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"Rising Tide" by John Berry
"Dams and Other Disasters" by Arthur Morgen
"History of Strength of Materials" by Stephen Timoshenko
"Dams and Other Disasters" by Arthur Morgen
"History of Strength of Materials" by Stephen Timoshenko





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Well, it's on order, I assume that counts
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Greg Locock
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Here are three sites that you probably have. My interest was the dud torpedoes in the early part of the war. We had a neighbor who was a navy chief and torpedoman when all the problems were unfolding. He had a lot tales about the bureaucracy and nobody listening. Nothing changes.
My boss when I was a co-op was an expert in the metallurgical aspects of armor and had worked both for the Army and Navy during WWII.
My father worked on all the shafts for the American Battleships built during the runup and during WWII. He ran the press that put bushings on the shafts.
The Battleship Alabama in Mobile,Al. took on a list during Katrina. There were quite a few people on her during the storm but haven't heard any stories.
http://www.warships1.com
http://www.ww2pacific.com/ww2.html
http://www.navweaps.com/
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www.slideruleera.net/HitorMiss.zip
Right click the mouse and select "Save Target As..." to download to your hard drive. Then unzip as usual.
www.SlideRuleEra.net
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Thanks also. Anything I read about the problem conjures up memories of discussions I had with our neighbor. Nearly everything I read or see on TV about the problem makes his recollections much more relevant and to the point. Just wish that I had a tape recorder in those days.
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It's frustrating when your personal books go missing isn't it. I write my name in permanent marker down the open side of the book (opposite side from the spine - not sure of the proper name). The only way to remove it is to sand or plane it off. An old colleague used to do the same, but included the words 'stolen from' and his name. It is a shame to vandalise books, but I find mine either come back themselves now, or at worst it is easy to identify my property lying on the desks and shelves of the lightfingered.
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One day my ship will come in.
But with my luck, I'll be at the airport!
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I too have bought books over the years to help in my job. When folks have asked to borrow them I always used to say 'Ok no problem as long as you return it'. One day I caught someone photo-copying pages from one of my books. I went ballistic, I spend good money on a book and some b...d makes permanent copies for free.
That really ticks me off!
After that I took my books home and only brought them in to work as I needed them. Sometimes its a bit inconvenient when I need them and they are at home but it helps me keep my cool.
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That really ticks me off!>
I bet it ticks the author & publisher off even more...
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Dude, turn the guy in to the bean-counters for wasting paper (and time and electricty and toner and wear-and-tear on the copier) if he spends the several hours copying a 500-page book! And if he takes the book to a discount (five cents per page) copy center, he's just spent $25 + a few hours when he could've spent the $100 or whatever and gotten a better copy and more value for his time. (Shoot, Blodget's books only cost $10 apiece!)
I make copies of tables, examples, figures, etc. out of my and my office's and my coworker's books all the time; if it fits in my design calcs, then that's the right way to do things! I also write - in ink - corrections to author's mistakes, code updates or other notes in older (but good-er) books (e.g, Teng, 1962) - but only if the book belongs to me personally or it's the office copy. That's also the right thing to do.
Frankly, I resent it most when I've thrown down my $80 for a new book and I find spelling errors, computational errors, missing figures, a missing sentence/paragraph (AISC ASD 9th - bearing stress - I didn't have the errata for years!) inadequate indicies and appendicies, and worst of all, if the book is nothing more than a compilation of references to other works!
When it comes to lending books, only get steamed if the lendee decides to put your book on his shelf. And ALWAYS put your name prominentley, premenently on the inside cover.
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I think there's a 2nd book "The Weapons Makers of Isher" though that may just be the UK title.
I've certainly got two Weapon shop paperbacks.
How about "The Oscillaton Valve. The Elementary Principles of its Application to Wireless Telegraphy" by R D Bangay, 1920.
And "Induction coils: How to Make them, use them & repair them" by H.S. Norrie, 1909.
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Boeing lost 4 DC-10's in a span of about 3 yrs, prior to deregulation. At least two of them were due to poor maintenance and subversion of required maintenance.
Stupid people are as stupid people do.
TTFN
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McDonald-Douglas?
