Ship Stabilizers
Ship Stabilizers

Author: W. Burger

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2014-06-28

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 148318093X

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Ship Stabilizers: The Design and Operation in Correcting the Rolling of Ships presents the working principles and operation of various types of gyrocompasses and automatic pilots. This book discusses the fundamental principles of synchro systems and servomechanisms. Organized into 12 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the problem of the reduction of rolling. This text then explores the means of resisting rolling, which have been used or are still being used, including bilge keels, oscillating weights, anti-rolling tanks, gyroscopic stabilizers, and tilting fin systems. Other chapters consider the anti-rolling tanks that are divided into three types, including diversified tanks, free surface tanks, and U-tube tanks. This book discusses as well the small oscillations of a vessel in still water, which are simple harmonic in character. The final chapter deals with the stabilizing gear for smaller ships. This book is a valuable resource for marine engineers and naval architects.

How it Works
How it Works

Author: Cavendish Square Publishing LLC

Publisher: Marshall Cavendish

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 9780761473305

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Highlights the latest scientific and technological advances, from inventions and discoveries to a history of technology.

The Science of Everything
The Science of Everything

Author:

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 1426211686

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"This book explains the science behind all the machines, gadgets, systems, and processes we take for granted. The perfect book for techies--young or old, male or female--who read Popular Science and Wired or watch "How It Works" and "How It's Made."

Why Do Ships Float?
Why Do Ships Float?

Author: Susan Meredith

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

Published: 2010-03-06

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13: 143812810X

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Reveals the science behind buoyancy and why objects float, even if they are large cruise or military vessels. Features colorful photographs and illustrations.

Storm Front
Storm Front

Author: Leo J. Maloney

Publisher: Lyrical Press

Published: 2022-01-25

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 1516110102

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The second installment in acclaimed Black-Ops thriller author Leo J. Maloney’s spin-off series featuring Alex Morgan, daughter of Zeta operative Dan Morgan. STORM FRONT Ares, an insidious challenger to the Zeta group, is sowing conflict around the world, orchestrating an explosive endgame. Indentifying the next target as a cruise ship on the Coral Sea, Zeta sends undercover operatives Alex Morgan and Alicia Schmitt to avert catastrophe. Infiltrating the crew and passengers is easy for the skilled agents—but also for the fortified and highly trained extremists, who topple security and gain control of the ship. The attackers’ demands: inconceivable. Their threats: immediate. As a massive storm bears down off the Australian coast, Alex and Alicia are outnumbered, outgunned, and out to sea. In full chaos mode, Alex shores up her last defenses, unaware that someone close to her could shift the odds in her favor—or against her. Ares has every advantage in this operation, but they have overlooked one key thing. Never underestimate a Zeta agent . . . especially one whose last name is Morgan. Praise for Leo J. Maloney and His Novels “Utterly compelling.” —Jeffery Deaver “Fine writing and real insider knowledge.” —Lee Child “Rings with authenticity.” —John Gilstrap “A ripping story!” —Meg Gardiner “The new master of the modern spy game.” —Mark Sullivan

To Shed a Tear
To Shed a Tear

Author: Lawrence R. Kelleher

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2001-01-15

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 0595169260

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'The brutal oppression by a tyrannical foreign government of 80,000 Irish intellectuals, who were put in chains and shipped to the British West Indies against their will, to work as 'slaves' in the fields (circa 1649). The deliberate destruction of all Irish religious and cultural symbols (churches, schools and libraries), in Ireland and the taking away of all 'civil rights' of the Irish citizens, while forcing the Irish property owners off of their land. The slaughtering of thousands of innocent civilians using the term, "Divine Providence," by an English madman, Sir Oliver Cromwell, as his armies swept across Ireland acting out his personal vengeance against the Irish people. To try and humiliate an entire population by trying to destroy the Irish will to live and survive for over two hundred years. A sad chapter of a colonial empire whose arrogance, brutality and the subjugation of the people it conquered, could easily be ranked as possibly the most evil of all the worlds monarchies, when compared could easily be ranked as possibly the most evil of all the worlds monarchies, when compared to any of the Asiatic despots, who roamed the world seeking power and wealth. Added to this tragedy was an equally tragic natural calamity, the Irish potato famine of 1846-1850.'

The Argus Affair, a Tale of Duplicity and Diplomacy (Frank Adversego Thrillers #6)
The Argus Affair, a Tale of Duplicity and Diplomacy (Frank Adversego Thrillers #6)

Author: Andrew Updegrove

Publisher: Starboard Rock Press

Published: 2023-05-24

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1733714421

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Advancements in artificial intelligence and robotics are accelerating, and killer robots loom on the horizon. Like the atomic bomb, warbots raise moral dilemmas for their creators. And also new fears, because they might go rogue and attack civilians - or even their own makers. In the Argus Affair, U.S. president Henry Dodge Yazzi confronts the challenge head on, recruiting cybersecurity expert Frank Adversego to help avert an arms race with the Chinese that could have catastrophic results. But unknown to all, another force to be reckoned with has plans of its own. Soon, most of the world’s leading artificial intelligence and robotics experts find themselves in a dire situation that none could have imagined and perhaps no one can control.
Andrew Updegrove brings a rare combination of drama, satire and technical accuracy to his writing. The result is a book you can't put down that tells you things you might wish you didn't know.

Admiral James G. Stavridis, retired Commander, U.S. European Command and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, and current Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Andrew Updegrove's thrillers are realistic page-turners, making it clear that if you're not worried about cybersecurity you're not paying attention. Internationally renowned security technologist Bruce Schneier