Archive for Author 'Bill Ingalls', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
Occupant Protection and Automobile Safety in the U.S. since 1900
by Roger F. Wells
No need to obsess about it but every time you strap your car on, a lot can go wrong. From bumpers to highway signage to self-driving cars this book explains what keeps you safe.
Road to Valor
by Aili and Andres McConnon
Winning one Tour de France is hard, winning two harder. Doing it ten years apart is harder still and the book’s protagonist is the only one to have done it. But—trust the title—there’s a lot more to this story.
The Westford Knight and Henry Sinclair Evidence of a 14th Century Scottish Voyage to North America
by David Goudsward
What if it wasn’t Columbus who discovered America? Did the Westford Knight beat him to it? Professional archaeologists and historians largely reject this theory . . . but . . .
Frank K. Hain and the Manhattan Railway Company
by Peter Murray Hain
The story of a competent leader of men and machines torn this way and that by feuding power blocs—who ended it all by throwing himself under one of his trains!
The Wilmington & Raleigh Rail Road Company, 1833–1854
by James C. Burke
This company’s 1840 line was a marvel of civil engineering and the longest railroad in the world in its day. Today’s CSX Transportation is its offspring.
Chevrolet Volt: Development Story of the Pioneering Electrified Vehicle
Edited by Lindsay Brooke
Remember GM’s EV1? Who does?? The Volt will be remembered—and not just for its exploding batteries. This book summarizes key facts, concepts, and people behind the car.
Vehicular Engine Design
by Kevin L Hoag
This graduate school textbook is an overview of what will be required of design engineers specializing in auto and light truck engines once they hire on with a major vehicle manufacturer. Fuel and ignition systems are not included, those topics being covered separately elsewhere.
They Started in MGs: Profiles of Sports Car Racers of the 1950s
by Carl Goodwin
Cheap, quick, easy to fix and modify, the MG TC really was the one car that can be said to have launched sports car racing in America. You’ll be surprised at who all cut their teeth on this little machine.
Eagle: Henry Royce’s First Aero Engine
by Derek S Taulbut
This excellent book details the development process of Rolls-Royce’s WWI V-12 aircraft engine of complex design, extraordinary power, and uncommon reliability.
Vikings at Waterloo: The Wartime Work on the Whittle Jet Engine by the Rover Company
by David S Brooks
This is, sad to say, a dull book about an exciting topic. It concerns itself with the wartime development work on the Whittle jet engine done by the Rover, Lucas, and Rolls-Royce companies up to 1943 in the Waterloo Mill area of England.
Sänger: Germany’s Orbital Rocket Bomber in World War II
by David Myhra
Everyone knows NASA’s Space Shuttle. Many know the X-15 and -20. But few outside the rocketry community know the craft or the man that provided key theoretical underpinnings for their propulsion systems and the principle of the lifting body, Eugen Sänger.
Flying Cars, Amphibious Vehicles and Other Dual Mode Transports
by George W Green
This book lists just about everyone from 1900 to 2010 who has ever publicly stated an intention to build either a flying car, a car/boat combination, or any other land/sea/air multi-use vehicle. Green briefly summarizes what is known about each effort and in rare cases, its success or failure.
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