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Experimental Methods and Instrumentation for Chemical Engineers

by Gregory S. Patience
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2013

Experimental Methods and Instrumentation for Chemical Engineers is a practical guide for research engineers and students, process engineers and, consultants, and others in the chemical engineering field. This unique book thoroughly describes experimental measurements and instrumentation in the contexts...

The Pagan Mysteries of Halloween

Celebrating the Dark Half of the Year

by Jean Markale
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2001

A comprehensive examination of the rituals and philosophies of the Celtic holiday of Samhain, the inspiration for Halloween. • Presents the true meaning of this ancient holiday and shows how contemporary observances still faithfully reflect the rituals of pagan ancestors. • Explains...

The Story of Helium and the Birth of Astrophysics

by Biman B. Nath
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2012

What if one of the most thrilling stories in the history of science turned out to be wrong? Can urban legends creep into the hallowed grounds of scientific history? As incredible as it may sound, the story of one of the most important elements in modern times – helium - has been often misrepresented...

Prediction and Regulation of Air Pollution

by M.E. Berlyand
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

Investigations of atmospheric pollution have recently reached a new stage. In addition to the estimation and the monitoring of pollutant concentrations in the air around their sources, by way of observational data and also by calcu lations on the basis of theoretical research, it is now possible...

My Three Years In Manipur And Escape From The Recent Mutiny [Illustrated Edition]

by Ethel St. Clair Grimwood
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014

The Fantastic story of the “Heroine of Manipur” who led to bloody, battered survivors of the Manipur Mutiny to safety over some of the roughest roads in all of India. Includes 9 illustrations. “Manipur, Rebellion in (1891). This small state in north-eastern India southeast of Assam was a quasi-independent...

More Luck of a Lancaster

109 Operations, 315 Crew, 101 Killed in Action

by Gordon Thorburn
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2017

From 11 June 1943 (the date of Lancaster Mark III EE136 WS/R's first op) to her last with 9 Squadron (on 19 October 1944), eighty-six Lancasters were assigned to Number 9\. Of these, fifty were lost to enemy action, another five crashed at home, three crashed in Russia on the first Tirpitz raid and...

The Religion of Technology

The Divinity of Man and the Spirit of Invention

by David F Noble
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2013

Arguing against the widely held belief that technology and religion are at war with each other, David F. Noble's groundbreaking book reveals the religious roots and spirit of Western technology. It links the technological enthusiasms of the present day with the ancient and enduring Christian...

New York Scientific

A Culture of Inquiry, Knowledge, and Learning

by István Hargittai, Magdolna Hargittai
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016

This book introduces the reader to the visible memorabilia of science and scientists in all the five boroughs of New York City - statues, busts, plaques, buildings, and other artifacts. In addition, it extends to some scientists and institutions currently operating in the city. New York has been known...

Biblical References in Shakespeare's Plays

by Naseeb Shaheen
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011

The hundreds of biblical references in Shakespeare's plays give ample evidence that he was well acquainted with Scripture. Not only is the range of his biblical references impressive, but also the aptness with which he makes them. Hamlet and Othello each have more than fifty biblical references. No...

The battle-fields of Ireland, from 1688 to 1691

by John Boyle
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2017

Most of the following chapters were written some time since, at the request of the publisher, whose intention it was to present the readers of Irish history with a portable volume, which, while removing the necessity of wading through many tomes, would give an authentic account of the two leading...

Witchcraft and Secret Societies of Rural England

The Magic of Toadmen, Plough Witches, Mummers, and Bonesmen

by Nigel Pennick
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2019

A comprehensive account of the rich folk culture preserved in the rural secret societies of the British Isles • Describes the secret rites, ceremonies, and initiation rituals of guilds and rural fraternities such as the Shoemakers, Horsemen, Toadmen, Mummers, and Bonesmen • Explains...

A Widow’s Reminiscences Of The Siege Of Lucknow

by Katherine Mary Bartrum
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014

[Illustrated with over one hundred maps, photos and portraits, of the battles, individuals and places involved in the Indian Mutiny] Life for Katherine Mary Bartrum must have seemed to have been almost perfect in early 1857, wife of a well-liked and respected medical officer posted just outside Lucknow...

Laboratories of Art

Alchemy and Art Technology from Antiquity to the 18th Century

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Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2014

This book explores the interconnections and differentiations between artisanal workshops and alchemical laboratories and between the arts and alchemy from Antiquity to the eighteenth century. In particular, it scrutinizes epistemic exchanges between producers of the arts and alchemists. In the fifteenth...

Philosophers of War: The Evolution of History's Greatest Military Thinkers [2 volumes]

The Evolution of History's Greatest Military Thinkers

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Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013

Each culture has had its Machiavelli, its Sun Tzu; its own Mohammed-like or Napoleonic figure. This encyclopedia ranges across the world to provide entries on every significant military and strategic thinker in human history as well as a number of military cultures, covering Chinese, Western, Indian,...