In Colonial America, silversmiths produced objects of great merit, crafting everyday articles with care and skill. The products of the colonial period are well known, but there is little authoritative research on the actual techniques of the silversmith. Henry J. Kauffman fills the gap with this study. He describes the tools and the methods used by these colonial artisans in fashioning the wide variety of silver objects that today are so highl...
Buck, founded by immigrants from Sheffield, England, became world-renowned for its chisels: turning, firmer, paring, carving, millwrights, framing, corner and just about any other type imaginable.
One of the most important of the 19th century wooden plane manufacturers. This catalog includes the rosewood and ebony classic centerwheel plow and the Morris patent, among others. Many illustrations and molding profiles.
Helen Oxenbury's brilliant board books have delighted a generation of babies. Now from the most widely loved of artists comes a reissue of a board book to help very young children explore their worlds. In I TOUCH, a baby strokes a beard, pats a cat, and snuggles with a blanket. Full of character and humor, this charming book forms a winsome introduction to the senses.
Recent social and cultural changes - such as transformation in the workplace, shifting marriage and divorce patterns, the growth of the women's movement and development of the men's movement - have all served to change the traditional family role of fathers and to force a re-examination of the interaction between fathers and children.
This collection of empirical and theoretical articles presents new theoretical models and the results of curr...
This richly illustrated edition of an established classic deals with the chemistry and biology of soil nutrient availability. Provides information regarding the elements present in soils and the extent to which these elements can be used by plants in order to grow.
In today's hypercompetitive global marketplace, accurate cost estimating is crucial to bottom-line results. Nowhere is this more evident than in the design and development of new products and services. Among managing engineers responsible for developing realistic cost estimates for new product designs, the number-one source of information and guidance has been the Cost Estimator's Reference Manual. Comprehensive, authoritative, and practical, ...
This book has been used as a text in the Departments of Econo mics at the University of Heidelberg (FRG) during the last decade and the University of Bern (Switzerland) during the last seven years. We therefore were glad when Dr. Muller of Springer-Verlag offered to publish a soft cover version of the second edition, to make the next economically more accessible to students. Heidelberg and Bern, January 1995 Malte Faber Horst Niemes Gunter St...
Technische Gebilde entstehen heute nach den Regeln der Konstruktionslehre. Dabei wird das Gebilde in Teilfunktionen zerlegt und fur diese nach technisch·wirtschaftlichen Kriterien, in mehreren Schritten eine LOsung erarbeitet. Zur Umsetzung der Teilfunktionen sind elementare Kenntnisse der wichtigsten Konstruktionselemente unerliiBlich. Dabei ist zu beachten, daB an Bauteile durch den Trend zur Leistungssteigerung immer hohere Anforderungen be...
In his bestselling Portfolio Management Formulas and The Mathematics of Money Management, Ralph Vince brought the complex mathematics of probability and modern portfolio management theory down to earth for traders and investors. He introduced innovative new ways they could be used to maximize account management decisions. Now, in this groundbreaking new book, Vince takes a quantum leap forward to provide investment professionals with a proven ...
Offers a new approach to contemporary gay studies which questions the extent to which culturally marginalized people are allowed to define and legitimate their own existence beyond the framework established for them by dominant groups.
This new edition of the critically acclaimed Handbook of Laboratory Health and Safety was designed to help safety officers, laboratory managers, principal investigators, and laboratory workers bring lab health and safety into the twenty-first century. It does this by presenting a timely, complete, and easy-to-implement approach to ensuring a workplace that is safe for its workers as well as the surrounding community. Further, the handbook lays...
The end of the Cold War has been accompanied by renewed enthusiasm over the potential of security institutions in Europe. West Europeans, the US and former communist states see them as an indispensable instrument of collective security. Yet, institutions failed to prevent post-communist conflicts, most notably in Yugoslavia. For the future, there is a need for improved coordination among interlocking institutions. This study is both a critical...
