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Boatowner's illustrated electrical handbook / by Wing, Charles,1939-(CARDINAL)522399; Wing, Charles,1939-Boatowner's illustrated handbook of wiring.;

Subjects: Boats and boating;

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Interaction of color / by Albers, Josef,author.(CARDINAL)152797;

Color recollection : visual memory -- Color reading and contexture -- Why color paper : instead of pigment and paint -- A color has many faces : the relativity of color -- Lighter and/or darker : light intensity, lightness ; Gradation studies : new presentations ; Color intensity : brightness -- 1 color appears as 2 : looking like the reversed grounds -- 2 different colors look alike : subtraction of color -- Why color deception? : after-image, simultaneous contrast -- Color mixture in paper : illusion of transparence -- Factual mixtures : additive and subtractive -- Transparence and space-illusion ; Color boundaries and plastic action -- Optical mixture : after-image revised -- The Bezold Effect -- Color intervals and transformation -- The middle mixture again : intersecting colors -- Color juxtaposition : harmony : quantity -- Film color and volume color : 2 natural effects -- Free studies : a challenge to imagination ; Stripes : restricted juxtaposition ; Fall leaf studies : an American discovery -- The Masters : color instrumentation -- The Weber-Fechner Law : the measure in mixture -- From color temperature to humidity in color -- Vibrating boundaries : enforced contours -- Equal light intensity : vanishing boundaries -- Color theories : color systems -- On teaching color : some color terms ; Explanation of color terms ; Variants versus variety -- In lieu of a bibliography : my first collaborators.

Subjects: Color.; Color;

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The story of measurement / by Robinson, Andrew,1957-(CARDINAL)771299;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-220) and index.

Subjects: Measurement;

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Cold : adventures in the world's frozen places / by Streever, Bill.(CARDINAL)661077;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-283) and index.JULY: Explorers, victims of cold, and immersion in 35 degree water north of the Arctic Circle -- AUGUST: A tunnel in ground frozen for 40,000 years, landscapes changing as temperatures rise, and animals harmed by warmth -- SEPTEMBER: The Little Ice Age, the Pleistocene Ice Age, and the ancient ice age of Snowball Earth, when the entire planet was veiled in ice -- OCTOBER: Animals coping with cold, migrating by the millions, and hibernating with body temperatures below freezing -- NOVEMBER: Skis and skiing, a trail closed by a late-season bear, and freezing trees releasing a burst of heat and flushing the fluid from their cells -- DECEMBER: Overheating in the depths of winter, shadows of Weddell seals in the sea ice, and Japanese ama divers in water cold enough to kill most humans -- JANUARY: Weather patterns that cause frigid conditions, medieval weather forecasters burning at the stake, and a frozen ocean -- FEBRUARY: plummeting temperatures, the cooling of Westminster Abbey, and approaching absolute zero and the death of matter -- MARCH: A search for polar bear dens near 40 below zero, winter apparel, igloos, quinzhees, and a house instrumented to measure cold -- APRIL: Frost-heaved roads, broken pipes, crops destroyed by frost, and 143 caribou killed by an avalanche -- MAY: The end of the Pleistocene Ice Age, rising sea levels, howling winds, receding glaciers, and mammoth carcasses in thawing ground -- JUNE: Fourier's greenhouse effect, Revelle's geophysical experiment, debating science, and the melting Beaufort Sea.A narrative account of the author's forays into some of the world's coldest regions describes his encounter with an Arctic swimming hole, investigations into ancient and more recent ice ages, and examinations of animal hibernation habits.

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Physics for scientists & engineers with modern physics by Giancoli, Douglas C.,author.(CARDINAL)882886;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction, measurement, estimating -- Mechanics -- Describing motion -- Kinematics in two or three dimensions -- Dynamics -- Using Newton's laws -- Gravitation and Newton's synthesis -- Work and energy -- Conservation of energy -- Linear momentum -- Rotational motion -- Angular momentum -- Static equilibrium -- Fluids, vibrations, waves, sound -- Fluids -- Oscillations -- Wave motion -- Sound -- Kinetic theory and thermodynamics -- Temperature, thermal expansion, and the ideal gas law -- Kinetic theory of gases -- Heat and the first law of thermodynamics -- Second law of thermodynamics -- Electricity and magnetism -- Electric charge and electric field -- Gauss's law -- Electric potential -- Capacitance, dielectrics, electric energy storage -- Electric currents and resistance -- DC circuits -- Magnetism -- Sources of magnetic field -- Electromagnetic induction and faraday's Law -- Inductance, electromagnetic oscillations -- Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic waves -- Light -- Lenses and optical instruments -- The wave nature of light -- Diffraction and polarization -- Modern physics -- Special theory of relativity -- Early quantum theory and models of the atom -- Quantum mechanics -- Quantum mechanics of atoms -- Molecules and solids -- Nuclear physics and radioactivity -- Nuclear energy -- Elementary particles -- Astrophysics and cosmology.

