramakrishnan -- Controller design by eigenspace assignment / G.L. Slater and Q. Zhang. || Recent literature on experimental structural dynamics and control research / W.L. Hallauer Jr. -- Large-angle maneuver experiments in ground-based laboratories / Alok Das -- Control-structure interaction : effects of actuator dyanmics / Daniel J. Inman -- Controlled component synthesis : a CSI approach to decentralize control of structures / K. David Young -- Near-minimum-time maneuvers of flexible vehicles : a Liapunov control law design method / John L. Junkins, Z. Rahman and H. Bang -- Minimum-time maneuvers of flexible spacecraft / G. Singh, P.T. Kabamba and N.H. McClamroch -- Feedback control of space structures : a Liapunov approach / Srinivas R. Vadali -- Insights and approximations in dynamic analysis of spacecraft tethers / Andreas H. von Flotow and Norman M. Wereley. || Large space structures (Astronautics) Astrodynamics.
1982Octavo in grey boards; illus.; 492 pp., 24 cm. In English. || Series: McGraw-Hill Series in Mechanical Engineering; Variation: McGraw-Hill series in mechanical engineering.
2004Quarto in red illus wraps; xv, 761 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmIncludes bibliographical references and index. Appears to be a 2004 printing of the 2001 first edition, produced for the Asia market. || Contents: 1.2; World's FreshWater Resources; 4 --; 1.3; Water Use in the United States; 6 --; 1.4; Systems of Units; 8 --; 1.5; What Is Water?; 10 --; 1.6; Future of Water Resources; 12 --; Chapter 2; Principles of Flow in Hydrosystems; 15 --; 2.1; Properties Involving Mass or Weight of Water; 15 --; 2.2; Viscosity; 17 --; 2.3; Elasticity; 18 --; 2.4; Pressure and Pressure Variation; 19 --; 2.5; Surface Tension; 21 --; 2.6; Flow Visualization; 23 --; 2.7; Laminar and Turbulent Flow; 24 --; 2.8; Discharge; 25 --; Chapter 3; Flow Processes and Hydrostatic Forces; 29 --; 3.1; Control Volume Approach for Hydrosystems; 29 --; 3.2; Continuity; 32 --; 3.3; Energy; 34 --; 3.4; Momentum; 38 --; 3.5; Pressure and Pressure Forces in Static Fluids; 39 --; 3.5.1; Hydrostatic Forces; 39 --; 3.5.2; Buoyancy; 43 --; 3.6; Velocity Distribution; 44 --; Chapter 4; Hydraulic Processes: Pressurized Pipe Flow; 49 --; 4.1; Classification of Flow; 49 --; 4.2; Pressurized (Pipe) Flow; 52 --; 4.2.1; Energy Equation; 52 --; 4.2.2; Hydraulic and Energy Grade Lines; 56 --; 4.3; Headlosses; 56 --; 4.3.1; Shear-Stress Distribution of Flow in Pipes; 56 --; 4.3.2; Velocity Distribution of Flow in Pipes; 58 --; 4.3.3; Headlosses from Pipe Friction; 61 --; 4.3.4; Form (Minor) Losses; 63 --; 4.4; Forces in Pipe Flow; 70 --; 4.5; Pipe Flow in Simple Networks; 73 --; 4.5.1; Series Pipe Systems; 73 --; 4.5.2; Parallel Pipe Systems; 75 --; 4.5.3; Branching Pipe Flow; 78 --; 4.6; Measurement of Flowing Fluids in Pressure Conduits; 79 --; 4.6.1; Measurement of Static Pressure; 79 --; 4.6.2; Measurement of Velocity; 80 --; 4.6.3; Measurement of Discharge; 81 --; Chapter 5; Hydraulic Processes: Open-Channel Flow; 85 --; 5.1; Steady Uniform Flow; 85 --; 5.1.1; Energy; 85 --; 5.1.2; Momentum; 88 --; 5.1.3; Best Hydraulic Sections for Uniform Flow in Nonerodible Channels; 94 --; 5.2; Specific Energy, Momentum, and Specific Force; 95 --; 5.2.1; Specific Energy; 95 --; 5.2.2; Momentum; 101 --; 5.2.3; Specific Force; 102 --; 5.3; Steady, Gradually Varied Flow; 105 --; 5.3.1; Gradually Varied Flow Equations; 105 --; 5.3.2; Water Surface Profile Classification; 108 --; 5.4; Gradually Varied Flow for Natural Channels; 111 --; 5.4.1; Development of Equations; 111 --; 5.4.2; Energy Correction Factor; 114 --; 5.4.3; Application for Water Surface Profile; 118 --; 5.5; Rapidly Varied Flow; 123 --; 5.6; Discharge Measurement; 128 --; 5.6.1; Weir; 128 --; 5.6.2; Flumes; 132 --; 5.6.3; Stream Flow Measurement: Velocity-Area-Integration