Landmarks in Mechanical Engineering
Landmarks in Mechanical Engineering

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Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13:

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Machines, devices, and systems that have touched our lives, both intimately and for the public good, are often unheralded inventions that we take for granted or never even see. Fortunately, they claim landmark recognition by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, which now makes these engineering marvels accessible to teachers and students, travelers, researchers, and the curious. The 135 historic mechanical engineering landmarks in this book represent the accomplishments of mechanical engineers over the past 250 years - from the steam engine of Thomas Newcomen (1712), which launched the Industrial Revolution, to the Saturn V rocket (1967). This roster of landmarks tells a magnificent story of people and places and of innovation and discovery.

Machines that Made History
Machines that Made History

Author: Jennifer M. Black

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 9780791861202

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With full color and black & white images, this hardcover, photographic book highlights 100 key landmarks in the history of mechanical engineering, devices or innovations that have shaped the world. The products of mechanical engineering sustain the very fabric of modern life. Some are obvious, like the automobile; some hide behind casings, like the disk drives of computers. Sometimes they are large and visible, like the rockets that took astronauts to the moon; sometimes they are all but invisible to the general public, like the pumps that provide water to our cities or the turbines that generate our electric power. This volume provides brief introductions to 100 key landmarks in the history of mechanical engineering, devices or innovations that have shaped the field and broadly influenced modern civilization.

Reference Guide to Famous Engineering Landmarks of the World
Reference Guide to Famous Engineering Landmarks of the World

Author: Lawrence Berlow

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-04-22

Total Pages: 570

ISBN-13: 1135932611

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More than 650 landmarks are covered, ranging from ancient monuments such as Stonehenge, to contemporary engineering feats such as the World Trade Center in New York City. The concisely-written entries describe when the landmark was built, who built it, why it was built, its dimensions, how it was constructed, and any problems encountered during construction. Additional features include: numerous photographs; biographies of important builders and designers; glossary; chronology of dates in civil engineering from 3000 BC to the present; listings of tallest buildings, longest bridges, and highest dams, and a geographical index which locates the structures by country.

Mechanical Engineering: A Century of Progress
Mechanical Engineering: A Century of Progress

Author: Thomas H. Fehring, P.E.

Publisher: NorCENergy Consultants, LLC

Published: 1980-10-10

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13:

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This book describes approximately 50 engineering accomplishments -- a number of which were subsequently designated historic mechanical engineering landmarks. This book can serve as an entry guide into the remarkable engineering achievements that occurred in the greater Milwaukee area from the late 1800s until the early 1900s, much of which centered around Milwaukee's Menomonee River Valley.

Guide to Information Sources in Engineering
Guide to Information Sources in Engineering

Author: Charles Lord

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2000-08-15

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 0313009430

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The only source that focuses exclusively on engineering and technology, this important guide maps the dynamic and changing field of information sources published for engineers in recent years. Lord highlights basic perspectives, access tools, and English-language resources—directories, encyclopedias, yearbooks, dictionaries, databases, indexes, libraries, buyer's guides, Internet resources, and more. Substantial emphasis is placed on digital resources. The author also discusses how engineers and scientists use information, the culture and generation of scientific information, different types of engineering information, and the tools and resources you need to locate and access that material. Other sections describe regulations, standards and specifications, government resources, professional and trade associations, and education and career resources. Engineers, scientists, librarians, and other information professionals working with engineering and technology information will welcome this research

Using the Engineering Literature
Using the Engineering Literature

Author: Bonnie A. Osif

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2006-08-23

Total Pages: 636

ISBN-13: 0203966163

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The field of engineering is becoming increasingly interdisciplinary, and there is an ever-growing need for engineers to investigate engineering and scientific resources outside their own area of expertise. However, studies have shown that quality information-finding skills often tend to be lacking in the engineering profession. Using the Engineerin