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Report copyright infringementby Kathryn W. Burke (Author)The Hudson River Valley, an invaluable connection between New England and the rest of the colonies during the American Revolution, continues to be a major crossroads today. The Hudson River bridges were architectural marvels of their time. The Bear Mountain Bridge was the longest suspension bridge, while the Newburgh Beacon second span was built with a new type of weathering steel. The bridges were constructed during important times in ...

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Report copyright infringementby Judith Gerber (Author)Jared Sydney Torrance originally founded Torrance in 1912 as an industrial city. But the land and its surrounding South Bay region thrived through agricultural activities, beginning in 1784 on the Rancho San Pedro. Farming activities continued after Ben Weston became the first one to buy land from the Dominguez family's rancho in 1847. Farming remained an important part of city commerce in the transition to a thriving Los Angeles County su...

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Report copyright infringementby Traci Parent (Author), Karen Terhune (Author)From the 1860s to the turn of the 20th century, the Mount Diablo Coal Field was the largest coal-producing region in California and once boasted five thriving communities. With the decline of coal mining some residents turned to ranching. Later rich deposits of sand were mined for glass and foundry use. In 1973, the East Bay Regional Park District acquired the land. Today visitors to Black Diamond Mines Regional Pres...

Arduino + Visual Basic 6.0: Make your own software to control Arduino Robot

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Report copyright infringementby Ujash G. Patel (Author)This book deals with Arduino + Visual basic 6.0 Serial communication and is a most suitable book for the beginner people in the field of Arduino and Pc based controlling system .contains are also chosen according to the need of beginner learner . This book will help you to learn about Arduino and Visual basic 6.0 basic interfaces. as name suggest this is a practical book so nothing is going to describe in detail just follow the steps and ...

Training Circular 3-22.9 Rifle and Carbine: May 2016

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Report copyright infringementby Headquarters Department of The Army (Author)A complete carbine class in a book! A must-have item for the range bag of any AR-15 series owner, TC 3-22.9 Rifle and Carbine contains the very latest military tactics, techniques and procedures for the use of the M4 series 5.56mm NATO carbine and the M16 series 5.56mm NATO rifle. In a stunning departure from previous US Army weapon training programs, the TTPs detailed in TC 3-22.9 are designed to teach the shooter h...

The Rifle Gold Book: Supplement to TC 3-22.9

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Report copyright infringementby Us Army Marksmanship Unit (Author)The Rifle Gold Book is a full-color supplement to Training Circular 3-22.9 Rifle and Carbine. The Rifle Gold Book details the following: Firearms Safety & Weapons Handling; Clearing Procedures; Loading the Weapon; Cleaning and Lubrication of the M4/M16 Series Rifle; Fundamentals of Marksmanship; Steady Position Fundamentals; SHOT Process; Ballistics; Zeroing; Target Analysis; Complex Engagements; Ammunition; Myths; M...

A Practical Guide to Building Small Gas Blimps

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Report copyright infringementby F. Marc de Piolenc (Editor), Robert J. Rechs (Author)A blimp-a nonrigid dirigible airship to give it its full formal title-is not a trivial construction project, regardless of size. It involves many different skills and an absolute refusal to compromise quality and workmanship. But if you want to build one, this is the only book that can help you do it.Author BiographyBorn and raised in Southern California; served as a mechanic in the US Army; Engineering major...

A Ditch in Time: The City, the West, and Water

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Report copyright infringementby Patricia Nelson Limerick (Author), Jason L. Hanson (Illustrator)Tracing the origins and growth of the Denver Water Department, this study of water and its unique role and history in the West, as well as in the nation, raises questions about the complex relationship among cities, suburbs, and rural areas, allowing us to consider this precious resource and its past, present, and future with both optimism and realism.Author BiographyPatricia Nelson Limerick is the...

Calculated Risk: The Supersonic Life and Times of Gus Grissom, Revised and Expanded

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Report copyright infringementby George Leopold (Author)Unlike other American astronauts, Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom never had the chance to publish his memoirs. Killed along with his crew in a launch pad fire on January 27, 1967, Grissom also lost his chance to walk on the moon and return to describe his journey. Others went in his place. The stories of the moon walkers are familiar. Less appreciated are Grissom's contributions.The international prestige of winning the Moon Race cannot be unders...

Silent Sentinel on the Potomac: Fort McNair, 1791-1991

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Report copyright infringementby Phyllis I. McClellan (Author)As early as 1791, the spit of land at the confluence of the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers was set aside as a military reservation to guard the southern approaches to the new federal capital. Throughout its two-hundred-year history, the area has served as an arsenal, penitentiary, Artillery Post, U.S. Army Engineer School, Selective Service records repository, U.S. Army Band School, Military Police School, and is presently the home of...

