Weathered Edge

Author : Peter Bartos
Publisher : Royal Society of Chemistry
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780854046232

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Nanotechnology in Construction by Peter Bartos Pdf

The importance of nanotechnology related research and development has become recognised worldwide. Substantial public and private investment is now being ploughed into research and development in a number of industrial sectors, where nanotechnology has become established and has led to new commercial products. The construction industry, having major economic significance with nano-scale research and development which is only emerging, offers a wide scope for exploitation of nanotechnology. With international contributions from experts in the field, Nanotechnology in Construction amalgamates previously fragmented research and emerging trends. It reflects the inherent multi-disciplinary nature of nano-scale research in construction and contributions cover a wide spectrum, from highly scientific investigations to futuristic applications. The book is organised into four broad sections, the first reviews and analyses the prospects of exploitation of nanotechnology in construction, the second discusses novel tools and their capabilities, the final two sections show existing significant products where nanotechnology has been already been exploited or where product development is under-way. Nanotechnology in Construction will appeal to researchers already working in this field as well as those wishing to enter it. It will also inform governmental and other funding agencies of the most promising future directions and their related timescales. Practical applications are considered and explanations of the underlying basics are given, raising awareness and understanding of what nanotechnology can offer to construction professionals in general.

Author : Edward A. Baldwin,Stevie Baldwin
Publisher : Doubleday Books
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : IND:39000008238714

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Building Birdhouses and Bird Feeders by Edward A. Baldwin,Stevie Baldwin Pdf

Provides plans and instructions for building twenty birdhouses and bird feeders.

Author : Ireland. Geological Survey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1861
Category : Geology
ISBN : CORNELL:31924057241352

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Explanation to Accompany Sheets 1- by Ireland. Geological Survey Pdf

Author : Lyle Fugleberg
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781475996036

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These Truths by Lyle Fugleberg Pdf

The woods are so wild, its impossible to behold them without terror so said Daniel Boone in his day. Its the same world John Anderson finds himself in thousands of years later in Easter Armageddon, where he loves and fights and tragically survives for the next twenty years. These Truths, a sequel, begins with the aftermath of the latest tragedy. Coinciding mountains away, by a process of scintillating complexity, is the resurrection of the remainder of the Chosen, fifteen carefully selected young men and women from the twenty-first century. They, together with John, had pledged to undertake the greatest challenge mankind had ever attempted, the difficulty of which was evident in the history of his consistent failures. With the characteristics of a world nature has reclaimed, there are many subtleties to address and hurdles to cross and dangers to face; but the greatest and most difficult of all, as it has always been, is man and bad wolf within him. To succeed, effort and intention and goodness will not be enough there will be blood.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1942
Category : India
ISBN : UOM:39015013279453

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Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India by Anonim Pdf

Author : Kentucky Geological Survey (1854-1860),David Dale Owen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Geology
ISBN : STANFORD:36105002862873

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First- Fourth Report of the Geological Survey in Kentucky Made During the Years 1854 to 1859 by Kentucky Geological Survey (1854-1860),David Dale Owen Pdf

Author : Roland T. Bird
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 539 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-31
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780875655161

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Bones for Barnum Brown by Roland T. Bird Pdf

Roland Thaxter Bird, universally and affectionately known to friends and associates as R. T., achieved a kind of Horatio Alger success in the scientific world of dinosaur studies. Forced to drop out of school at a young age by ill health, he was a cowboy who traveled from job to job by motorcycle until he met Barnum Brown, Curator of Vertebrae Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and a leader in the study of dinosaurs. Beginning in 1934, Bird spent many years as an employee of the museum and as Brown's right-hand man in the field. His chart of the Howe Quarry in Wyoming, a massive sauropod boneyard, is one of the most complex paleontological charts ever produced and a work of art in its own right. His crowning achievement was the discovery, collection, and interpretation of gigantic Cretaceous dinosaur trackways along the Paluxy River near Glen Rose and at Bandera, Texas. A trackway from Glen Rose is on exhibit at the American Museum and at the Texas Memorial Museum in Austin. His interpretation of these trackways demonstrated that a large carnosaur had pursued and attacked a sauropod, that sauropods migrated in herds, and that, contrary to then-current belief, sauropods were able to support their own weight out of deep water. These behavioral interpretations anticipated later dinosaur studies by at least two decades. From his first meeting with Barnum Brown to his discoveries at Glen Rose and Bandera, this very human account tells the story of Bird's remarkable work on dinosaurs. In a vibrantly descriptive style, Bird recorded both the intensity and excitement of field work and the careful and painstaking detail of laboratory reconstruction. His memoir presents a vivid picture of camp life with Brown and the inner workings of the famous American Museum of Natural History, and it offers a new and humanizing account of Brown himself, one of the giants of his field. Bird's memoir has been supplemented with a clear and concise introduction to the field of dinosaur study and with generous illustrations which delineate the various types of dinosaurs.