Method; 135 --; Chapter 6; Hydraulic Processes: Groundwater Flow; 141 --; 6.1; Groundwater Concepts; 141 --; 6.2; Saturated Flow; 150 --; 6.2.1; Governing Equations; 150 --; 6.2.2; Flow Nets; 152 --; 6.3; Steady-State One-Dimensional Flow; 154 --; 6.4; Steady-State Well Hydraulics; 157 --; 6.4.1; Flow to Wells; 157 --; 6.4.2; Confined Aquifers; 158 --; 6.4.3; Unconfined Aquifers; 161 --; 6.5; Transient Well Hydraulics--Confined Conditions; 162 --; 6.5.1; Nonequilibrium Well Pumping Equation; 162 --; 6.5.2; Graphical Solution; 165 --; 6.5.3; Cooper-Jacob Method of Solution; 167 --; 6.6; Transient Well Hydraulics--Unconfined Conditions; 172 --; 6.7; Transient Well Hydraulics--Leaky Aquifer Conditions; 173 --; 6.8; Boundary Effects: Image Well Theory; 174 --; 6.8.1; Barrier Boundary; 175 --; 6.8.2; Recharge Boundary; 178 --; 6.8.3; Multiple Boundary Systems; 179 --; 6.9; Simulation of Groundwater Systems; 181 --; 6.9.1; Governing Equations; 181 --; 6.9.2; Finite Difference Equations; 182 --; 6.9.3; MODFLOW; 186 --; Chapter 7; Hydrologic Processes; 191 --; 7.1; Introduction to Hydrology; 191 --; 7.1.1; What Is Hydrology?; 191 --; 7.1.2; Hydrologic Cycle; 191 --; 7.1.3; Hydrologic Systems; 193 --; 7.1.4; Atmospheric and Ocean Circulation; 199 --; 7.2; Precipitation (Rainfall); 202 --; 7.2.1; Precipitation Formation and Types; 202 --; 7.2.2; Rainfall Variability; 204 --; 7.2.3; Disposal of Rainfall on a Watershed; 212 --; 7.2.4; Design Storms; 212 --; 7.2.5; Estimated Limiting Storms; 224 --; 7.3; Evaporation; 227 --; 7.3.1; Energy Balance Method; 228 --; 7.3.2; Aerodynamic Method; 231 --; 7.3.3; Combined Method; 232 --; 7.4; Infiltration; 233 --; 7.4.1; Unsaturated Flow; 233 --; 7.4.2; Green-Ampt Method; 237 --; 7.4.3; Other Infiltration Methods; 243 --; Chapter 8; Surface Runoff; 247 --; 8.1; Drainage Basins; 247 --; 8.2; Hydrologic Losses and Rainfall Excess; 251 --; 8.3; Rainfall-Runoff Analysis Using Unit Hydrograph Approach; 253 --; 8.4; Synthetic Unit Hydrographs; 256 --; 8.5; S-Hydrographs; 259 --; 8.6; SCS Rainfall-Runoff Relation; 262 --; 8.7; Curve Number Estimation and Abstractions; 263 --; 8.7.1; Antecedent Moisture Conditions; 263 --; 8.7.2; Soil Group Classification; 264 --; 8.7.3; Curve Numbers; 267 --; 8.8; SCS Unit Hydrograph Procedure; 270 --; 8.8.1; Time of Concentration; 271 --; 8.8.2; Time to Peak; 273 --; 8.8.3; Peak Discharge; 273 --; 8.9; Kinematic-Wave Overland Flow Runoff Model; 274 --; 8.10; Computer Models for Rainfall-Runoff Analysis; 280 --; Chapter 9; Reservoir and Stream Flow Routing; 283 --; 9.1; Routing; 283 --; 9.2; Hydrologic Reservoir Routing; 284 --; 9.3; Hydrologic River Routing; 288 --; 9.4; Hydraulic (Distributed) Routing; 292 --; 9.4.1; Unsteady Flow Equations: Continuity Equation; 293 --; 9.4.2; Momentum Equation; 295 --; 9.5; Kinematic Wave Model for Channels; 298 --; 9.5.1; Kinematic Wave Equations; 298 --; 9.5.2; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers HEC-1 Kinematic Wave Model for Overland Flow and Channel Routing; 300 --; 9.5.3; KINEROS Channel Flow Routing Model; 302 --; 9.5.4; Kinematic Wave Celerity; 302 --; 9.6; Muskingum-Cunge Model; 303 --; 9.7; Implicit Dynamic Wave Model; 304 --; Chapter 10; Probability, Risk, and Uncertainty Analysis for Hydrologic and Hydraulic Design; 309 --; 10.1; Probability Concepts; 309 --; 10.2; Commonly Used Probability Distributions; 312 --; 10.2.1; Normal Distribution; 312 --; 10.2.2; Log-Normal Distribution; 312 --; 10.3; Hydrologic Design for Water Excess Management; 315 --; 10.3.1; Hydrologic Design Scale; 315 --; 10.3.2; Hydrologic Design Level (Return Period); 317 --; 10.3.3; Hydrologic Risk; 317 --; 10.3.4; Hydrologic Data Series; 318 --; 10.4; Hydrologic Frequency Analysis; 320 --; 10.5; U.S. Water Resources Council Guidelines for Flood Flow Frequency Analysis; 326 --; 10.5.1; Procedure; 326 --; 