Plant User Handbook

Author : James Hitchmough,Ken Fieldhouse
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781405173094

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Plant User Handbook by James Hitchmough,Ken Fieldhouse Pdf

Professional landscapers and all those involved in creating green spaces have long been in need of a book that is a guide to plant specification, but also makes sense of plants and their cultivation. Plant User Handbook is for practitioners who are professionally engaged in the use of plants in public, commercial and institutional landscapes. Planting schemes are undertaken on the basis of a binding contract – generally between the client (who owns or leases the landscape) and the implementer (the landscape contractor), with the designer acting both as specifier and contract administrator. Within this contractual relationship, planting schemes must be implemented to an agreed timetable. To manage this procedure efficiently, landscape designers and managers need quick access to the factual and scientific background for practical planting design and its implementation through specification writing and contracts. The book covers over 20 well defined topics, and is written by leading experts in the industry. It is arranged into five sections: Preliminaries to plant use and the landscape Managing plant growth on landscape sites Establishment and management of trees Establishment and management of smaller woody plants Establishment and management of herbaceous plants Carefully illustrated with diagrams, black and white photographs and colour plates, this handbook provides a unique resource for professionals wanting to improve their specification skills, as well as to explore creative approaches to design and practical implementation.

Author : James W. Byng
Publisher : Plant Gateway Ltd.
Page : 619 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-16
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780992999315

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The Flowering Plants Handbook by James W. Byng Pdf

This plant book aims to help identify flowering plants to genus and family level anywhere in the world. In 2014 there were very few available works which were both comprehensive and up-to-date for all the flowering plants families and genera of the world. The Flowering Plants Handbook is an easy to use identification guide to the worlds flowering plants designed for both specialists and non-specialists and from beginner to expert. The book contains descriptions of all currently recognised flowering plant families, morphological notes for 6656 genera (all current genera for 398/413 families) and over 3000 images and illustrations. Flowering plants can be identified using the book to family and much of the world's generic diversity in four 'easy' steps. Some plants will be identified correctly quickly, whilst others may require some retracing of steps and take a little more time. The advantage of this book is that it helps the user learn about the classification system and plant diversity during the identification process. This work was compiled and developed using the living, library and herbarium collections at the University of Aberdeen, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Author : Trevor A. Kletz,Paul Amyotte
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781439804568

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Process Plants by Trevor A. Kletz,Paul Amyotte Pdf

How far will an ounce of prevention really go? While the answer to that question may never be truly known, Process Plants: A Handbook for Inherently Safer Design, Second Edition takes us several steps closer. The book demonstrates not just the importance of prevention, but the importance of designing with prevention in mind. It emphasizes the role

Author : Colorado State University,Kimery C. Vories,Phillip L. Sims
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Botany
ISBN : MINN:31951002837406W

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The Plant Information Network: A user's guide by Colorado State University,Kimery C. Vories,Phillip L. Sims Pdf

Author : Martin Killcross
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780080971759

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Chemical and Process Plant Commissioning Handbook by Martin Killcross Pdf

The Chemical and Process Plant Commissioning Handbook, winner of the 2012 Basil Brennan Medal from the Institution of Chemical Engineers, is a guide to converting a newly constructed plant or equipment into a fully integrated and operational process unit. Good commissioning is based on a disciplined, systematic and proven methodology and approach that achieve results in the safest, most efficient, cost effective and timely manner. The book is supported by detailed, proven and effective commission templates, plus extensive commissioning scenarios that enable the reader to learn the context of good commissioning practice from an experienced commissioning manager. It focuses on the critical safety assessment and inspection regimes necessary to ensure that new plants are compliant with OSHA and environmental requirements. Martin Killcross has brought together the theory of textbooks and technical information obtained from sales literature, in order to provide engineers with what they need to know before initiating talks with vendors regarding equipment selection. Unique information from a respected, global commissioning manager: delivers the know-how to succeed for anyone commissioning new plant or equipment Comes with online commissioning process templates that make this title a working tool kit as well as a key reference Extensive examples of successful commissioning processes with step-by-step guidance enable readers to understand the function and performance of the wide range of tasks required in the commissioning process

Author : United States. Forest Service,William Adams Dayton,Thomas Lommasson,Barry Cutler Park
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1940
Category : Forage plants
ISBN : OCLC:11908461

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Range Plant Handbook by United States. Forest Service,William Adams Dayton,Thomas Lommasson,Barry Cutler Park Pdf

Author : Bryson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 571 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Plants
ISBN : 187814801X

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Plant Analysis Handbook III by Bryson Pdf

Author : Trevor A. Kletz,Paul Amyotte
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1998-08-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1560326190

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Process Plants by Trevor A. Kletz,Paul Amyotte Pdf

This easy-to-read source provides a wealth of stimulating information on the design of inherently safer and user-friendly plants. It demonstrates how plants can withstand human error and equipment failure without serious effects on safety, output, or efficiency. Examples of user-friendly design and increased coverage on design procedures are implemented.