An Enduring Quest: The Story of Purdue Industrial Engineers

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Report copyright infringementby Ferd Leimkuhler (Author)The process of industrialization that began over two hundred years ago is continuing to change the way people work and live, and doing it very rapidly, in places like China and India. At the forefront of this movement is the profession of industrial engineering that develops and applies the technology that drives industrialization. This book describes how industrial engineering evolved over the past two centuries developing methods and p...

Pictorial History of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University, 1911 - 2011

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Report copyright infringementby Cristina Farmus (Author), Phillip C. Wankat (Author)This coffee-table book uses color photographs and captions to tell the story of the first one hundred years of the Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering. Formed four years after a chemical engineering curriculum was established at the University, the School grew rapidly in size and reputation. It was a leader in encouraging women and minority students to become engineers, and it produced many substa...

A Better Way to Build: A History of the Pankow Companies

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Report copyright infringementby Michael R. Adamson (Author)While architects have been the subject of many scholarly studies, we know very little about the companies that built the structures they designed. This book is a study in business history as well as civil engineering and construction management. It details the contributions that Charles J. Pankow, a 1947 graduate of Purdue University, and his firm have made as builders of large, often concrete, commercial structures since the company'...

Enriching the Hoosier Farm Family: A Photo History of Indiana's Early County Extension Agents

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Report copyright infringementby Frederick Whitford (Editor), Neal Harmeyer (Editor), David M. Hovde (Editor)Imagine Indiana farms at the turn of the last century. What comes from the land sustains us. Our farms and families depend on it. Having a good or bad year can mean the difference between prosperity and your family going hungry. Farmers knew how to provide. Throughout the 1800s, parents had passed their best knowledge on to their sons and daughters, who in turn taught their children tri...

NAS Jax (2nd Edition): An Illustrated History of Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida

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Report copyright infringementby Williamson Williamson (Author)An illustrated history of Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida Number of Pages: 206 Dimensions: 0.5 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: February 22, 2002

Catch Rope: The Long Arm of the Cowboy: The History and Evolution of Ranch Roping

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Report copyright infringementby John R. Erickson (Author)For more than a hundred years, American cowboys have made their living through the skilled use of horse and rope. Whole libraries have been devoted to the horse, but no one, until now, has written a thorough study of the origins and evolution of ranch roping--which differs from arena roping as practiced by rodeo cowboys. Author/cowboy John Erickson studies ranch roping from every angle: its origins in the Old World; old-time loops and t...

Fundamental Concepts in Electrical and Computer Engineering with Practical Design Problems (Second Edition)

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Report copyright infringementby Reza Adhami (Author), Peter III Meenen (Author), Denis Hite (Author)In many cases, the beginning engineering student is thrown into upper-level engineering courses without an adequate introduction to the basic material. This, at best, causes undue stress on the student as they feel unprepared when faced with unfamiliar material, and at worst, results in students dropping out of the program or changing majors when they discover that their chosen field of enginee...

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Report copyright infringementby Sanu Kainikara (Author)The pursuit of national security is normally dominated by an overeaching ideology that takes into account the political, economic, social and military paradigms that face a nation. In the history of the Soviet Union this ideology was more than normally influenced by political activism that demanded the continuation of the 'Workers' Revolution' into other parts of the world. Since the military forms an integral part of the governmental app...

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Report copyright infringementby Gerardo Beni (Author), Steve Belinski (Author), Lakshmanan Karrupiah (Joint Author) Number of Pages: 392 Dimensions: 0.89 x 11 x 8.22 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: March 01, 2001

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Report copyright infringementby Seymour I. Schwartz (Author)The Mismapping of America presents and analyzes the significant cartographic errors that have shaped the history of the United States. Perhaps the most blatant error is the very name "America," that honors Amerigo Vespucci, who not only never set foot on North American soil, but also played no significant role in the discovery of South America. The appearance of the name "America" imprinted on a map ensured its permanence. Other sign...

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Report copyright infringementby N. Bruce D. V. M. Haynes (Author)Offering expert advice on nutrition, proper housing, and routine maintenance, Keeping Livestock Healthy covers all the everyday medical care your horses, cattle, pigs, goats, and sheep are likely to require. From vaccines and artificial insemination to detecting and treating Lyme disease, Potomac fever, and bluetongue, you'll find everything you need to know to keep your animals healthy and thriving. Stressing preventative metho...

