Author: U S Games Systems
Publisher: U S Games Systems
ISBN: 9781572815636
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Inspired by actual WWII signal training cards, a double deck of playing cards and companion booklet highlight this handsome gift set. The 48-page illustrated booklet recounts the fascinating historical background of the signal flag, semaphore, phonetic alphabet, and Morse code systems featured in the decks. Packaged in a durable and attractive case, the set includes a recreated Morse code flasher device, a signal training indicator wheel, a full-color poster, and other items of historical interest.
Historical Signals and Semaphores
Author: U S Games Systems
Publisher: U S Games Systems
ISBN: 9781572815636
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Inspired by actual WWII signal training cards, a double deck of playing cards and companion booklet highlight this handsome gift set. The 48-page illustrated booklet recounts the fascinating historical background of the signal flag, semaphore, phonetic alphabet, and Morse code systems featured in the decks. Packaged in a durable and attractive case, the set includes a recreated Morse code flasher device, a signal training indicator wheel, a full-color poster, and other items of historical interest.
Publisher: U S Games Systems
ISBN: 9781572815636
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Inspired by actual WWII signal training cards, a double deck of playing cards and companion booklet highlight this handsome gift set. The 48-page illustrated booklet recounts the fascinating historical background of the signal flag, semaphore, phonetic alphabet, and Morse code systems featured in the decks. Packaged in a durable and attractive case, the set includes a recreated Morse code flasher device, a signal training indicator wheel, a full-color poster, and other items of historical interest.
Classic Railroad Signals
Author: Brian Solomon
Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)
ISBN: 0760346925
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
Classic Railroad Signals digs into nearly every piece of train signaling hardware with archival and modern photos showing signals from around America.
Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)
ISBN: 0760346925
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
Classic Railroad Signals digs into nearly every piece of train signaling hardware with archival and modern photos showing signals from around America.
Signal Boxes and Semaphores
Author: Gordon D. Webster
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445656183
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Explores the decline of mechanical signalling in the UK.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445656183
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Explores the decline of mechanical signalling in the UK.
Semaphore Alphabet and Numeral Signs for the Army
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Signals and signaling
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Signals and signaling
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
Operating Systems
Author: Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781985086593
Category : Operating systems (Computers)
Languages : en
Pages : 714
Book Description
"This book is organized around three concepts fundamental to OS construction: virtualization (of CPU and memory), concurrency (locks and condition variables), and persistence (disks, RAIDS, and file systems"--Back cover.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781985086593
Category : Operating systems (Computers)
Languages : en
Pages : 714
Book Description
"This book is organized around three concepts fundamental to OS construction: virtualization (of CPU and memory), concurrency (locks and condition variables), and persistence (disks, RAIDS, and file systems"--Back cover.
Under the Semaphores at Shrewsbury 1987-1994
Author: David J. Parker
Publisher: David J. Parker
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
A look back at Shrewsbury's railway infrastructure and train services as they were between 1987 and 1994 from a 2014 perspective, focussing particularly on the six mechanical signalboxes then operating in the town and the predominant semaphore signalling they controlled - including the UK's (and now also the world's) largest: Severn Bridge Junction with its 180-lever frame. In these last few years of nationalisation on the UK's railways, before fragmentation and tighter cost controls brought on by privatisation took effect, first generation diesel motive power is seen giving way to newer types of traction, while locomotive-hauled passenger trains are falling out of favour and being replaced by more economical railcar services. Also shown are the much-lamented regular Intercity trains to London, lost freight and postal traffic, and the summer Saturday holiday trains that used to pass through the town on their way to the Cambrian coast. Written by a British heritage railway signalman and former resident of Shrewsbury, this book focusses on just a small part of the UK's ever-evolving rail network but witnesses the effect of the changing times on its operations, and the outcome of both modernisation and rationalisation as mechanical signalling technology is adapted for or superseded by the needs of the late 20th Century railway and beyond.
