This Standard specifies the technical requirements, test method, marks, labels, instructions, packaging, transportation, and storage of the hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) detection reagent (kit) (chemiluminescent immunoassay).

This Standard specifies the classification, technical requirements, testing methods, inspection rules, packing requirements and the recommended fitting program of the rigid gas permeable contact lenses for orthokeratology.

This Standard specifies the terms and definitions, general requirements, safety requirements, warning signs, test methods, inspection rules and marking, instructions for use, packaging, transport and storage of children.

This Part of YY 0326 specifies the requirements for containers for plasma used together with hemostix specified in YY 0328, plasma tubing specified in YY 0326.2 and plasma centrifuge bowl specified in YY 0326.1. The plasma collected and stored in containers for plasma specified in this Part is used to prepare blood products. It cannot be used for clinical blood transfusion.

This Standard specifies the term and definition, requirements, test methods, symbols, labels and instructions, packing, transportation, and storage of D-Dimer quantitative detection reagent (kit).

This document provides the comprehensive list of Chinese Industry Standards - Category: JB; JB/T; JBT.

This Standard specifies the basic dimension, technical requirements, test methods, inspection rules, marks, packaging, transportation, and storage of bottle caps which are for beverages such as beer and soft drinks, and which are made of electro-tinned (or electro-chromed) tinplate. This Standard applies to the bottle cap for sealing which complies with GB 10809.

In order to standardize the design of electrical instillations in explosive atmosphere, make electrical installations in explosive atmosphere follow the policies of prevention first, guarantee the personal and property safety and take preventive measures according to circumstances, this Code is hereby developed.

This Standard specifies the dimensions, technical requirements and designation of hexagon nuts, style 1 - fine pitch thread.

This Standard specifies the arrangement of the sampling points for measuring the volatile organic compounds and carbonyl compounds in crew cabin of motor vehicles, sampling environment condition and technical requirements, sampling method and equipment, corresponding measurement method and equipment, data processing, quality assurance etc.

This Standard applies to electric vehicle supply equipment for EV charging, including AC charging points, off-board charger, EV conductive charging connectors, etc., with max rated voltage of power supply of 1000V AC or 1500V DC, and max rated output voltage of 1000V AC or 1500V DC.

This Standard specifies the classification and specification of pressure vessel flanges, the materials of flanges, studs and nuts, and their matching with the gaskets. This Standard also specifies the maximum allowable working pressure, technical requirements and marking at all temperature levels.

This Standard specifies terms and definitions, basic requirements, technical contents and testing methods of environmental labeling products - wood based panels and finishing products. This Standard applies to wood based panels, floor boards, wall boards and other products.

This standard specifies the types and limits of baneful elements in adornment. This standard is applicable to the adornment made of various materials (excluding gems).

This part of GB 15763 specifies the classification, technical requirements, test methods and inspection rules of the tempered glass which is used in building and is fabricated by heat treatment process. This part of GB 15763 is applicable to the tempered glass which is used in building and is fabricated by heat treatment process. As for tempered glasses for other purposes other than building (such as industrial equipment, furniture, etc.), if there is no corresponding product standard, this standard may be adopted by reference according to their product features.

This Standard applies to the manufacture and acceptance of 12-spline flange nut and 12 point flange nut (hereinafter referred to as bolt and nut respectively) that are used for gas turbine power plant.

This Standard specifies the energy efficiency grades, energy efficiency limits, evaluation values of energy conservation, and test methods of double-capped fluorescent lamps for general lighting service (Hereinafter referred to as: double-capped fluorescent lamps). This Standard applies to the following two operating types of lamps: preheating cathode lamp that can work in AC power supply frequency lines with starter, and can work in high frequency lines; and preheating cathode lamp that can work in high frequency lines.

This Part specifies the terms and definitions, general provisions, requirements, test methods, inspection rules, marking, packaging, transportation and storage of heat soaked thermally tempered glass for building. This Part of GB15763 applies to heat soaked thermally tempered glass in building. For those heat soaked thermally tempered glass not-used in building (e.g. industrial equipment, furniture, etc.), this standard may be served as reference if there is no corresponding product standard.

