Beautiful Machines
Buckle up and enjoy a tour of the most stylish sports cars of the last 100 years--and the fascinating stories that made them icons of the road. Petrolheads and auto devotees: buckle up, we're going for a ride on the best works of machinery to have ever hit the road. From the legendary Porsche 917 (Steve McQueen's favorite) to the Ferrari Daytona (famously replicated for the Miami Vice TV series) and the slick Aston Martin DB5 (James Bond's favorite mode of transport), discover the fascinating stories behind quintessential sports cars. In Beautiful Machines we look under the hood of classic autos that became icons of a whole era, tracing back their history and highlighting the engineering that defined them.
Beautiful Machines: The Italians
Beautiful Machines: The Italians
The Germans - Beautiful Machines
German automotive design has been a defining force in shaping the cultural and industrial landscapes of the 20th and 21st centuries. From the post-war innovation that brought us the Volkswagen Beetle to the sophisticated engineering marvels of BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche, German cars have not only been machines--they've been symbols of innovation, precision, and cultural influence. The Germans - Beautiful Machines explores this legacy in detail, presenting a curated selection of 50 iconic German-built cars from the 1920s to the early 2000s. Each vehicle tells a story of its time, reflecting critical moments in design, culture, and technological advancement. With insightful chapters covering pivotal eras, the book offers readers a rich narrative that blends the evolution of car design with broader cultural movements, from the post-war industrial boom to the sleek, high-performance vehicles of the modern age. It delves into how design influenced and was influenced by advertising,
Principles of Electric Machines and Power Electronics
Principles of Electric Machines and Power Electronics, Third Edition combines the traditional areas of electric machinery with the latest in modern control and power electronics. Multi-machine systems, brushless motors, and switched reluctance mot...
Your Pinball Machine
Every person who owns a pinball machine, or who is thinking of buying one, will find a wealth of valuable information and step-by-step help in this thorough, updated manual. For electromechanical and electronic machines: choosing and buying a pinball machine; different types and vintages of machines; components and features; setup and game adjustments; how to maintain, clean, and service your machine; setting machines for free play; troubleshooting; repairs you can do yourself; keeping the flippers "hot"; sources for parts, tools, schematics, game manuals, and professional repairs; starting your own pinball business; and much more. Illustrated with more than 200 detailed photos and diagrams, including rare and beautiful machines from the Pacific Pinball Museum, one of the world's largest collections of pinball machines, from the 1930s to today.
Audel Machine Shop Basics
Use the right tool the right way Here, fully updated to include new machines and electronic/digital controls, is the ultimate guide to basic machine shop equipment and how to use it. Whether you're a professional machinist, an apprentice, a trade ...
Electrical Machines
The book discusses in detail electromagnetic systems, transformers, DC machines, induction machines, synchronous machines, special motors and generalized machine theory.
Beautiful Machines: The Americans
Beautiful Machines: The Americans
Rhetoric of Machine Aesthetics
Brummett addresses the question of how the aesthetic experience of machines can have rhetorical influence. He develops a theory of machine aesthetics, showing nine dimensions of the aesthetic experience of machines and machine-like objects or acti...
The Beautiful Boxed Set: Beautiful Bastard, Beautiful Stranger, Beautiful Bitch, Beautiful Bombshell, Beautiful Player, Beautiful Beginning, Beautiful
The Beautiful Boxed Set: Beautiful Bastard, Beautiful Stranger, Beautiful Bitch, Beautiful Bombshell, Beautiful Player, Beautiful Beginning, Beautiful
Sewing Machine Magic
Sewing machines are complicated machines, but with the instruction you'll find in¿Sewing Machine Magic,¿you can make even an old sewing machine work wonders. With just a little know-how and the right accessories, you can get the most out of your s...
Beautiful
A renowned supermodel's world is torn apart in an instant, sending her on an unexpected journey of discovery in Beautiful, from the world's favourite storyteller, Danielle Steel. Véronique Vincent is a star. At twenty-two, she is one of the most s...
Beautiful
'I heard a horrible screaming sound, like an animal being slaughtered ... then I realised it was me.' When Katie Piper was 24, her life was near perfect. Young and beautiful, she was well on her way to fulfilling her dream of becoming a model. But...
Beautiful
Modern and unfussy, Mark D. Sikes's interiors are classic takes on California indoor/outdoor living, with natural fibers and crisp coloration, informed and influenced by the fashion world where he began his career. In eight chapters, he explores a...
Beautiful
New York Times bestselling author Ren�©e Ahdieh returns with a sumptuous, sultry and romantic new series set in 19th century New Orleans where vampires hide in plain sight.
Beautiful
From the late 19th to the early 21st centuries, female impersonation was a hugely popular performance genre. Long before today's popular television shows, men in colleges, business, and even the military formed drag clubs and put on musicals and v...