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Now when you look at the rear fuselage with the periodic torsional load imposed on top of the tail cone, then you can see that panel elements are being periodically sheared in both directions. The shears travel around the fuselage. Unlike a wing pylon that is tied into the wing spars, the DC-10 tail "pylon" is mounted into the flexible tail cone. There must have been permanent deformations because baggage handlers had trouble closing and locking the door.
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It was a basic flaw in the design; nothing to do with deregulation.
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Can't remember if it was the DC10 that had the fan failure due to an inclusion.
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Then there was the case of the passenger who was killed in Pensacola or Panama City (one of those "P" cities) a few years ago when the engine compressor shelled itself and a blade penetrated the cabin and killed a passenger seated alongside the engine in the last row. (It was a model that had the engines mounted on the side of the plane at the rear.)
My business partner and I flew back from Los Angeles just today and had this very discussion. (Engines were OK on this trip.)
rmw
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From memory the cargo door problem started with the design being rushed into manufacture to meet the competition from the 747. The locking mechanism was difficult to engage properly, the "door locked" sensor was near the locking drive motor, and the linkage was flexible enough that the sensor could be actuated when the lock was not engaged. A series of quick fixes including a small inspection window requiring the baggage handler to use a flashlight while bending forward on hands and knees did not prevent further disasters.
The structure may have been weak, but the doors weren't locked.
Jeff
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engine wagging the tail...shear deformation....door failure...floor failure...control failure...etc
In failure analysis it is the root cause that sometimes is elusive. In this case it was the wagging engine in a flexible tail cone. Perhaps others can speak of deeper roots.
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As we taxied to the terminal I turned to my neighbor and said "Not bad for a single engine flight." He was not aware of the left engine problem.
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There is nothing in it about DCs and engine failures.
JHG
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I think its out of print, but its a classic.
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Green Belt 6 Sigma
Black Belt 6 Sigma
Lean 6 Sigma
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"Do not worry about your problems with mathematics, I assure you mine are far greater."
Albert Einstein
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"Pilgrim's Progress" by John Bunyan
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"Crystal Fire: The Birth of the Information Age": all about the development of the semiconductor industry from the cat's whisker through the point contact diode through the point contact transistor to the junction transistor & the ic. Interesting chap to work for, Mr Schockley...
"A Vertical Empire: The History of the UK Rocket and Space Programme, 1950-1971". by C.N. Hill. Who but the British could design a steam driven satellite launch vehicle? (OK, it was hydrogen peroxide & kerosene, but steam sounds better). Lions led by donkeys as per normal.
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People LOVE to speculate about conspiracies:
Area 51
Kennedy
Bush1
Bush2
Cold War
National Treasure
Flight 800
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Curiously, it produced a sense of pride in the engineering of the "gadget." It solved the problem of how to bring the war to a quick conclusion.
I lost an uncle in Okinawa, and I am chagrined about the popularity of Japanese cars. I wouldn't accept one as a gift. One associate was brainwashed about his new Honda, and I asked him to truthfully report on any problems in this "problem-free" car. Sure enough, he had a breakdown on the highway, and they came to tow it away. "They didn't charge for towing, and they provided a loaner during the repair." Very consoling!
Incidentally, during a tour of Oak Ridge, TN, I talked to a local at a shopping center, and he gave some insights about living and working there during the war. He said that when certain individuals learned what they were really working on, they ran for the hills. They really got spooked. I had a later job offer to work down there, and somehow I couldn't get too excited about it.
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When the factory I worked in had Japanese visitors, management had to hide him away... they weren't his favourite people.
What interested me about Dark Sun was the description of the first US device, which was an enormous cryogenic assembly full of liquid deuterium. Worked though... bit undeliverable as built
And the first dry shot (Mike?) which ran away to 15Mt & scared the crap out of everyone because of an unexpected reaction with Lithium 6 (?).
As someone said, physicists have known sin...
The engineering of these things must have been very challenging & great fun so long as you didn't think about what they could do to the planet...
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by Doug Beason
It was given to me as a gift. A great read and a good history of the development of directed energy weapons. I work in Albuquerque and have meet some of the people mentioned in the book so I know it is factual. I can only add: if this stuff is unclassified, imagine what we have that is still classified.