Introduction to the Biophysics of Activated Water

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Report copyright infringementby Igor V. Smirnov (Author), Vladimir I. Vysotskii (Author), Alla A. Kornilova (Author)This book provides the latest discoveries in the field of the physics of water and interaction of subtle electromagnetic oscillations with biological systems. Number of Pages: 164 Dimensions: 0.35 x 9.69 x 7.44 IN Publication Date: April 06, 2005

Oil Mill on the Texas Plains: A Study in Agricultural Cooperation

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Report copyright infringementby William N. Stokes (Author), Vernon E. Schneider (Foreword by)The Plains Cooperative Oil Mill in Lubbock was organized in 1937 to process and market cottonseed oil on a cooperative basis. With annual sales in 1999 averaging 150 million dollars, the Plains mill is now a trendsetter in the cottonseed industry, processing on average 600,000 tons of cottonseed a year-approximately 15 percent of the cottonseed processed in the United States. Since its inception the P...

Prime Cut: Livestock Raising and Meatpacking in the United States 1607-1983

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Report copyright infringementby Jimmy M. Skaggs (Author)Red meat--it's as American as apple pie. In a world where most hunger is alleviated with an occasional handful of grain, red meat's daily appearance on most American tables is a vivid symbol of national prosperity. The red-meat industry is also a powerful symbol. Undulating with the waves made by entrepreneurs and monopolies, shortages and gluts, scandal and government regulations, the industry mirrors the nation's turbulent economic his...

Manual of Individual Water Supply Systems

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Report copyright infringementby U S Environmental Protection Agency (Author) Number of Pages: 168 Dimensions: 0.46 x 9.04 x 5.34 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: July 19, 2001

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Report copyright infringementby G. E. Henderson (Prepared by), L. H. Poole (Illustrator) Number of Pages: 140 Dimensions: 0.36 x 10.98 x 8.36 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: September 13, 2001

Genetically Altered Foods and Your Health: Food at Risk

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Report copyright infringementby Ken Roseboro (Author)This book examines how genetic engineering is radically changing our food at great risk to human health and the environment. Why are scientists genetically altering foods? Are they safe? Why arent genetically engineered foods labelled as such? Author Ken Roseboro addresses these and other issues concerning genetically altered foods, and explains why organic foods are practical and safe alternatives to this risky technology. Num...

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Report copyright infringementby Mervyn Eggleston (Author)At British Petroleum's power plant on the oil-field at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, a worker experienced nearly a decade of health issues. Repair of a contamination source in the drinking water system, with its sudden resolution of some of the symptoms, both revealed the problem and presented an unexpected situation. Management reacted and a man 55 years old lost his job and career as the situation was buried. Actions of some professionals and ...

Air Mobility: A Brief History of the American Experience

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Report copyright infringementby Robert C. Owen (Author)Global air mobility is an American invention. During the twentieth century, other nations developed capabilities to transport supplies and personnel by air to support deployed military forces. But only the United States mustered the resources and will to create a global transport force and aerial refueling aircraft capable of moving air and ground combat forces of all types to anywhere in the world and supporting them in continuous combat...

Digital Signal Processing Laboratory: LabVIEW-Based FPGA Implementation

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Report copyright infringementby Nasser Kehtarnavaz (Author), Sidharth Mahotra (Author)Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are increasingly becoming the platform of choice to implement DSP algorithms. This book is designed to allow DSP students or DSP engineers to achieve FPGA implementation of DSP algorithms in a one-semester DSP laboratory course or in a short design cycle time based on the LabVIEW FPGA Module. Features: - The first DSP laboratory book that uses the FPGA platform instead ...

Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency

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Report copyright infringementby Nikola Tesla (Author)In this volume, a lecture given at the Institution of Electrical Engineers in London, brilliant inventor Nikola Tesla dazzles his audience with his keen insight and an array of experiments that pushed the boundaries of human knowledge. Tesla's discoveries, more than a century old, continue to astound students and scholars of the history of science. Serbian inventor NIKOLA TESLA (1857-1943) was a revolutionary scientist who forever changed t...

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Report copyright infringementby Terri A. Deems (Author), Richard S. Deems (Author)The Manager's Pocket Guide to Downsizing with Confidence provides a practical approach to planning and successful downsizing, without leaving a trail of devastation. Learn to downsize the "right way", how to inform employees, and how to come out ahead in an unpleasant situation. Number of Pages: 130 Dimensions: 0.5 x 7.2 x 4.1 IN Publication Date: June 07, 2014