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  1. Ropemakers of Chatham, The (1982 Video)

    Director
    Philip Sugg
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale Special loan only, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 15 min.

    A technical and historical account of the process of making a rope at H M Dockyard, Chatham, told by the foreman of the Ropery.

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  2. Media Screen Roundup - February 2014

    Date
    13 Mar 2014, 17:22
    Author
    Linda
    Post Type
    Post

    The monthly roundup of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research, & published here at the BUFVC by Linda Kaye. This month’s Roundup opens with 100...

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  3. Catenaries: Numerical Approximation (1982 Video)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 20 min.

    How far will a rope fixed at two ends hand down? How does this deflection depend on its length relative to the space between the ends? Given a length of rope l it is possible to get a value for deflection d...

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  4. Given Enough Rope (1990 Video)

    Producer
    Philip Ashby; Pam Taylor
    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    All ropes require certain basic properties such as suitable tensile strength and resistance to wear and corrosion, whatever their final application to enable them to perform predictably in a particular...

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  5. Touching the Void (2004)

    Subject
    Psychology; Sports science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 101 minutes), £19.99

    The documentary reconstructing the story of British mountain climbers Joe Simpson and Simon Yates as they climb to the summit of the hitherto unclimbed Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. On the descent,...

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  6. East Anglian Craftsmen (1988 Video)

    Subject
    Crafts
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w.& col. 60 min., 1996 sale: £15.00 (inclusive)

    Film old and new showing flint knapping at Brandon, making flower pots at Waltham Abbey, a birch broom maker at Hevingham, rope making at Hadleigh, a Wroxham blacksmith, a cobbler at Manningtree, making...

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  7. Fax Machine, The / The Lift (1992 Video)

    Director
    Frank Prendergast
    Producer
    Elizabeth Queenan
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 1997 sale: £14.99 (+VAT +p&p)

    Tim Hunkin humorously explains the workings of some familiar machines. His technique is to present the scientific principles and show how the machines evolved by using demonstrations and animated cartoon...

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  8. Mathematics, Magic and the Electric Guitar (2005)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes (approx)), £12.00

    A recording of a lecture delivered as part of the London Mathematical Society’s Popular Lecture series by Dr D J Acheson of Oxford University. He asks what is so special about the number 1089. He also...

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  9. Magic of Chemistry, The (1988 Video)

    Subject
    Chemistry
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 1998 sale: £26.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The 1998 Nyholm Lecture, in which Dr Richard Russell and Bob Switzer present practical demonstration that include: including: witches cauldron (sublimation of dry ice); nylon rope (polymerization); cloth...

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  10. What’s the Trick? (2013)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 90 minutes), £10.00

    DVD containing two separate talks on the subject of the practical applications of mathematics, suitable for GCSE pupils, aged 13 - 16. In GAMES WITH A TWIST Rob Eastaway plays a series of entertaining and...

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