Download or read book Horsepower written by Joy Priest and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Priest’s debut collection, Horsepower, is a cinematic escape narrative that radically envisions a daughter’s waywardness as aspirational. Across the book’s three sequences, we find the black-girl speaker in the midst of a self-imposed exile, going back in memory to explore her younger self—a mixed-race child being raised by her white supremacist grandfather in the shadow of Churchill Downs, Kentucky’s world-famous horseracing track—before arriving in a state of self-awareness to confront the personal and political landscape of a harshly segregated Louisville. Out of a space that is at once southern and urban, violent and beautiful, racially-charged and working-class, she attempts to transcend her social and economic circumstances. Across the collection, Priest writes a horse that acts as a metaphysical engine of flight, showing us how to throw off the harness and sustain wildness. Unlike the traditional Bildungsroman, Priest presents a non-linear narrative in which the speaker lacks the freedom to come of age naively in the urban South, and must instead, from the beginning, possess the wisdom of “the horses & their restless minds.”
Download or read book American Horsepower written by Mike Mueller and published by . This book was released on with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the heart of every great car, there lies a great engine. The high-performance muscle car; the high-mileage family car; the high-speed race car: no matter the vintage or voltage, the torque or the task, the car with the power to move Americans—and the world—boasts an engine of remarkable ingenuity, dependability, and power. American Horsepower: 100 Years of Great Car Engines pays tribute to 25 outstanding American-made engines valued for their raw horsepower or their design simplicity, their longevity or their design innovation—or, in rare instances, all of the above. Bringing an auto enthusiast’s touch to the subject, author and photographer Mike Mueller details each engine’s conception, creators, specifications, performance records, and more. His knowledgeable, accessible text, accompanied by historical images, crisp detail shots, and studio-quality photographs, conveys with precision and unfailing interest the driving power of the great American engine.
Download or read book From Horse Power to Horsepower written by Mike Filey and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1996-07-25 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 1890s through the 1920s, as horse gave way to machine, the look of Toronto and the lifestyles of its inhabitants were irrevocably altered. From Horse Power to Horsepower is a pictorial history of the vehicles of the era.
Download or read book David Vizard s How to Build Horsepower written by David Vizard and published by CarTech Inc. This book was released on 2010 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extracting maximum torque and horsepower from engines is an art as well as a science. David Vizard is an engineer and more aptly an engine building artist who guides the reader through all the aspects of power production and high-performance engine building. His proven high-performance engine building methods and techniques are revealed in this all-new edition of How to Build Horsepower. Vizard goes into extreme depth and detail for drawing maximum performance from any automotive engine. The production of power is covered from the most logical point from the air entering the engine all the way to spent gasses leaving through the exhaust. Explained is how to optimize all the components in between, such as selecting heads for maximum flow or port heads for superior power output, ideal valvetrain components, realizing the ideal rocker arm ratios for a particular application, secrets for selecting the best cam, and giving unique insight into all facets of cam performance. In addition, he covers how to select and setup superchargers, nitrous oxide, ignition and other vital aspects of high-performance engine building.
Download or read book From Horses to Horsepower written by Alexander Bielakowski and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2019-09-08 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following World War I, horse cavalry entered a period during which it fought for its very existence against mechanized vehicles. On the Western Front, the stalemate of trench warfare became the defining image of the war throughout the world. While horse cavalry remained idle in France, the invention of the tank and its potential for success led many non-cavalry officers to accept the notion that the era of horse cavalry had passed. During the interwar period, a struggle raged within the U.S. Cavalry regarding its future role, equipment, and organization. Some cavalry officers argued that mechanized vehicles supplanted horses as the primary means of combat mobility within the cavalry, while others believed that the horse continued to occupy that role. The response of prominent cavalry officers to this struggle influenced the form and function of the U.S. Cavalry during World War II.
