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1985285 pages including index. Concerned primarily with the electronics of alternate energy systems. Dramatically increase the efficiency... and lower the cost... of alternate home energy systems. Light to moderate wear. Contents clean and unmarked. Nice copy in glossy boards. Book
1966363 pages including index. The authors were both veteran hydrologists with the United States Geological Survey, which carries out practically all the hydrometrical work done in this country. Summarizes the art and practice that evolved over many years and that have withstood the test of time under a wide variety of conditions. Prior owner's name atop front flyleaf else unmarked. Average wear. Binding sound. Illustrated in black and white. Solid copy. Book
1972279 pages including index and numerous black and white illustrations. Makes fascinating as well as informative reading for the layman and will undoubtedly be the authoritative work on its subject for students and specialists alike. Begins in 2,800 B.C. Usual library markings. Remains a good working copy. Book
1949689 pages including index. Designed to meet the need for a convenient text reference for general data, basic theory, anhd methods of application. The emphasis throughout is upon the presentation of methods for practical application of hydrology and on data which present the means and ranges of variation of the key elements in hydrology. Some markings. Above average wear. Binding intact. Good working copy. Book
1980516 pages. Conference was held at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. Contents separated into: Government Activities; Education; Housing-Construction; Passive Solar; Scio-Economic Issues; Standards and Testing; Monitorin; Active Solar Systems; Energy Conserving Houses-Technical Aspects; Solar Radiation; Photovoltaics; Multifamily/Commercial; Biomass; Agriculture; Simulation; Wind; Engineering/Hardware. Prior owner's name upon front cover else clean and unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. Solid working copy. Book
1942132 pages including index and bibliography. "Offers a series of lab exercises that suggest many commercial acceptance tests. These tests have been adapted to ordinary school or college lab equipment and may all be done in the usual three hour period." - from preface. illustrated in black and white. Contents lightly yellowed else clean and unmarked. Light wear to grey boards. Very nice copy. Book
1915384 pages. The authentic and complete story of the building and operation of the great waterway - the eighth wonder of the world. With a graphic description of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, the official celebration of the completion of America's triumph at Panama, the gigantic undertaking successfully carried out under the supervision of Col. George W. Goethals. Profusely illustrated with photographs in half-tone and color. Color frontis photograph of Mr. Goethals. Both hinges open. Above-average, but not excessive wear. Colour illustrated front board. Worn but legible gilt lettering upon front board and spine. A sensational reference. Book
1964348 pages including index. Puts great emphasis upon theory, and devotes more than the usual space to an extensive treatment of the differential and integral field equations and their implications in electromagnetic radiation. Name blacked out upon front endpaper else unmarked. Average wear to book. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is missing some chips. Spine leaning. Good working copy. Book
1982334 pages including index. Proceedings of a world conference entitled "Methane - Fuel for the Future," sponsored by the government of British Columbia, held during September 1981, at Delta's River Inn, Vancouver, British Columbia. Offers valuable information for mechanical and biochemical engineers, organic chemists, transportation and energy specialists, and all others interested in the development of alternate fuels. Clean, bright and unmarked but for prior owner's signature upon front free endpaper. Minimal wear to book. Tight and square. Light wear to dust jacket. Nice crisp copy. Book
1902330 pages plus advertisements. Specially arranged for the use of first-year Board of Education, South Kensington, City and Guilds of London Institute, Colonial and other Engineering Students. Numerous diagrams, arithmetical examples, and examination quesitons. Fold-out colour illustration. Above-average wear. Binding brittle but holding. Above-average but not excessive soiling. Useful reference copy. Book
1967408 pages including index. Binding sound. Moderate wear. Prior owner's details upon front flyleaf else clean and unmarked. Nice solid copy. Book
1984413 pages. Printed on high quality paper. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper else clean, bright and unmarked. Orange cloth-covered boards bear light wear and some sunning along spine. Book
1982632 pages including index. Prior owner's name atop front endpaper. Highlighting to some portions. Neat page tabs inserted by prior owner. Solid clean working copy with moderate wear. Book
