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1993EG-422Amsterdam The Netherlands: Elsevier Science 1993. Comprehensive classic monograph on sliding mode and variable structure systems research and applications in the aerospace industry. Topics include nonlinear pulse width modulation controller design; decentralized and variable structure control for robotic systems; adaptive sliding mode control of a magnetic suspension system; variable structure control of AC electric drives; variable structure control of flexible manipulators; variable structure and learning controls for robotic manipulators; etc. 316 pgs. Illustrated. Prior owner blacked name out on front endpaper and outer edge. Very minimal shelfwear. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Elsevier Science Hardcover
1991ZB938768Springer-Verlag 1991. 497 pp. Paperback ex library else text clean and binding tight. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Springer-Verlag paperback
1997x-0792343786Kluwer Academic Pub 1997. Hardcover. New. 394 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.00 inches. Kluwer Academic Pub hardcover
1968AE-72Cambridge Massachusetts: M.I.T. Press 1968. Comprehensive classic text contains detailed sections on applications of optimal controller synthesis to the design of computer-limited controllers; evaluation of linear sampled-data controllers; synthesis of optimal measurement-limited linear sampled-data controllers; optimization of simplified controller designs; Apollo spacecraft control problem; Air-to-Air missile control problem; etc. 210 pgs. Illustrated. Stamp on front endpaper and outer edges. Minimal shelfwear. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex- Professional Library. M.I.T. Press Hardcover
1962AE-53California: Space Technology Laboratory 1962. Classic comprehensive text contains detailed sections on vehicle performance estimation techniques; system considerations; vehicle sizing; planetary entry; generalized exchange ratio analysis; lunar/planetary deboost and lunar landing; etc. 557 pgs. Numerous illustrations. Chart pocket on inside rear cover w/errata sheet. Prior owner's small info stamp on rear endpaper and small strip of tape. A few isolated single-letter errata corrections in the preface; section 2-104 has a one-line errata correction inserted. Quality library binding. Minimal shelfwear. Heavy Item. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Space Technology Laboratory Hardcover
19553554907258891955. Symmetry of Physical Laws - Part 1 Symmetry in Space -Time and Balance Theorems & Part 2 Q-Number Theory of Space-time Inversions and Charge Conjugation. Published by: U.S. Naval Postgraduate School Monterey California circa 1955-1956. Two stapled papers offprints from Review of Modern Physics - Reprinted from Review of Modern Physics Vol 27 No. 1 pp 26-39 and pp 40-76 January 1955 printed in the U.S.A". Watanabe Satoshi 26 May 1910 15 October 1993 was a theoretical physicist. He studied various topics such as the time reversal of quantum mechanics pattern recognition cognitive science and the concept of time. He was the first physicist who claimed that quantum probability theory is time-asymmetric irreversible; non-invariant under time reversal and reject the conventional analysis of the time reversal of probability laws. He developed the Double Inferential Vector Formalism DIVF later known as the Two-state vector formalism TSVF which is sometimes interpreted as contradicting his claim of time-asymmetry but this is a misunderstanding. Watanabe investigated how symmetries in space-time relate to various "balance theorems" which are consequences of inversibility and reversibility. EXTREMELY RARE AND IMPORTANT. No results on COPAC. Worldcat locates no copies apart from one printed in 1953 Monterey CA : U.S. Naval Postgraduate School - NPS Dudley Knox Library Naval Postgraduate School. NB: These original offprints should not be mistaken for modern reprints. Further photographs available upon request. unknown
1939AE-98Washington D.C.: Aerronautics Education Foundation 1939. Classic text presents the essentials of flying history and developmentr of human flight including topics on flying aspirations of the ancients; development of the srt and science of human flight; aerography and air navigation; and epoch-making flights. 132 pgs. Illustrated with 16 plates including frontispiece. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front endpaper. Small repaired closed tear on upper edge of pg.1. Nameplate and small label pastedown on inside front cover; small label removal mark on lower front cover; small stamp to lower title pg. and pg.33. Gilt spine and front cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/ . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex- Professional Library. Aerronautics Education Foundation Hardcover