Author : Francis Moraes, Ph.D.
Publisher : Ronin Publishing
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781579512347

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Heroin User's Handbook by Francis Moraes, Ph.D. Pdf

Heroin is a fascinating drug to most people.It is often referred to as the “hardest drug.” By this logic, people might start with alcohol, work up to marijuana and maybe LSD. Then they reach to cocaine or methamphetamine. And finally, at the end of the journey is heroin. But like most things about heroin, this is more myth than reality. For non-users, this mythic power is exciting. And writers for the last century have been more than willing to pander to such readers in pulp and art novels all the way up to television crime novels. But it is rare for the most people to get a real look at what is, after all, the very core of what heroin is about for its users. To users, the interest is obvious. But ignorance of the the details of drug use among heroin users is rife — usually based on what the author calls “old junkie tales.” The difference between such folklore and the truth is often the difference between life and death. The Heroin User’s Handbook reveals the largely hidden world of heroin use based upon actual work with users and countless scholarly books and articles. And it does it in an extremely readable, non-technical manner — even while providing detained and accurate information. The book discusses all aspects of heroin use: the acquisition of drugs, the administration of them, health risks, legal issues, social aspects, and addiction and detox. It provides the non-heroin world with a detailed look inside a very rarefied subculture. But it also provides the those in the heroin using world life-saving information.

Author : Heinz P. Bloch,Allan R. Budris
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2004-07-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780203021743

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Pump User's Handbook by Heinz P. Bloch,Allan R. Budris Pdf

A valuable reference, Pump User's Handbook: Life Extension explains just how and why the best-of-class pump users are consistently achieving superior run lengths, low maintenance expenditures, and unexcelled safety and reliability. The book conveys, in detail, what must be done to rapidly accomplish best-of-class performance and low life cycle cost. Simply put, the text explains what exactly needs to be done if a facility wants to progress from being a one, two, or three year pump MTBF plant, and wishes to join the leading money-making facilities that today achieve a demonstrated pump MTBF of 8.6 years. Written by two practicing engineers whose combined 80-year working career included all conceivable facets of pumping technology, book provides experience-based details, data, guidance, direction, explanations, and firm recommendations. Implementing what this text explains will allow a plant to move from yesterday's demonstrably unprofitable and costly repair focus to tomorrow's absolutely necessary reliability focus.

Author : D. M. C. Horsley
Publisher : IChemE
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0852953984

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Process Plant Commissioning by D. M. C. Horsley Pdf

This handbook on the commissioning of all process plants, large and small, has been fully updated and expanded. The aim of the text is to provide the non-specialist with advice on how to set about the problem of commissioning either a new plant or a modification. Some aspects of decommissioning are also included. The section on legislation has been expanded and updated to cover all areas of safety, health and environment.

Author : Geoff Bryant
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0811730654

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Propagation Handbook by Geoff Bryant Pdf

Illustrated guide on how to use professional propagation techniques on a small scale.

Author : Louis D. Vincent
Publisher : Nace International
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Painting, Industrial
ISBN : 1575901749

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The Protective Coating User's Handbook by Louis D. Vincent Pdf

Author : United States. Forest Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 858 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : Forage plants
ISBN : UVA:X030229066

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Range Plant Handbook by United States. Forest Service Pdf

Author : Duncan Richardson
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780071809900

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Plant Equipment & Maintenance Engineering Handbook by Duncan Richardson Pdf

The Best On-the-Job Guide to Industrial Plant Equipment and Systems This practical, one-of-a-kind field manual explains how equipment in industrial facilities operates and covers all aspects of commissioning relevant to engineers and project managers. Plant Equipment and Maintenance Engineering Handbook contains a data log of all major industrial and power plant components, describes how they function, and includes rules of thumb for operation. Hundreds of handy reference materials, such as calculations and tables, plus a comprehensive listing of electrical parts with common supplier nomenclature are also included in this time-saving resource. FEATURES DETAILED COVERAGE OF: Compressors * Air conditioning * Ash handling * Bearings and lubrication * Boilers * Chemical cleaning and Flushing * Condensers and circulating water systems * Controls * Conveyor systems * Cooling towers * Corrosion Deaerators * Diesel and gas turbines * Electrical * Fans * Fire protection * Fuels and combustion * Piping * Pumps Turbines * Vibration * Water treatment