Subjects: Textbooks.; Physics;

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Atmosphere : a scientific history of air, weather, and climate / by Allaby, Michael.(CARDINAL)181063;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-233) and index.

Subjects: Atmosphere; Climatology;

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The complete idiot's guide to electronics 101 / by Westcott, Sean.(CARDINAL)492735; Westcott, Jean Riescher.(CARDINAL)492736;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-312) and index.Part 1: Fundamentals: -- Theory behind electricity: -- Atoms and their structure -- Electrons -- Valence shell -- Conductors, insulators, and semiconductors -- Conductors -- Insulators -- Semiconductors -- Electron flow versus hole flow -- How electricity works: -- Circuits -- Electromotive force or voltage -- Current -- Resistance -- Ohm's law -- Power -- Joule's law -- Putting it all together -- Lab 2-1: Constructing a simple circuit -- Currents and circuits: -- Direct current -- Alternating current -- War of currents -- Waveforms -- Sine wave -- Other waveforms -- Phase -- Using waves to measure AC voltage -- Direct current waveforms -- More about circuits -- Circuit diagrams -- Short circuits -- Fuses and circuit breakers -- Serial and parallel circuits -- Learning the language of electronics -- Part 2: Your Workspace And Tools: -- Tools of the trade: -- Essential hand tools -- Essential instruments -- Electronic specialty items -- Essential safety items -- Lab 4-1: Taking a DC voltage reading -- Lab 4-2: Taking an AC voltage reading -- Lab 4-3: Measuring resistance -- Lab 4-4: Measuring current -- Shop setup and safety: -- Clean, well-lit workshop -- Claim your space -- Your workbench -- Adequate power -- Lighting -- Ventilation -- Storage -- Safety equipment -- Good work habits are good safety habits -- Come ready to work -- Dress for the job -- Be neat and work deliberately -- Know how electricity flows -- First aid for electrical shock -- Part 3: Electronic Components: -- Switches: -- Switches symbols -- Mechanical switches -- Poles and throws -- Push-button switches -- Knife switches -- Bi-metal switches -- Mercury switches -- Other mechanical switches -- DIP switches -- Electromagnetic switches or replays -- Lab 6-1: SPDT switch -- Resistors: -- Mighty resistor -- Fixed-value resistors -- Resistor color codes and power ratings -- Reading the code -- Power ratings -- Surface mount resistors -- Single in line resistors -- Variable resistors -- Kirchhoff's law -- Calculating resistance -- Resistors in series circuits -- Resistors in parallel circuits -- Voltage division circuits -- Lab 7-1: Using Ohm's & Kirchhoff's laws to determine the proper resistor -- Lab 7-2: Resistors in a series circuit -- Lab 7-3: Resistors in a parallel circuit -- Lab 7-4: Voltage division using fixed-value resistors -- Lab 7-5: Voltage division using a variable resistor -- Capacitors: -- How a capacitor works -- Farads -- Relative permittivity -- Capacitor ratings -- Nominal value and tolerance -- Temperature coefficients -- Breakdown voltage or DC working voltage -- Polarized capacitor types -- Electrolytic capacitors -- Tantalum capacitors -- Nonpolarized capacitor types -- Variable capacitors -- Capacitors in a circuit -- Transient time of capacitors in A DC RC circuit -- Lab 8-1: Charging capacitance -- Diodes: -- How diodes work -- Types of semiconductor diodes -- Common silicon diodes -- Zener diodes -- Schottky diodes -- Power rectifiers -- Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) -- Photodiodes -- Handling diodes -- Transistors: -- Bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) -- How amplifiers work -- BJTs under varying voltages -- Gain -- Darlington pairs -- Field effect transistors -- Lab 10-1: Using a transistor to amplify current -- Power sources and power supplies: -- Batteries -- How batteries produce energy -- Primary vs secondary batteries -- Voltages in batteries -- Batteries in series and in parallel -- Amp-hours -- AC-to-DC power supplies -- Transformers -- Variable DC power supplies -- Uninterruptible power supplies -- Switched-mode power