192847068Berlin Weidmannsche Buchhandlung 1928. 8vo. Full cloth but spine gone. In: "Nachrichten von der Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen aus dem Jahre 1927". 4469 pp. Von Neumann's papers: pp. 1-57 pp. 245-272 a. pp. 273-291. Internally clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>First printing of von Neumann's importent papers in which he gave a mathematically precise formulation of the foundation of Quantum MeChanics basing the theory on the use of Hilbert spaces."He von Neumann developed between 1927 and 1929 a new mathematical framework of the theory subsequently proved to be the most suitable formalism of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics as we use it today as well as of its extensions the relativistic quantum mechanics of partcles and the quantum theory of fields."Max Jammer "The Conceptual Development og Quantum Mechanics" pp.314-15"Von Neumann’s most famous work in theoretical physics is his axiomatization of quantum mechanics. When he began work in that field in 1927 the methods used by its founders were hard to formulate in precise mathematical terms; "operator" on "functions" were handled without much consideration of their domain or definition to their topological properties: and it was blithely assumed that such "operators" when self-adjoint could always be "diagonalized" as in th finite dimensional case at the expense of introducing "Dirac functions" as "eigenvectors." Von Neumann showed that mathematical rigor could be restored by taking as basic axioms the assumptions that the states of a physical system were poinds of a Hilbert space and that the measurable quantities were Hermitian generally unbounded operators densely efined in that space. This formalism. the practical use of which became available after von Neumann had developed the spectral theory of unbounded Hermitian operators 1929 has survived subsequent developments of quantum mechanics and is still the basisi of non relativistic quantum theory; with the introduction of the theory of distributions it has even become possible to interpret its results in a way similar to Dirac’s original intuition."DSB. </em> hardcover
197610885Watertown MA: Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center 1976. Hardcover. Publication Number AMMRP SP 78-2. 27-29 January 1976 the Holiday Inn Cascade Akron Ohio. No statement of edition. viii 132 pp. Fine hardcover book no markings / No dust jacket as issued. A clean fresh copy. <br/><br/> Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center hardcover
192447166Corning N.Y. and Menasha Wisc. The Physical Review 1924. Royal8vo. Full buckram. Gilt lettering to spine. A stamp to top of titlepage and to front free endpaper. In: "The Physical Review. A Journal of Experimental and theoretical Physics" Vol. 24 Second Series. V704 pp. textillustr. Van Vleck's papers: pp. 330-346 a. pp. 347-365. Internally clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of Van Vleck's two importent papers in which he clarifies and extends the Principle of Correspondence."Van Vleck made his greatest contribution to the old quantum theory in 1924 when he conceived his correspondence principle for absorption. He demonstrated that in the limit of high quantum numbers there would be a correspondence between absorption by classical multiply periodic systems and by their quantum analogues. His proof depended on interpreting net absorption in the quantum theory as the difference between gross absorption and stimulated emission of radiation an interpretation prompted by a remark of Breit’s. Van Vleck was particularly pleased that his classical theory reproduced the quantum result without the need for stimulated emission which he referred to as "negative absorption." DSB."Van Vleck’s theory of absorption by multiply periodic systems was consistent with the newly derived Kramers theory of dispersion and it convinced Bohr that his correspondence principle applied not only to emission but also to absorption. Further Van Vleck’s 1924 calculation made use of several of the ideas that Werner Heisenberg used in his matrix mechanics a year later. Van Vleck’s work however did not lead in the direction of matrix mechanics. His intent was to explain quantum phenomena especially "negative absorption" in classical terms rather than to devise an internally consistent quantum theory." DSB.In 1977 he shared the Nobel Prize with Philip Anderson and N. F. Mott.Van der Waerden "Sources of Quantum Mechanics" pp. 203 ff. </em> hardcover
19685ivCc0007New York: An Ace Book/ Ace Publishing Corporation 1968. Book. Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. Copyright 1968. 12mo or 12° Duodecimo: 6¾" x 7¾" tall. 189 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear crisp pages and clean text. Light foxing on page edges. An Ace Book/ Ace Publishing Corporation Paperback
