Plant User Handbook

Author : James Hitchmough
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1405173092
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plant User Handbook written by James Hitchmough and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professional landscapers and all those involved in creating green spaces have long been in need of a book that is a guide to plant specification, but also makes sense of plants and their cultivation. Plant User Handbook is for practitioners who are professionally engaged in the use of plants in public, commercial and institutional landscapes. Planting schemes are undertaken on the basis of a binding contract – generally between the client (who owns or leases the landscape) and the implementer (the landscape contractor), with the designer acting both as specifier and contract administrator. Within this contractual relationship, planting schemes must be implemented to an agreed timetable. To manage this procedure efficiently, landscape designers and managers need quick access to the factual and scientific background for practical planting design and its implementation through specification writing and contracts. The book covers over 20 well defined topics, and is written by leading experts in the industry. It is arranged into five sections: Preliminaries to plant use and the landscape Managing plant growth on landscape sites Establishment and management of trees Establishment and management of smaller woody plants Establishment and management of herbaceous plants Carefully illustrated with diagrams, black and white photographs and colour plates, this handbook provides a unique resource for professionals wanting to improve their specification skills, as well as to explore creative approaches to design and practical implementation.

Author : Charles H. Becker
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plant Manager's Manual and Guide written by Charles H. Becker and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1987 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James A. Duke
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0849382033
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Duke's Handbook of Medicinal Plants of the Bible written by James A. Duke and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2007-12-26 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers have come to depend on Jim Duke's comprehensive handbooks for their ease of use and artful presentation of scientific information. Following the successful format of his other CRC handbooks, Duke's Handbook of Medicinal Plants of the Bible contains 150 herbs listed alphabetically and by scientific name. Each entry provides illustrations of the plant, synonyms, notes, common names, activities, indications, dosages, downsides and interactions, natural history, and extracts. It includes Biblical quotes as well as comments on points of interest.

Author : Martin Killcross
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 008097175X
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chemical and Process Plant Commissioning Handbook written by Martin Killcross and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chemical and Process Plant Commissioning Handbook, winner of the 2012 Basil Brennan Medal from the Institution of Chemical Engineers, is a guide to converting a newly constructed plant or equipment into a fully integrated and operational process unit. Good commissioning is based on a disciplined, systematic and proven methodology and approach that achieve results in the safest, most efficient, cost effective and timely manner. The book is supported by detailed, proven and effective commission templates, plus extensive commissioning scenarios that enable the reader to learn the context of good commissioning practice from an experienced commissioning manager. It focuses on the critical safety assessment and inspection regimes necessary to ensure that new plants are compliant with OSHA and environmental requirements. Martin Killcross has brought together the theory of textbooks and technical information obtained from sales literature, in order to provide engineers with what they need to know before initiating talks with vendors regarding equipment selection. Unique information from a respected, global commissioning manager: delivers the know-how to succeed for anyone commissioning new plant or equipment Comes with online commissioning process templates that make this title a working tool kit as well as a key reference Extensive examples of successful commissioning processes with step-by-step guidance enable readers to understand the function and performance of the wide range of tasks required in the commissioning process

Author : Duncan Richardson
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071809902
Total Pages : 593 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plant Equipment & Maintenance Engineering Handbook written by Duncan Richardson and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2013-07-22 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Best On-the-Job Guide to Industrial Plant Equipment and Systems This practical, one-of-a-kind field manual explains how equipment in industrial facilities operates and covers all aspects of commissioning relevant to engineers and project managers. Plant Equipment and Maintenance Engineering Handbook contains a data log of all major industrial and power plant components, describes how they function, and includes rules of thumb for operation. Hundreds of handy reference materials, such as calculations and tables, plus a comprehensive listing of electrical parts with common supplier nomenclature are also included in this time-saving resource. FEATURES DETAILED COVERAGE OF: Compressors * Air conditioning * Ash handling * Bearings and lubrication * Boilers * Chemical cleaning and Flushing * Condensers and circulating water systems * Controls * Conveyor systems * Cooling towers * Corrosion Deaerators * Diesel and gas turbines * Electrical * Fans * Fire protection * Fuels and combustion * Piping * Pumps Turbines * Vibration * Water treatment

Author : Colorado State University
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.6W/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Plant Information Network: A user's guide written by Colorado State University and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Louis D. Vincent
Publisher : Nace International
ISBN 13 : 9781575901749
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Protective Coating User's Handbook written by Louis D. Vincent and published by Nace International. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edmund C. Snodgrass
Publisher : Timber Press (OR)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Green Roof Plants written by Edmund C. Snodgrass and published by Timber Press (OR). This book was released on 2006-10-15 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide for architects, landscape designers, engineers, environmentalists and eco-aware gardeners, this text contains photographs and information for more than 200 species and cultivars of plants, including data on moisture needs, heat tolerance, hardiness, bloom color, foliage characteristics, and height.

Author : Thomas J. Elpel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781892784070
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Botany in a Day written by Thomas J. Elpel and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book teaches readers how to identify plants--and their uses--within groups and families. Botany in a Day provides simple techniques for plant identification, plus line drawings that highlight family characteristics, and plant entries that discuss med

Author : Alwyn H. Gentry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780226289434
Total Pages : 895 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Field Guide to the Families and Genera of Woody Plants of Northwest South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru), with Supplementary Notes on Herbaceous Taxa written by Alwyn H. Gentry and published by . This book was released on 1993-01 with total page 895 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To understand almost any part of the tropical rain forest's fabulously complex web of life, one must first learn to identify a bewildering array of plants. Alwyn Gentry's landmark book, completed just before his tragic death in 1993, is the only field guide to the nearly 250 families of woody plants in the most species-rich region of South America. As a consummate field researcher, Gentry designed this guide to be not just comprehensive, but also easy to use in rigorous field conditions. Unlike many field guides, which rely for their identifications on flowers and fruits that are only present during certain seasons, Gentry's book focuses on characters such as bark, leaves, and odor that are present year-round. His guide is filled with clear illustrations, step-by-step keys to identification, and a wealth of previously unpublished data. All biologists, wildlife managers, conservationists, and government officials concerned with the tropical rain forests will need and use this field guide. Alwyn Gentry was one of the world's foremost experts on the biology of tropical plants. He was senior curator at the Missouri Botanical Garden, and was a member of Conservation International's interdisciplinary Rapid Assessment Program (RAP) team, which inventories the biodiversity of the most threatened tropical areas. From 1967 to 1993 he collected more than 80,000 plant specimens, many of them new to science.