Publisher: David J. Parker
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
A look back at Shrewsbury's railway infrastructure and train services as they were between 1987 and 1994 from a 2014 perspective, focussing particularly on the six mechanical signalboxes then operating in the town and the predominant semaphore signalling they controlled - including the UK's (and now also the world's) largest: Severn Bridge Junction with its 180-lever frame. In these last few years of nationalisation on the UK's railways, before fragmentation and tighter cost controls brought on by privatisation took effect, first generation diesel motive power is seen giving way to newer types of traction, while locomotive-hauled passenger trains are falling out of favour and being replaced by more economical railcar services. Also shown are the much-lamented regular Intercity trains to London, lost freight and postal traffic, and the summer Saturday holiday trains that used to pass through the town on their way to the Cambrian coast. Written by a British heritage railway signalman and former resident of Shrewsbury, this book focusses on just a small part of the UK's ever-evolving rail network but witnesses the effect of the changing times on its operations, and the outcome of both modernisation and rationalisation as mechanical signalling technology is adapted for or superseded by the needs of the late 20th Century railway and beyond.
Railroad Signaling
Author: Brian Solomon
Publisher: Voyageur Press
ISBN: 1616738979
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
From the 1830s to today, the railroad industry has developed myriad complex mechanisms to help keep North America’s railroad rights-of-ways safe, efficient, and relatively accident-free. In this paperback rerelease of the successful 2003 title, the otherwise-arcane world of railroad signaling is explained in concise language and brought to life with nearly 200 fantastic photographs that depict signaling history and all aspects of modern operations. Author and photographer Brian Solomon brings his wealth of knowledge and photographic talent to a subject that has not often been tackled in book form, yet is integral to the American railroad experience.
Publisher: Voyageur Press
ISBN: 1616738979
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
From the 1830s to today, the railroad industry has developed myriad complex mechanisms to help keep North America’s railroad rights-of-ways safe, efficient, and relatively accident-free. In this paperback rerelease of the successful 2003 title, the otherwise-arcane world of railroad signaling is explained in concise language and brought to life with nearly 200 fantastic photographs that depict signaling history and all aspects of modern operations. Author and photographer Brian Solomon brings his wealth of knowledge and photographic talent to a subject that has not often been tackled in book form, yet is integral to the American railroad experience.
Railroad Gazette
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description
The History of the Bakerloo Line
Author: Clive D W Feather
Publisher: The Crowood Press
ISBN: 1785007467
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
The Bakerloo is the dull brown line on London's iconic tube map. It doesn't have the multiple branches of the Northern or District Lines, the loops of the Piccadilly or the Central, or the puzzling shape of the non-circular Circle. But its nondescript appearance belies a history encompassing fraud in the boardroom and drama in the courtroom for a line first conceived by sports enthusiasts and finished by Chicago gangsters. With over 120 photographs, this book provides a history of its development from obtaining Parliamentary permission and raising finance through to geology and construction techniques. It details its operation including rolling stock, signalling, stations and signage from the beginning to the current day. The impact of the two World Wars is revealed and it remembers some of the accidents and tragedies that befell the line. Finally, the book describes its evolution up to the present day and beyond.
Publisher: The Crowood Press
ISBN: 1785007467
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
The Bakerloo is the dull brown line on London's iconic tube map. It doesn't have the multiple branches of the Northern or District Lines, the loops of the Piccadilly or the Central, or the puzzling shape of the non-circular Circle. But its nondescript appearance belies a history encompassing fraud in the boardroom and drama in the courtroom for a line first conceived by sports enthusiasts and finished by Chicago gangsters. With over 120 photographs, this book provides a history of its development from obtaining Parliamentary permission and raising finance through to geology and construction techniques. It details its operation including rolling stock, signalling, stations and signage from the beginning to the current day. The impact of the two World Wars is revealed and it remembers some of the accidents and tragedies that befell the line. Finally, the book describes its evolution up to the present day and beyond.
Pavane
Author: Keith Roberts
Publisher: Gateway
ISBN: 0575104252
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
1588: Queen Elizabeth is felled by an assassin's bullet. Within the week, the Spanish Armada had set sail, and its victory changed the course of history. 1968: England is still dominated by the Church of Rome. There are no telephones, no television, no nuclear power. As Catholicism and the Inquisition tighten their grip, rebellion is growing.
Publisher: Gateway
ISBN: 0575104252
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
1588: Queen Elizabeth is felled by an assassin's bullet. Within the week, the Spanish Armada had set sail, and its victory changed the course of history. 1968: England is still dominated by the Church of Rome. There are no telephones, no television, no nuclear power. As Catholicism and the Inquisition tighten their grip, rebellion is growing.