Powering the World's Airliners. Engine Developments from the Propeller to the Jet Age, Hardback - Reiner Decher

Reducere. In 12 April 1937 Frank Whittle became the first person to successfully start and run a turbojet engine. In May 1941 the engine took to the air in a...

Publisher: Datum Publishing LimitedAuthor(s): John GolleyIllustration(s): Illustrations, mapsNumber of pages: 284Publication date: 2010Dimensions: ...

The straight eight engine, also known as the inline eight engine, was the driving force behind some of the most fascinating luxury vehicles of the ...

A great choice for readers who munched through Ripley's Believe It or Not: Fun Facts and Silly Stories and the National Geographic Kids: Weird but ...

DescriptionThe Jet Engine provides a complete, accessible description of the working and underlying principles of the gas turbine. Accessible, non-...

Small Arms features 52 weapons from the late 19th century to the present day. Each weapon is illustrated with a colour profile artwork and photogra...

Known for the London bomber of WW1, Gotha also built successful seaplanes. During WW2, Gotha built cargo gliders and the Messerschmitt Bf 110 under...

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Manfred BoehmeIllustration(s): 168 photographs, line drawingsNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 199...

Reducere. Glamour, danger, liberation: in a Mad Men-era of commercial flight, Pan Am World Airways attracted the kind of young woman who wanted out, and want...

The book focuses on the design, testing and manufacture of the F-1 engine, but also covers its incorporation into the first stage of the Saturn V a...

The Power of Scientific Knowledge: From Research to Public Policy - Professor Reiner Grundmann, Professor Nico Stehr

Features the most significant submarines ever built, with each entry including a description of the submarine's development and history, a colour p...

Reducere. An illustrated history of American innovators -- some well known, some unknown, and all fascinating -- by the author of the bestselling The America...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Battleships features 52 of the greatest warships to have sailed in the last 500 years. Each entry includes a description of the ship's development ...

A journey through the evolution of Britain's prehistoric landscape, and an insight into the lives of its inhabitants, in fifteen scenes.Illustratio...

Budding aviation fans will pore over every page of this fascinating encyclopedic guide to the history and mechanics of flight, from the Wright Brot...

Publisher: Hatje CantzIllustration(s): 120 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 178 x 242 x 23Cover type...

By celebrity psychic Uri Geller, this simple, fun and visually attractive guide explains how to improve your life by unlocking your intuition and l...

How I Built This will offer invaluable insight, direction and advice to entrepreneurs at every point on their entrepreneurial path.

A mindbending history of the greatest puzzles of all time, by the author of The Things That Nobody Knows.

A stunning look at the profound impact of the jet plane on the mid-century aesthetic, from Disneyland to Life magazine Vanessa R. Schwartz engaging...

The Times No. 3 Bestseller A Waterstones 'Book You Need to Read in 2022' The definitive history of the North of England as told through the lives o...

Publisher: World Scientific Europe LtdAuthor(s): Robert E (Univ Of Victoria, Canada & Univ Of Washington, Usa) BedeskiNumber of pages: 272Publicati...

In Broken Icarus, author David Hanna tracks the inspiring trajectory of aviation leading up to and through the World's Fair of 1933, as well as the...

Reducere. Human transportation has come a long way since the invention of the wheel. Vehicles of all sorts have us speeding across land, through water, and i...

An acclaimed journalist and novelist makes history personal, painting a rich and vivid portrait of the time when America become modern by tracing t...

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This book provides an up-to-date synthesis of the rich histories of the peoples who lived on the Iberian Peninsula between 1, 400, 000 (the Paleoli...

The biography of Frank Whittle - RAF pilot, mathematician of genius, inventor of the jet engine and British hero.Illustrations: 25 integrated b&w, ...

This book analyses the relationship between second wave feminist media production and capitalism.Illustrations: 10 Tables, unspecified

Atlantic Wars is the first work to comprehensively explore how warfare shaped human experience around the Atlantic from the late Middle Ages until ...

Publisher: Society of Antiquaries of ScotlandAuthor(s): Lindsey BusterIllustration(s): 195 colour illustrations; 195 colour illustrationsNumber of ...

How the world's most successful women made it to the top - and how you can too.Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton General DivisionAuthor(s): Women Execs...

This volume, introduced by Edgar Peltenburg, presents the results of latest research by young scholars working on aspects of Cypriot archaeology fr...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Mike AmezcuaIllustration(s): 32 halftonesNumber of pages: 320Collection: Historical Studies of...

The essential leadership playbook. Learn the principles and guiding philosophies of Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Warren Buffet, Opr...

Reducere. A sweeping history that tracks the development of trade and industry across the world, from Ancient Rome to today. From the development of internat...

Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age is a fascinating account of British history from a period that begins around 840, 000 when hu...

Reducere. Will the Seven Kingdoms be the friendliest place in the world? Or the rudest? The eleven-year-old royal Saffron twins-Princess Saffy and Prince Mag...