Author : Peter Twiss
Publisher : Grub Street the Basement
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 33,17 MB
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781904943372
The name of Peter Twiss first achieved national prominence in March 1956 when, as a test pilot, he gained the World Air Speed Record in the Fairey Delta 2, flying at a speed of 1132 mph over Chichester in Sussex. Seventeen years earlier, in 1939, he had joined the Fleet Air Arm to serve his country in war, seeing action in Fulmars over the convoys to Malta in June 1942, in Seafires during the Operation Torch landings in NW Africa, and as a night fighter flying Mosquitoes.
Author : John A. Eddy
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 49,34 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780160838088
" ... Concise explanations and descriptions - easily read and readily understood - of what we know of the chain of events and processes that connect the Sun to the Earth, with special emphasis on space weather and Sun-Climate."--Dear Reader.
Author : Peter Twiss
Publisher : Grub Street the Basement
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 30,35 MB
Release : 2005-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781904943310
The name of Peter Twiss first achieved national prominence in March 1956 when, as a test pilot, he gained the World Air Speed Record in the Fairey Delta 2, flying at a speed of 1132 mph over Chichester in Sussex. Seventeen years earlier, however, in 1939, he had joined the Fleet Air Arm to serve his country in war. After training at Elmdon, Castle Bromwich and Yeovilton, Peter saw service with the MSFU in 1941 and then joined 807 Squadron during 1942. He took part in the Operation Harpoon convoy to Malta in June 1942, aboard HMS Argus, and was awarded a DSC for his role in these operations. Initially flying Fulmars, his squadron later converted to Seafires and, now flying from HMS Furious, he joined the Operation Torch landings in NW Africa. During 1943-44 he became involved in the development of night fighting, serving with the RAF's Fighter Interception Unit, and flying Mosquitoes.
Author : Meriol Trevor
Publisher : Bethlehem Books
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 40,87 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781883937416
This is an adventurous story with a difference--it is soon after World War II, but Cecil (short for Cecilia) and her cousin, Rickie, are thrown into a series of adventures that have little to do with the England that they know. Inexplicably, they, and sometimes their eccentric and interesting tutor, Dominic, find themselves in another time-usually right in the middle of a dramatic, if not harrowing, moment. Every dip into time takes them farther back and each time they experience another chapter of the Church's history and teachings. At once fun and frightening, these escapades into the past take on deeper and deeper significance. Each of these three Cecil, Rickie, Dominic are faced with things from their own pasts which touch deeply upon who they are in the present and who they will choose to be in the uncertain but tantalizing future. They have much to sort out, as history-especially the history of the Christian Faith-comes unexpectedly alive.
Author : Thomas KEITH (Teacher of Mathematics.)
Publisher :
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 50,96 MB
Release : 1811
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Author : Neil F. Comins
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 44,66 MB
Release : 2010-03-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 142995793X
"What if?" questions stimulate people to think in new ways, to refresh old ideas, and to make new discoveries. In What If the Earth Had Two Moons, Neil Comins leads us on a fascinating ten-world journey as we explore what our planet would be like under alternative astronomical conditions. In each case, the Earth would be different, often in surprising ways. The title chapter, for example, gives us a second moon orbiting closer to Earth than the one we have now. The night sky is a lot brighter, but that won't last forever. Eventually the moons collide, with one extra-massive moon emerging after a period during which Earth sports a Saturn-like ring. This and nine and other speculative essays provide us with insights into the Earth as it exists today, while shedding new light on the burgeoning search for life on planets orbiting other stars. Appealing to adult and young adult alike, this book is a fascinating journey through physics and astronomy, and follows on the author's previous bestseller, What if the Moon Didn't Exist?, with completely new scenarios backed by the latest astronomical research.
Author : J. Javaraiah
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,63 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Science
ISBN :
Though the sun does not go around the Earth, still it does go around. Javaraiah and Gokhale (both Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore) team up with colleagues to summarize recent research findings on its rotation, the variations in the rotations, and physical processes in the Sun and its atmosphere that affect and are affected by the rotation. They consider the mean rotation and time dependence of the outer layers, and the rotation rate in the interior as determined by helioseismic studies.
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Page : 614 pages
File Size : 30,88 MB
Release : 1880
Category : Asia
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Page : 766 pages
File Size : 23,72 MB
Release : 1850
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Author : United States. Department of the Army
Publisher :
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 28,38 MB
Release : 1956
Category : United States
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