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Bamboo’s amazing versatility, strength, and beauty have given it a larger role in human culture than any other plant. Both sustainable and plentiful, it has been used for millennia to make objects ranging from clothing and housing to more exotic luxuries like phonograph needles and children’s toys, to name but a few. This acclaimed sourcebook--part history, part illustrated catalog, part cultivation guide--details the myriad uses of bamboo, along with an immense bounty of information and lore on how to grow, maintain, and harvest this extraordinary plant; how to use it in craft and construction projects, including floors, fences, papers, and play equipment; and bamboo’s place in the li...
An established and popular text written for students of civil engineering and practising engineers. Plenty of practical examples are provided, as well as problems for the reader to attempt.
The book is the first attempt in studiyng the energy consumption patterns of different economics sectors that present in the rural areas. Infact, data relating to the production and consumption of both commercial and non-commercial sources of energy in rural areas are quite scanty. This book aims to generate database, based on micro level study, carried out by the authors in six villages of Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu. A total of 534 samples from the entire sectors (200 from household, 22 from industry, 161 from transport, 86 from commerce and 65 from social and service) have been interviewed for gathering information on energy use in the economic sectors of the rural economy. This book is...