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Macmillan encyclopedia of energy
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Macmillan Reference USA
Publication Date
2001
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English
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v. 1. Acid rain to Electric vehicles
v. 2. Emission control, Power plant to Oersted, Hans Christian
v. 3. Office equipment to Z-Pinch. Energy timeline. Index.
v. 1.
Acid Rain / Tom Butler
Aerodynamics / John D. Anderson
Agriculture / Hosein Shapouri, Roger Conway
Air Conditioning / Bernard A. Nagengast
Aircraft / John D. Anderson
Air Pollution / Kenneth Green
Air Quality, Indoor / Satish Kumar
Air Travel / F. Robert van der Linden
Alexanderson, Ernst Frederik Werner (1878-1975) / Albert Abramson
Alternative Fuels and Vehicles / John Zumerchik
Ampère, André-Marie (1775-1836) / Robert Sier
Animal and Human Energy / David Mulcahy
Appliances / David B. Goldstein
Archimedes (287-212 BC) / Douglas Quinney
Atmosphere / Dennis G. Baker, Anita Baker-Blocker
Auditing of Energy Use / Michael R. Muller
Automobile Performance / Charles A. Amann
Aviation Fuel / William F. Taylor
Batteries / John Zumerchik
Bearings / Jiang Long
Becquerel, Alexandre-Edmund (1820-1891) / Stig Steenstrup
Behavior / John Zumerchik
Bernoulli, Daniel (1700-1782) / Douglas Quinney
Bethe, Hans Albrecht (1906- ) / Silvan S. Schweber
Bicycling / John Schubert, John Zumerchik
Big Bang Theory / Don Lichtenberg
Biofuels / Deborah L. Mowery
Biological Energy Use, Cellular Processes of / David E. Harris
Biological Energy Use, Ecosystem Functioning of / Allison Brody
Black, Joseph (1728-1799) / Robert Sier
Building Design, Commercial / Jeffrey A. Johnson, William Steven Taber, Jr.
Building Design, Energy Codes and / Jeffrey A. Johnson, David Conover
Building Design, Residential / Sam Rashkin, Japhet Koteen
Capacitors and Ultracapacitors / Alan B. McEwen
Capital Investment Decisions / Sue McNeil
Carnot, Nicolas Leonard Sadi (1796-1832) / Joseph F. Mulligan
Carson, Rachel / Linda Sargent Wood
Catalysts / Joe W. Hightower, Burtron H. Davis
Charcoal / Herman Bieber
Chemical Energy, Historical Evolution of the Use of / Barry L. Tarmy
Clausius, Rudolf Julius Emmanuel (1822-1888) / Barbara Flume-Gorczyca
Climatic Effects / Kenneth Green
Coal, Consumption of / Anthony Fainberg
Coal, Production of / Jerry C. Tien
Coal, Transportation and Storage of / Jamie N. Heller, Stan M. Kaplan
Cogeneration / Joseph Priest
Cogeneration Technologies / Morris A. Pierce
Combustion / Kenneth Brezinsky
Communications and Energy / Gilbert Held
Conservation of Energy / Joseph Priest
Conservation Supply Curves / Alan K. Meier, Arthur H. Rosenfeld
Consumption / John Zumerchik
Control Systems, History of / Anibal T. De Almeida, Hashem Akbari
Cool Communities / Hashem Akbari, Arthur H. Rosenfeld
Culture and Energy Usage / Laura Nader
Curie, Marie Sklodowska (1867-1934) / Margaret H. Venable, T. Leon Venable
Demand-Side Management / Joseph Eto
Diesel, Rudolph (1858-1913) / David B. Sicilia
Diesel Cycle Engines / Robert N. Brady
Diesel Fuel / Robert N. Brady
District Heating and Cooling / Morris A. Pierce
Domestic Energy Use / Morris A. Pierce
Drivetrains / Charles A. Amann
Economically Efficient Energy Choices / William S. Peirce
Economic Externalities / Samuel N. Addy
Economic Growth and Energy Consumption / Scott B. Sitzer
Edison, Thomas Alva (1847-1931) / Leonard S. Taylor
Efficiency of Energy Use / Arthur H. Rosenfeld, Tina M. Kaarsberg, Joseph J. Romm
Efficiency of Energy Use, Economic Concerns and / Ronald J. Sutherland
Efficiency of Energy Use, Labeling of / James G. Mills
Einstein, Albert (1879-1955) / Abraham Pais
Elastic Energy / Joseph Priest
Electricity / Dennis Barnaal
Electricity, History of / Bernard Finn
Electric Motor Systems / John Zumerchik
Electric Power, Generation of / David E. Dismukes
Electric Power, System Protection, Control, and Monitoring of / Stanley H. Horowitz
Electric Power, System Reliability and / Roy Billinton
Electric Power Substations / John A. Palmer
Electric Power Transmission and Distribution Systems / John A. Palmer
Electric Vehicles / John Zumerchik, Fred I. Denny.
v. 2.