supplies -- Lab 11-1: Making a potato battery --Part 4: Getting To Work: -- Soldering: -- Solder -- Lead-free solder -- Flux -- Soldering iron and tips -- Heat sink -- Circuit boards -- Printed circuit boards -- Prepping for soldering -- Place the items on the board -- Prepare your solder gun -- Soldering technique -- Desoldering -- Constructing a power supply: -- Power supply kit and construction -- Safety first -- Powering on -- Getting acquainted with your power supply -- Creating a positive DC wave -- Seeing caps and voltage regulators in action -- Using your variable DC power supply -- It's time for some comic relief -- Part 5: Going Digital: -- Digital theory: -- Ideas behind digital concepts -- Analog vs digital -- Truth tables -- Binary numbers -- Application to electronics -- Logic gates -- Lab 14-1: AND gate -- Lab 14-2: OR gate -- Integrated circuits: -- Analog ICs -- Digital ICs -- Flip-flops -- 555 and 556 timers -- Counters -- Encoders and decoders -- Mixed signal ICs -- Lab 15-1: Building a decoder circuit, part 1 -- Lab 15-2: Building a decoder circuit, part 2 -- Lab 15-3: Guitar amplifier -- Memory: -- Digital vs analog memory storage -- Parity bits and other error detection -- Hexadecimal -- Data and address -- Von Neumann computer model -- Memory registers -- Writing and reading -- Volatile and nonvolatile memory -- Storage media -- Microcontrollers: -- What are microcontroller? -- Microcontroller components -- Input/outputs -- Programming microcontrollers -- Microcontrollers for hobbyists -- Open source hardware -- Arduino microcontroller platform -- Netduino microcontroller -- Part 6: Constructing A Robot: -- Building your robot: -- Shopping for your robot -- Get the software you need -- Connecting your Netduino and getting to work -- Downloading to the Netduino microcontroller -- Motor and controllers: -- Brushed DC motors -- Brushless DC motors -- Stepper motors -- Servo motors -- Controllers -- Pulse width modulation -- H-bridge -- Getting your robot moving: -- Get your motor on board -- Assembling the motor driver shield -- Building a platform and mounting the parts -- Power it up -- Programming your robot to start and stop -- Identifying the I/O pins -- Adding speed control -- Sensors: -- What is a sensor? -- Electronic sensors -- Accelerometers -- Digital compasses or magnetometers -- Light and color sensors -- Microphones -- Alcohol and other environmental gas sensors -- GPS sensors -- Electronic communication: -- Basic of electronic communication -- Electomagnetic spectrum, revisited -- Radio waves -- Microwaves -- Infrared -- Visible light -- Ultraviolet, x-rays, and gamma rays -- Encoding and decoding a signal -- Amplitude modulation -- Frequency modulation -- Phase modulation -- Rasterization -- Lab 22-1: Building an FM stereo transmitter -- Adding sensors to your robot: -- Adding collision control -- Ultrasonic range finder -- Adding the sensor to your robot -- Adding a power switch -- Planning and writing the code -- Letting your robot roam -- Lab 23-1: Sensing distance -- Appendixes: -- A: Glossary -- B: Component shopping list -- C: Electronics timeline -- D: Mathematics for electronics -- E: Careers in electronics -- F: Resources -- Index.Overview: A creative spark for electronic enthusiasts. The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Electronics 101 teaches readers the fundamentals of electronics in an engaging, hands-on way. Appropriate for students and aspiring hobbyists alike, this book is loaded with more than a dozen projects that start simple and progressively get more involved as the reader moves through the book. Topics include: fundamentals of electronics: electrons, voltage, current, power, conductors, insulators, semiconductors, etc.; designing, building, and modifying circuit boards; sensors and controllers; and transmitters and receivers. Community college enrollment-where basic courses in electronics are most often taught-is at an all time high, up 8% from 2008 enrollment to 3.4 million new students per year. Specifically designed to appeal to both students and hobbyists with lost of fun, hands-on projects to aid in the learning process.