Timelord
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Since I'm reading the Italian version of the book, many doubts and questions raise about technical translation (mainly due - I believe - to the fact that the novel and the relevant translation date back to the middle of the 80's, when many words related to Electronics and Computers had not come into common use yet...).
About this matter, please take also a look at thread408-161877 within this site...
Live Long and Prosper, 'NGL
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His story would be of interest to any engineer, as some of the things that he did were quite inventive. One example I remember was that the Italians had figured that without motors the machine tools would be worthless, but they made the mistake of smashing the shaft end of some motors (I pictured old U-frame types with cast iron frames) and the opposite ends of others so that he could reassemble complete motors from the results and operate the machine shop.
He gets a little whiny about the bureaucracy that he had to deal with, but war is hell.
I especially enjoyed re-reading it after having had more than 30 years of engineering experience, picking up on a lot of things that made no sense to me as a high school student.
I recommend it.
rmw
PS: and by the way, I am still looking for a copy of another book that I read about the same time in high school called "Escape or die". It was a collection of stories about people who had had a variety of escape adventures during WWII.
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try this link.
I always search for book using this page.
Enjoy!
http:/
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Thanks for the link. Neither of the books shown were what I am looking for. The book I am seeking would have to have been published prior to the 1960's and it was in hardback. I doubt it ever made it any farther than that.
I'll keep checking back with this site from time to time to see if it shows up. I did find a copy of the "Under the Red Sea Sun" to buy and did.
rmw
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I have an autographed copy of this book, which I have read several times. I had the pleasure of meeting several people who were there.
You might like to checkout this site.
http://www.edwardellsberg.com/index.htm
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So I butchered his name and rank a little. I didn't realize he had made Admiral.
I enjoyed the website and read quite a few of his letters from the period.
Now that I know that there is a biography I am going to try to get my hands on a copy.
What a remarkable man. Good reading for any engineer who has any "hands on experience". I enjoyed the book as a 16 year old, and again as a 56 year old (about the age I was when I read it again.) I think some of the 'can do' attitude I saw in his example mentored me for my professional career.
Thanks for the link.
rmw
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This is the era that produced the majority of the leader ship for WWII and forced a lot of them excel in their fields.
Again one of the aforementioned acquaintances was working on book about people who like Ellsberg and Momsen had excelled in their field during this period. Unfortunately he was killed in a car accident while traveling to interview one of his characters.
A pretty good bio.
http://experts.about.com/e/c/ch/Charles_Momsen.htm
There are two interesting books listed at the end of the bio.
http://www.fleetsubmarine.com/momsen.html
The history of the two submarines, Squalus and Sculpin, involved in these books is very interesting.
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I have read a lot of books about men from that generation and I don't know, but I think they lost the mold they used to make that breed.
On the other hand, do you think the old geezers in about 60 years will be saying the same thing about Bill Gates, Steve Jobs. What pioneers working with those early stage computers, etc?
Another book that I recently read that I highly recommend, and that has characters that I don't think we will ever duplicate again is a book called "Blind Man's Bluff" by (I'll have to think-but anyone can Google that title and find out.)
What the main character spook (John Craven) was said to have done in that book with respect to finding the USS Scorpion and predicting what ultimately proved out to be the real cause of her loss was phenomenal to me.
I don't believe we are breeding that breed of cat these days.
Craven wrote his own book by the way, called "The Silent War" but he wouldn't admit to some of the exploits attributed to him in "Blind Mans Bluff."
If you are interested in espionage, submarines and intelligence stuff, don't start the book until you have time to read it through. A friend of mine's wife told me he was reading it even in the bathtub.
Now I'll go check your links Unclesyd.
rmw
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I've just read this, after buying it about 5 years ago...
Fairly heavy going in places.
And that's SIS as in MI6, by the way.
During WWI (around about 1915ish), his son was killed and he was injured in a road accident (car hit a tree).
Mansfield Cumming was trapped and cut off his own leg with a pocket knife to go to the aid of his son.
They don't make 'em like that any more...
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On a Note of Triumph.
This was broadcast at the German surrender in WWII.