The standard specifies the in-service vehicle / engine conformity requirements of automobile equipped with compression ignition engine and its compression ignition engine, the spark ignition engine automobile and its spark ignition engine with NG or LPG as fuel. This standard applies to the in-service vehicle / engine conformity inspection of M2, M3, N1, N2 and N3 classes of vehicles whose designing speed are larger than 25km/h; and M1 class vehicle equipped with compression ignition engines (including gas fuelled positive ignition type) and its automobile whose total mass is larger than 3500kg. If the N1 and M2 classes of vehicles equipped with compression ignition engines (including gas fuelled positive ignition type) engine have been conducted the conformity inspection of in-service vehicle according to the standards of GB 18352.3-2005 Limits and Measurement Methods for Light Car Pollutant Emission (China III, IV stage), it does not have to perform this standard.

This part specifies the terms and definitions, classification, material, requirements, test methods and inspection rules of laminated glass in building. This part is applicable to the laminated glass in building.

This Standard applies to electronic apparatus designed to be powered from grid power supply, from power supply equipment, from battery or from remote power system and intended for reception, generation, recording or reproduction of audio, video and relevant signals. It also applies to apparatus designed to be used exclusively in combination with the above-mentioned apparatus. This Standard primarily applies to the apparatus intended for household and similar general use but which may also be used in places of public locations such as schools, theatres, places of worship and the workplace. PROFESSIONAL APPARATUS intended for use as described above is also covered unless it is specifically within the scope of other standards. This Standard only applies to safety aspects of the above apparatus; it does not apply to other matters, such as style or performance. If above apparatus is designed to be connected to TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK or similar network, for example by means of an integrated modem, this Standard also applies.

This Standard specifies the manual sampling and determination of particulate and gaseous pollutants monitoring methods in smoke flue, chimney, vent emission funnel and other fixed pollutant sources; and monitoring methods of the portable instruments. It formulated corresponding provisions on the preparation for emission monitoring of stationary source, determination of exhaust emission parameter, sampling and determination method of particulates and gaseous pollutant in exhaust, and the quality assurance of monitoring etc. This Standard applies to the environmental monitor stations at all levels, industry and enterprise professional organizations, and environmental scientific research institutes, to carry out the emission monitoring of exhaust pollutants of stationary source; environmental protection acceptance monitoring upon the completion of construction project; monitoring on the control effect of pollution treatment facilities; verification monitoring on continuous emission monitoring system; and the technical research monitoring of clean production process and pollution prevention.

This Standard specifies the energy efficiency grades, minimum allowable values of energy efficiency, evaluating values of energy conservation and test methods FOR line-start three-phase permanent-magnet synchronous motor, elevator permanent-magnet synchronous motor, and permanent-magnet synchronous motor driven by variable frequency equipment. This Standard applies to line-start three-phase permanent-magnet synchronous motor WORKING under three-phase AC power supply with voltage of 1140 V and below, 50 Hz, rated at 0.55 kW - 375 kW, Number of poles 2-pole, 4-pole, 6-pole, 8-pole, 10-pole, 12-pole and 16-pole, single-speed enclosed fan-cooled, continuous duty; elevator permanent-magnet synchronous motor WORKING under voltage of 1000 V and below, variable frequency power supply, rated power of 0.55 kW - 110 kW; permanent-magnet synchronous motor driven by variable frequency equipment WORKING under voltage of 1000 V and below, variable frequency power supply, rated power of 0.55 kW - 90 kW.

This Standard regulates the technical standard for constitution, installation, debugging, trail running and the acceptance of particles (PM10 and PM2.5) of the ambient air continuous automated monitoring system. This Standard is applicable for the installation and acceptance for the ambient air quality continuous automated monitoring system for PM10 and PM2.5.

This Standard specifies classification scheme and calculation methods of ambient air quality index, ambient air quality levels and categories, requirements of publishing content of daily report and real-time report, publishing formats and other relevant information of ambient air quality index. This Standard applies to ambient air quality index.

This technical specification specifies the technical performance requirements and performance test methods of water quality automatic analyzer of electroconductivity in respect of surface water, industrial wastewater and municipal wastewater. It is applicable to the design, manufacturing, and performance test of this kind of instruments.

