1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996385815103316

Autore

Pechey John <1655-1716.>

Titolo

The compleat midwife's practice enlarged in the most weighty and high concernments of the birth of man [[electronic resource] ] : containing a perfect directory or rules for midwives and nurses : as also a guide for women in their conception, bearing and nursing of children from the experience of our English authors, viz., Sir Theodore Mayern, Dr. Chamberlain, Mr. Nich. Culpeper ... : with instructions of the Queen of France's midwife to her daughter ... / / by John Pechey ... ; the whole illustrated with copper plates

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for H. Rhodes ... J. Philips ... J. Taylor ... and K. Bentley ..., 1698

Edizione

[The fifth edition corrected, and much enlarged.]

Descrizione fisica

[16], 352 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill., port

Altri autori (Persone)

ChamberlenHugh

CulpeperNicholas <1616-1654.>

BoursierLouise Bourgeois <ca. 1563-1636.>

MayerneThéodore Turquet de, Sir,  <1573-1655.>

Soggetti

Obstetrics - England

Medicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Rare secrets brought to light, which for many years were locked up in the breast of ... Sir Theodore Mayern ... London, 1696" (p. [291]-326) has special t.p.

The author's name appears after the edition statement.

Advertisement on p. [8]-[9].

Reproduction of original in Yale University Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0198



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910140750803321

Titolo

The vertical transportation handbook [[electronic resource] /] / George R. Strakosch and Robert Caporale, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY, : John Wiley & Sons, c2010

ISBN

0-470-91973-6

1-282-81710-8

9786612817106

0-470-94981-3

0-470-91971-X

Edizione

[4th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (626 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

StrakoschGeorge R

CaporaleBob

Disciplina

621.8/77

Soggetti

Elevators

Escalators

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

THE VERTICAL TRANSPORTATION HANDBOOK; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; 1 The Essentials of Elevatoring; 2 The Basis of Elevatoring a Building; 3 Passenger Traffic Requirements; 4 IncomingTraffic; 5 Two-Way Traffic; 6 Outgoing Traffic; 7 Elevator Operation and Control; 8 Space and Physical Requirements; 9 Escalators and Moving Walks; 10 Elevatoring Commercial Buildings; 11 Elevatoring Residential Buildings; 12 Elevatoring Institutional Buildings; 13 Service and Freight Elevators; 14 Nonconventional Elevators, Special Applications, and Environmental Considerations

15 Automated Materials-Handling Systems16 Codes and Standards; 17 Elevator Specifying and Contracting; 18 Economics, Maintenance, and Modernization; 19 Traffic Studies and Performance Evaluation Using Simulation; 20 The Changing Modes of Horizontal and Vertical Transportation; Appendix: Literature on Elevators and Escalators; Index of Tables and Charts; Index of Examples; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This new edition of a one-of-a-kind handbook provides an essential updating to keep the book current with technology and practice.  New



coverage of topics such as machine-room-less systems and current operation and control procedures, ensures that this revision maintains its standing as the premier general reference on vertical transportation.  A team of new contributors has been assembled to shepherd the book into this new edition and provide the expertise to keep it up to date in future editions.  A new copublishing partnership with Elevator World Magazine ensures that the quality of the rev