The Wiley Dictionary of Civil Engineering and Construction provides comprehensive coverage of a broad range of technical disciplines. The definitions are designed to be of use to professionals in architecture, engineering, surveying, building, construction, forestry, mining, and public works. Entries include terms, concepts, names, abbreviations, tools, and techniques common to these disciplines, and virtually all terms and their functions were supplied by working professionals and experts in each field.
More than 30,000 definitions and descriptions, including many that are...
The Wiley Dictionary of Civil Engineering and Construction provides comprehensive coverage of a broad range of technical disciplines. The defin...
The oldest orphan at a dreary home for foundlings, Judy Abbott is about to go off to college -- a dream she's been able to realize with the help of a benefactor who insists on remaining anonymous. There's a catch, though: Judy has to write her unknown patron regularly about school activities, and it's to be one-sided correspondence because she is to expect no reply.Judy faithfully addresses her letters to "Daddy-Long-Legs," a name she decides to use after having glimpsed the back of her tall, mysterious friend. At school, she hides her impoverished past from her arrogant classmate...
The oldest orphan at a dreary home for foundlings, Judy Abbott is about to go off to college -- a dream she's been able to realize with the help of a ...
Webster G. Webster John G. Webster Robert Ed. Webster
Describes the hardware and software needed to make a pulse oximeter, and includes the equations, methods, and software required for them to function effectively. This book describes how oxygen is delivered to the tissue, historical methods for measuring oxygenation, and the invention of the pulse oximeter in the early 1980s.
Describes the hardware and software needed to make a pulse oximeter, and includes the equations, methods, and software required for them to function e...
James G. Webster Robert Ed. Webster Patricia F. Phalen
In the early 20th century, the audience was seen as a mass of people, mostly unknown to one another, that was unified through exposure to media. This concept is now accepted. This book looks into the meaning of audience. Media scholars have qustioned the utility of the mass audience concept, characterizing it as insensitive to differences among audience members, arguing that it serves only a narrow set of industrial interests. The authors of this volume offer the opinion that these assertions are often false and unwarranted either by the historical record or by contemporary industrial...
In the early 20th century, the audience was seen as a mass of people, mostly unknown to one another, that was unified through exposure to media. This ...
You can easily locate water, coins, artifacts, lost objects—even missing people—when you follow the simple instructions in this divination book.
With expert guidance from Richard Webster, you’ll discover how to improve your life in many practical ways by dowsing. Begin by learning how to use the tools of dowsing: angle rods, divining rods, pendulums, wands, and even your own hands and body. Clear, detailed instructions on map dowsing show you how to dowse for anything at all, anywhere in the world.
Using the tools and techniques presented here, you...
You can easily locate water, coins, artifacts, lost objects—even missing people—when you follow the simple instructions in this divi...
This volume contains the proceedings of the workshop on "Soil Monitoring: Methods for Early Detection and Surveying of Soil Contamination and Degradation," held at the ETH seminar centre "Stefano Franscini" of Monte Verita, Ascona (Switzerland) from October 18 - 23, 1992. Seventy participants, representing a variety of institutions, nations, and disciplines, discussed the concepts, approaches, status, gaps, problems, and perspectives of soil pollution monitoring. The idea for this workshop came from A. Desaules when he was installing the Swiss National Soil Monitoring Network (NABO) as his...
This volume contains the proceedings of the workshop on "Soil Monitoring: Methods for Early Detection and Surveying of Soil Contamination and Degradat...