This document provides the comprehensive list of Chinese Industry Standards - Category: HJ; HJ/T; HJT.

This Standard specifies technical requirements for quality assurance and quality control of sampling and testing in the process of manually monitoring and comparison monitoring of This Standard specifies technical requirements for quality assurance and quality control of sampling and testing in the process of manually monitoring and comparison monitoring of waste water discharge and exhaust emission of stationary pollution source. This Standard applies to the environmental monitoring of waste water discharge and exhaust emission of stationary pollution sources.

This Standard specifies the technical requirements for cement kiln facilities for co-processing solid wastes, property requirements of wastes entering the kiln, technical requirements for operation, emission limit of pollutants, control requirements, monitoring, supervision and management requirements for pollutants caused by cement products manufactured. This Standard is applicable to the pollution control, supervision and management during the process of co-processing hazardous wastes, household wastes, sludge caused by urban and industrial wastewater treatment, processing waste of animals and plants, polluted soil, emergency wastes and other solid wastes using cement kiln. When using cement kiln to co-process household wastes, if the mass of household wastes added exceeds 30% of the total mass of kiln (furnace) materials, the Standard for Pollution Control on the Municipal Solid Waste Incineration shall be executed. This Standard applies to the behavior of pollutants emission allowed by law. Site selection of newly established pollution source and management of existing pollution source within the special protection zone shall be executed in accordance with relevant provisions of Law of the Peoples Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution, Law of the Peoples Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Water Pollution, Marine Environment Protection Law of the Peoples Republic of China, Law of the People.

This standard specifies the salicylic acid spectrophotometry to determine ammonia nitrogen in water. This standard applies to determination of ammonia nitrogen in groundwater, surface water, domestic sewage, and industrial wastewater. When the sample volume is 8.0 ml and the 10 mm cuvette is used, the detection limit of this method is 0.01 mg/L, the determination lower limit is 0.04mg/L, and the determination upper limit is1.0mg/L (all counted in N). When the sample volume is 8.0 ml and the 30mm cuvette is used, the detection limit of this method is 0.004 mg/L, the determination lower limit is 0.016mg/L, and the determination upper limit is 0.25mg/L (all counted in N).

This Standard specifies ion chromatography method that determines adsorbable organic halogen (AOX) in water.

This Standard specifies the requirements for cold light sources. This Standard applies to cold light sources which are used as a function of supply device in endoscope inspection and surgery, other cold light sources can selectively adopt this document according to the applicability.

This Standard specifies the classification, basic parameters, requirements, test methods, inspection rules, marks, packaging, storage and transportation of biological microscope products. This Standard applies to various types of biological microscopes, observed in visible light, with mechanical tube length of 160 mm or infinite. This Standard applies to various types of biological microscopes that adopt photography and video technology to perform the image viewing and processing.

This code is formulated with a view to making the design of general hospital meet the standard and the functional need of medical service and being in conformity with the standards of being safe, hygienic, economical, applicable, energy saving and environmental-friendly.

This Standard specifies air cleaner terms and definitions, model and naming method, requirements, test methods, inspection rues, marks, instructions for use, package, transportation and storage.

HJT 76-2007 specifies CEMS.

This Standard specifies the test methods of candy.

This Standard specifies the technical requirements, test methods, reliability test, marking and packing for fixed automatic telephone sets.

This Standard specifies the requirements of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) for 800 MHz CDMA digital cellular mobile telecommunication system: MS and ancillary equipment that receive and transmit voice and/or data, including measurement methods, frequency range, limits and performance criteria etc. This Standard is not only applicable to portable and vehicle-mounted mobile stations but also to those powered by AC and used at fixed locations.

This Standard is applicable to mains-powered or battery-powered information technology equipment, including electrical business equipment and associated equipment, with a RATED VOLTAGE not exceeding 600 V. This Standard is also applicable to such information technology equipment: designed for use as telecommunication terminal equipment and TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK infrastructure equipment, regardless of the source of power; designed to use the AC MAINS SUPPLY as a communication transmission medium. This Standard specifies requirements intended to reduce risks of fire, electric shock or injury for the OPERATOR and layman who may come into contact with the equipment and, where specifically stated, for a SERVICE PERSON. This Standard is intended to reduce such risks with respect to installed equipment, whether it consists of a system of interconnected units or independent units, subject to installing, operating and maintaining the equipment in the manner prescribed by the manufacturer.