Author : T.C. Chamberlain,R.D. Irving
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 952 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Electronic
ISBN : EHC:148100068034Z

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Geology of Wisconsin by T.C. Chamberlain,R.D. Irving Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 936 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Botany
ISBN : NYPL:33433012871830

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Geology of Wisconsin by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 916 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : Geology
ISBN : MINN:31951000861968I

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Bulletin by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Terry Lukanic
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-15
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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SWSM Modeler's Tips, Tricks and Techniques by Anonim Pdf

Techniques used by the modelers who build SWSM kits

Author : Brian M. Fagan
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Science
ISBN : 0761991093

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Snapshots of the Past by Brian M. Fagan Pdf

Archaeology has been a subject of endless fascination to scholars, students and the general public. For the past three decades, Prof. Brian Fagan has been the key narrator of the story of the past for many, through his textbooks, trade books and numerous magazine and journal articles. In recent years, Fagan has reported on the latest news, theories, and controversies in archaeology through his regular Timelines column in Archaeology Magazine. In Snapshots of the Past, Fagan collects many of these vignettes into a single work, leading the reader on a tour through time and space that ranges from the ascent of the human species to the public controversies that concern today's archaeologist. In these 30 brief chapters, the author offers readers a series of "snapshots" of the issues of greatest contemporary interest: the Eve hypothesis, the peopling of the New World, site looting, the translation of Mayan hieroglyphs, the domestication of animals, the impact of feminism on archaeology, the archaeology of slavery, and evidence of human cannibalism, among many others. Included among the articles are several pieces written specifically for this volume, including a description of the recent, spectacular cave art finds at Chauvet Grotto in France. For instructors of archaeology, the book is a handy compilation of brief, interesting cases to engage your students. For serious archaeologists, the book represents a collection of works of one of the important synthesizers of the field. For the avocational archaeologist, the book provides a fascinating, readable update on issues of current concern.

Author : Duncan Marshall,Derek Worthing,Roger Heath,Nigel Dann
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9780728204171

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Understanding Housing Defects by Duncan Marshall,Derek Worthing,Roger Heath,Nigel Dann Pdf

This new edition of Understanding Housing Defects has been extensively revised and includes new and revised graphics, many more photographs, and an extended text. The book is a natural companion to The Construction of Houses (first published in 1990 and now in its 3rd revision). Understanding Housing Defects provides a concise, coherent and comprehensive introduction to the causes, investigation and diagnosis of housing defects. It is aimed at all those students and practitioners who require a broad understanding of housing defects as part of a wider sphere of academic or professional activity. The book has three specific objectives, to explain why, and how, defects occur. To enable the reader to recognise and identify building defects and to provide, where appropriate, guidance on their correct diagnosis. The authors have worked in both public and private sectors and have, between them over 75 years' experience in dealing with housing and general building defects. Currently, they are all lecturers at the University of the West England, where they teach on a variety of undergraduate and post-graduate courses. They are also actively involved in carrying out research and consultancy for a number of property owning organisations throughout the UK.

Author : Tennessee. State Geologist,James Merrill Safford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Geology
ISBN : UGA:32108008783105

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Biennial Report Presented to the ... General Assembly of Tennessee by Tennessee. State Geologist,James Merrill Safford Pdf

Author : James Merrill Safford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600032844

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A geological reconnoissace of the state of Tennessee, first biennial report to the General assembly of Tennessee by James Merrill Safford Pdf