Emission Control, Vehicle / Randall Guensler
Emission Control, Power Plant / Charles E. Hickman
Energy Economics / Richard L. Gordon
Energy Intensity Trends / Stephanie J. Battles
Energy Management Control Systems / Anibal T. De Almeida, Hashem Akbari
Engines / Charles A. Amann
Environmental Economics / Richard L. Stroup
Environmental Problems and Energy Use / Fred I. Denny
Ericsson, John (1803-1899) / Robert Sier
Ethical and Moral Aspects of Energy Use / Joseph R. DesJardins
Explosives and Propellants / Herman Bieber
Faraday, Michael (1791-1867) / Leonard S. Taylor
Fermi, Enrico (1901-1954) / Joseph F. Mulligan
Flywheels / Donald A. Bender
Fossil Fuels / Thomas S. Ahlbrandt
Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph (1768-1830) / David Keston
Freight Movement / John Zumerchik, Jack Lanigan, Sr.
Fuel Cells / Christopher Borroni-Bird
Fuel Cell Vehicles / Christopher Borroni-Bird
Fuller, R. Buckminster, Jr. (1895-1983) / Linda Sargent Wood
Fulton, Robert (1765-1815) / Dennis R. Diehl
Furnaces and Boilers / Esher Kweller, Roger McDonald
Futures / Frank R. Power
Gasoline and Additives / Sanford L. Moskowitz
Gasoline Engines / Charles A. Amann
Geography and Energy Use / Vaclav Smil
Geothermal Energy / Ernest L. McFarland
Gibbs, Josiah Willard (1839-1903) / Robert J. Deltete
Government Agencies / John Zumerchik
Government Intervention in Energy Markets / John Zumerchik
Gravitational Energy / Joseph Priest
Green Energy / Robert L. Bradley, Jr.
Heat and Heating / Joseph Priest
Heat Pumps / Bernard A. Nagengast
Heat Transfer / W. Dan Turner, David Claridge
Heaviside, Oliver (1850-1925) / Alan S. Heather
Helmholtz, Hermann von (1821-1894) / Joseph F. Mulligan
Hertz, Henrich Rudolph (1857-1894) / Joseph F. Mulligan
Historical Perspectives and Social Consequences / Vaclav Smil
Houdry, Eugene Jules (1892-1962) / Barry L. Tarmy
Hybrid Vehicles / Andrew F. Burke
Hydroelectric Energy / Linda Doman
Hydrogen / Joan M. Ogden
Import/Export Market for Energy / Douglas B. Reynolds
Industry and Business, Energy as a Factor of Production in / Douglas B. Reynolds
Industry and Business, Productivity and Energy Efficiency in / Joseph J. Romm
Insulation / David W. Yarbrough
Ipatieff, Vladimir Nikolaevitch (1867-1952) / Sanford L. Moskowitz
Joule, James Prescott (1818-1889) / Joseph F. Mulligan
Kamerlingh Onnes, Heike (1853-1926) / Paul H. E. Meijer
Kerosene / Herman Bieber
Kinetic Energy / Joseph Priest
Kinetic Energy, Historical Evolution of the Use of / Terry S. Reynolds
Laplace, Pierre Simon (1749-1827) / Leonard S. Taylor
Lasers / Karl J. Hejlik
Lewis, Warren K. (1882-1975) / Sanford L. Moskowitz
Lighting / Mark S. Rea
Liquefied Petroleum Gas / Roy W. Willis
Locomotive Technology / Robert E. Gallamore
Lyell, Charles (1797-1875) / Colin A. Russell
Magnetic Levitation / Richard D. Thornton
Magnetism and Magnets / Joseph Priest
Magnetohydrodynamics / Hugo Karl Messerle
Manufacturing / Ernst Worrell
Market Imperfections / Alan H. Sanstad
Market Transformation / Dan W. York, Mark E. Hanson
Mass Transit / Paul M. Schimek
Materials / Robert H. Doremus
Matter and Energy / Don Lichtenberg
Maxwell, James Clerk (1831-1879) / C. W. F. Everitt
Mayer, Julius Robert (1814-1878) / Joseph F. Mulligan
Mechanical Transmission of Energy / Don C. Hopkins
Meitner, Lise (1878-1968) / Joseph F. Mulligan
Methane / John Zumerchik
Methanol / John Zumerchik
Military Energy Use, Historical Aspects of / Shannon A. Brown
Molecular Energy / Ellen J. Zeman
Nanotechnologies / J. Storrs Hall
National Energy Laboratories / John Zumerchik
Natural Gas, Consumption of / Arlon R. Tussing
Natural Gas, Processing and Conversion of / John Zumerchik, Herman Bieber
Natural Gas, Transportation, Distribution, and Storage of / Robert V. McCormick
Nernst, Walther Hermann (1864-1941) / Tyno Abdul-Redah
Newcomen, Thomas (1663-1729) / Dennis R. Diehl
Newton, Isaac (1642-1727) / Brian S. Baigrie
Nitrogen Cycle / Deborah L. Mowery
Nuclear Energy / Ernest L. McFarland
Nuclear Energy, Historical Evolution of the Use of / David B. Sicilia
Nuclear Fission / Joseph Priest
Nuclear Fission Fuel / Brian F. Thumm
Nuclear Fusion / D. W. Ignat
Nuclear Waste / Donald Williams
Ocean Energy / Stuart E. Baird
Oersted, Hans Christian (1777-1851) / Leonard S. Taylor.
v. 3.
