The Big Drum A Comedy in Four Acts by Pinero, Arthur Wing, Sir, 1855-1934

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Soldier Stories by Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936

“…With the main guard -- The drums of the fore and aft -- The man who was -- The courting of Dinah Shadd -- The incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney -- The taking of Lungtungpen -- The madness of Private Ortheris.…”
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Why some wars never end the stories of the longest conflicts in history by Cummins, Joseph

Table of Contents: “…: wars of empire -- The Greco-Persian Wars, 500-449 BCE: "Remember the Athenians" -- The Punic Wars, 264-146 BCE: the end of Carthage -- The Hundred Years' War, 1337-1453: a perfect storm of warfare -- The Ottoman wars, 1354-1529: "The great drum of conquest" -- section 2. As God is my witness: religious wars -- The Jewish-Roman wars, 66-135 CE: "Not so much as one soul" -- The troubles, 1966-1998: by ballot and bullet -- The Arab-Israeli wars, 1948-ongoing: when war is a fact of life -- section 3. …”

Brake pad & disc materials

Table of Contents: “…The XRD analysis of brake friction material formulations -- Chapter 16 The use of pugh method in the selection of the best friction material -- Chapter 17 Friction material characteristic -- Chapter 18 Selection of suitable light rail transit (LRT) Brake Pad formulations using quality function deployment (QFD) -- Chapter 19 Method for Producing Carbon-Cooper Collector Shoe through powder metallurgy route -- Chapter 20 Process for producing carbon-cooper composites throught warm compaction method -- Chapter 21 Brake pad temperature during long downhill drive -- Chapter 22 Detection of asbestos in local made brake shoes -- Chapter 23 The effects of metallic additions on mechanical and electrical properties of carbon-copper composites for light rail application -- Chapter 24 Analyzing brake friction using MSC.ADAMS -- Chapter 25 Predicting wear and squel noise of a disc brake assembly using the finite element method -- Chapter 26 Some methods for preventing friction generated noise from disc brake -- Chapter 27 Analysis of out-of-roundness effect on the brake factor of an S-cam drum brake -- Chapter 28 Work hardening of worn aluminium alloys due to dry sliding -- Chapter 29 Investigating on tribological properties of strontium modified LM-6 alloy -- Chapter 30 Characteristics and wear behavior of low temperature nitride stainless steel -- Chapter 31 Wear behavior of stir cast al-sic composites -- Chapter 32 Prediction of temperature distributions in a disc assembly using the finite element method.…”

Fundamentals of drafting technology by Madsen, David A.

Table of Contents: “…Multiviews And Auxiliary Views: -- Multiviews -- View selection -- Projection of circles and arcs -- Third-angle projection -- First-angle projection -- Layout techniques -- Auxiliary views -- Plotting curves in auxiliary views -- Enlargements -- Secondary auxiliary views -- Professional perspective -- Engineering problem -- Multiviews and auxiliary view problems -- Descriptive Geometry: -- Standards of projection -- Projection of a point -- Lines in space -- Classification of lines -- Planes -- Professional perspective -- Engineering problem -- Descriptive geometry problems -- Manufacturing Processes: -- Manufacturing materials -- Manufacturing processes -- Machine processes -- Tool design -- Statistical Process Control (SPC) -- Professional perspective -- Engineering problem -- Manufacturing processes problems -- Dimensioning: -- Dimensioning systems -- Basic dimensioning concepts -- Notes for size features -- Location dimensions -- Dimension origin -- Dimensioning auxiliary views -- General notes -- Tolerancing -- Dimensions applied to platings and coatings -- Maximum and minimum dimensions -- Machined surfaces -- Design and drafting of machined features -- Symbols -- Professional perspective -- Engineering problem -- Dimensioning problems -- Fasteners And Springs: -- Screw-thread fasteners -- Thread-cutting tools -- Thread forms -- Thread representations -- Thread notes -- Measuring screw threads -- Threaded fasteners -- Washers -- Dowel pins -- Taper and other pins -- Retaining rings -- Keys, keyways, and keyseats -- Rivets -- Springs -- Professional perspective -- Engineering problem -- Fasteners and springs problems -- Sections, Revolutions, And Conventional Breaks: -- Sectioning -- Cutting-plane lines -- Section lines -- Full sections -- Half sections -- Offset sections -- Aligned sections -- Unsectioned features -- Conventional revolutions -- Broken-out sections -- Auxiliary sections -- Conventional breaks -- Revolved sections -- Removed sections -- Professional perspective -- Engineering problem -- Sectioning problems…”

Handbook of rigging for construction and industrial operations by Rossnagel, W. E