19372601220001Department of Basic Instruction; Air Corps Technical School 1937. Paperback. Good. Personal copy of Sgt. Charles R. Heinhorst Purple Heart Recipient for the Attack at Pearl Harbor. Softcover. Good binding and cover. Edge wear. Contemporary signature of Heinhorst on front cover and end page. Personal notes of Heinhorst through out. A couple small stains. <br> "Charles R. Heinhorst is a master sergeant today his promotion to that rank being the second of two honors bestowed on him in rapid succession at this radio university of the army Air Forces. The day before his elevation to master sergeant from technical sergeant Heinhorst was decorated with the Purple Heart by Maj. Gen. Frederick L. Martini commanding general of the Second District AAF Technical training command for performing meritorious acts of essential service during the Japanese air attack on the Island of Oahu Territory of Hawaii Dec. 7. On detached service as a radio man and mechanic in Hawaii Heinhorst and his wife and child were asleep on the morning of the raid in their quarters near Hickam Field. As the bombing started the sergeant sent his family into the hills with neighbors and hunted up his squadron at the post. A bomb hit just outside the building he was in. The walls were blown out and burning powder and fragments of the bomb caused numerous casualties. Heinhorst was wounded in the arm and suffered a torn ligament in his back. Later in February Heinhorst left Hawaii for Officer's Candidate school at Ft. Monmouth J.J. but was forced to drop the course because of his recurring back injury. He came to Scott Field and was attached to headquarters Sq. AAFTC as an instructor. In making the presentation of the Purple Heart Gen. Martin asked Heinhorst if he had fully recovered from his wounds and the latter replied in the affirmative. The general expressed the nation's appreciation for the sergeant's war service. With Gen. Martin at the ceremonies were Col. Wolcott P. Hayes commanding officer of Scott Field and Maj. W.W. Lilley post adjutant. The retreat ceremony and review was presented by the 8th Base Headquarters and Air Base Sq. of the Provisional Air Base group and a detachment of the Aviation Cadets. Lt. Col. Roy W. Fleming group commander was in charge of the formation assisted by Capt. O.D. Loomis adjutant. Sgt. Heinhorst's medal was the first Purple Heart to be awarded at this field since the outbreak of the war." - Chatsworth Plaindealer AUGUST 13 1942 Department of Basic Instruction; Air Corps Technical School paperback
1990240719PN. New. 1990. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
1965AE-94Oxford U.K.: Pergamon Press 1965. Classic comprehensive text presents detailed topics covering manoeuvre loads; design philosophy; atmospheric and ground environment; measured symmetrical manoeuvres; temperature and airspeed in flight; theoretical anaysis of turbulence; aircraft loads in atmospheric turbulence; noise turbulence; ground loads; etc. 350 pgs. Illustrated. Prior owner's name on outer edge; small stamp on front endpaper. Slight scuff mark on spine. Gilt spine and front cover. Minimal shelfwear. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/ . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Professional Library. Pergamon Press Hardcover
19981632<p>FIRST EDITION thus. The Proceedings Of The International Symposium in Nagano Japan in June 1998. FINE AS NEW Blue Dec Boards HB No DJ.622pp with index ISBN 0080433197 ~ 39.50 ~ Engineering Mechanics Pressure Distribution X-RaysQuantum Mechanics Eddy Testing Aperture Curvature Diffraction ~ Physics</p> Elsevier Science hardcover
196163373Readers Institute of America 1961. hardcover. Used good. Complete in 4 volumes Vol 1 A-Do Vol 2 Do-La Vol 3 La-Ra Vol 4 Ra-Z and Index 2560 pages copyright 1961 1962 printing. Volumes 1-3 in Very Good Plus condition with only very slight wear covers lightly soiled by use very short gift inscription on each book inside front cover. Volume 4 in Good condition due to wear at top of spine and four small spalshes of coffee stain on surface. Bindings are sound interiors clean and unmarked except for inscritpion. HEAVY/OVERSIZE. We provide professional service and individual attention to your order daily shipments and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA. Readers Institute of America, hardcover
1930AE-60USA: A.G. Spalding & Bros. 1930. Classic rare illustrated catalog of the original men's and women's aviator's clothing of the 1930's era including Army-Navy summer flying suits; all-weather utility and knitted suits; the UTE-Buoy suit; waders and brogans; Army & Navy helmets; radio and oxygen helmets; women's one and two-piece summer flying suits; winter flying suits; breeches; men's and women's leather coats; American Transport goggles; Army "Air Service" goggles; S & B Resistal goggles; Beck's "Lamoglass" goggles. Includes an article on the Curtiss-Tanager competition flight. 20 pgs. Superb illustrations in black & white and color. Very minimal shelfwear. Original Wraps. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A.G. Spalding & Bros. Paperback
1967034650Soil Mechanics And Foundation Engineering Of The South African Institute 1967. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. The Inside Is Clean With No Highlights Or Remarks. In Very Good Condition. 427 Pages With No Index. The Pages Creased Around The Edges.- Specializing in academic collectible and historically significant providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us. Soil Mechanics And Foundation Engineering Of The South African Institute hardcover