Beautiful
The New York Times bestselling Beautiful series "comes to a heartwarming conclusion" (RT Book Reviews) that features the entire cast of characters for one last hurrah as Pippa Bay Cox ditches London for a road trip through the United Sta...
Modeling and High Performance Control of Electric Machines
Modeling and High Performance Control of Electric Machines introduces you to both the modeling and control of electric machines. The direct current (DC) machine and the alternating current (AC) machines (induction, PM synchronous, and BLDC) are al...
Mechanical Design of Machine Elements and Machines
Written primarily to support a Junior-Senior level sequence of courses in Mechanical Engineering Design, this text takes the viewpoint that failure prevention is the cornerstone concept underlying all mechanical design activity. The text is presen...
Electrical Machines
This book endeavors to break the stereotype that basic electrical machine courses are limited only to transformers, DC brush machines, induction machines, and wound-field synchronous machines. It is intended to serve as a textbook for basic course...
Machines on the Farm
This book uses simple text and labelled photographs to examine a wide range of cool machines used on the farm, revealing how each machine solves a particular problem. Machines covered include tractors, combine harvesters, milking machines, hay bal...
Beautiful Beasts, Beautiful Lands
When Lake Mburo National Park in Uganda was created in 1983, thousands lost their land and livelihoods. Three years later people reclaimed the land and set out to destroy the park and its wildlife. Reduced in size and settled throughout, the park ...
HBR's 10 Must Reads on AI, Analytics, and the New Machine Age (with bonus article "Why Every Company Needs an Augmented Reality Strategy" by Michael E. Porter and James E. Heppelmann)
Intelligent machines are revolutionizing business. Machine learning and data analytics are powering a wave of groundbreaking technologies. Is your company ready? If you read nothing else on how intelligent machines are revolutionizing business, re...
Joint Cognitive Systems
Nothing has been more prolific over the past century than human/machine interaction. Automobiles, telephones, computers, manufacturing machines, robots, office equipment, machines large and small; all affect the very essence of our daily lives. Ho...
Joint Cognitive Systems
Nothing has been more prolific over the past century than human/machine interaction. Automobiles, telephones, computers, manufacturing machines, robots, office equipment, machines large and small; all affect the very essence of our daily lives. Ho...
Theory of Machines (kinematics)
The subject theory of machines forms the basis for understanding the working principles of a machine. The theoretical principles involved in machines have immediate application to practical problems. Designed as a text for the undergraduate studen...
Soviet Machines: Soviet Machines
Soviet Machines: Soviet Machines [Vinyl LP]
L'Homme Machine / Der Mensch eine Maschine
»Ziehen wir also den kühnen Schluss, dass der Mensch eine Maschine ist«, heißt es in dem berühmten Werk des französischen Aufklärers La Mettrie. Sein radikaler Angriff auf Geist, Seele, Glück, Freiheit blieb nicht ohne Folgen: Der Autor musste an ...
Smashing Pumpkins: Machina/The Machines of God
Smashing Pumpkins: Machina/The Machines of God [CD]
Katseye: Beautiful Chaos - Beautiful Ver.
Katseye: Beautiful Chaos - Beautiful Ver. [CD]
How to Select, Service, Repair & Maintain Your Vintage Sewing Machine: Second Edition
If you liked the First Edition, then you'll love the Second. The second edition includes the same content as the first. However, minor revisions, additional repair topics, and an index were added. It's a 'new and improved' version of the popular first edition. Written with the novice in mind, this Second Edition guide, 'How to Select, Service, Repair & Maintain Your Vintage Sewing Machine' will show you how to do just that. With easy to follow step by step instructions, you'll feel confident working on your own vintage sewing machine. It's like having an instructor right there with you. Focusing solely on sewing machines pre-1960, this book covers topics such as: -How to select the right machine for your needs.-Where to buy vintage machines.-Machines for Kids.-How to inspect a vintage sewing machine.-Where to find parts (supplier list included).-How to service your machine with step by step information.-How to properly ship a sewing machine.-Where to find
Machine: Machine
Machine: Machine [Vinyl LP]
Machine: Machine
Machine: Machine [CD]
How to Speak Machine
John Maeda is one of the world's preeminent thinkers on technology and design, and in How to Speak Machine, he offers a set of simple laws that govern not only the computers of today, but the unimaginable machines of the future. Machines ...
Inhuman Power
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has seen major advances in recent years. While machines were always central to the Marxist analysis of capitalism, AI is a new kind of machine that Marx could not have anticipated. Contemporary machine-learning AI allo...
Inhuman Power
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has seen major advances in recent years. While machines were always central to the Marxist analysis of capitalism, AI is a new kind of machine that Marx could not have anticipated. Contemporary machine-learning AI allo...