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Textiles

A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire
by Amy Butler Greenfield
Publisher Comments
In the sixteenth century, one of the world's most precious commodities was cochineal, a legendary red dye treasured by the ancient Mexicans and sold in the great Aztec marketplaces, where it attracted the attention of the Spanish conquistadors. Shipped... (read more)
Your Price $7.98
Sale - Trade Paper

Sale Books

Packaging Closures and Sealing Systems (Sheffield Packaging Technology) Packaging Closures and Sealing Systems (Sheffield Packaging Technology)
by Nigel Theobald
Publisher Comments
Packaging closures have undergone much evolution and development in recent years, and their functions have grown beyond simply allowing easy access and reclosing, This volume examines the technologies relevant to packaging closures and sealing systems... (read more)
Your Price $120.00
(Sale - Hardcover)

Used Books

Fusion Bonding of Polymer Composites Fusion Bonding of Polymer Composites
by C Ageorges
Publisher Comments
Fusion bonding is one of the three methods available for joining composite and dissimilar materials. While the other two, mechanical fastening and adhesion bonding, have been the subject of wide coverage both in textbooks and monographs, fusion bonding... (read more)
Your Price $125.00
(Used - Hardcover)

Ceramics and Glass

Magical Metal Clay Jewelry: Amazingly Simple No-Kiln Techniques for Making Beautiful Jewelry
by Sue Heaser
Synopsis
Todayas revolution in jewelry making is quite simple, literally. With few tools and basic silversmithing skills readers can quickly and easily create intricate pieces of solid silver jewelry using the easy-to-follow instructions in Magical Metal Clay... (read more)
Your Price $24.99
New - Trade Paper

Wood Products

The Woodbook: The Complete Plates
by Romeyn Beck Hough
Publisher Comments
TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition Revised edition at a new low price Culled and assembled by Romeyn Beck Hough between 1888 and 1913 in what still remains a stunning and unparalleled achievement, American Woods ?originally published in 14... (read more)
Your Price $39.99
Sale - Slipcase

General

Paint Technology Handbook
by Rodger Talbert
Publisher Comments
The application of industrial coatings to durable goods is one of the most critical parts of the manufacturing process. Coating variety and quality have improved steadily over the years, and consumer expectations for appearance and durability have grown... (read more)
Your Price $159.25
New - Hardcover

Plastics

Secrets of Building a Plastic Injection Molding Machine
by Vincent R. Gingery
Publisher Comments
At last, here is the book that simplifies this technology making it possible for you to inexpensively injection mold small parts from common recycled plastic. You get complete step-by-step instructions revealing the secrets of building a small... (read more)
Your Price $15.95
New - Trade Paper

Coatings

Urushi: The Technology of Japanese Lacquer
by John Quin
Publisher Comments
Lacquerware is an ancient decorative art form. Developed in China, and evolved in Korea and Japan, artifacts of this art form found a ready audience in Europe. As early as the seventeenth century, recipes for reproducing a lacquered finish began to... (read more)
Your Price $8.95
New - Trade Paper

Restoration and Conservation

The Penland Book of Handmade Books: Master Classes in Bookmaking Techniques
by Lark
Publisher Comments
Every year Penland, the innovative school where crafters from around the world come to hone their skills, offers a master class in the art of bookmaking that's simply without equal. Now it's available to everyone, in a technical and inspirational guide... (read more)
Your Price $34.95
New - Hardcover

Composites

Analysis, Design and Optimization of Composite Structures
by Alexande Kalamkarov
Publisher Comments
Das mechanische Verhalten von Verbundstoffen kann man bisher selbst mit modernster Rechentechnik nicht direkt numerisch untersuchen. Dieses Buch eröffnet erstmals Modelle und Methoden, mit denen Verbundmaterialien optimiert und deren mechanische... (read more)
Your Price $95.00
Used - Hardcover

Rubber

Applied Rubber Technology
by Nelson Castano
Publisher Comments
Belts, seals, hoses, engine mounts, not to mention tires; modern life without rubber products is incomprehensible. This powerful tool will guide you through the selection labyrinth for material blends, additives, compounding equipment, and... (read more)
Your Price $21.50
New - Spiral

The Attic

Materials modelling :from theory to technology : proceedings of a symposium held in honour of the 60th birthday of Dr Ron Bullough FRS, St Edmund Hall, Oxford, 26th & 27th September, 1991
by C A English
Publisher Comments
In Materials Modelling: From Theory to Technology, a distinguished collection of authors has been assembled to celebrate the 60th birthday of Dr. R. Bullough, FRS and honor his contribution to the subject over the past 40 years. The volume explores... (read more)
Your Price $3.25
Used - Hardcover

Bestsellers

Thursday November 20, 2008
A Perfect Red
  1. A Perfect Red
    by Amy Butler Greenfield
  2. Beginning Glassblowing 2ND Edition
    by Edward T Schmid
  3. Advanced Glassworking Techniques
    by Edward T Schmid
  4. Papermaking (85 Edition)
    by Dard Hunter
  5. The Woodbook
    by Romeyn Beck Hough
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