1917340 pages including index. Chapters include: the nature of the machine; motion in machines; velocity diagrams; the motion diagram; toothed gearing; bevel and spiral gearing; trains of gearing; cams; forces acting on machines; crank effort and turning movement diagrams; machine efficiency; Governors; Speed Fluctuations; flywheel weight; accelerations in machines; machine balancing. Bright gilt lettering upon spine. Some writing upon front endpaper. Minimal markings to contents. Partial lean to spine. Average wear. Good working copy. Book
1988355 pages including glossary and index. Illustrated. "Studies the historical development of the tunnelling industry, with emphasis on the technical innovations on which advances in that industry have depended. Covering the period from 1825 to the 1980s, Dr. West provides a fascinating account of this interesting and important story." - from dust jacket. Minimal wear. Dust jacket in attractive Brodart cover. Excellent clean unmarked copy. Book
1980260 pages. "Explains all the techniques of establishing and maintaining an engineering design effort that never 'goes against the grain.' " - from dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper. Light wear to dust jacket which bears four inch scratch to front panel. Very nice copy. Book
1982Multi-paginations - approximately one inch thick. Chapters as follows: Assembly concepts; Product information and capability; Design of precast and prestressed concrete elements; Analysis and design of precast and prestressed concrete structures; Architectural precast concrete; Design of connections; Related considerations; General design information. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper else unmarked. Light wear. Nice bright and tight copy in orange cloth-covered boards. Book
1992250 pages. Index. What our garbage tells us about ourselves. Usual library markings. Average wear. Good working copy. Book
2002343 pages. Massive bibliography. "Draws upon psychology, sociology, education, engineering, medicine and the law. Seeks to encourage intervention from diverse points of view: to prompt debate and provoke action." - from back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Excellent copy. Book
1987182 pages. Index. "The Royal engineers laid the foundations for much of British Columbia." - from back cover. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Worthy reading copy. Book
1954224 pages. Black and white photographic plates. A soil and conservation expert looks at our Army engineers and their multi-billion-dollar program for damming our rivers, and argues that water should be kept where it falls. Price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Few library markings. Sound working copy. Book
1963292 pages. Circa 1963? Text in a Slavic language. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Useful working copy. Book
1902273 pages. Index. Line and detail drawings. Volume Six of The Library of Electrical Science. Includes 11 page chapter, complete with five black and white photographic plates, entitled 'Electrical Communication With The Planets' by Nikola Tesla. Other chapters include: Polyphase Generators; Combinations of Polyphase Currents; Properties of Rotating Magnetic Fields; Early Development of Rotary-Field Motors; Structure of Polyphase Motors; Elementary Theory of Polyphase Motors; Analytical Theory of Polyphase Motors; Monophase Motors; Miscellaneous Alternate-Current Motors; Polyphase Transformers; Measurement of Polyphase Power; Notes on Design of Polyphase Motors; Mechanical Performance of Polyphase Motors; Some Examples of Modern Polyphase Motors; Distribution of Polyphase Currents from Stations. Extensive Bibliography of Polyphase Currents and Rotary-Field Motors. Hinges and binding intact. Unmarked. Above-average wear externally with heavy chipping and tearing to spine ends. Marble decorations to all text edges. Book
1971407 pages. Index. "A comprehensive survey of ionic interactions in the entire range of concentrations from dilute solutions to fused salts... This volume surveys the equilibrium and transport properties of dilute electrolytes and fused salts." - from dust jacket. Book and dust jacket clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Dust jacket now preserved in new archival-grade Brodart cover. Excellent copy. Book
1989444 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white illustrations. "Explores what innovative farmers and scientists are doing now - as well as during the past fifty years - so strengthen and purify the soil on which we - and the plants and animals we live on - depend; how new, healthier, and more productive ways have been found to raise food crops, thus eliminating reliance on petrochemical fertilizers and pesticides with their serious side effects." - from dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Moderate wear and no tears to dust jacket preserved in a clear protective cover. Nice copy of the increasingly scarce hard cover version of this classic work on healthy soil enrichment. Book