1961ZB393984Springer 1961. Volumes 1-30. 1961-1990. partly bound library markings textually clean & tight PRICE IS FOR THE LOT. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Springer unknown
1990ZB394544Society for Experimental Mechanics 1990. first edition complete volume library markings textually clean & tight. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Society for Experimental Mechanics unknown
1996013383Bethel Conn.: Published By the Author 1996. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. vi 441 viii p. Cloth. A near fine copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Published By the Author Hardcover
1980AE-44Sydney Australia: Lansdowne Press 1980. Detailed text contains a lavishly illustrated factual account of the Westland Widgeon monoplane "Kookaburra" which was forced to land in the Tanami desert in 1929 and the short lives and fate of the pioneer Australian aviators who flew the single-engine plane. 130 pgs. Dustjacket in mylar. Minimal shelfwear. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Lansdowne Press Hardcover
1967ME-75Syracuse N.Y.: Syracuse University Press 1967. Comprehensive three-volume Vol. II & IIA are bound as one volume standard reference set compiled by Syracuse University under USAF contract administered under the direction of the Information Processing Section Materials Information Branch Air Force Materials Laboratory Research & Technology Division Air Force Systems Command Wright- Patterson Air Force Base Ohio. Each volume is self contained in a black vinyl covered heavy-duty 4-post loose-leaf binder. Each volume covers a general discussion of alloys and their properties; physical chemical and mechanical properties; and fabrication. Vol.I contains sections on martensite stainless steels; age hardening steel; nickel chromium steels; austenitic stainless steels; ultra-high strength steels; carbon and low alloy steels. Vol.IIA contains sections on nickel base alloys; cobalt base alloys; beryllium alloys; columbium alloys; molybenum alloys; tantalum alloys; tungsten alloys; vanadium alloys; zirconium alloys. Vol.II contains sections on aluminum alloys: wrought heat treatable AIWT and wrought non-treatable AIWN; magnesium alloys: wrought heat treatable MgWT and wrought non-treatable MgWN; titanium alloys. Alloys are in numerical sequence by alloy code number. Handbook includes data source references; physical chemical and mechanical properties; fabrication; glossary of terms discussion of fracture toughness and a cross reference of the alloys. Tab-indexed pages. Total number of alloy chapters currently contained in this Handbook is 180; 66 in Volume I; 56 in Volume II and 58 in Volume IIA. Over 2000 pgs. Illustrated. Minimal shelfwear. Heavy item. Scarce. Fourth Revised Edition. Looseleaf Binding. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Syracuse University Press unknown
197515237H. S. Stuttman Inc. 1975. Hardcover. 0874757002 . Very good set with an occasion minor edge or spine end bumps. This may be a mixed set a few volumes have a red embossed dot on the back. No dust jackets issued. Complete 26 volume set. A heavy set additional postage will be required. ; Photographs drawings.; 3240 and 775 pages . H. S. Stuttman Inc. hardcover
192647172Minneapolis Minn. The Physicalreview 1926. 4to. Contemp. full buckram. Small tear to first hinge at foot. A stamp in upper right corner on titlepage and 2 other pages. In: "The Physical Review. Conducted by the American Physical Society" Vol. 28 Second Series. VI1343 pp. Entire volume offered.Schrödinger's paper: pp. 1049-1070. Internally clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of the first treatment of Wave Mechanics in English.The paper reviews Schrödinger's own wave-mechanics and De Broglie's "phase waves" and covers all the results Schrödinger had hitherto obtained in his main communications of 1926 the 3 papers in German. An English translation of Schrödinger's main papers was not published until 1928."The paper gives an account of the author's work on a new form of quantum theory. §1. The Hamiltonian analogy between mechanics and optics. §2. The analogy is to be extended to include real "physical" or "undulatory" mechanics instead of mere geometrical mechanics. §3. The significance of wave-length; macro-mechanical and micro-mechanical problems. §4. The wave-equation and its application to the hydrogen atom. §5. The intrinsic reason for the appearance of discrete characteristic frequencies. §6. Other problems; intensity of emitted light. §7. The wave-equation derived from a Hamiltonian variation-principle; generalization to an arbitrary conservative system. §8. The wave-function physically means and determines a continuous distribution of electricity in space the fluctuations of which determine the radiation by the laws of ordinary electrodynamics. §9. Non-conservative systems. Theory of dispersion and scattering and of the "transitions" between the "stationary states." §10. The question of relativity and the action of a magnetic field. Incompleteness of that part of the theory." From the Abstract in front of the paper. </em> hardcover
