Author: C. Lyle Cummins
Publisher: Carnot USA Books
ISBN: 9780917308048
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
The Diesel Odyssey of Clessie Cummins
Author: C. Lyle Cummins
Publisher: Carnot USA Books
ISBN: 9780917308048
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
Publisher: Carnot USA Books
ISBN: 9780917308048
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
The Diesel Odyssey of Clessie Cummins
Author: C. Lyle Cummins
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615590158
Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615590158
Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
The Diesel Odyssey of Clessie Cummins
Author: C. Lyle Cummins Jr.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781642341706
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In this lively historical account of one of America's ingenious entrepreneurs and inventors, the adventurous path of Clessie Cummins is told from his early innovations to the founding of his global brand and company. Best known as the father of the American diesel truck, Cummins's formal schooling ended at the eighth grade. Despite that, he generated thirty-three US patents over fifty-six years. He founded the diesel engine company bearing his name and served as its president for nineteen years. A racer at heart, he set world speed and endurance records in race cars and trucks. The Diesel Odyssey of Clessie Cummins is more than a simple recitation of a pioneering individual's exploits and accomplishments. Told through the eyes of his son, C. Lyle Cummins Jr., it is a tale of success and adversity, woven through a lens of historical research and personal knowledge. Lyle Cummins recounts memories of his father from his own youth and describes how later, as a practicing engineer, he saw other sides of the man who would become his employer, mentor, and colleague. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Society of Automotive Engineers posthumously honored Clessie Cummins for his achievements. A tireless individual, years of grueling effort resulted in declining health. Yet, in his retirement, he created a new product that launched a second industry. For anyone who loves engines, innovation, or early American history, this easy-to-read and engaging book is a must.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781642341706
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In this lively historical account of one of America's ingenious entrepreneurs and inventors, the adventurous path of Clessie Cummins is told from his early innovations to the founding of his global brand and company. Best known as the father of the American diesel truck, Cummins's formal schooling ended at the eighth grade. Despite that, he generated thirty-three US patents over fifty-six years. He founded the diesel engine company bearing his name and served as its president for nineteen years. A racer at heart, he set world speed and endurance records in race cars and trucks. The Diesel Odyssey of Clessie Cummins is more than a simple recitation of a pioneering individual's exploits and accomplishments. Told through the eyes of his son, C. Lyle Cummins Jr., it is a tale of success and adversity, woven through a lens of historical research and personal knowledge. Lyle Cummins recounts memories of his father from his own youth and describes how later, as a practicing engineer, he saw other sides of the man who would become his employer, mentor, and colleague. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Society of Automotive Engineers posthumously honored Clessie Cummins for his achievements. A tireless individual, years of grueling effort resulted in declining health. Yet, in his retirement, he created a new product that launched a second industry. For anyone who loves engines, innovation, or early American history, this easy-to-read and engaging book is a must.
George Seward
Author: Edward Seldon Sears
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810861336
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
In George Seward: America's First Great Runner, Edward S. Sears seeks to restore Seward's standing among the greats of track and field.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810861336
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
In George Seward: America's First Great Runner, Edward S. Sears seeks to restore Seward's standing among the greats of track and field.
