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Barry, James

The Wright Group

Now Playing (Mini-Anthologies)

The Wright Group, 1997

The purpose of this monograph is to review the known physical aspects of two unusual forms of atmospheric luminous phenomena, to deduce their characteristics and properties, and to promote efforts to improve their understanding. These two forms, called ball lightning and bead lightning, have visual images that differ from the linear image associated with normallightning. The terms "balliightning" and "bead lightning" are used to denote atmospheric luminous forms which are occasionally observed and have the geometrie shape suggested by their name. Vet, it is possible that neither phenomenon may in fact be a form of lightning in the sense of a continuous electrical discharge. Bead lightning has been described as the residue of a cloud-to cloud or cloud-to-ground lightning stroke and has the appearance of aseries of luminous balls separated by dark regions, thus resembling astring of pearls, and remains visible for about one second. Ball lightning has been described as a single luminous globe appearing ne ar the ground after a lightning stroke and also remaining visible for about one second. Both phenomena remain visible far longer than normal lightning flashes.

Ball Lightning and Bead Lightning: Extreme Forms of Atmospheric Electricity

Science & Math

Earth Sciences

Plenum Press

This book tells the story of the enigmatic John Hacker, who started Hacker Boat Company in Detroit in 1914 and drafted some of the most successful and popular boat designs of all time. This book is organized chronologically, concentrating on the boats, the drivetrains, and the evolution of powerboat design. It highlights the life and times of John Hacker as well as the key designers that worked behind the scenes.

Hackercraft

History

Voyageur Press

Georgian Bay: The Sixth Great Lake[xvi], 190 pp. Includes section of black & white photographs. An updated version of the 1968 natural history of Georgian Bay, with recent information on fishing, the area and the environment.Keywords: NATURAL HISTORY GEORGIAN BAY

Georgian Bay, the sixth great lake

Travel

Canada

Clarke, Irwin & Company

Measures of Science: Theological and Technological Impulses in Early Modern Thought (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy)

Drawing on past and current research in continental philosophy, Measures of Science: Theological and Technological Impulses in Early Modern Thought examines the development of certain founding issues of early modern science. Focusing on three key seventeenth-century figures--Descartes, Bacon, and Newton--and locating his argument explicitly within the approach of Alexandre Koyre, James Barry Jr. explores the philosophical, theological, and technological priorities that established the frame for the full emergence of the new science. In showing how the work of these and other seventeenth-century figures led to the appearance of a dominant new view of nature and perception, Barry's book makes an important contribution to our understanding of the formative period of modern science.

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Northwestern University Press

Let's Learn About Silk (Let's Learn About Series)

Petersham, Miska

Petersham, Maud

Children's Books

Harvey House

Lectures On Painting

Opie, John

Fuseli, Henry

Legare Street Press

An Account Of A Series Of Pictures, In The Great Room Of The Society Of Arts, Manufactures, And Commerce, At The Adelphi (1783)

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

An Account of a Series of Pictures, in the Great Room of the Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, at the Adelphi (1783)

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Kessinger Publishing

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Literature & Fiction

Literary

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