Search results for "Control engineering" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • which employs external feedback for control of its transfer function or gain. ... which employs external feedback for control of its transfer function ...
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  • e-match) to produce ignition. The remote control may be manual, via a switch ... Category:Chemical engineering Category:Military technology ...
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  • Ancient Egyptian achievements in engineering are the most visible today; ... In the early nineteenth century, control of Egypt switched to the ...
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  • how it affects a species' ability to control and adapt to its environment ... and crafts, and to what extent society can control its environment. The Merriam ...
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  • . They are applied in total vegetation control (TVC) programs for the maintenance ... * Control by an herbicide refers to the destruction of weeds, or their ...
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  • with subtle interactions, and consequently control over the processes involved ... Thus, thermodynamics is an important tool to design, control, and ...
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  • 9th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math. ISBN 0073221031. ... * Sloss, Leslie L. 1992. Nitrogen Oxides Control Technology Fact Book ...
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  • as "Tanaka Seizosho" (Tanaka Engineering Works) by Hisashige Tanaka ... growth and by acquisitions, buying heavy engineering and primary industry firms ...
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  • of the cell, along the front glass plate. Control circuitry charges the electrodes ... cells thousands of times per second, the control system can increase or decrease ...
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  • on Sundays and expressed an interest in engineering. The next year, he started ... as his main interest still lay in engineering. In 1852, when eighteen ...
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  • any disadvantages wood may exhibit as an engineering material. ... when cut by large CNC (computer numerical control) machines. ...
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  • In electrical engineering and industry, thermocouples are a widely ... Thermocouple temperature sensors.Omega Engineering, [http://www.omega.com/thermocouples ...
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  • Simon Laplace persuaded him to renounce engineering and devote himself to ... textbooks on complex analysis. In modern control theory textbooks, the Cauchy ...
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  • A remote control (also referred to as a "remote" or "controller ... One of the earliest examples of a remote control was developed in ...
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  • has elements of science, mathematics, engineering, and—many would argue—art. ... In software engineering, programming (implementation) is regarded ...
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  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (or CDC) is the main ... descended from the wartime agency Malaria Control in War Areas (MCWA) in Atlanta ...
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  • These may then control the heating or cooling apparatus using: * Direct mechanical control * Electrical signals * Pneumatic signals ...
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  • sizes and shapes are obtained. (The control of crystal size and shape ... make it highly variable and difficult to control. Factors such as impurity ...
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  • Tammany Hall is an example of how political parties, because they ... 1840s, the society expanded its political control even further by earning ...
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  • of Joseph Medill, and naturally took control, initially with his cousin ... His political career ended when he took control of the Chicago Tribune ...
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  • the PDP-8 and the PDP-11-based air traffic control system from London Terminal ... Category:Computer Science and Engineering Category:Electronics ...
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  • in 1921 with a Bachelors in electrical engineering. In 1925, he received ... a short seminar on statistical process control methods to members of the ...
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  • development work can be eliminated; and engineering costs lowered as resources ... shareholder in ALZ. In 1992, Arbed took control of the Maxhütte (formerly ...
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  • Structural engineering is a field of engineering dealing with the ... Structural engineering theory is based upon physical laws and empirical ...
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  • their distribution in the steel, one can control its qualities such as hardness ... * Woldman, Norman Emme, and Robert C. Gibbons. 1973. Engineering Alloys ...
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  • work in the practical application of piezoelectric control to radio transmitters, early recognition and investigation of skip distances and other high ...
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  • through hard work, and by applying his engineering skills gained as an apprentice ... and instituted a system of quality control. Rolls was also an amateur ...
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  • simple devices that are often used to control other devices—for example ... invigoration of European mathematics and engineering, and Wilhelm Schickard ...
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  • land elsewhere, or for flood or erosion control. Historically, dredging ... material may also be used for flood or erosion control. ...
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  • * Grinding Wheel Institute. Grinding Stresses: Cause, Effect, and ... Ellis Horwood Series in Mechanical Engineering. Chichester, UK: E. Horwood ...
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  • the science and practice of civil engineering in the UK, and by this ... granted charters by the king and had more control over their own affairs than ...
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  • and also acts as a neutron absorber in control rods in nuclear power plants. ... Hafnium is used to make control rods for nuclear reactors because ...
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  • Several methods are available to prevent and control the formation of rust, colloquially termed rustproofing. [[Image:Rusted floorboards.jpg ...
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  • detection of precipitation, air traffic control, police detection of speeding ... radar in fields as diverse as air traffic control, weather monitoring, astrometry ...
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  • is read out from the chip. Under the control of an external circuit, ... were awarded the National Academy of Engineering Charles Stark Draper Prize ...
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  • the colleges of Nursing, Education, and Engineering soon after. The Fones ... planned to focus on business and engineering.George Judson, [https://www ...
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  • on cars, machines, buildings, process control systems and safety installations ... for step counters, user interface control, and switching between portrait ...
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  • power, to improve navigation, to control flooding, and to maintain ... up to 7,000 years ago. These were used to control the water level, for Mesopotamia ...
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  • in both civil and military aircraft. Engineering flight simulators are ... the pilot. The camera responded to pilot control actions and the display ...
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  • is proportional to the current. Speed control can be achieved by variable ... since, unless quickly brought under control, the motors can reach speeds ...
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  • Akbar brought the Ajmer under Mughal control in 1559 until 1770 when ... In 1509, Maharajas of Mewar and Marwar contended for control Ajmer ...
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  • * Human genetic engineering * Homosexuality * Iatrogenesis (good or ... * Population control * Prescription drugs (prices) * Procreative beneficence ...
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  • commerce, construction, energy, engineering, finance and insurance ... commerce, construction, energy, engineering, finance and insurance ...
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  • constitute an elite group of autonomous engineering and technology-oriented ... ) degree, as opposed to the Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree awarded by ...
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  • scientific approaches to metallurgy and engineering were only in their infancy ... designed court festivals, and drew many engineering sketches. He was given ...
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  • in order to process sensory input, motor control, emotions and natural responses ... could also lead to controversial social engineering such as eugenics. ...
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  • from Germany in 1903, after earning his engineering diploma at the Technische ... with greater success. Authoritarian control, on the other hand, will ...
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  • Physical Technology, Part 2, Mechanical Engineering. (Taipei, TW: Caves Books ... , where the method is used to flood or control the level of water in each ...
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  • cases, it is simply the result of poor engineering along highways, where ... away by this means. It is a common engineering problem, wherever rock ...
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  • networks falls under the domain of civil engineering and urban planning. The ... on a single track, to air traffic control which requires knowing the ...
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