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This book explains physical principles, unique benefits, broad categories, implementation aspects, and performance criteria of distributed optical fiber sensors (DOFS). For each kind of sensor, the book highlights industrial applications, which range from oil and gas production to power line monitoring, plant and process engineering, environmental monitoring, industrial fire and leakage detection, and so on. The text also includes a discussion of such key areas as backscattering, launched power limitations, and receiver sensitivity, as well as a concise historical account of the field's...

Unlike many traditional textbooks on RF and microwave circuit design written mainly for the classroom, the revised RF and Microwave Circuit Design textbook adopts a practical, hands-on approach to quickly introduce students and engineers to this fascinating subject. The author makes extensive use of the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools to illustrate the principles of RF and microwave circuit design and solve close to 100 ADS design examples. The EDA features in the book include ADS Filter Design Guide, Impedance Matching Utility, Electromagnetic Simulation, Simulation Wizard, Smart...

This contributed volume contains the research results of the priority programme (PP) 1480 -Modelling, Simulation and Compensation of Thermal Effects for Complex Machining Processes-, funded by the German Research Society (DFG). The topical focus of this programme is the simulation-based prediction and compensation of thermally induced workpiece deviations and subsurface damage effects. The approach to the topic is genuinely interdisciplinary, covering all relevant machining operations such as turning, milling, drilling and grinding. The target audience primarily comprises research...

How profound is a little plastic building block? It turns out the answer is "very" 22 chapters explore philosophy through the world of LEGO which encompasses the iconic brick itself as well as the animated televisions shows, feature films, a vibrant adult fan base with over a dozen yearly conventions, an educational robotics program, an award winning series of videogames, hundreds of books, magazines, and comics, a team-building workshop program for businesses and much, much more.

• Dives into the many philosophical ideas raised by LEGO bricks and the global...

A series of illustrated lessons on shoe-repair, with a special focus on putting together a plain welted shoe by hand. It has chapters on every aspect from preparing the materials to finishing, making is a must-read for those with a practical interest in shoe-repair. Easy-to-digest and simple, "How to Bottom a Welted Shoe by Hand" is ideal for novices and those with no previous experience. "Some Facts about Comfortable Easy Wearing Shoes," "Preparation of the Counters," "Preparation of the Box," "Preparation of the Innersole," "Lasting the Upper," "Putting on the Welt," "Filling the...

How to Repair Shoes is a comprehensive guide to shoe-mending with chapters on necessary equipment, how to use the tools, preparing materials, running a shop, and much more. With helpful illustrations and simple instructions, this timeless guide will be of considerable utility to modern readers with a practical interest in shoe repair. Contents include: "The Proper Way to keep a Shoeshop,""Making a Waxed End," "Some Points to bear in mind about Waxed Ends," "To Make the Plain Stitch," "The Study of Different Awls," "How to Sharpen Knives," "The Square-awl like the Knife and the...

A collection of vintage and traditional recipes and instructions for making a variety of stains for finishing leather shoes and boots, with a particular focus on staining soles. Originally intended for contemporary shoe manufacturers and finishers, this handbook will be of considerable utility to modern readers with an interest in leather crafting and is not to be missed by collectors of allied literature.

Contents include: "Enamel Stain," "Directions for Mixing," "Sediment, Dry Out, Dry Brush or Burnish Stain," "Directions for Mixing," "Directions," "To Make a Hard Finish,"...

First published in 1897, this volume is a complete guide to designing and cutting boot and shoe patterns, published with the novice in mind. Written in simple, clear language and profusely illustrated, this volume will be of considerable utility of those with a practical interest in shoemaking, and it is not to be missed by collectors of vintage literature of this ilk. Contents include: "Moulding the Last," "Getting and Dissecting the Standard," "A Lady's Dongola Boot--Buttons in Right Position," "The Cloth Lining and Button Fly--Vamping Through Linings--Getting the Button Fly," "Circular...

The history of American watchmaking is a microcosm of the history of American manufacturing. It is at its heart a story of the factory system producing interchangeable parts on automatic machinery. More broadly its rise and fall mirror that of the factory system as a whole. By embracing that system watch companies were able to create affordable watches for the newly established middle class and create good jobs for millions of men and women across the country. Because of competition within the industry watchmaking underwent numerous innovations including railroad standards, dollar watches,...