Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades

This gorgeous book is a delight for all who are interested in fine craftsmanship, beautiful jewelry, and the role of fashion in an ever-changing world. Costume jewelry is an intimate reflection of its age. Shaped by the attitudes and fashion of the women...

OP Amps deliberately straddles that imaginary line between the technician and engineering worlds. Topics are carefully addressed on three levels: operational overview, numerical analysis, and design procedures. Troubleshooting techniques are presented...

Here is what could be the largest collection of vintage cigarette lighters ever assembled. It is a fascinating chronicle of cigarette lighters' Golden Age. This era begins with the primitive lighters made at the turn of the 20th century and continues...

A leading educator and industry professional provides color reproduction strategies for both traditional offset and modern digital print production. Accurate, precise color reproduction on paper has long been a challenge. In his new book,...

Ronson's place as a leader and pioneer in the manufacture of fine decorative metal wares from the 1900s to the mid-1930s is documented here. In addition to cigarette lighters, for which Ronson is most readily known, the company, then known as Art Metal...

An entire course, as well as an excellent desk reference, this edition presents students and professionals in engineering and science with a comprehensive tutorial of measurement uncertainty methods in a logically categorized and easy to use format.

Provides a thorough overview of the FGS design lifecycle, with an examination of each phase of the lifecycle and the practical activities required to develop an FGS design. In addition to discussing the design process, this handbook also provides...

Reviews the important concepts of flow measurement and provides explanations, practical considerations, illustrations, and examples of existing flowmeter technology. A rational procedure for flowmeter selection is presented to help decision makers...

The Close Protection Handbook is built for seasoned professionals, new operatives, training academies, and security enthusiasts. Whether starting your journey or advancing your skills, it supports excellence across government, corporate, private, and...

Originally published in 1946, this book is based on a series of broadcast talks on design. Led by an engineer, an artist and critic of architecture and industrial design, the discussions focussed on the problems that were involved by a general...

Originally published in 1944, The Missing Technician shows how Industrial Design must begin at the very first stages of planning a product. The procedure of a design research committee is outlined – a type of practical co-ordination of the work of...

'An important book, brimming with insight.' Nicholas Evans, author of The Horse Whisperer 'Material is generous, wise, fascinating and fundamentally humane.' Dan Richards, author of Outpost Throwing a pot. Building a bench. Sewing clothes. Creating...

Originally published in 1945, Plastics and Industrial Design is a non-technical work of reference for manufacturers and designers who, after the Second World War were beginning to realize the possibilities that manufacturing with Plastics could bring...