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Thomas and the jet engine / by Awdry, W.(CARDINAL)355144; Courtney, Richard,illustrator.(CARDINAL)641135;
When the jet engine that Thomas the Tank Engine is transporting to the airport accidentally gets switched on, Thomas suddenly becomes the fastest engine on the island.Accelerated Reader (AR)Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Fiction.; Jet propulsion; Railroad trains; Speed;
Available copies: 16 / Total copies: 40
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Thomas and the Jet Engine: Thomas & Friends/ by Awdry, W.(CARDINAL)355144;
Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Fiction.; Railroad trains; Speed; Jet propulsion; Step into Reading level 1.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Thomas and the jet engine & other adventures [videorecording] : /
Thomas and the jet engine --; Percy and the haunted mine --; Scaredy engines --; Harold and the flying horse --; Bulgy rides again --; Salty's stormy tale.Narrator: Alec Baldwin.Thomas, Percy, James, and Henry get tired of Gordon bragging about how fast he is. The DVD has 60 extra minutes of bonus features.MPAA rating: Not rated.Digital video disc.System requirements:
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Thomas and the jet engine & other adventures [videorecording] / by Awdry, W.Railway series.(CARDINAL)760758; Mitton, David.(CARDINAL)775821;
Thomas and the jet engine -- Percy and the haunted mine -- Scaredy engines -- Harold and the flying horse -- Bulgy rides again -- Salty's stormy tale.Contains 6 episodes featuring Thomas the tank engine and his friends and their adventures.DVD.
Subjects: Animated television programs.; Diesel locomotives; Railroad trains; Steam locomotives; Television programs for children.; Thomas the Tank Engine (Fictitious character);
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Thomas and the jet engine & other adventures [videorecording] / by Baldwin, Alec,1958-narrator.(CARDINAL)339719; Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc.(CARDINAL)340087; Britt Allcroft Company.;
MARCIVE 2/2/12Director of photography, Terry Permane ; art director, Bob Gauld-Galliers ; editor, Kate Buckland ; music composed by Mike O'Donnell & Junior Campbell.Narrator: Alec Baldwin.Thomas, Percy, James, and Henry get tired of Gordon bragging about how fast he is. The DVD has 60 extra minutes of bonus features.MPAA rating: Not rated.DVD, region 1, Dolby Digital, stereo.
Subjects: Animated television programs; Television programs for children.; Television programs for children; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Action and adventure television programs.; Animated television programs.; Animated television programs.; Children's television programs.; Fiction television programs.; Television series.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Railroad trains; Steam locomotives; Steam locomotives; Thomas the Tank Engine (Fictitious character); Thomas the Tank Engine (Fictitious character); Thomas the Tank Engine (Fictitious character); Steam locomotives; Thomas the Tank Engine (Fictitious character);
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 8
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Science of spin : how rotational forces affect everything from your body to jet engines to the weather / by Ennos, Roland.(CARDINAL)324534;
Includes bibliographic references and index."From the solar system to spinning tops, hurricanes to hula hoops, power plants to pendulums, one mysterious force shapes almost every aspect of our lives: spin. Despite its ubiquity, rotational force continues to baffle and surprise, and few people realize how it makes our planet habitable or how it has been tamed by engineers to make our lives more comfortable. Charting the development of engineering and technology from the earliest prehistoric drills to the gas turbine, critically acclaimed author and scientist Roland Ennos presents a riveting account of human ingenuity and the seemingly infinite ways spin affects our daily lives. He also shows how this new approach not only helps us better understand the world but also ourselves. After all, even our own bodies are complex systems of rotating joints and levers. Artfully moving between astrophysics and anthropology, The Science of Spin shows how, whether natural or engineered, spin is really what makes the world go round."--Back cover.
Subjects: Rotational motion.; Rotational motion (Rigid dynamics); Torque.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The science of spin: how rotational forces affect everything from your body to jet engines to the weather/ by Ennos, Roland,author.(CARDINAL)324534;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From the time women first used rotating bobbins to twist thread and men whirled slings around their heads to throw stones, people have found spin fascinating and baffling in equal measure. Now, in The Science of Spin, Roland Ennos shows how rotational motion dominates the workings of the world around us. It has shaped the solar system, galaxies, and black holes. It controls our climate and weather-from the pattern of trade winds through to the local formation of hurricanes and tornadoes. Harnessing the power of spin helped launch civilization, from the first developments of the wheel to the systems that now power the industrial world-propellers, turbines, centrifugal pumps, electric motors, and computer disk drives. Even our own bodies are complex systems of rotating joints and levers. But scientists have a tendency to ignore the simple and straightforward. So, 17th-century scientists developed the science of mechanics to explain the phenomenon of the orbit of the planets rather than how machines work. As a result, few people realize how spin makes our planet habitable, or how it has been tamed by engineers to make our lives more comfortable. In a lively and engaging style, Ennos presents a new approach to mechanics that not only helps us better understand the world, but also reveals unlikely links between tightrope walkers and tyrannosaurs, catapults and tennis players, stunt cars and long jumpers. By opening our minds, he shows how we can all learn to move about more gracefully, play sports more successfully and safely-and ensure that, like cats, we always land on our feet. A highly entertaining and informative read, whether it be natural or engineered, spin is what really makes the world go round"--
Subjects: Rotational motion (Rigid dynamics); Rotational motion;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Hypersonic thunder : a novel of the jet age / by Boyne, Walter J.,1929-2020.(CARDINAL)145445;
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Aeronautical engineers; Aeronautics; Aircraft industry; Astronautics; Jet planes;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Sharks of the air : Willy Messerschmitt and the development of history's first operational jet fighter / by Harvey, James Neal,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-390) and index.In July 1944 the Allies were stunned by the appearance of the Messerschmitt Me-262, the world's first operational jet warplane. This new German fighter was more than 100 mph faster than any other aircraft in the skies. Although always greatly outnumbered, the Me-262 gained scores of victories over Allied fighters and bombers, and by the end of the war, many of the Luftwaffe's greatest aces had clamored to be in their cockpits. No wonder military leaders believed that if it had been introduced earlier, this jet could have changed the outcome of the war. Sharks of the Air tells the story of Willy Messerschmitt's life, and shows how this aeronautical genius built many revolutionary airplanes--not excluding the Luftwaffe's mainstay, the Me-109--and culminating in the Me-262. It describes how his various warplanes fought in Spain, Poland, France, Britain, the U.S.S.R., and over Germany, and it provides thrilling accounts of air battles drawn from combat reports and interviews with veterans. This book also shows how Messerschmitt-like other geniuses such as Porsche, von Braun, and Speer--was affected by cutthroat Nazi politics, and describes his intense rivalries with other aircraft designers. It reveals aspects of his life never before made public, including his love affair with the beautiful Baroness Lilly Michel-Rolino, a rich aristocrat who left her husband to live with Willy. And finally it shows how in World War II Messerschmitt believed he was loyally supporting the Fatherland, until he realized too late that Hitler was a madman. Like many of the technical innovations of Nazi Germany in the war, production arrived too late in order to change the final outcome. If Messerschmitt had been given free rein from the start, however, Allied air superiority might never have occurred.
Subjects: Messerschmitt, Willy, 1898-; Aeronautical engineers; Messerschmitt 262 (Jet fighter plane);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Jet dragsters / by Abdo, Kenny,1986-author.(CARDINAL)606539;
"This title explores jet dragsters and gives information related to their origins, rules, vehicles, races, and the impact they have on motorsports."--Publisher.950L
Subjects: High interest-low vocabulary books.; Automobile racing; Dragsters;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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