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1983Octavo in laminated mustard yellow boards; b/w illus.; 330 p., 24 cm.
1937Small octavo in green matte wraps; illus., ports.; 430 p. plus index ; 20 cm. Note(s): "Written in Edison's restored Menlo Park laboratory."
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.
1999Folio in red and blue boards (blue spine); 726 pages: illus.; 29 cm + 1 disc (10 x 9 cm). In English. || Third edition; **A heavier book; extra shipping charges may apply.**
1965Octavo in dark blue cloth in blue and off white dust jacket (blue spine); b&w illus.; 621 pp., 24 cm. In English. || Series: McGraw-Hill electrical and electronic engineering series.
1966Quarto in green and blue illus, stapled wraps; 80p, heavily illus. (schematics & circuit designs) in b&w. Selection of best items in "Ideas for design" section of Electronic design for 1966. Chapters on Amplifiers. Communications, Signal Circuits & Filters, Computer & Pulse Crcuits, Control Circuits, Power Sources, and much more. Electronic apparatus and appliances -- Design and construction. Electronic apparatus and appliances -- Design and construction.
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.
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.**
1986Small quarto in pale grey-blue polished cloth baords; xii, 459 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references. Solar radiation -- Europe -- Observations. Solar energy -- Europe -- Observations. UE/CE Etats membres. Rayonnement solaire. Energie solaire. Solar energy. Solar radiation.
1958Octavo in brown 498 p. illus. 24 cm.; near fine ex-library copy of engineering consulting firm with stamp to ffep; library card holder on front paste down, and spine label adhesive to spine tail; very light rubbing to corners and a vertical, 9 cm. scatch to cover; o/w a tight, square copy with clean, crisp, bright, crease-free pages. In English. || Series: McGraw-Hill series in mechanical engineering.
1975Octavo in grey-blue cloth with black text (spine faded to tan); 162 pages : illustrations; 24 cm. sunning to spine and along the edges of cloth (sunned from blue-grey to tan); ex-library of a engineering consultant firm with firm's stamp to ffep and rear paste down, library card older to front pastedown, and light librarian notes in pencil to ffep and title page; bumped spine ends; o/w cloth is clean; pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks and creases; binding is tight and square; a gently used copy. In English.
1981Large octavo in navy blue cloth; 736 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.; near fine(+) ex-library copy of engineering consulting firm with company stamp to ffep; library card holder to front pastedown; o/w like new: cloth is clean and free of fraying; pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks and creases; a gently used copy. In English. || Series: NATO advanced study institutes series: Series C, Mathematical and physical sciences Volume 66.
1986Octavo in green cloth with gilt titles; 811 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.; no jacket; near fine ex-library copy from a engineering consulting firm with company stams to ffep and rear pastedown; spine label; o/w cloth is clean and free of fraying and rubbing; pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks and creases; binding is tight and square; a well-cared-for copy. In English
1980Octavo in blue cloth; illus.; 324 pp., 24 cm.; ex-library copy of engineering consultant firm with library card holder on front pastedown and spine label adhesive to spine tail; o/w cloth is clean and free of fraying; pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks and creases; binding is tight and square; a well-cared-for copy. Corp Author(s): Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Out of print.
1975Large quarto in yellow boards; 459 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm. Includes bibliographical references. Ex-library (engineering firm), with usual markings; else crisp, tight and clean. Very good+ to near fine thus. Fiber-reinforced concrete -- Congresses. Cement -- Additives -- Congresses. Fiber cement -- Congresses. Cement -- Additives. Fiber cement. Fiber-reinforced concrete.
1981Three large quarto volumes in blue laminated boards; volumes (xxix, 1,409 pages), b&w illustrations ; 31 cm. Summaries in French. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Ex-library (engineering firm), with usual markings; else crisp, tight and clean. Tiny scratch to front board of volume 2. Very good+ to near fine thus. Underground storage -- Congresses. Underground construction -- Congresses. Underground areas -- Congresses. Underground areas. Underground construction. Underground storage. Conference papers and proceedings. Storage; Use of excavated rock caverns.
1979Octavo in black cloth boards; b&w illus; 4 volumes; 24 cm.; set is ex-library from an engineering consulting firm with company stamps to ffep; library card holders to front paste downs; and spine label; light wear to cloth around the edges and corners; pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks and creases; a gently used set. In English. Contents: v. 1. Processes for stabilization/solidification.--v. 2. Options for stabilization/solidification.--v. 3. Impact of legislation and implementation on disposal management practices.--v. 4. New and promising ultimate disposal options. || **Extra shipping costs may apply. A heavy set.**
1980Quarto in yellow wrappers; illus.; 52 pp., 28 cm.; ex-library of engineering consulting firm with company stamp on front cover; library card holder on inside front cover and label on cover at spine head joint; wrappers are lightly worn and soiled from handling; very sparse underlining in red pen appears on one page in one paragraph only (page 50); else pages are clean, crisp, bright; binding is tight; a gently used copy. In English.
1974Octavo in light blue cloth; with gilt titles on cover and spine; illus. (some color); 857 p., 24 cm.; ex-library of engineering consulting firm with company stamps title page and rear paste down; library card holder to front paste down and spine label adhesive residue to spine tail; light rubbing to cloth at corners; pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks and creases; binding is tight and square; a cared-for copy. In English.
1994Quarto in blue-grey wrappers; 87 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.; Wrappers are curled on front and back covers; o/w wrappers are clean and free of tears; pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks and creases; a gently used copy. In English. || Series: Technical engineering and design guides as adapted from the US Army Corps of Engineers
1980Octavo in black wrappers; 436 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.; very good(+) to near fine copy; light wear to wrappers with rubbing along the edges and corners; no creases or tears; o/w wrappers are clean; pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks and creases; a well-cared-for copy. American Society of Civil Engineers; Hydraulics Division; Water Resources Planning and Management Division; Urban Water Resources Research Council; National Symposium on Urban Stormwater Management in Coastal Areas (1980 : Virginia Tech); In English.
1983Octavo in white and green wrappers; 329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.; very good(+) copy; light wear to wrappers with light bumps to corners and light creases; very light bumps to corners of first and last few leaves at the open corners; previous owner's name written neatly in pen to upper, open corner of inside front cover; o/w pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks and creases; edges of leaves are clean; binding is tight and square; a gently used copy. In English.|| Series: Pergamon international library of science, technology, engineering, and social studies.
1995Octavo in white and light blue wrappers (light blue spine); 469 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.; faintest signs of wear to wrappers; previous owner's last name written in pen to upper open corner of title page; o/w wrappers are clean and bright; pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks and creases; edges of leaves are clean; binding is tight and square; a well-cared-for copy. In English.
1940Octavo in brownish-green cloth with silver text; 335 pages including frontispiece, illustrations, tables, diagrams 24 cm.; moderate wear to cloth with light scuffs on covers and rubbing at corners; some leaves moderately soiled from handling; soil to edges of leaves; o/w pages are free of creases and marks; binding is tight and square; a well-loved copy with lots of life left. In English.
1957Ocatvo pamphlet is stapled illus pink and black glossy self-wraps; 96p, numerous b&w photos of audio gear. Printed on coated stick paper. Scarce catalog of now-vintage consumer audio equipment: phonographs, record players, reel-to-reel tape decks, radios, etc. Music.