Subjects: Electronics.;

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Exoplanets : hidden worlds and the quest for extraterrestrial life / by Goldsmith, Donald,author.(CARDINAL)324855;

Includes bibliographical references and index.The long search for other solar systems -- Cosmic distances -- Early quests for exoplanets -- The breakthrough: measuring radial velocity precisely -- Finding exoplanets by their transits -- Directly observing exoplanets -- Detecting planets with Einstein's lens -- Two minor methods for finding exoplanets -- A gallery of strange new planets -- What have we learned? -- How planets form with their stars -- Habitable planets and the search for life -- Future approaches to hunting exoplanets -- Proxima calls:can we visit?.Using a variety of innovative techniques, astronomers have recently discovered thousands of planets that orbit stars throughout our Milky Way galaxy. Donald Goldsmith presents the science of exoplanets and the search for extraterrestrial life in a way that Earthlings with little background in astronomy or astrophysics can understand and enjoy. Much of what has captured the imagination of planetary scientists and the public at large is the unexpected strangeness of these distant worlds, which bear little resemblance to the planets in our solar system. The sizes, masses, and orbits of exoplanets detected so far raise new, unanswered questions about how planets form and evolve. Still more tantalizing are the efforts to determine which exoplanets might support life. Astronomers are steadily improving their means of examining planets' atmospheres and surfaces, with the help of advanced spacecraft sent into orbits a million miles from Earth to obtain finer views of the cosmos. These instruments will provide better observations of planetary systems in orbit around the dim red stars that throng the Milky Way. Previously spurned as too faint to support life, these cool stars turn out to possess myriad planets that nestle sufficiently close to maintain Earthlike temperatures. The quest to find other worlds brims with possibility. Exoplanets shows how astronomers have already broadened our planetary horizons, and tells us what may come next, including the ultimate discovery: life beyond our home planet.--

Subjects: Extrasolar planets.; Extrasolar planets; Life on other planets.;

