| Description |
1 online resource (130 pages) |
| Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgments; PART 1: What is This Thing Called Engineering?; 1 -- An introduction to Everyday Engineering; PART 2: Office Engineering; 2 -- What Makes a Bic Click?; 3 -- Clips and Clamps; PART 3: Kitchen Engineering; 4 -- Time's Up, Turkey-Pop-Up Thermometers; 5 -- Charcoal-Can It Corral Chlorine?; 6 -- What Makes a Better Box?; 7 -- It's (Zipped) in the Bag; PART 4: Bathroom Engineering; 8 -- An Absorbing Look at Terry Cloth Towels; 9 -- Toothbrush Design-Is There a Better Bristle?; PART 5: Electrical Engineering; 10 -- Holiday Blinkers; 11 -- Windmills are Going Around Again |
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12 -- A Little (Flash) of LightPART 6: Outdoor Recreational Engineering; 13 -- Life Preservers-Increase your ""v"" to Lower Your ""D""; 14 -- Ain't She Sweet-Bats, Rackets, Golf Clubs, and All; 15 -What Makes a Squirt Gun Squirt?; Index |
| Summary |
The idea for Everyday Engineering began with our interest in design and production issues related to the simple ballpoint pen. We were struck by the elegance of the means for retracting the reservoir and transferring the ink to paper?. For some months, we found ourselves taking a number of things apart?becoming more and more intrigued with the design of the seemingly simple. When thought about in this light, paper clips and pump soap dispensers become fascinating |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Inventions -- Popular works
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Engineering -- Popular works
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Engineering.
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Inventions.
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| Genre/Form |
Popular works.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Everett, Susan
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| ISBN |
9781936959792 |
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1936959798 |
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