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"... innovative and important thinking about the various relations between feminist theory, queer theory, and lesbian theory, as well as the possibility that liberation can be mutual rather than mutually exclusive." —Lambda Book Report When feminism meets queer theory, no introductions seem necessary. The two share common political interests—a concern for women’s and gay and lesbian rights—and many of the same academic and intellectual roots. And yet, they can also seem like strangers, needing mediation, translation, clarification. This volume focuses on the encounters of feminist and queer theories, on the ways in which basic terms such as "male" and "female," "man" and "woman," "bl...
Avro Canada's initial secret project was intended to use the Coanda Effect to provide lift and thrust from a single turborotor blowing exhaust out of the rim of the disk-shaped aircraft. Designed by the late John Frost in the early 1950s for a vertical take off and landing (VTOL) flying machine.
It was Hitler’s eagerly anticipated twin jet Heinkel-Hirth HeS 109-011 powered tailless medium range bomber project. Capable of carrying one 2,205 lb bomb 621 miles at 621 MPH. By 1943, nearly everyone in the Air Ministry, including Luftwaffe officials, had come to the conclusion that Heinkel’s 177 long-range bomber, though a design success, was an engineering failure. This is one of the proposed designs that was never put into production. World class digital images by Mario Merino show what the finished product could have been. Enjoy!
The story of the Heinkel He 176 rocket powered aircraft has been clouded in mystery and incorrect information for many years. Only in the last few years have some of the real facts emerged. Although there had been a few rocket powered planes earlier (Espenlaub's E 7 and the Opel-Sander Rak-1), these both used solid fuel rockets. The He 176 was to be the first aircraft in history to fly using only liquid-fueled rocket power.
A VTOL design project by the famous English Supermarine (1913-1960) from the 1950s and time of the "cold war" when everyone thought the USSR would destroy military air bases and commercial runways the world over requiring the need for vertical takeoff and landing flying machines of war. The Supermarine 4040 was never built. Digital images for David Myhra by world class digital artist Jozef Gatial.
How long have composites been around? Where does the classical laminate theory come from? Who made the first modern fiber composite? This work in the history of materials science is the first examination of the strategies employed in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in researching and developing hybrid materials. The author analyzes numerous sources which record a regular back and forth between applied design and exploratory materials engineering in building such “modular materials”. The motivations, ideas, and concepts of engineers, scientists, and other players in industry and research are also examined within the context of their day. This book presents the development and impor...
Attention all you ancient alien believers! Here's a replica of what our friends way out in the cosmos gave the early Egyptians over 2,300 years ago! But for now all we have left is a 7 inch wooden scale model. Who knows what maybe still buried under the sands near the Pyramids. A full sized exotic flying machine? This ebooks answers some of these questions and poses a few more! Enjoy!
Early German rocketeers from the mid 1920s and throughout the 1930s, include such talents as Hermann Oberth, Johannes Winkler, Max Valier, Wernher von Braun, orbiting space wheel designer Hermann Potocnik, and others. In the early 1920s, little rocket societies sprang up all over Germany to promote the spirit of adventure of rocket travel. What of all these men mentioned and numerous other rocketeers interested in space travel when the Nazis came into power in 1933? It didn’t end, and these men remained interested and fascinated and their dreams of space. Although the Nazi Party put a stop to all public rocket demonstrations and any talk of space travel under penalty of prison and/or death, attached are images of what these men were privately thinking. Absolute fantasy in the late 1920s and 1930s, here are images of what they were thinking. Thanks to Mario Merino for the computer generated digital images. Enjoy!
Proof that America was secretly involved in Flying Saucers!! Many have long suspected the US Air Force has special interest flying saucer technology beginning in the mid 1950’s. In September 2012 it would seem they that were not wrong alter all. At that time a small team of American and Canadian euro engineers set to work at former Canadian company known as Avro Aircraft on an above top secret program code named Project 1794. It was a supersonic flying machine in the shape of a flying saucer and we now know capable to shoot down Soviet “Bear” intercontinental bombers. Read the full unclassified "above top secret" report with sketches, line drawings and photographs.
PRAISE FOR SARUM 'A high-speed cavalcade of our island story' DAILY EXPRESS 'Supremely well crafted and a delight to read' CHICAGO TRIBUNE 'A thundering good read' THE BOOKSELLER 'A richly imagined vision of history' SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE _______________________________ FIVE INTERCONNECTED FAMILIES Sarum weaves an enthralling saga of five families - the Wilsons, the Masons, the family of Porteus, the Shockleys, and the Godfreys - who reflect the changing character of Britain. CENTURIES OF TURMOIL AND TYRANNY In a novel of extraordinary richness, the whole sweep of British civilization unfolds through the story of one place, Sailsbury, from beyond recorded time to the present day. The landscape - as old as time itself - shapes the destinies of the five families. AN EPIC SAGA Tracing historical moments from the Ice Age through to the present day, all set against the backdrop of an ever-changing England, Sarum is a novel of breathtaking scope, perfect for fans of Ken Follett and Diana Gabaldon.