Hydrogen Safety for Energy Applications: Engineering Design, Risk Assessment, and Codes and Standards presents different aspects of contemporary knowledge regarding the hazards, risks and safety connected with hydrogen systems. Sections cover the main hydrogen technologies and explore the scientific aspects of possible sources and consequences of accidental events that can occur when hydrogen is used, including in its vehicular applications. Risk assessment, as well as the safety measures/safety barriers applicable in such situations are also considered. Finally, a short survey concerning legal aspects is presented.

Originally written for the construction of gravity-flow drinking water systems in Nepal, this book is equally applicable for other locations around the world. Organized for quick reference, it is quickly and easily understood.

This book discusses the quality of life of early modern Britons emigrating to the New World, which became possible with advances in shipbuilding and long-distance sailing. It examines the status and quality of life of those crossing the Atlantic Ocean under legal contract, the indenture - largely to the Carolinas and the communities adjoining Chesapeake Bay in the USA in the 17th century, and also describes and numerically estimates the quality of life among Britons sentenced to "transportation beyond the seas," who were transported to Australia in the mid-19th century. The author examines the experience of migrants, both adults and children, traveling to the New World and their fate, drawing on documentary sources like state historical records as well as self-documentation from the few surviving diaries. The book also creates profiles of the quality of life of emigrants by gender and age and places the processes of emigration in the social-political contexts of the 17th and 19th centuries. By considering ways in which aspects of social life were organized in eras before structural inquiry into the quality of life, the book provides interesting historical perspectives as well as methodological insights. It appeals to researchers and students interested in the quality of life and wellbeing, and in the history of modern Europe, particularly of the British Empire.

Low Rent is a semi-autobiographical novel wherein TommyJ reveals his nefarious past in numerous short stories he has written in a series of letters to his new friend, a Las Vegas hooker he nicknames Caribou. From shining new light upon the tumultuous times most youth face while growing up in the modern urban-American setting, to reshaping the notion of the classic rags-to-riches story, Low Rent is a stumble through the life story of a man who, despite a very extensive, very lucrative criminal career, manages to avoid ever severing time in prison. From stabbings and drug overdoses, to finding himself camping on an island with a homeless man that he has taken LSD with, Thomas Jordan takes us on a vivid stroll through his Low Rent world.

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Title: The South: its products, commerce, and resources.Author: Thomas JordanPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP05027900CollectionID: CTRG04-B1012PublicationDate: 18610101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Dated (p. 23): "Fort Dalles, Oregon, Oct. 10, 1860." Editor's pref.: p. 3]-4.Collation: 23 p.; 21 cm

Title: The campaigns of Lieut.-Gen. N.B. Forrest: band of Forrest's cavalry.Author: Thomas JordanPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP01729400CollectionID: CTRG95-B2510PublicationDate: 18680101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Collation: 704 p., 11] leaves of plates (3 folded): ports., 7 maps; 22 cm

Title: Money is an Asse; a Comedy in five acts and in prose].Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The POETRY & DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage and verse. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Jordan, Thomas; 1668. 4 . 83.b.21.(3.)

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Ingenieurwissenschaften - Maschinenbau, Note: 1,0, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum (Lehrstuhl fur Maschinenelemente und Konstruktionstechnik), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Zusammenfassung Die Regelung mobiler Roboter tragt entscheidend zur Erhohung der Traktion und Ausschopfung ihres Mobilitatspotentials bei. Die vorliegende Arbeit beschaftigt sich explizit mit der Kraftregelung von Ketten-Flippern eines modular aufgebauten Roboters, die zur Unterstutzung der Mobilitat aktiv an den Untergrund adaptiert werden konnen. Ausgehend von einer theoretischen Auseinandersetzung mit verschiedenen Prinzipien der Kraftregelung erfolgt die Auswahl eines geeigneten Verfahrens fur das vorliegende System. Die Implementierung des Regelalgorithmus wird dezentral auf den einzelnen Motorsteuerungen umgesetzt. Eine abschliessende experimentelle Untersuchung zeigt, dass das realisierte Verfahren in verschiedensten Gelandetopologien die Mobilitatseigenschaften des Systems positiv beeinlusst. Durch die Auslagerung des Reglers in ein eingebettetes System kann eine Reduzierung von Latenzzeiten erreicht und dadurch die Echtzeitfahigkeit auch in dynamischen Einsatzfallen sichergestellt werden. abstract The control of mobile robots is decisive for the increase of traction and exhaustion of their mobility potential. The present thesis refers to the force control for the track-lippers of a modular constructed robot, which are adapted to the terrain to support the mobility actively. Based on a theoretical analysis of diferent principles of force control a suitable method for the present system is chosen. The implementation of its algorithm is decentralized efectuated on the single engine control units. A inal experimental evaluation shows that the realized method positively afects the mobility characteristics in various terrain topologies. The evacuation of the controller in an embedde