Presents the story of the peculiarly British architectural compromise: the semi-detached house. Designed to appeal to a growing middle class, its history is the history of suburbia. This book shows how the roots of the semi go back to aristocratic inventions in the 17th century, and started to take off in the 19th, with a rich profusion of styles.

Product Description: This book includes an introduction to some important reliability concepts and a review of terminology. The work is divided into three sections: modelling, evaluation and assurance. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Introduces the benefits and techniques of performing burn-in on components, sub-assemblies, and complete systems. An engineering approach, this text emphasizes practical applications of reliability theory. Presents numerous real-life examples...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)