1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910149540403321

Autore

Veronica Nick

Titolo

Icebreakers / / by Nick Veronica

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Gareth Stevens Publishing, , 2017

�2017

ISBN

1-4824-5782-2

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (32 pages) : color illustrations

Collana

Technology Takes on Nature

Disciplina

623.828

Soggetti

Icebreakers (Ships)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Breaking Through -- Using the Breaker -- How Icebreakers Work -- Making a Breaker -- Early Icebreakers -- Rank and Size -- How Icebreakers Navigate -- Breaking Lake Ice -- Going Nuclear -- Getting Stuck -- Climate Change -- Breaking in the Future -- Glossary -- For More Information -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, readers will dive in to explore how icebreakers work and what special tools they have to keep other boats safe in the water.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996247947403316

Autore

Ver Steeg Clarence L (Clarence Lester), <1922-2007.>

Titolo

Robert Morris, revolutionary financier : with an analysis of his earlier career / / by Clarence L. Ver Steeg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Octagon Books, 1976

ISBN

0-374-98078-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p. )

Disciplina

973.3/092/4

Soggetti

United States - General

Regions & Countries - Americas

History & Archaeology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reprint of original University of Pennsylvania Press edition, 1954.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography (p. [255]-269) and index.