The Windmill Turning

Author : Victor Carl Friesen
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : 9780888641182

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This volume collects the proceedings from a conference on the evolution and practice of central banking sponsored by the Central Bank Institute of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. The articles and discussants' comments in this volume largely focus on two questions: the need for central banks, and how to maintain price stability once they are established. The questions addressed include whether large banks (or coalitions of small banks) can substitute for government regulation and due central bank liquidity provision; whether the future will have fewer central banks or more; the possibility of private means to deliver a uniform currency; if competition across sovereign currencies can ensure global price stability; the role of learning (and unlearning) the lessons of the past inflationary episodes in understanding central bank behavior; and an analysis of the most recent experiment in central banking, the European Central Bank.

Author : Christopher C. Gillis
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781623493356

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Still Turning by Christopher C. Gillis Pdf

The Aermotor Windmill Company, which commenced operations in Chicago in 1888, is the nation’s sole remaining full-time manufacturer of water-pumping machines. The company’s imprint on rural America, particularly across the West, is still visible today in the tens of thousands of its windmills that bring water to the earth’s surface. Still Turning is the first book to explore the rise of the American windmill through the experience of this important company. Aermotor founder La Verne Noyes and engineer Thomas Perry developed and perfected the all-metal wind pump in the 1880s. Within a decade, the “mathematical windmill” began to dominate the market. Aermotor continued to expand and innovate. The ruggedness and simplicity of the American mechanical windmill has allowed it to outlast many newer water-pumping technologies over the years with minimal maintenance and oversight. Christopher C. Gillis traces this story and more, from the early days of the company to Aermotor’s present-day relevance as it continues to produce its iconic windmills. Still Turning is a significant contribution not only to the history of wind power but also to the history of American enterprise.

Author : William Kamkwamba,Bryan Mealer
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781101637425

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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba,Bryan Mealer Pdf

Now a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village. When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would change his family's life forever: he could build a windmill. Made out of scrap metal and old bicycle parts, William's windmill brought electricity to his home and helped his family pump the water they needed to farm the land. Retold for a younger audience, this exciting memoir shows how, even in a desperate situation, one boy's brilliant idea can light up the world. Complete with photographs, illustrations, and an epilogue that will bring readers up to date on William's story, this is the perfect edition to read and share with the whole family.

Author : Alfred R. Wolff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Windmills
ISBN : UCAL:B3112409

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The Windmill as a Prime Mover by Alfred R. Wolff Pdf

Author : Wyman Meinzer,Coy F. Harris
Publisher : Texas Tech University Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015060134338

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Windmill Tales by Wyman Meinzer,Coy F. Harris Pdf

In Windmill Tales, in ninety-nine beautiful full-color images, photographer Wyman Meinzer shows American windmills as they appear today. Many of them are still working, and others have fallen or are preserved at the American Wind Power Center, but all illustrate the way of life that was made possible by the windmill. Brief reminiscences and stories told by visitors to the American Wind Power Center give the reader a sense of the central importance of windmills in the lives of early pioneers in the West. Together with the photographs they give us a fascinating insight into our history.

Author : Rosalyn Rikel Ramage
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781490709093

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The WINDMILL by Rosalyn Rikel Ramage Pdf

It is the year 1914 in rural West Kentucky. Twelve-year old Emma Mae and her ten-year old brother Edward have traveled across the county to visit their church friends Evelyn, aged eight, and her brother Ted, aged eleven. While visiting their large farm, unusual happenings occur, including the disappearance of the family dog and the threat of a kidnapping. As the children search for the missing dog, a strange sound lures them to the top of the farm windmill. When they reach the top, the wind is so strong they are blown off . . . only to land beside a Dutch windmill with four huge blades in the country of Holland! After getting to know a Dutch family there, they discover that there can be danger, even in another part of the world. Will they be able to save the Dutch princess from kidnappers? And what about saving the other "princess" when they return home? IF they return home?

Author : Désiré Le Gouriérès
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781483278445

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Wind Power Plants by Désiré Le Gouriérès Pdf

Wind Power Plants: Theory and Design covers the fundamentals and historical developments in the technology of wind power plants around the world. This book is composed of nine chapters that consider the main theories for accurately fixing measurements and characteristics of a wind rotor for producing electricity or pumping water, either horizontal or vertical-axis. After a short introduction to wind energy, this book goes on dealing with fluid mechanics necessary to the understanding of wind energy problems. The succeeding chapters describe the horizontal-axis installations and the various systems of orientation and regulation effectively used. These topics are followed by discussions on blade calculations of horizontal-axis systems, the vertical-axis wind installations, pumping water, and the production of electricity by wind energy. The remaining chapters describe small and high power wind plants constructed throughout the world. These chapters also consider the problem of adapting the wind rotor to electrical generators or to pumps. This book is intended for researchers, engineers, and technicians who wish to extend their knowledge in the wind energy field.