Download or read book Horse Power written by Jennifer Thermes and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From their earliest evolution to the invention of the “horseless carriage,” this picture book captures how—for much of human history—horses powered the world! For thousands of years, horses and humans lived, worked, and played together, side by side. From the time they were first domesticated to the invention of the wheel, saddle, bit, and bridle; horses brought far-flung lands closer together at the speed of a gallop. Trade, agriculture, transportation, and more were expanded in new ways—all made possible by the power of the horse. In dazzling spreads packed with maps, sidebars, and other hidden gems, explore the special connection between horses and humans. Discover how horses evolved and track their migration as they come to live on six continents. See the everyday jobs done by horses for centuries. And consider the profound changes that came about when gasoline-powered engines arrived on the scene. An encyclopedic look at this magnificent animal, Horse Power offers a unique view of world history from the ancient past to today.
Download or read book The Miner s Friend written by Thomas Savery and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-08-14 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Miner’s Friend by Thomas Savery
Download or read book The Calculation of Horsepower Made Easy written by Leonard Elliott Brookes and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Winning with Horsepower written by Rebekah Ferran Witter and published by Trafalgar Square. This book was released on 1999 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Development of Horsepower Equipment in the United States written by Carroll Roop Daugherty and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Secret Horsepower Race Western Front Fighter Engine Development Special Edition Merlin written by Calum E. Douglas and published by HarperTempest. This book was released on 2021-04-25 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The piston engines that powered Second World War fighters, the men who designed them, and the secret intelligence work carried out by both Britain and Germany would determine the outcome of the first global air war. Advanced jet engines may have been in development but every militarily significant air battle was fought by piston-engined fighters. Whoever designed the most powerful piston engines would win air superiority and with it the ability to dictate the course of the war as a whole. This is the never before told story of a high-tech race, hidden behind the closed doors of design offices and intelligence agencies, to create the war's best fighter engine. Using the fruits of extensive research in archives around the world together with the previously unpublished memoirs of fighter engine designers, author Calum E. Douglas tells the story of a desperate contest between the world's best engineers - the Secret Horsepower Race.
Download or read book Living with HorsePower written by Rebekah Ferran Witter and published by Trafalgar Square Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A fascinating cross-section of insights, observations, and 'life lessons' gleaned from a virtual 'Who's Who' of today's best-known horsemen and women. Horse lovers of all persuasions will find this book interesting, instructive, and inspiring in almost equal measure"--Cover.
Download or read book Horse Power written by Bonnie Bryant and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2012-09-26 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carole, Stevie, and Lisa have been looking for a fourth member to join the Saddle Club. So when Carole introduces her friends to Kate Devine, the championship rider, the girls know they've found the perfect fit. Except that Kate doesn't want to ride ever again. . . .
Download or read book Horse Power written by Ann Walsh and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once again Callie is forced to take part in her mom's latest crusade. They head into ranch country to camp—bloodthirsty mosquitoes, stinky outhouses and all—at a protest to save a rural school. Callie's grandmother shows up with her biker buddies and the singing grannies. Callie hates camping and wants nothing to do with the protest. To make matters worse, Callie's only possible ally, her cousin Del, is mad at her. The last time Callie visited, she was thrown from Del's horse, Radish. Callie claimed the horse was vicious and now Del's parents are forcing her to sell Radish. Callie wants to help her cousin, but she's terrified of the horse. Del is just as tenacious as the rest of Callie's family, and Callie is forced to admit that she's not going to be allowed to go home until both the horse and the school are saved.
Download or read book Horse Power written by Jane Buxton and published by Learning Media Ltd. This book was released on 2002 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographs and text introduce horses: how they live in the wild, their physical characteristics, and the domestic purposes for which they can be used. Includes helpful hints for behaviour around horses. Suggested level: primary.
Download or read book Horse Power written by Frank Lessiter and published by Reiman Media Group. This book was released on 1977 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Draft horses such as Clydesdales, Percherons, and Belgians are described in words and pictures and shown to be powerful co-workers on farms, past and present.
Download or read book Horses at Work written by Ann Norton GREENE and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greene argues for recognition of horses’ critical contribution to the history of American energy and the rise of American industrial power, and a new understanding of the reasons for their replacement as prime movers.