10.5.2; Testing for Outliers; 328 --; 10.6; Analysis of Uncertainties; 330 --; 10.7; Risk Analysis: Composite Hydrologic and Hydraulic Risk; 334 --; 10.7.1; Reliability Computation by Direct Integration; 335 --; 10.7.2; Reliability Computation Using Safety Margin/Safety Factor; 337 --; 10.8; Computer Models for Floodflow Frequency Analysis; 340 --; Chapter 11; Water Withdrawals and Uses; 343 --; 11.1; Water-Use Data--Classification of Uses; 343 --; 11.2; Water for Energy Production; 348 --; 11.3; Water for Agriculture; 356 --; 11.3.1; Irrigation Trends and Needs; 356 --; 11.3.2; Irrigation Infrastructure; 357 --; 11.3.3; Irrigation System Selection and Performance; 365 --; 11.3.4; Water Requirements for Irrigation; 368 --; 11.3.5; Impacts of Irrigation; 370 --; 11.4; Water Supply/Withdrawals; 372 --; 11.4.1; Withdrawals; 372 --; 11.4.2; Examples of Regional Water Supply Systems; 378 --; 11.5; Water Demand and Price Elasticity; 383 --; 11.5.1; Price Elasticity of Water Demand; 383 --; 11.5.2; Demand Models; 385 --; 11.6; Drought Management; 386 --; 11.6.1; Drought Management Options; 386 --; 11.6.2; Drought Severity; 388 --; 11.6.3; Economic Aspects of Water Shortage; 390 --; 11.7; Analysis of Surface Water Supply; 394 --; 11.7.1; Surface-Water Reservoir Systems; 394 --; 11.7.2; Storage--Firm Yield Analysis for Water Supply; 394 --; 11.7.3; Reservoir Simulation; 403 --; Chapter 12; Water Distribution; 409 --; 12.1.1; Description, Purpose, and Components of Water Distribution Systems; 409 --; 12.1.2; Pipe Flow Equations; 419 --; 12.2; System Components; 421 --; 12.2.1; Pumps; 421 --; 12.2.2; Pipes and Fittings; 433 --d; 12.2.3; Valves; 436 --; 12.3; System Configuration and Operation; 438 --; 12.4; Hydraulics of Simple Networks; 440 --; 12.4.1; Series and Parallel Pipe Flow; 440 --; 12.4.2; Branching Pipe Flow; 443 --; 12.5; Pump Systems Analysis; 444 --; 12.5.1; System Head Curves; 444 --; 12.5.2; Pump Operating Point; 447 --; 12.5.3; System Design for Water Pumping; 449 --; 12.6; Network Simulation; 459 --; 12.6.1; Conservation Laws; 459 --; 12.6.2; Network Equations; 460 --; 12.6.3; Network Simulation: Hardy-Cross Method; 461 --; 12.6.4; Network Simulation: Linear Theory Method; 467 --; 12.6.5; Extended-Period Simulation; 468 --; 12.7; Modeling Water Distribution Systems; 469 --; 12.7.1; Computer Models; 469 --; 12.7.2; Calibration; 469 --; 12.7.3; Application of Models; 470 --; 12.7.4; Water Quality Modeling; 470 --; 12.8; Hydraulic Transients; 472 --; 12.8.1; Hydraulic Transients in Distribution Systems; 472 --; 12.8.2; Fundamentals of Hydraulic Transients; 472 --; 12.8.3; Control of Hydraulic Transients; 482 --; Chapter 13; Water for Hydroelectric Generation; 491 --; 13.1; Role of Hydropower; 491 --; 13.2; Components of Hydroelectric Plants; 497 --; 13.2.1; Elements of Generate Electricity; 497 --; 13.2.2; Hydraulics of Turbines; 504 --; 13.2.3; Power System Terms and Definitions; 506 --; 13.3; Determining Energy Potential; 507 --; 13.3.1; Hydrologic Data; 507 --; 13.3.2; Water Power Equations; 508 --; 13.3.3; Turbine Characteristics and Selection; 510 --; 13.3.4; Flow Duration Method; 513 --; 13.3.5; Sequential Streamflow-Routing Method; 519 --; 13.3.6; Power Rule Curve; 520 --; 13.3.7; Multipurpose Storage Operation; 521 --; Chapter 14; Flood Control; 523 --; 14.2; Floodplain Management; 527 --; 14.2.1; Floodplain Definition; 527 --; 14.2.2; Hydrologic and Hydraulic Analysis of Floods; 527 --; 14.2.3; Floodways and Floodway Fringes; 530 --; 14.2.4; Floodplain Management and Floodplain Regulations; 531 --; 14.2.5; National Flood Insurance Program; 532. || Hydraulic engineering. Hydrology. Technologie hydraulique. Hydrologie. Hydraulic engineering. Hydrology. Wasserreserve. Ingenieurwissenschaften. Hydrologie. Technologie hydraulique. Hydraulik. Hydrologie. Wasserreserve. Wasserverteilung.
