The professional's source . Handbooks in the Wiley Series in Mechanical Engineering Practice Handbook of Energy Systems Engineering Production and Utilization Edited by Leslie C. Wilbur Here is the essential information needed to select, compare, and evaluate energy components and systems. Handbook of Energy Systems is a rich sourcebook of reference data and formulas, performance criteria, codes and standards, and techniques used in the development and production of energy. It focuses on the major sources of energy technology: coal, hydroelectric and nuclear power, petroleum, gas, and solar...

Sons are forced from the moment they first suckle on their mother's breast to compete with their fathers for the same ground, but fathers have an advantage. The voice of a father creeps into his son from an early age like the voice of God that spread across the water. Even sons who have never met their fathers can be infected through the blood that gives them life. They may take on the manners of their father without knowing it. Filicide can be a relative phenomenon; a son's spirit slowly crushed below the weight of his father's voice. The San Diego of 1872 desperately needs a railroad, but...

Sons are forced from the moment they first suckle on their mother's breast to compete with their fathers for the same ground, but fathers have an advantage. The voice of a father creeps into his son from an early age like the voice of God that spread across the water. Even sons who have never met their fathers can be infected through the blood that gives them life. They may take on the manners of their father without knowing it. Filicide can be a relative phenomenon; a son's spirit slowly crushed below the weight of his father's voice. The San Diego of 1872 desperately needs a railroad, but...