Internal Fire
Author: C. Lyle Cummins
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781642340532
Category : Internal combustion engines
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Internal Fire is the captivating history of the internal combustion engine and the creative individuals who brought it to life. From gunpowder to diesel, the development of these early powerhouses has been recorded from all sides. The influences of new technologies, patents, and obtainable fuels, as well as a growing understanding of the very nature of heat itself are all explored. Internal Fire is not intended as a textbook, but as the well-researched and readable chronicle of a mechanical servant that has greatly influenced life in the 20th century and beyond. You will find in this comprehensive book: ■ Gunpowder and Steam ■ Air Engines ■ Thermodynamics: Carnot Charts a Course ■ Patents: Origin and Influence ■ Internal-Combustion Engines: 1791-1813 ■ Searching and Perfecting: 1820-1860 ■ The Genesis of an Industry ■ Otto and Langen ■ Otto's Four-Stroke Cycle ■ Brayton and His Ready Motor ■ The Two-Stroke Cycle ■ Gas and Gasoline Engines to 1900 ■ Oil Engines: An Interim Solution ■ Rudolf Diesel: The End of the Beginning
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781642340532
Category : Internal combustion engines
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Internal Fire is the captivating history of the internal combustion engine and the creative individuals who brought it to life. From gunpowder to diesel, the development of these early powerhouses has been recorded from all sides. The influences of new technologies, patents, and obtainable fuels, as well as a growing understanding of the very nature of heat itself are all explored. Internal Fire is not intended as a textbook, but as the well-researched and readable chronicle of a mechanical servant that has greatly influenced life in the 20th century and beyond. You will find in this comprehensive book: ■ Gunpowder and Steam ■ Air Engines ■ Thermodynamics: Carnot Charts a Course ■ Patents: Origin and Influence ■ Internal-Combustion Engines: 1791-1813 ■ Searching and Perfecting: 1820-1860 ■ The Genesis of an Industry ■ Otto and Langen ■ Otto's Four-Stroke Cycle ■ Brayton and His Ready Motor ■ The Two-Stroke Cycle ■ Gas and Gasoline Engines to 1900 ■ Oil Engines: An Interim Solution ■ Rudolf Diesel: The End of the Beginning
Banksy
Author: Will Ellsworth-Jones
Publisher: Aurum
ISBN: 1845138457
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
For someone who shuns the limelight so completely that he conceals his name, never shows his face and gives interviews only by email, Banksy is remarkably famous. From his beginnings as a Bristol graffiti artist, his artwork is now sold at auction for six-figure sums and hangs on celebrities’ walls. The appearance of a new Banksy is national news, his documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop was Oscar-nominated and people queue for hours to see his latest exhibition. Now more National Treasure than edgy outsider, who is Banksy and how did he become what he is today? In the first attempt to tell the full story of Banksy’s life and career, Will Ellsworth-Jones pieces together a picture of his world and unpicks its contradictions. Whether art or vandalism, anti-establishment or sell-out, Banksy and his work have become a cultural phenomenon and the question ‘Who is Banksy?’ is as much about his career as it is ‘the man behind the wall’. 'Britain's unlikeliest national treasure' Independent ‘A fascinating portrait that elicits admiration for a man who, despite his increasingly unconvincing efforts to retain some shred of his vandal status, has had an undeniable impact on art’ The Times
Publisher: Aurum
ISBN: 1845138457
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
For someone who shuns the limelight so completely that he conceals his name, never shows his face and gives interviews only by email, Banksy is remarkably famous. From his beginnings as a Bristol graffiti artist, his artwork is now sold at auction for six-figure sums and hangs on celebrities’ walls. The appearance of a new Banksy is national news, his documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop was Oscar-nominated and people queue for hours to see his latest exhibition. Now more National Treasure than edgy outsider, who is Banksy and how did he become what he is today? In the first attempt to tell the full story of Banksy’s life and career, Will Ellsworth-Jones pieces together a picture of his world and unpicks its contradictions. Whether art or vandalism, anti-establishment or sell-out, Banksy and his work have become a cultural phenomenon and the question ‘Who is Banksy?’ is as much about his career as it is ‘the man behind the wall’. 'Britain's unlikeliest national treasure' Independent ‘A fascinating portrait that elicits admiration for a man who, despite his increasingly unconvincing efforts to retain some shred of his vandal status, has had an undeniable impact on art’ The Times
Constitution-Maker
Author: Sir Ivor Jennings
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110709111X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The collected documents of Sir Ivor Jennings (1903-65), an influential international advisor on constitutional questions during the era of decolonisation.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110709111X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The collected documents of Sir Ivor Jennings (1903-65), an influential international advisor on constitutional questions during the era of decolonisation.
Diesels for the First Stealth Weapon
Author: Lyle Cummins
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description
Jonas Salk
Author: McLeese
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
ISBN: 1606940864
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Examining The Life Of Jonas Salk, Who Founded The Vaccine For The Polio Disease ,"Salk Vaccine", And Also Founded The Salk Institute.
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
ISBN: 1606940864
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Examining The Life Of Jonas Salk, Who Founded The Vaccine For The Polio Disease ,"Salk Vaccine", And Also Founded The Salk Institute.
John Deere's Powerful Idea
Author: Terry Collins
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1479571385
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
"Discusses the invention of the John Deere plow and the man behind it, including the idea, the obstacles, and the eventual success"--
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1479571385
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
"Discusses the invention of the John Deere plow and the man behind it, including the idea, the obstacles, and the eventual success"--