It was a stunning summary of who the Nazis were and what we learned during the war. It was prophetic in many ways.
(Tape avail from Radio Spirits, a radio tape outlet in the Schiller Park, Chicago area. Ask for the set called "War Time Radio." Manuscript from Amazon.com)
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I also have acquired via inter-library loan "Einflussfelder elastischer Platten."
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Two books I recently read are The Alchemist and The Secret. I opine that the first one is excellent.
Dave,
Animal Farm is less scarier and condensed, sarcastic version of 1984 (by George Orwell himself).
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I also liked "1984" because there weren't any plot holes. For example, Winston Smith doesn't know about the great big world out there or much of anything else because it's his job not to really know about much else and thus he, intelligently, gets himself in trouble - because he's being watched. He's also an athiest because there is no reason to believe in God or anything but the Party. "Brave New World," on the other hand, is full of plot holes (Huxley sort of admits this in the preface to the edition I have): Books are available to the Savage, especially Shakespeare and the Bible; there is exposure to other people, sexual freedom is kind of the law, etc., etc. - that is, there's ample opportunity for an individual, one outside of the caste system (and obviously a virile, potent, turgid "Alpha") to learn about right and wrong on his own - and yet the Savage goes off to some shack to mope until he decides the best thing to do is kill himself. Shoot, a character with as much brains as he had should've been exploiting his position and get into running things instead of feeling sorry for himself. Contrast this to Winston Smith who believes in his heart of hearts that there is no God because, how could there be? The only truth out there is what the Party says is truth. Also, Winston Smith did not take care of himself physically (why?) as the opportunity for exercise, other than elicit sexual liasons and the obligatory cursory callesthenics broadcast on the telescreen, didn't present itself. Why exercise when there's gin to drink...?
But I digress... Next on my list is a book I got from Vulcraft on bar joists...
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by Richard Breitman.
About the Holocaust & how much Churchill & Roosevelt knew about what was transpiring.
Not light reading by any means.
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Ciao, 'NGL
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Look no further than "Blade Runner" or "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep".
Philip Kindred Dick's book titles are almost as peculiar as the books...
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"Colossus
The secrets of Bletchley Park's code-breaking computers"
by Jack Copeland et al.
A compendium describing the developement of Colossus during WWII.
Includes a short description by Tony Sale of the rebuilding of Colossus at Bletchley Park for the exhibition.
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If you have an interest in such matters, you might want to checkout this site. It has a lot links to some other very interesting sites.
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http://www.xat.nl/enigma/
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Have you read "Enigma: The Battle for the Code"
by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore? Quite maths-heavy but a good read. Not ideal holiday material if you need rest though!
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Sometimes I only open my mouth to swap feet...
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Brief Synopsis: Engineer, Gerhard Neumann, who was a German trained Engineer, ended up an American war hero in WWII and an innovator in the field of aviation. After an unbelievably adventurous, 16 000 km long trip through Asia in a Jeep in 1946, Neumann settled down in the USA and reached the top of the gigantic engine-group General Electric within just few years. Neumann developed the variable-stator jet engine for which he received eight patents.
A couple others also on my shelf is:
"Talking Straight" & "Iacocca: An Autobiography" by Lee Iacocca
"The End of Detroit" by Micheline Maynard
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It is ironical to discover that my fellow countryman Max Tegmark now - when I thought that I was reasonably well informed - tells me that there probably wasn't a big bang at all...
I guess I will never live long enough to learn the truth.
Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
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I seen to have somewhat of an obsession for this subject, no idea quite why.
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Loas the wagon a little more.
http://www.ccht.co.uk/Links.htm
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At the bottom of the form is a "used books" link - right directly under the place where you can input title, author, etc. If there is a book out there you are looking for, this will find it. Sorts by price, too.
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www.bestbookbuys.com
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Title of Greek edition: The stars of Berenice
Story: In ancient Egypt under the King Ptolemeus, Eratosthenes measures the perimeter of earth using simple maths and a "walking distance" meter. It's a fascinating story that shows how various factors (mainly people and environment and secondly technology) contribute for the measurement.
The Eratosthenes measurment is considered to be 99% of the actual.
Costas