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A fascinating compendium of early-twentieth-century mechanical devices, this wide-ranging work covers a variety of applications. More than 1,800 engravings-ranging from simple diagrams to detailed cross-sections-illustrate the workings of each item, from simple hooks and levers to complex machinery used in steam, motive, hydraulic, air, and electric power, navigation, gearing, clocks, mining, construction, and more. Compiled as a ready reference for...
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Written with the field technician, engineer, or reliability/maintenance manager in mind, Practical Electrical and Current Signature Analysis for Electrical Machinery and Systems is an essential working tool for the new and experienced ESA and MCSA practitioner. The book takes the practitioner well beyond the electric motor into incoming power, mechanical components, and driven equipment up to and including complete DFIG wind turbine and powertrain...
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Practically all modern control systems are based upon microprocessors and complex microcontrollers that yield high performance and functionality. This volume focuses on the design of computer-controlled systems, featuring computational tools that can be applied directly and are explained with simple paper-and-pencil calculations. The use of computational tools is balanced by a strong emphasis on control system principles and ideas. Extensive pedagogical...
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Whether it comes by air, by land, or by water, pollution has long plagued the American city. And for just as long, the question of how to deal with urban wastes has taxed the minds of scientists, engineers, and public officials - and the pocketbooks of ordinary citizens. For more than twenty years, Joel A. Tarr has written about the issues of urban pollution. In this collection of his essays, Professor Tarr surveys what technology has done to, and...
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Researches Birmingham's industries - primarily the manufacture of components, paints and varnish, plastics, toys, aircraft components, and the food industry. This book interweaves company history and product development with descriptions of technical processes, as well as including site visits. It is also illustrated with a wide range of pictures.
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Voces diversas y disruptivas en tiempos de Revolución 4.0 es una recopilación de reflexiones de distintas voces, provenientes de diferentes sectores (académicos, empresariales y gubernamentales) y áreas de conocimiento.
Propone enriquecer la discusión actual, desde la propia lectura de los autores, sobrecómo entender los retos y oportunidades de esta revolución de pensamiento y, así, transformar Colombia en la era digital para ser un país...
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An exhilarating chronicle of the most revolutionary advancements in recent-and future-technology
Which new technologies are bound to have the biggest impact on our lives in the years ahead? This groundbreaking book looks at the latest technological superstars destined to reshape the upcoming century and offers easy-to-understand, engaging explanations of what they are, how they work, and how they will affect our lives. Written by a senior editor of...
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El propósito del estudio fue elaborar un modelo de innovación y desarrollo tecnológico que incremente la capacidad de gestión para lograr un verdadero desarrollo económico y social de las regiones que ancestralmente han vivido de la pesca. El trabajo está fundamentado en sistemas de información abiertos, lo que les permite a los agentes productivos poseer un conocimiento común y minimizar los riesgos en la toma de decisiones empresariales....
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En este libro se presenta un panorama histórico del papel que la tecnología ha desempeñado en el desarrollo económico de México.
Leonel Corona busca detectar las raíces tecnológicas del subdesarrollo económico de nuestro país y sostiene que los logros técnicos y tecnológicos han sido insuficientes para generar una dinámica sostenida de acumulación productiva y crecimiento económico. Asimismo, comenta que las capacidades científicas...
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Dr. Robert J. Bunker is Director of Research & Analysis, C/O Futures, LLC and is a Senior Fellow with Small Wars Journal-El Centro.
Dr. John P. Sullivan served as a Lieutenant with the Los Angeles Sheriff's
Department and is a Senior Fellow with Small Wars Journal-El Centro.
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The acclaimed author of Strategic Capitalism presents a provocative new vision of global industry in the age of 3-D printing: “essential business reading” (Kirkus, starred review).
With books like Hypercompetition and Strategic Capitalism, Richard D’Aveni has established himself as a business strategist of uncanny prescience. In The Pan-Industrial Revolution, he demonstrates how
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Entertaining, nontechnical introduction covers basic concepts of linear programming and its relationship to operations research; geometric interpretation and problem solving, solution techniques, network problems, much more. Appendix offers precise statements of definitions, theorems, and techniques, additional computational procedures. Only high-school algebra needed. Bibliography.
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Inventé en 1958 par les Américains Arthur L. Schawlow et Charles H. Townes et le Russe Nikolaï G. Bassov, le laser est un dispositif qui engendre des rayonnements particuliers grâce à une technique spéciale d'émission dite « stimulée », par opposition à celle des sources usuelles de lumière qui est « spontanée »...
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Design and Solutions for Risk and Security targets readers to understand, learn, define problems, and architect AI projects.
Starting from current business architectures and business processes to futuristic architectures. Introduction to data analytics and life cycle includes data discovery, data preparation, data processing steps, model building, and operationalization are explained in detail.
The authors examine the...
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The Great Disruption reveals how 3D printing manufacturing will transform the world in the same way that Henry Ford's Model T upended transportation or Gutenberg's printing press started an information revolution. It traces both the impact of this disruption as it rapidly spreads around the world and affects every kind of industry imaginable, while detailing specific steps that can and should be taken right now to prepare.
The 3D manufacturing revolution...
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From the beginning, the new America become an inspiration and attraction for all emigrants from the Old World. To become a millionaire was everyone's dream-the American dream. A new concept of the American millionaire has developed, where everyone can become a millionaire in the USA in a traditional way "from rags to riches" i.e., through thrift, creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship, hard work, frugality, self-sacrifice, dignity, and honor. Millionaires...
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Evidence of bygone industrial prowess is scattered across Berkshire County in the far west of Massachusetts. Better known now for its four-season tourist attractions like beautiful scenery, cultural venues, and outdoor sports, the region was once home to an industrial base that helped a growing nation meet its needs in textiles, paper, glass, iron, and a variety of other products. The relics - imposing brick buildings just off the main roads - tell...
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