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The Independent Inventor's Handbook: The Best Advice from Idea to Payoff by Louis Foreman Publisher Comments How do you actually turn a million-dollar idea into a million dollars? From scribble-on-the-napkin to product-on-the market, The Prosperous Inventor's Handbookexplains everything a potential inventor needs to know and the tools he or she needs to use to... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Success Through Failure: The Paradox of Design by Henry Petroski Publisher Comments "Success through Failure is an insightful and accessible foray into design. The book is a page-turner, with an intensity that builds as you read. I found myself waiting for discussions of various topics--from the Tacoma Narrows Bridge to the space... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $14.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Lathe Notes Volume 5 by Machinery Magazine Publisher Comments {articles from Machinery Magazine reprinted by Lindsay Publications Inc} The saddle on a lathe must be substantial to withstand the enormous forces of cutting metal without flexing or distorting. A short article complete with diagrams and several... (read more) Your price: $4.50 Sale - Pamphlet
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Handy Farm Devices and How to Make Them by Rolfe Cobleigh Publisher Comments Dating from the Golden Age of American Farming, this volume is both a tribute to days gone by and a resource for present day homeowners, farmers, and ranchers striving toward greater self-sufficiency. Here you will find hundreds of clever ways to... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $4.98 Sale - Flexible
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AutoCAD 2009 and AutoCAD LT 2009: No Experience Required by Jon Mcfarland Publisher Comments Learning AutoCAD, like learning any complex computer program, requires a significant commitment of time and attention and, to some extent, a tolerance for repetition. AutoCAD 2009 and AutoCAD LT 2009: No Experience Requiredis a simple, yet engaging... (read more) List Price $34.99 Your price: $15.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Study Measure Experiment by David Pantalony Publisher Comments An outstanding collection of instruments that sheds light on the history of science in America.... (read more) List Price $65.00 Your price: $29.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Solar Energy Engineering: Processes and Systems by Soteris Kalogirou Publisher Comments With the threat of global warming, and the gradual depletion of petroleum supplies, solar electric power is rapidly becoming significant part of our energy mix. The range of solar cells spans different materials and different structures in the quest to... (read more) List Price $129.00 Your price: $110.00 Sale - Hardcover
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Stirling and Hot Air Engines: Designing and Building Experimental Model Stirling Engines by Roy Darlington Publisher Comments An essential reference to engineers and hobbyists and an insight into designing and building hot air engines.... (read more) List Price $65.00 Your price: $60.00 Sale - Trade Paper
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Finite Element Method: Basic Technique and Implementation by Pin Tong Publisher Comments This text introduces mathematical foundations, developing them coherently and rigorously to reveal the method's broad applications. It emphasizes use of the variational approach, providing appendixes on variational calculus and matrix algebra for a self... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $14.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Your Flying Car Awaits: Robot Butlers, Lunar Vacations, and Other Dead-Wrong Predictions of the Twentieth Century by Paul Milo Publisher Comments Talking dolphins . . . Underwater cities . . . Two-hundred-year life spans . . . Welcome to the present! People have always imagined what life would be like in the future. Most of the time they've been wrong. Often they were really, really wrong. Your... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Design and Truth by Robert Grudin Publisher Comments “If good design tells the truth,” writes Robert Grudin in this path-breaking book on esthetics and authority, “poor design tells a lie, a lie usually related . . . to the getting or abusing of power.” From... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.00 Sale - Hardcover
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Artefacts: Studies in the History of Science and Technology #7: Illuminating Instruments by Peter Morris Synopsis This 7th volume in the Artefacts series_a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution, the Deutches Museum, and the London Science Museum_examines the role scientific instruments have played both in the pursuit of knowledge and as cultural... (read more) List Price $47.95 Your price: $28.00 Sale - Hardcover
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Accessing AutoCAD Architecture 2011 by Wyatt Publisher Comments Accessing AutoCAD Architecture 2011 uses real-world application of AutoCAD Architecture to familiarize users with tools of the software. Step-by-step tutorials and projects throughout the text clearly demonstrate and reinforce the use of applications... (read more) List Price $105.35 Your price: $74.00 Sale - Trade Paper
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Engineering Materials and Processes Desk Reference by Michael Ashby Publisher Comments A one-stop Desk Reference, for engineers involved in the use of engineered materials across engineering and electronics; this is a book that will not gather dust on the shelf. It brings together the essential professional reference content from leading... (read more) List Price $112.50 Your price: $55.00 Sale - Hardcover
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Lathe Notes Volume 3 by Machinery Magazine Publisher Comments Devour a couple of lengthy articles written during WWI. It's a detailed comparison of British and American lathe design: bed types and shapes, saddle dimensions, headstock types and drives, and so on. Quite educational and very entertaining. Then... (read more) Your price: $4.00 Sale - Pamphlet
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Introducing and Implementing Revit Architecture 2008 by Lay Christopher Fox Publisher Comments This innovative book shows how building design strengths and methods can be used and applied with Autodesk Revit Architecture 2008. Coverage explores the ways in which Revit Architecture handles design and documentation tasks and the advantages it... (read more) List Price $83.75 Your price: $25.00 Sale - Trade Paper
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Early American Technology: Making and Doing Things from the Colonial Era to 1850 by Judith A Mcgaw Publisher Comments This collection of original essays documents technology's centrality to the history of early America. Unlike much previous scholarship, this volume emphasizes the quotidian rather than the exceptional: the farm household seeking to preserve food or... (read more) List Price $22.50 Your price: $14.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Algebraic Codes on Lines, Planes, and Curves: An Engineering Approach by Richard Blahut Publisher Comments Algebraic geometry is often employed to encode and decode signals transmitted in communication systems. This book describes the fundamental principles of algebraic coding theory from the perspective of an engineer, discussing a number of applications in... (read more) List Price $127.25 Your price: $55.00 Sale - Hardcover
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British Patents of Invention 1617-1977 (Key Resource Series) by Stephen Van Dulken Publisher Comments This Unique Guide Explains how Researchers can Use Patents as a source of historical information.<P>Covering the British patents system from 1617 until the 1977 patents Act, the guide is an invaluable resource for anyone researching the history of... (read more) List Price $77.50 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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