Author : Patent office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600040460

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Patents for inventions. Abridgments of specifications by Patent office Pdf

Author : Masanori Shukuya
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781498727303

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Bio-Climatology for Built Environment by Masanori Shukuya Pdf

Indoor climate is determined by rational lighting, heating, cooling and ventilating systems. For occupants' well-being it should be consistent with how regional outdoor climate works in the flow of radiation via four paths of heat transfer: radiation; convection; conduction; and evaporation. This book starts with the relationship between the human body and its immediate environmental space followed by a brief introduction of passive and active systems for indoor climate conditioning. The nature of light and heat is discussed with a focus on building envelope systems such as walls and windows, and then examined from the viewpoint of thermodynamics and human-biology. Some examples are given to enable a better understanding of luminous and thermal characteristics of our most immediate environment particularly for those professionally involved in environmental planning, designing, and engineering to know about bio-climatic design principle.

Author : Energy Task Force
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Electric power production
ISBN : UIUC:30112104122269

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Windmill Power for City People by Energy Task Force Pdf

Author : U. S. Department U.S. Department of Energy
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1508860548

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Wind Vision by U. S. Department U.S. Department of Energy Pdf

This book provides a detailed roadmap of technical, economic, and institutional actions by the wind industry, the wind research community, and others to optimize wind's potential contribution to a cleaner, more reliable, low-carbon, domestic energy generation portfolio, utilizing U.S. manu-facturing and a U.S. workforce. The roadmap is intended to be the beginning of an evolving, collaborative, and necessarily dynamic process. It thus suggests an approach of continual updates at least every two years, informed by its analysis activities. Roadmap actions are identified in nine topical areas, introduced below.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Science
ISBN : 0761475214

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Growing Up with Science by Anonim Pdf

Volume sixteenth of a seventeen-volume, alphabetically-arranged encyclopedia contains approximately five hundred articles introducing key aspects of science and technology.

Author : James F. Manwell,Jon G. McGowan,Anthony L. Rogers
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0470686286

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Wind Energy Explained by James F. Manwell,Jon G. McGowan,Anthony L. Rogers Pdf

Wind energy’s bestselling textbook- fully revised. This must-have second edition includes up-to-date data, diagrams, illustrations and thorough new material on: the fundamentals of wind turbine aerodynamics; wind turbine testing and modelling; wind turbine design standards; offshore wind energy; special purpose applications, such as energy storage and fuel production. Fifty additional homework problems and a new appendix on data processing make this comprehensive edition perfect for engineering students. This book offers a complete examination of one of the most promising sources of renewable energy and is a great introduction to this cross-disciplinary field for practising engineers. “provides a wealth of information and is an excellent reference book for people interested in the subject of wind energy.” (IEEE Power & Energy Magazine, November/December 2003) “deserves a place in the library of every university and college where renewable energy is taught.” (The International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, Vol.41, No.2 April 2004) “a very comprehensive and well-organized treatment of the current status of wind power.” (Choice, Vol. 40, No. 4, December 2002)

Author : Kenneth Kobre
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136023149

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Videojournalism by Kenneth Kobre Pdf

Videojournalism is a new field that has grown out of traditional print photojournalism, slideshows that combine sound and pictures, public radio, documentary filmmaking and the best of television news features. This amalgam of traditions has emerged to serve the Internet's voracious appetite for video stories.Videojournalism is written for the new generation of "backpack" journalists. The solo videojournalist must find a riveting story; gain access to charismatic characters who can tell their own tales; shoot candid clips; expertly interview the players; record clear, clean sound; write a script with pizzazz; and, finally, edit the material into a piece worthy of five minutes of a viewer's attention. Videojournalism addresses all of these challenges, and more - never losing sight of the main point: telling a great story. This book, based on extensive interviews with professionals in the field, is for anyone learning how to master the art and craft of telling real short-form stories with words, sound and pictures for the Web or television. The opening chapters cover the foundations of multimedia storytelling, and the book progresses to the techniques required to shoot professional video, and record high quality sound and market the resulting product. Videojournalism also has its own website - go to just one URL and find all the stories mentioned in the book. You also will find various "how-to videos on the site. To keep up with the latest changes in the field such as new cameras, new books, new stories or editing software, check the site regularly and "like" www.facebook.com/KobreGuide.

Author : Neil Arnott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Physics
ISBN : HARVARD:32044019693639

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Elements of Physics by Neil Arnott Pdf