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The Ringbom engine, an elegant simplification of the Stirling, is increasingly emerging as a viable, multipurpose engine.Despite its technical elegance, high-speed stable operation capabilities, and potential as an environment-friendly energy source, the advantages manifest in Ringbom design have been slowly realized, due in large to part to its often enigmatic operating regime.This book presents for the first time a clear, tractable mathematical model of the dynamic properties of the Ringbom, resulting in a theorem that offers a complete characterization of the stable operating mode of the engine. The author here details the research leading to the development of the Ringbom and illustrates theoretical results, engine characteristics, and design principles using data from actual Ringbom engines. Throughout the book, the author emphasizes an understanding of Ringbom engine properties through closed form mathematical analysis and lucidly details how his mathematical derivations apply to real engines. Extensive descriptions of the engine hardware are included to aid those interested in their construction.Mechanical, electrical, and chemical engineers concerned with power systems, power generation, energy conservation, solar energy, and low-temperature physics will find this monograph a comprehensive and technically rich introduction to Stirling Ringbom engine technology. ... Read more

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Ringbom Stirling Engines
The above book,was recieved in great conditon , just a listed I am 100% happy.

solid and concise
I thought this book did a very good job of placing the ringbom engine in the context of hot air engines in general, and then gave a nice narrative of the history of its development, followed by the derivation of the mathematical model of its operation.
It is very accessible to someone with high school chemistry level thermodynamics understanding, but has all the calculus and proofs in the back if you want them.
There is a very good discussion of design issues, and overall I would say this is a must have for someone wanting to implement this flavor of stirling cycle machine. ... Read more

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THESE SPACE PIRATES ARE THE GOOD GUYS!

Peter Raeder was an ace pilot until a battle cost him his hand -- and his right to fly the fighter ships he loved. So he became Flight Engineer on the fast carrier Invincible, a crack new ship with a picked crew, ready to fight the fanatical Mollies and their spiderlike alien allies. On his first mission, he faced pirate raiders, attacks by Mollies and a hidden saboteur on board who came close to destroying the Invincible, before Raeder unmasked him.

Unfortunately for Raeder, his heroism didn't follow the rulebook, and his reward for saving the ship was a reprimand and a deskbound assignment -- a fate worse than death for a born spacehound like Raeder. Then a less rulebound General offers Raeder an escape: command of a hidden base deep in Mollie-controlled space from which ships, posing as space pirates, will harry Mollie shipping, like the seagoing privateers of Earth's past. And Raeder finds a dangerous mission preferable to exile to an office cubicle...even if his chances of surviving are very nearly zero.Amazon.com Review
Gene Roddenberry created Lieutenant Commander MontgomeryScott--the Enterprise's beloved chief engineer Scotty--in theimage of his friend James Doohan, a former real-life engineer andofficer in the Canadian Army. Now Doohan, in his FlightEngineer series, coauthored with military-SF powerhouseS.M. Stirling, has created an equally likable character in Scotty'simage: Commander Peter Ernst Raeder, a sly and salty flight engineerfor the Commonwealth Navy.

Be warned: Baen Books has given theseries an astronomically inappropriate tagline--"Beam us upagain, Scotty!" And they've likewise made the unseemly decisionto set Doohan's disembodied head afloat on the cover of both this andthe last book,spinning surreally above generic space battles like some mustachioed,Scottish Death Star. But despite the crass cashing in on Scotty andhis mug, Doohan and the already accomplished Stirling come throughwith fun and competent, if straightforward, work, a jocular mix ofnaval intrigue, pitched ship-to-ship combat, and (surprise!) last-minute, skin-of-your-teeth problem-solving. And at the heart ofthe story sits the worldly-wise, sardonic wit of Commander Raeder.

If you're new to the series, you'll probably want to check out The Rising first. Butif you're anxious to see whether Raeder's daring aboard theDauntless earned him reprimand or reward, pick upPrivateer. One of his commanders puts it best: "You know thereward for good work, don't you, son?" "More work, sir?" "You'relearning, son." We can trust the same applies to Doohan andStirling. --Paul Hughes ... Read more

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Enjoyable read
Each book in the Flight Engineer series was an enjoyable read.I picked up the first in the series because James Doohan was the co-author.I read all three because I enjoyed them.These are not groundbreaking or deep thinking sci-fi books.They are just fun outerspace action adventures that show a nice sense of humor here and there.

If you are looking for something fun to read you can't go wrong with these books since you can get them used on Amazon at very reasonable prices.

Good story, good series... wish there could be more
Good story, good series... wish there could be more (and that saids it all), but of course not very likely.

Not a Trek story at all, if that is stopping you from reading it now you don't have that excuse. Good enjoyable space story with too few of it's kind now-a-days.

Great communications with Seller!!!
Finally receieved this book after 3 weeks..Seller uses different locations to send items from and the one the seller used for this item did not get here.

HOWEVER, The Seller did work with me and kept constant communications with me and I did receive the book in perfect condition!I would purchase from this seller again..Thank you.

Great Story but...
Read this book right after reading the first one and was disappointed that the authors got the saboteur confused in this book. He was the head of the Invincibles quartermasters not the XO.

surprisingly good
I received this book as one of a group purchase as I wanted the other three in the bundle, I only read it as I was short of material, I'd already passed up the previous book by "Scotty", after all he's only anactor what does he know about writing.

Well he knows how to (co)write adamn good SFF novel thats what. Interesting characters in excitingsituations, this book is good!

Ive since bought the first in the seriesand i am waiting for the third to come out (soon).

Enjoy. ... Read more

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Oase No. 79 is devoted to British architect James Stirling, who played a prominent role in architectural discourses from the 1960s onwards. Emblematic of "New Brutalism" and emergent postmodernism, Stirling's architecture has garnered renewed interest. ... Read more

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Subtitle: Or, an Inquiry Into the Laws Which Determine the Value and Distribution of the Precious Metals: With Historical Notices of the Effects of the American Mines on European Prices in the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth CenturiesGeneral Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1853Original Publisher: Oliver ... Read more

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This series provides a survey of the vast body of theoretical work produced by modern and contemporary architects and examines the major projects and themes of international architecture.

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T226062

Drop-head title dated at head: September 27. 1777.The first three words of the title are in square brackets.Signed: Henry Dundas.

[Edinburgh, 1777]. 22p. ; 4° ... Read more