1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991004052229707536

Autore

Preumont, André

Titolo

Random vibration and spectral analysis / by André Preumont

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, c1994

Titolo uniforme

Vibrations aleatoires et analyse spectrale. English 49996

ISBN

0792330366

Descrizione fisica

xiii, 271 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

Collana

Solid mechanics and its applications ; 33

Disciplina

531.32015192

Soggetti

Random vibration

Stochastic processes

Spectral theory (Mathematics) - Data processing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. translation of: Vibrations alâeatoires et analyse spectrale.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-268) and index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786377503321

Autore

Dull Jonathan R. <1942->

Titolo

American naval history, 1607-1865 [[electronic resource] ] : overcoming the colonial legacy / / Jonathan R. Dull

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, NB, : University of Nebraska Press, c2012

ISBN

1-283-68775-5

0-8032-4471-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Collana

Studies in war, society, and the military

Disciplina

359.00973

Soggetti

Naval history

United States History, Naval To 1900

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The American colonies and the British Navy, 1607-1775 -- The war against Britain, 1775-1783 -- A new Navy fights France and the Barbary States, 1783-1805 -- A precarious neutrality ends in a second war against Britain, 1805-1815 -- Trade protection and war with Mexico, 1815-1861 -- The Civil Aar, 1861-1865 -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

For its first eighty-five years, the United States was only a minor naval power. Its fledgling fleet had been virtually annihilated during the War of Independence and was mostly trapped in port by the end of the War of 1812. How this meager presence became the major naval power it remains to this day is the subject of American Naval History, 1607-1865: Overcoming the Colonial Legacy. A wide-ranging yet concise survey of the U.S. Navy from the colonial era through the Civil War, the book draws on American, British, and French history to reveal how navies reflect diplomatic, political,