This document provides the comprehensive list of Chinese National Standards - Category: GB; GB/T, GBT.

This technical guiding document provides the general guidelines of determining the environment-friendly use period of electronic information products that contain toxic and hazardous substances or elements. The content of this technical guiding document applies to the electronic information products within the adjustment range of "Pollution Control and Management Methods of Electronic Information Products", and in which the content of toxic and hazardous substances or elements exceeds the limit requirements specified in SJ/T 11363-2006.

A manifesto for a radically different philosophy and practice of manufacture and environmentalism

"Reduce, reuse, recycle" urge environmentalists; in other words, do more with less in order to minimize damage. But as this provocative, visionary book argues, this approach perpetuates a one-way, "cradle to grave" manufacturing model that dates to the Industrial Revolution and casts off as much as 90 percent of the materials it uses as waste, much of it toxic. Why not challenge the notion that human industry must inevitably damage the natural world?

In fact, why not take nature itself as our model? A tree produces thousands of blossoms in order to create another tree, yet we do not consider its abundance wasteful but safe, beautiful, and highly effective; hence, "waste equals food" is the first principle the book sets forth. Products might be designed so that, after their useful life, they provide nourishment for something new-either as "biological nutrients" that safely re-enter the environment or as "technical nutrients" that circulate within closed-loop industrial cycles, without being "downcycled" into low-grade uses (as most "recyclables" now are).

Elaborating their principles from experience (re)designing everything from carpeting to corporate campuses, William McDonough and Michael Braungart make an exciting and viable case for change.

3D Robotics co-founder and bestselling author Chris Anderson takes you to the front lines of a new industrial revolution as today’s entrepreneurs, using open source design and 3-D printing, bring manufacturing to the desktop. 

In an age of custom-fabricated, do-it-yourself product design and creation, the collective potential of a million garage tinkerers and enthusiasts is about to be unleashed, driving a resurgence of American manufacturing.  A generation of “Makers” using the Web’s innovation model will help drive the next big wave in the global economy, as the new technologies of digital design and rapid prototyping gives everyone the power to invent--creating “the long tail of things”.

Automobile Engineering wide field of engineering that deals with the designing, manufacturing, repairing and testing automobiles like scooters, bike, cars, buses, trucks etc. and the related engineering components and systems. For the perfect blend of manufacturing and designing automobiles, Automobile Engineering works on the features of various elements of Engineering such as mechanical, electrical and electronic, machine design and software engineering.

This Automobile Engineering book prepared for the students, teacher and professionals related to bachelor of engineering, diploma and engineering courses. It covers of eight chapters having the various topics thoroughly and in detail. It provides end to end explanation of vehicle mechanism and functioning principles of systems with simple and eye catching illustrations. This book is best resource for all automobile engineering courses.

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Every lean practitioner occasionally wishes for a simple, fun, and quick-read introduction to lean thinking to give acquaintances, associates, and family members -- even to our kids. If lean thinking often entails unlearning a plethora of bad habits, wouldn't it better if we learned better thinking -- and habits -- from the beginning? Everything I Know About Lean I Learned in First Grade is just that sort of book. It brings lean back to its original simplicity by showing how lean is alive in a first grade classroom. The book connects common lean tools to the broader lean journey, shows how to identify and eliminate waste, and aids the reader in seeing lean for what it truly is: a way to create a learning and problem- solving culture. Written to educate the entire organization on the fundamentals of lean thinking, this is the perfect source to engage all team members at all levels of an organization. Originally self-published in 2008, LEI is proud to re-issue this book and make it available to the broader lean community.

In recent years, stories of reckless lawyers and greedy citizens have given the legal system, and victims in general, a bad name. Many Americans have come to believe that we live in the land of the litigious, where frivolous lawsuits and absurdly high settlements reign.

