Название: Unusual Airplanes
Автор: Don Berliner
Издательство: Lerner Publications Company
Год: 1985
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 54
Размер: 35,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

Describes a variety of airplanes invented through the years with unusual shapes and wing arrangements and run with human or solar power.

Название: BMW MINI: An Enthusiast
Автор: Sophie Williamson-Stothert
Издательство: The Crowood Press UK
ISBN: 1785001434
Год: 2016
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 160
Размер: 29,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

Launched in 2001, it was riding in the wake of the classic 1959-2000 Mini. At the time, BMW were going to have to create something as special and innovative as its longstanding predecessor in order to silence the naysayers. And they did. Since its launch in 2001, BMW's modern MINI has become the pinnacle of small yet funky family cars in the premium small (and sometimes not so mall) car segment.

Название: BMW Motorcycles
Издательство: Motorbooks
Год: 2015
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 227
Размер: 31 Mb
Язык: English

BMW Motorcycles

Название: Early Air Pioneers, 1862-1935
Автор: James F. Sunderman
Издательство: Franklin Watts, Inc.
Год: 1961
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 312
Размер: 38,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

In this first title of The Watts Aerospace Library, Major James F. Sunderman has selected the most significant the pioneer age of aviation, 1862-1935. Here is the saga of the balloon reconaissance in the Civil War; the amazing achievement of flying a heavier-than-air plane; the first war in the air. World War I, with its intrepid flyers and pilot duels; the amazing stunts of madcap "barnstormers" of the 'twenties and 'thirties; the story of "flying the mail by air"; the tragic fate of the ill-starred dirigible Akron; the lonely vigil of Lindbergh's solo Atlantic flight. These and many more of our early air pioneers are here given the salutes they so greatly earned.

Название: Гоночные автомобили
Автор: Бекман В.В.
Издательство: Ленинград. Машиностроение
Год: 1967
Формат:PDF
Страниц:283
Размер: 113.09MB
Язык: русский

В книге приведены систематизированные сведения по основным техническим параметрам гоночных автомобилей, изложены особенности конструкции их двигателей и шасси, а также рассмотрены принципы расчета динамических качеств гоночных автомобилей.

Название: Smart Charging Solutions for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles
Автор: Sulabh Sachan, Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban, Sanchari Deb
Издательство: Wiley-Scrivener
ISBN: ‎1119768950
Год: 2022
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 453
Размер: 44,0 МБ
Язык: Английский

As our dependence on fossil fuels continues to wane all over the world, demand for dependable and economically feasible energy sources continues to grow. As environmental regulations become more stringent, energy production is relying more and more heavily on locally available renewable resources. Furthermore, fuel consumption and emissions are facilitating the transition to sustainable transportation. The market for electric vehicles (EVs) has been increasing steadily over the past few years throughout the world.

Название: Class 66
Автор: Fred Kerr
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526776251
Год: 2020
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 360
Размер: 33,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

When British Railways (BR) was privatized in April 1994 some of the freight companies were bought by English Welsh Scottish Railways (EWSR), which immediately reviewed the mixed locomotive fleet and led to the decision to purchase 250 locomotives from General Motors (USA), based on that company’s earlier Class 59 design supplied to Foster Yeoman in 1985. Delivered to Newport Docks each locomotive was lubricated, filled with fuel and water and released to traffic within hours of being craned onto the quayside.

Название: Карманная книжка для установщиков электрического освещения
Автор: Гайсберг С
Издательство: С.-Петербург. Издание К.Л. Риккера.
Год: 1909
Формат:PDF
Страниц:245
Размер:105.3MB
Язык: русский

Установщикъ электрическаго освъщенія обыкновенно бываетъ снабженъ спеціальными инструкціями по отношенію къ устанавливаемымъ аппаратамъ, но онъ ръдко имъетъ общія указанія, относящіяся до самой установки — пробълъ, который авторъ желалъ бы пополнить этой книжкой; подъ ея руководствомъ начинающій скоро будетъ поставленъ въ возможность производить работы болъе самостоятельно.
Для потребителя, т. е. для заказчика и собственника электроосвътительной установки, представляется возможность, сообразуясь съ приводимыми здъсь правилами, составить себъ нъкоторое сужденіе о работахъ по установкъ, а также наблюдать за ея дъйствіемъ.

Название: Flying Scotsman: The Extraordinary Story of the World's Most Famous Train
Автор: Andrew Roden
Издательство: Aurum Press
ISBN: 1781316139
Год: 2017
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 192
Размер: 1,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

The incredible biography of the most famous steam locomotive in the world. Think of the Golden Age of Steam and one train leaps to mind above all others: the Flying Scotsman, Nigel Gresley’s elegant masterpiece of a locomotive. She broke the world speed record in 1934 and has enthralled millions with her beauty and power. Uniquely, her post-war career has been even more varied and exciting than her early triumphs.

Название: London's Historic Railway Terminal Stations: An Illustrated History
Автор: Geoff Swaine
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526761882
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 208
Размер: 116,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

This book covers in pictures, the history and development of London's main terminal stations, looking at the stations through the lens of photographers from Victorian and Edwardian times through to the modern era.