Reviews : Wilcox, Delos F. Municipal Franchises. Vol. II. Pp. xxi, 885. Price, $5.00. New York: Engineering News Company, I9II

Mortuary Experience of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, New York. Vol. II

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The control valve operates at high operation frequency (up to 1,000 Hz) in the large pressure differences between the inlet and outlet of the valve. The flow and operation characteristics of a high-speed electromagnetic control valve are investigated using a commercial software, CFD-ACE+. It is found that maximum operation frequency of the control valve depends on the applied electromagnetic fo...

Energy recovery from New York City municipal solid wastes.

This work was part of a major study that examined the policy and technology implications of alternatives for managing the municipal solid wastes (MSW) of New York City. At this time, of the 4.1 million metric tons of MSW collected by the City annually, 16.6% are recycled, 12.4% are combusted in Waste-to-Energy (WTE) plants, and the remaining 71% are landfilled. Despite the heterogeneity of orga...

Expedition Medicine (Revised Edition), D. Warrell and S. Anderson, eds. New York, Fitzroy Dearborn, 2003. 398 pp, hardbound. Price: $55.

Henry M. Stanley, in his second trans-Africa expedition of 1874– 1877, lost 68% of his 356 men. Among the casualties, 58 died in battle or were murdered (several were cannibalized), 45 died of smallpox, 21 from dysentery, 14 drowned, and 1 was killed by a crocodile; several others died of starvation (all of this from the preface to this book). Modern-day expeditions—defined as organized and usu...