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Guidelines for chemical reactivity evaluation and application to process design. by American Institute of Chemical Engineers.Center for Chemical Process Safety.(CARDINAL)185018;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-199) and index.Machine derived contents note: List of Tables. -- List of Figures. -- Preface. -- Acknowledgments. -- Glossary. -- List of Symbols. -- Chapter 1. Introduction. -- 1.1. General. -- 1.2. Chemical Reactivity. -- 1.3. Detonations, Deflagrations, and Runaways. -- 1.4. Assessment and Testing Strategies. -- Chapter 2. Identification of Hazardous Chemical Reactivity. -- 2.1. Summary/Strategy. -- 2.1.1. Introduction. -- 2.1.2. Hazard Identification Strategy. -- 2.1.3. Exothermic Reactions. -- 2.1.4. Experimental Thermal and Reactivity Measurements. -- 2.1.5. Test Strategies. -- 2.1.6. Overview of Thermal Stability Test methods. -- 2.1.7. Examples of Interpretation and Application of Test Data. -- 2.2. Technical Section. -- 2.2.2. Identification of High Energy Substances. -- 2.2.3. Hazard Prediction by Thermodynamic Calculations. -- 2.2.3.1. Oxygen Balance. -- 2.2.3.2. Calculation of the Reaction Enthalpy. -- 2.2.3.3. Application of Computer Programs. -- 2.2.4. Instability/Incompatibility Factors. -- 2.2.4.1. Factors Influencing Stability. -- 2.2.4.2. Redox Systems. -- 2.2.4.3. Reactions with Water. -- 2.2.4.4. Reactions between Halogenated Hydrocarbons and Metals. -- 2.3. Practical Testing. -- 2.3.1. Screening Tests. -- 2.3.1.1. Thermal Analysis. -- 2.3.1.2. Isoperibolic Calorimetry. -- 2.3.2. Thermal Stability and Runaway Testing. -- 2.3.2.1. Isothermal Storage Tests. -- 2.3.2.2. Dewar Flask Testing and Adiabatic Storage Tests. -- 2.3.2.3. Accelerating Rate Calorimeter (ARC). -- 2.3.2.4. Stability Tests for Powders. -- 2.3.3. Explosibility Testing. -- 2.3.3.1.Detonation Testing. -- 2.3.3.2. Deflagration Testing and Autoclave Testing. -- 2.3.3.3. Mechanical Sensitivity Testing. -- 2.3.3.4. Sensitivity to heating Under Confinement. -- 2.3.4. Reactivity Testing. -- 2.3.4.1. Pyrophoric Properties. -- 2.3.4.2. Reactivity with Water. -- 2.3.4.3. Oxidizing Properties. -- 2.3.5. Flammability Testing. -- Chapter 3. Chemical Reactivity Considerations in Process/Reactor Design and Operation. -- 3.1. Introduction. -- 3.1.1. Thermal Hazards: Identification and Analysis. -- 3.1.1.1. Cause, Definition, and Prevention of a Runaway. -- 3.1.1.2. Some Simple Rules for Inherent Safety. -- 3.1.1.3. Strategy for Inherent Safety in Design and Operation. -- 3.1.1.4. Equipment to be Used for the Analysis of Hazards. -- 3.2. Reactor, Heat and Mass Balance Considerations. -- 3.2.1. Heat and Mass Balances, Kinetics, and Reaction Stability. -- 3.2.1.1. Adiabatic Temperature Rise. -- 3.2.1.2. The Reaction. -- 3.2.1.3. Reaction Rate. -- 3.2.1.4. Reaction Rate Constant. -- 3.2.1.5. Concentration of Reactants. -- 3.2.1.6. Effect of Surrounding Temperature on Stability. -- 3.2.1.7. Effect of Agitation and Surface Fouling on Stability. -- 3.2.1.8. Mass Balance. -- 3.2.2. Choice of Reactor. -- 3.2.3. Heat Transfer. -- 3.2.3.1. Heat Transfer in Nonagitated Vessels. -- 3.2.3.2. Heat Transfer in Agitated Vessels. -- 3.3. Acquisition and Use of Process Design data. -- 3.3.1. Introduction. -- 3.3.2. Bench-Scale Equipment for Batch/Tank Reactors. -- 3.3.2.1. Reaction Calorimeter (RC1). -- 3.3.2.2. Contalab. -- 3.3.2.3. CPA ThermoMetric Instruments. -- 3.3.2.4. Quantitative Reaction Calorimeter. -- 3.3.2.5. Specialized Rectors. -- 3.3.2.6. Vent Size Package (VSP). -- 3.3.2.7. Reactive System Screening Tool (RSST). -- 3.3.3. Process Safety for Reactive Systems. -- 3.3.3.1. Test Plan. -- 3.3.3.2. System Under Investigation. -- 3.3.3.3. Test Results. -- 3.3.3.4. Malfunction and Process Deviation Testing. -- 3.3.3.5. Pressure Effect. -- 3.3.3.6. Results from the ARC, RSST, and VSP. -- 3.3.4. Scale-up and Pilot Plants. -- 3.3.4.1. General Remarks. -- 3.3.4.2. Chemical Kinetics. -- 3.3.4.3. Mass Transfer/Mixing. -- 3.3.4.4. Heat Transfer. -- 3.3.4.5. Self-Heating. -- 3.3.4.6. Scale-Up of Accelerating Rate Calorimeter (ARC) Results. -- 3.3.4.7. Scale-Up of Vent Size Package (VSP) Results. -- 3.3.5. Process Design Applications. -- 3.3.5.1. Batch and Semi-Batch Processing Plants. -- 3.3.5.2. An Example Involving Peroxides. -- 3.3.5.3. An Example Involving a Continuous Nitration. -- 3.3.5.4. A Self-Heating Example. -- 3.3.5.5. Batch-to-Continuous Example -- 3.3.5.6. Integrated Relief Evaluation. -- 3.3.6. Storage and Handling. -- 3.3.6.1. Scale-Up Example for Storage. -- 3.3.6.2. Peroxides. -- 3.3.6.3. Passive Means to Prevent Explosions. -- 3.3.7. Dryers and Filters. -- 3.4. Protective Measures. -- 3.4.1. Containment. -- 3.4.1.1. Introduction. -- 3.4.1.2. Determination of Gas-Vapor Release. -- 3.4.1.3. Laboratory Scale. -- 3.4.1.4. Full-Scale Example. -- 3.4.2. Instrumentation and Detection of Runaways. -- 3.4.2.1. Methods of On-Line Detection. -- 3.4.2.2. Methods of Noise Suppression. -- 3.4.3. Mitigation Measures. -- 3.4.3.1. Reaction Quenching Methods. -- 3.4.3.2. An Example Involving a Sulfonation. -- 3.4.3.3. Relief Disposal. -- 3.4.3.4. Dispersion, Flaring, Scrubbing, and Containment. -- 3.4.3.5. Venting. -- Chapter 4. Management of Chemical Process Safety. -- 4.1. Hazard Identification and Quantification. -- 4.2. Hazard Evaluation Procedures. -- 4.3. Chemical Process Safety Management. -- 4.4. Future Trends. -- References. -- References Cited. -- Selected Additional Readings. -- Index.

Subjects: Chemical processes.; Reactivity (Chemistry);

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