Office Equipment / Mary Ann Piette, Bruce Nordman
Oil and Gas, Drilling for / John Zumerchik, Elena Subia Melchert
Oil and Gas, Exploration for / Raymon L. Brown
Oil and Gas, Production of / George W. Hinman, Nancy W. Hinman
Onsager, Lars (1903-1976) / P. C. Hemmer
Otto, Nikolaus August (1832-1891) / Robert Sier
Parsons, Charles Algernon (1854-1931) / Robert Strunz
Particle Accelerators / Don Lichtenberg
Perpetual Motion / Don C. Hopkins
Petroleum Consumption / Sanford L. Moskowitz
Piezoelectric Energy / Joseph Priest
Potential Energy / Joseph Priest
Power / Joseph Priest
Pressure / Joseph Priest
Propellers / Jeremy Kinney
Property Rights / Gary Libecap
Propulsion / Don C. Hopkins
Railway Passenger Service / Louis S. Thompson
Rankine, William John Macquorn (1820-1872) / Dennis R. Diehl
Refineries / James H. Gary
Refining, History of / Sanford L. Moskowitz
Refrigerators and Freezers / J. Benjamin Horvay
Regulation and Rates for Electricity / Lawrence J. Hill
Renewable Energy / Joseph Priest
Reserves and Resources / Thomas S. Ahlbrandt
Residual Fuels / Charles W. Siegmund
Risk Assessment and Management / Ahmet E. Kocagil
Rocket Propellants / Peter A. Gorin
Sakharov, Andrei Dmitrievich (1921-1989) / Andrew M. Sessler
Savery, Thomas (1650-1715) / Dennis R. Diehl
Scientific and Technical Understanding / C. W. F. Everitt
Seebeck, Thomas Johann (1770-1831) / Barbara Flume-Gorczyca
Seismic Energy / Charles K. Scharnberger
Ships / A. Douglas Carmichael, Clifford A. Whitcomb
Siemens, Ernst Werner von (1816-1892) / Barbara Flume-Gorczyca
Smeaton, John (1724-1792) / Robert Sier
Solar Energy / Allan R. Hoffman
Solar Energy, Historical Evolution of the Use of / J. Bernard Moore
Spacecraft Energy Systems / Peter A. Gorin
Sperry, Elmer Ambrose (1860-1930) / Robin B. Goodale
Steam Engines / Ken Helmick
Stephenson, George (1781-1848) / Dennis R. Diehl
Stirling, Robert (1790-1878) / Robert Sier
Stirling Engines / Brent H. Van Arsdell
Storage / Joseph Priest
Storage Technology / Joseph Priest
Subsidies and Energy Costs / Richard L. Gordon
Supply and Demand and Energy Prices / Carol Dahl
Sustainable Resources / John Zumerchik
Synthetic Fuel / John Zumerchik, Herman Bieber
Taxation of Energy / Mark Mazur, Thomas A. Barthold
Tesla, Nikola (1856-1943) / James D. Allan
Thermal Energy / Joseph Priest
Thermodynamics / John R. Ray
Thompson, Benjamin (Count Rumford) (1753-1814) / Joseph F. Mulligan
Thomson, Joseph John (1856-1940) / Leif Gerward, Christopher Cousins
Thomson, William (Lord Kelvin) (1824-1907) / Crosbie Smith
Tires / Joseph D. Walter
Townes, Charles Hard (1915- ) / Karl J. Hejlik
Traffic Flow Management / Randall Guensler
Transformers / Brian F. Thumm
Transportation, Evolution of Energy Use and / William L. Withuhn
Trevithick, Richard (1771-1833) / Karl A. Petersen
Tribology / Gary C. Barber, Barbara A. Oakley
True Energy Costs / Jonathan G. Koomey
Turbines, Gas / Ronald L. Bannister
Turbines, Steam / Ronald L. Bannister
Turbines, Wind / M. Maureen Hand
Units of Energy / Joseph Priest
Utility Planning / James N. Maughn
Volta, Alessandro (1745-1827) / Giuliano Pancaldi
Waste-to-Energy Technology / Michael L. Murphy
Water Heating / James D. Lutz
Watt, James (1736-1819) / Karl A. Petersen
Waves / Joseph Priest
Wheatstone, Charles (1802-1875) / Brian Bowers
Windows / Alecia Ward
Work and Energy / Joseph Priest.
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