Scholars have argued for years that this common view of the depraved ruin of our civil legal system is a myth, but their research and statistics rarely make the news. William Haltom and Michael McCann here persuasively show how popularized distorted understandings of tort litigation (or tort tales) have been perpetuated by the mass media and reform proponents. Distorting the Law lays bare how media coverage has sensationalized lawsuits and sympathetically portrayed corporate interests, supporting big business and reinforcing negative stereotypes of law practices.

Based on extensive interviews, nearly two decades of newspaper coverage, and in-depth studies of the McDonald's coffee case and tobacco litigation, Distorting the Law offers a compelling analysis of the presumed litigation crisis, the campaign for tort law reform, and the crucial role the media play in this process.

The Regulatory Craft tackles one of the most pressing public policy issues of our time—the reform of regulatory and enforcement practice. Malcolm K. Sparrow shows how the vogue prescriptions for reform (centered on concepts of customer service and process improvement) fail to take account of the distinctive character of regulatory responsibilities—which involve the delivery of obligations rather than just services.In order to construct more balanced prescriptions for reform, Sparrow invites us to reconsider the central purpose of social regulation—the abatement or control of risks to society. He recounts the experiences of pioneering agencies that have confronted the risk-control challenge directly, developing operational capacities for specifying risk-concentrations, problem areas, or patterns of noncompliance, and then designing interventions tailored to each problem. At the heart of a new regulatory craftsmanship, according to Sparrow, lies the central notion, "pick important problems and fix them." This beguilingly simple idea turns out to present enormously complex implementation challenges and carries with it profound consequences for the way regulators organize their work, manage their discretion, and report their performance. Although the book is primarily aimed at regulatory and law-enforcement practitioners, it will also be invaluable for legislators, overseers, and others who care about the nature and quality of regulatory practice, and who want to know what kind of performance to demand from regulators and how it might be delivered. It stresses the enormous benefit to society that might accrue from development of the risk-control art as a core professional skill for regulators.

Fabricated tells the story of 3D printers, humble manufacturing machines that are bursting out of the factory and into schools, kitchens, hospitals, even onto the fashion catwalk. Fabricated describes our emerging world of printable products, where people design and 3D print their own creations as easily as they edit an online document.

A 3D printer transforms digital information into a physical object by carrying out instructions from an electronic design file, or 'blueprint.' Guided by a design file, a 3D printer lays down layer after layer of a raw material to 'print' out an object. That's not the whole story, however. The magic happens when you plug a 3D printer into today’s mind-boggling digital technologies. Add to that the Internet, tiny, low cost electronic circuitry, radical advances in materials science and biotech and voila! The result is an explosion of technological and social innovation.

Fabricated takes the reader onto a rich and fulfilling journey that explores how 3D printing is poised to impact nearly every part of our lives.

Aimed at people who enjoy books on business strategy, popular science and novel technology, Fabricated will provide readers with practical and imaginative insights to the question 'how will this technology change my life?' Based on hundreds of hours of research and dozens of interviews with experts from a broad range of industries, Fabricated offers readers an informative, engaging and fast-paced introduction to 3D printing now and in the future.

Until now, parametric programming has been the best-kept secret of CNC! This new book demystifies this simple yet sophisticated programming tool in an easy-to-understand tutorial format, and presents a comprehensive how-to of parametric programming from a user's point of view. Focusing on three of the most popular versions of parametric programming - Fanuc's custom macro B. Okuma's user task 2, and Fadal's macro - the book describes what parametric programming is, what it can do, and how it does it more efficiently than manual programming. Along with a host of program-simplifying techniques included in the book, you're treated to descriptions of how to write, set-up and run general subprograms simulate the addition of control options and integrate higher level programming capabilities at G-code level.