1975Black faux leather loose-leaf binder printed and sptamped with yellow titles to front and spine; various page groupings (approx. 1000 pages) : illustrations ; 29 cm "Index of foreign cars and parts listed at the front of each car section." Includes all major brands Automobiles, Foreign -- Parts -- Prices. Automobiles, Foreign -- Maintenance and repair -- Rates. Automobiles, Foreign -- Maintenance and repair -- Rates. Automobiles, Foreign -- Parts -- Prices. || **A heavy book (7 lbs). Extra shipping charges may apply.**
1996Quarto in glossy black boards with color illus; (various pagings; approximately 1,000 pages) : illustrations ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Fine; as new, previous owner name to front free endpaper. Contents: Machine design : theory and practice.; Measurement and inference ; Numerical methods ; Wear ; Safety ; Arc Welding ; Seals ; Limits and fits ; Fasteners ; Joints ; Springs ; Lubrication ; Gaskets ; Bearings ; Belt drives ; Chain drives ; Gears ; Shafts ; Vibration and control of vibration ; Mechanisms ; Linkages ; Load-cycle analysis ; Fluid power systems and circuit design ; Corrosion, Noise and its control ; Robots and smart machines ; Sections and shapes : tabular data ; Stress ; Deflection. || Machine design -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Machine design. Machine design. Maschinenbau. Maschinenbau. Handbooks and manuals. Reference works. Reference works. || ** **A large, heavy book. Extra shipping charges may apply.**
1914Green cloth small quarto, gilt lettering; XI, 407 pages; including illustrations, folded plates, diagrams By Arthur Bessey Smith, E.E., Member A.I.E.E., formerly Professor of Telephone Engineering, Purdue University and Wilson Lee Campbell, E.E., Fellow A.I.E.E. || Handsome signature to front-leaf dated 1-1-20
1953Large quarto in beige mottled baords and ywllow and black illus original jacket; multiple pagings (78, 96, 96, 96, 64 pages), heavily photo-illus in B&W; 28 cm. Scarce in jacket. Contents: Sunset ideas for building plant shelters and garden work shelters.--How to build walls, walks, patio floors.--How to build fences and gates.--Sunset barbecue book.--The portable garden.|| Garden ornaments and furniture. Garden ornaments and furniture. DIY Do it yourself.Carpentry, Construction.
1945Black octavo, gilt to spine, xiv, 488 pages, b&w diagrams, 23 cm. Structural analysis (Engineering).
1984Dark blue octavo, gilt to front board and spine, xiv, 214 pages, b&w illustrations ; 24 cm. Dredging, Engineering.
1969Large green-cloth octavo or small quarto, 116 p, b&w illus (some color) Scarce || Contents: Welding Section, Cutting Section, Regulator Section, Manifold Section, and Hard-Facing Section.
1979continua dal front.: dal Sottoprogetto «Energia geotermica» - in testa al front.: Atti del 1° seminario informativo - in 4°, bross. edit. ill. - prima edizione - illustrazioni in b.n., numerosi grafici e tabelle nel testo
1979continua dal front.: ...dal sottoprogetto di energia solare - in testa al front.: Atti del 2° seminario informativo - in 4°, bross. edit. ill., firma in cop., dedica d'appartenenza - prima edizione - illustrazioni in b.n., numerosi grafici e tabelle nel testo
1936in testa al front.: Direzione Costruzioni Navali e Meccaniche R. Arsenale M. M. La Spezia - mezza pelle non edit., firma d'appartenenza - illustrazioni in b.n. nel testo, alcune tavole ripiegate più volte a fine volume
1937Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 14 plates, 7 illustrations in the text and a large folding plan; original terracotta cloth, backstrip lettered in blue, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled and with minor loss at tail of backstrip. With the separately printed errata slip mounted facing p1. This detailed biography is uncommon in this condition.
1986Ex library; sticker to spine and first page; stamps inside front cover and on fifth page. Binding is excellently preserved and manuscript is immaculate: pages are crisp and printing is clean, tight and bright throughout. Ex Library, Minimal Stamping