Eight books survey the latest discoveries in technology and predict where new developments might take us in the 21st century.
Now, in May 1858, he packed up his wife, son, and five-month-old infant and prepared to move to Titusville.47 Along the way to Titusville in December 1857, Drake had stopped in Syracuse, New York, to inspect a number of salt wells there ...
Energy: which Way is North?
Energy: how Do They Move It? Display
Energy: which Way is North? Display
Energy: what Makes the Colours? Display
... 279, 292–293,294 (Box 12.1), 297, 373, 395,399 Poincare, Henri 192 Polymerization or alkylation, 127 Pope Nicholas I, 40 Pope Stephen II, 41 Power, 78–79 Present identified reserves, 142 President Truman, 16, 202 Pressure gradient, ...
The Life of John J. McKetta Jr. Elisabeth Sharp McKetta. Goofing around every day, helped Doc cook to relieve him, and served tables at Doc's Lunch.” For this, Johnny received three meals a day for three hours of work a day.
The strongest of the book's themes is the growing influence of environmental concerns on the global energy system.
... had been issued for £2 to cover the cost of picking up a model Newcomen engine from a London instrument maker, Jonathan Sisson.13 Watt served Anderson not only by maintaining instruments and models but also as a demonstrator.
200 150 100 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 Gasoline consumed per capita ( gallons ) Average price per gallon of regular gasoline , adjusted for inflation ( cents ) W gas . Economists S. Charles Maurice and ...
The oxy-combustion separates oxygen from air and combines it with coal for the combustion to proceed in a mixture of CO2 and oxygen medium (Phillips and Maxson, 2011). The resulting flue-gas has about 70–90% (dry basis) CO2.
Introduces energy and its properties, including the different types of energy and how they balance, and how to conserve energy.
This new edition includes the latest in alternate-energy technology, for example wind turbines and solar panels as well as updating important energy values and statistics.
Suspect that teaching about simple machines isn't really so simple? Exasperated by electricity? If you fear the study of energy is beyond you, this entertaining book will do more than introduce you to the topic.
Energy: Projects for Young Scientists
Provides information about chemical, electrical, atomic, and mechanical energy while inviting students to learn by performing entertaining and easy projects
Provides information about chemical, electrical, atomic, and mechanical energy while inviting students to learn by performing entertaining and easy projects.
Energy can be either kinetic energy or potential energy. Energy has many different forms. It can change from one form to another, but it cannot be created or destroyed. When...
Energy: How You Use Different Forms of Energy