In this thoroughly revised Fourth Edition, Glenn Wong provides a comprehensive review of the various sports law issues facing professional, intercollegiate, Olympic, high school, youth, and adult recreational sports. Major topics include tort liability, contracts/waivers, antitrust law, labor law, constitutional law, gender discrimination, drug testing, intellectual property law, broadcasting laws pertaining to sports agents, business and employment law, Internet gambling, and athletes with disabilities. Significant additions here include new court decisions, agreements (contracts and collective bargaining agreements), and legislation (federal, state, association, and institutional rules and regulations). Discussions of legal concepts are supplemented with summaries and excerpts from hundreds of actual sports cases. Wong cites a variety of books, law review articles, newspaper articles, and Web links for those requiring further information on particular topics. This text-professional guide serves as an invaluable resource to those involved, or studying to become involved, in the vast industry of sports.

"I wrote this to help you survive the dissolution of your marriage without the financial ruin most people face," said Judge Stewart. His wise guidance shows readers how to: establish realistic expectations about divorce; find and hire a good attorney; control their attorney's actions and fees; use mediation and/or arbitration effectively; handle child and spousal support; protect children during the difficult times.

Having come of age during a period of vibrant union-centered activism, Jack Metzgar begins this book wondering how his father, a U.S> Steel shop steward in the 1950s and '60s, and so many contemporary historians could forget what this country owes to the union movement.

Combining personal memoir and historical narrative, Striking Steel argues for reassessment of unionism in American life during the second half of the twentieth century and a recasting of "official memory." As he traces the history of union steelworkers after World War II, Metzgar draws on his father's powerful stories about the publishing work in the mills, stories in which time is divided between "before the union" and since. His father, Johnny Metzgar, fought ardently for workplace rules as a means of giving "the men" some control over their working conditions and protection from venal foremen. He pursued grievances until he eroded management's authority, and he badgered foremen until he established shop-floor practices that would become part of the next negotiated contract. As a passionate advocate of solidarity, he urged coworkers to stick together so that the rules were upheld and everyone could earn a decent wage.

Striking Steel's pivotal event is the four-month nationwide steel strike of 1959, a landmark union victory that has been all but erased from public memory. With remarkable tenacity, union members held out for the shop-floor rules that gave them dignity in the workplace and raised their standard of living. Their victory underscored the value of sticking together and reinforced their sense that they were contributing to a general improvement in American working and living conditions.

The Metzgar family's story vividly illustrates the larger narrative of how unionism lifted the fortunes and prospects of working-class families. It also offers an account of how the broad social changes of the period helped to shift the balance of power in a conflict-ridden, patriarchal household. Even if the optimism of his generation faded in the upheavals of the 1960s, Johnny Metzgar's commitment to his union and the strike itself stands as an honorable example of what a collective action can and did achieve. Jack Metzgar's Striking Steel is a stirring call to remember and renew the struggle.

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Optimize your understanding of the essential supply chain management practices used by the best firms to gain competitive advantage. Written in an easy-to-follow style, Supply Chain Management DeMYSTiFieD is filled with best practices and proven techniques for success.

This practical guide covers supply chain collaboration, planning, strategic sourcing, manufacturing, production, logistics, risk management, and performance metrics. Corporate social responsibility is also addressed. Detailed examples and concise explanations make it easy to understand the material, and end-of-chapter quizzes and a final exam help reinforce key concepts.

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Creating a customer-focused strategy Buyer-supplier negotiations New product development Just in time (JIT), Lean manufacturing, and Six Sigma Transportation Global supply chains

Simple enough for a beginner, but challenging enough for an advanced student, Supply Chain Management DeMYSTiFieD helps you master this essential business and quality management topic.

The instant New York Times bestseller about one man's battle to save hundreds of jobs by demonstrating the greatness of American business.

The Bassett Furniture Company was once the world's biggest wood furniture manufacturer. Run by the same powerful Virginia family for generations, it was also the center of life in Bassett, Virginia. But beginning in the 1980s, the first waves of Asian competition hit, and ultimately Bassett was forced to send its production overseas.

One man fought back: John Bassett III, a shrewd and determined third-generation factory man, now chairman of Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Co, which employs more than 700 Virginians and has sales of more than $90 million. In FACTORY MAN, Beth Macy brings to life Bassett's deeply personal furniture and family story, along with a host of characters from an industry that was as cutthroat as it was colorful. As she shows how he uses legal maneuvers, factory efficiencies, and sheer grit and cunning to save hundreds of jobs, she also reveals the truth about modern industry in America.

