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In word and picture this volume details the awesome drama: How the Southern Railway Organization met an emergency. On July 15 and 16, U.S. rainfall records were shattered when more than 22 inches of rain fell on the already saturated North Carolina mountains during a 24-hour period. An estimated eighty to ninety percent of this deluge rushed down the mountainsides into the region?s already swollen streams and rivers, which crested high above their normal flood stages.
Numerous bridges and spans were damaged or destroyed, and 686 miles of Southern Railway track in Tennessee, South Carolina, and North Carolina were taken out of service due to damage. Of the four lines running into Asheville, North Carolina, only one-the Murphy Branch-remained operational.
Within days crews were repairing the damage. Within a few weeks tracks were relaid, bridges rebuilt, and the trains were running again. Over 100 stirring photographs accompany this tale of a devastating natural disaster and the incredible human accomplishment that followed. It is a volume no railroad library should be without.
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The Mapmakers Author: John Noble Wilford Publisher: Knopf; Revised edition (September 5, 2000)
The Greco-Egyptian emperor Ptolemy III made a shrewd hire when, in about 240 B.C., he appointed a bookworm and poet named Eratosthenes to be the librarian of the great Alexandrian Museum. Eratosthenes, derided by his envious colleagues as a second-stringer, nursed an insatiable curiosity about the natural world. Acting on hunches and sailors' reports, he decided to conduct an experiment to measure the earth's circumference, which he eventually reckoned to be 46,000 kilometers--a little far off the actual mark of 40,000 kilometers but close enough that both Eratosthenes and Ptolemy entered history as founding fathers of the modern science of cartography.
In this vigorous history of maps and their creators, New York Times science writer John Noble Wilford recounts the accomplishments of dozens of cartographers from many cultures and times, among them Gerardus Mercator, Francis Beaufort, Charles Mason, and Jean Fernel. Ranging from ancient Chinese scrolls to the latest satellite images of distant planets, he renders a history full of heroics and everyday routine, of personal and national rivalries, of influential mistakes and brilliant insights. He also reviews key scientific and technological advances that have accompanied the rise of modern maps, among them the development of fractal geometry, geosynchronous displays, remote sensing, and ever more accurate surveying instruments and techniques.
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In June 1792, amidst the chaos of the French Revolution, two intrepid astronomers set out in opposite directions on an extraordinary journey. Starting in Paris, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Delambre would make his way north to Dunkirk, while Pierre-Fran???s-Andr?ß??·?ain voyaged south to Barcelona. Their mission was to measure the world, and their findings would help define the meter as one ten-millionth of the distance between the pole and the equator -- a standard that would be used for all people, for all time.
The Measure of All Things is the astonishing tale of one of history's greatest scientific adventures. Yet behind the public triumph of the metric system lies a secret error, one that is perpetuated in every subsequent definition of the meter. As acclaimed historian and novelist Ken Alder discovered through his research, there were only two people on the planet who knew the full extent of this error: Delambre and M?·?ain themselves.
By turns a science history, detective tale, and human drama, The Measure of All Things describes a quest that succeeded as it failed -- and continues to enlighten and inspire to this day.
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A must read for the novice or expert describing the railroad industry from A to Z. This easy-to-read book gives a history from the coal-fed iron horses that helped build a nation to the computer-assisted transportation systems in use today. This fourth edition is an indispensable source for anyone wanting to learn about railroads. New illustrations and diagrams help to explain the evolution of the railroad industry; changes in signal and communication technology, maintenance, and design engineering. The ever-changing face of rail passenger service is described, as is intermodal traffic. Softcover.
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The Story of Maps Author: Lloyd A. Brown Publisher: Dover Pubns; (February 1980)
The first authoritative history of maps and the men who made them. The historical coverage of this volume is immense: from the first two centuries A. D. (Strabo and Ptolemy) through the end of the 19th century, with some discussion of 20th-century developments. 86 illustrations. Extensive notes and bibliography.
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The contents of this doctoral dissertation includes: Steady state response of Two- and Three-dimensional elastic systems to a uniformly moving load, Beam on a visco-elastic half-space as a simple three-dimensional model for a railway track, Periodically supported beam on a visco-elastic layer as a model for conventional railway track, Locomotive detection of derailment of a wagon of a freight train, Effect of multi-axle loading on the track response.
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Contents include: Introduction; Characteristics of Wakob's Single-Server Approach; TFK Queueing Process Specification; TFK Waiting Time Calculations; Case Study: Station The Hague HS; Overall Conclusions and Further Research.
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