The untold history of the maritime branches of two giants of early-twentieth-century Canadian railroads. The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and the Canadian Northern Railway, two giants of Canadian rail transportation, each operated maritime shipping ventures during the early twentieth century. Numerous vessels, including sidewheel, paddlewheel, and propeller steamers, tugboats, and barges, helped to build and serve these railways. Passenger and merchant ships sailed the West Coast, the Great...
Governments all over the world are consistently outpaced by digital change, and are falling behind. Digital government is a better performing government. It is better at providing services people and businesses need. Receiving benefits, accessing health records, registering companies, applying for licences, voting – all of this can be done online or through digital self-service. Digital technology makes government more efficient, reduces hassle, and lowers costs. But what will it take to make...
Clarence «Cap» Cornish was an Indiana pilot whose life spanned all but five years of the Century of Flight. Born in Canada in 1898, Cornish grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He began flying at the age of nineteen, piloting a «Jenny» aircraft during World War I, and continued to fly for the next seventy-eight years. In 1995, at the age of ninety-seven, he was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest actively flying pilot.The mid-1920s to the mid-1950s were Cornish's most...
Пособие содержит описание, технические данные и методику проверки устройств емкостного отбора напряжения от линий электропередачи, а также связанных с ними устройств контроля синхронизма, используемых в схемах автоматического повторного включения. Для работников служб РЗА и наладочных организаций, занятых эксплуатацией и наладкой устройств РЗА линий электропередачи и распределительных устройств 110-220 кВ.
Освещены вопросы сохранения качества водных ресурсов. Приведены типы сточных вод горно-обогатительных комбинатов. Проанализированы физико-химические превращения минеральной основы и подземных вод в условиях разработки месторождений. Рассмотрены варианты технологических схем кондиционирования шахтных вод. Для инженерно-технических специалистов. Может быть полезно студентам природоохранительных специальностей всех форм обучения и аспирантам.
Представлены результаты поиска нового класса относительно гуманного оружия, которое может представлять альтернативу ядерному оружию. Дистанционно-кибернетическое оружие основано на использовании новых научных подходов и технологий, при этом в качестве боевых зарядов средств поражения должны применяться незапрещенные неядерные взрывчатые вещества. Оружие обладает высоким научно-технологическим потенциалом и значительной эффективностью в поражении систем вооружений. Для широкого круга читателей,...
Plot graphs, solve equations, and write code in a flash! If you work in a STEM field, chances are you'll be using MATLAB on a daily basis. MATLAB is a popular and powerful computational tool and this book provides everything you need to start manipulating and plotting your data. MATLAB has rapidly become the premier data tool, and MATLAB For Dummies is a comprehensive guide to the fundamentals. MATLAB For Dummies guides you through this complex computational language from installation to...
Leverage Big Data analytics methodologies to add value to geophysical and petrophysical exploration data Enhance Oil & Gas Exploration with Data-Driven Geophysical and Petrophysical Models demonstrates a new approach to geophysics and petrophysics data analysis using the latest methods drawn from Big Data. Written by two geophysicists with a combined 30 years in the industry, this book shows you how to leverage continually maturing computational intelligence to gain deeper insight from specific...
A comprehensive collection of 8 books in 1 offering electronics guidance that can't be found anywhere else! If you know a breadboard from a breadbox but want to take your hobby electronics skills to the next level, this is the only reference you need. Electronics All-in-One For Dummies has done the legwork for you – offering everything you need to enhance your experience as an electronics enthusiast in one convenient place. Written by electronics guru and veteran For Dummies author Doug Lowe,...
The energy industry's accelerated evolution requires visionary change The Final Frontier parses the evolution of the oil and gas sector to map out a plan for going forward. The global energy industry is huge, and it is in disarray; between low oil and gas prices, climate change, rising development costs, and ever-mounting regulations, the need for change has been made crystal clear—but planning is much easier than implementation, and stasis is not progress. This book shows how redesigning...