Epicyclic trains, oblique rollers, trip hammers, and lazy-tongs are among the ingenious mechanisms defined and illustrated in this intriguing collection. Spanning the first century of the Industrial Revolution, this 1868 compilation features simplified, concise illustrations of the mechanisms used in hydraulics, steam engines, pneumatics, presses, horologes, and scores of other machines.
The movements of each of the 507 mechanisms are depicted in drawings on the left-hand page, and the facing page presents a brief description of the item's use and operation. Ranging from simple to intricately complex, the mechanisms offer a fascinating view of the variety of small components that constitute complex machinery. A detailed index provides easy reference to specific mechanisms.
Inventors, tinkerers, and anyone with an interest in the history of invention and technology will find this volume a treasury of information and inspiration.

This practical, instructional book describes the construction of a model of the Lampitt portable steam engine, which dates back to 1862, and which provided rotative power to drive threshing machines, circular saws, feed mills and other farm machinery. The construction of every component is described in precise detail and the text is supported by many helpful step-by-step photographs. In addition, useful advice is provided about obtaining materials and about the tools that are required to equip a model-engineering workshop. Accordingly, the information provided in this fascinating book will enable the reader to construct not only the Lampitt engine but also many other engineering models in the future. When the reader has finished building 'the Lampitt' he will, in effect, have completed an engineering apprenticeship, and will have a model engine of which he can be proud and which fully reveals the skills that he has learned. Fully illustrated with 142 step-by-step colour photographs.

This monumental study of medieval law and sexual conduct explores the origin and develpment of the Christian church's sex law and the systems of belief upon which that law rested. Focusing on the Church's own legal system of canon law, James A. Brundage offers a comprehensive history of legal doctrines–covering the millennium from A.D. 500 to 1500–concerning a wide variety of sexual behavior, including marital sex, adultery, homosexuality, concubinage, prostitution, masturbation, and incest. His survey makes strikingly clear how the system of sexual control in a world we have half-forgotten has shaped the world in which we live today. The regulation of marriage and divorce as we know it today, together with the outlawing of bigamy and polygamy and the imposition of criminal sanctions on such activities as sodomy, fellatio, cunnilingus, and bestiality, are all based in large measure upon ideas and beliefs about sexual morality that became law in Christian Europe in the Middle Ages.

"Brundage's book is consistently learned, enormously useful, and frequently entertaining. It is the best we have on the relationships between theological norms, legal principles, and sexual practice."—Peter Iver Kaufman, Church History

For 30 years, Patent It Yourself has guided hundreds of thousands of inventors through the process of getting a patent, from start to finish. Patent attorneys David Pressman and Thomas J. Tuytschaevers provide the latest information, forms, and clear instructions to help you:

conduct a patent search the right way evaluate your idea’s commercial potential file a provisional patent application to get “patent pending” status prepare a patent application focus on your patent application’s claims respond to patent examiners get your drawings done right protect your rights in foreign countries deal with infringers, and market and license your invention.
Thoroughly updated to reflect the latest changes in intellectual property law, this edition provides the latest U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rules and forms. The 18th edition covers the latest implications of the first-to-file rules created by the America Invents Act.

The History of Corporate Law by the Foremost Legal Historian, James Willard Hurst This study, which is based on a series of lectures delivered at the University of Virginia Law School, explores the development of corporate law from the 1780s, a time when the special charter was the only form of incorporation, to the 1960s, a time when corporations were established exclusively through general incorporation statutes. More than a chronicle, Hurst emphasizes how legal institutions actively shaped the central traits of American capitalism. CONTENTS Analytical Table of Contents Introduction: Time, Place and Subject I.From Special Privilege to General Utility, 1780-1890 II.Legitimacy: Utility and Responsibility, 1890-1970 III.Institutional Contributions to Policy Conclusion: The Social Impact of Corporation Law Bibliography Index James Willard Hurst [1910-1997] revitalized the field of American legal history with The Growth of American Law (1950) and helped establish the study of law and American society in Law and Social Process in United States History (1960). He had a particular interest in the ways society and law influenced one another. He was a professor of law at the University of Wisconsin Law School.