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This essential book offers a compelling and original interpretation of the rise of military aviation. Jeremy Black, one of the world's finest scholars of military history, provides a lucid analysis of the use of airpower over land and sea both during the two world wars and the more limited wars of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Considering both the theory and praxis of air power, the author begins with hot air balloons, and then highlights the use of zeppelins, piston engine fighters...

This book chronicles the 70-year quest of ship designers to combine big guns and air power into a single vessel.

This standard covers the various classes of cold-water turbine meters in sizes 3/4 in. (20 mm) through 20 in. (500 mm).

The present book outlines a new approach to possibilistic clustering in which the sought clustering structure of the set of objects is based directly on the formal definition of fuzzy cluster and the possibilistic memberships are determined directly from the values of the pairwise similarity of objects.   The proposed approach can be used for solving different classification problems. Here, some techniques that might be useful at this purpose are outlined, including a methodology for constructin...

Proceedings of SPIE present the original research papers presented at SPIE conferences and other high-quality conferences in the broad-ranging fields of optics and photonics. These books provide prompt access to the latest innovations in research and technology in their respective fields. Proceedings of SPIE are among the most cited references in patent literature.

This standard describes hydraulic and pneumatic linear and quarter-turn actuators for operation of valves and slide gates in utility systems.

A manufacturer or supplier of electronic equipment or components needs to know the precise requirements for component certification and quality conformance to meet the demands of the customer. This book ensures that the professional is aware of all the UK, European and International necessities, knows the current status of these regulations and standards, and where to obtain them.

Originally published in 1814. A glance at the Index reveals that Aiton took the opportunity to range far and wide over the affairs of the people of Ayrshire, apologising for the lack of space which prevented a complete military and archaeological review. Living conditions and issues of the day occupy his attention, with the theme of agriculture as the canvas round which his stories are woven. Far more informative than the Statistical Account in terms of the reality of early nineteenth century li...

Der 2. Band vermittelt die Grundkenntnisse A1/4ber den Aufbau und die Organisation des Produktionsbereiches Konstruktion sowie die dort auszufA1/4hrenden Aufgaben. Neben grundlegenden Methoden, die in der Konstruktion Anwendung finden, werden MaAnahmen und Hilfsmittel fA1/4r eine rationelle Bearbeitung der unterschiedlichen Aufgabenkomplexe vorgestellt. Ein weiterer Schwerpunkt liegt auf den MAglichkeiten und Voraussetzungen fA1/4r den EDV-Einsatz, der die anfallenden TAtigkeiten im Rahmen des K...

Special Structural Topics covers specialty structural situations for students and professional architects and engineers, such as soil mechanics, structural retrofit, structural integrity, cladding design, blast considerations, vibration, and structural sustainability. As part of the Architect's Guidebooks to Structures series, it provides a comprehensive overview using both imperial and metric units of measurement with more than 150 images. As a compact summary of key ideas, it is ideal for anyo...