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Second Law (1993 Video)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1999 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Explains why the Carnot cycle is the cycle of the greatest possible thermodynamic efficency follows through the four stages of the cycle. Shows a Stirling engine based on the Stirling cycle, with each stage...

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Modelling and the Modelling Cycle (1986 Video)

Subject

Mathematics

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Introduces the modelling cycle with two examples of its application: 1) shows how British Rail uses a modelling cycle to fit a football special into its regualr timetable; 2) shows a far more complex example...

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Limestone Cycle, The (1994 Video)

Subject

Geology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 14 min., 2000 sale: £39.99 (+VAT +p&p)

Explains the limestone cycle of formation and decay, showing how nature makes and breaks calcium carbonate through the use of examples from the natural world and graphic particle models.

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N Cycle: The Nitrogen Cycle in Grazed Grassland (1995 Multimedia)

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

CD-ROM

A CAL model of the nitrogen cycle that calculates the amounts of nitrogen in the major transformation of the nitrogen cycle in grazed grassland. It presents the results as a dynamic display, with which the...

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Wheat Cycle (1975 Film)

Subject

Agriculture; Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

In Afghanistan the people and their labour are bound to the land in the cycle of activities from the sowing to the harvesting of wheat. Without narration or sub-titles, the film conveys a sense of unity...

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Killingholme on Line (199 Video)

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Free loan Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 10 min., 1995 sale: £10.00 (inclusive) Free loan

Looks at the combined cycle gas turbine power station at Killingholme on Humberside. Shows how natural gas is burned to produce steam for power generation and how heat which would once have gone to waste is...

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Testing for Aerobic Fitness (1997 Video)

Subject

Sports science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 24 min., 2004 sale: £35.00 (+VAT inc. p&p)

Explains the principles of testing for aerobic fitness and shows how to conduct three submaximal cycle ergometer tests for aerobic fitness and how to measure maximal aerobic power. Looks at the advantages of...

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Sustainable Design (Volvo): Life Cycle Assessment (2009)

aka: Volvo - Life Cycle Analysis

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 26 minutes), £40.00

With extraordinary access to their car manufacturing plant in Sweden, Volvo’s environmental experts show how life cycle analysis has enabled them to reduce the carbon footprint of their products and...

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Moon Jelly: The Life Cycle of ‘Aurelia Aurita’ (1977 Film)

Director

Kazuo Okada

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows the life cycle of one of the scyphomedusae, the jellyfish ‘Aurelia aurita’. Fertilisation, planular stage, ephyrae, polyps, and adult medusae are shown.

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Life History of the Lobster (1990 Video)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 9 min., 1992 sale: £37.00

A compilation of sequences in the lobster’s life cycle showing feeding, moulting, copulation, egg-bearing and the production of planktonic larvae. The soundtrack guides the view through these events,...

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