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  1. Iron and Steel Production (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 14 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the manufacture of iron and steel from iron ore, showing the process of reduction, using carbon as a reducing agent; the destructive distillation of coal through pyrolysis; the production of coke in...

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  2. Synthetic Sapphire (1956 Film)

    Subject
    Chemistry
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Examples of synthetic sapphires in use. The manufacturing process. Ammonium alum is reduced in a furnace to aluminium oxide. After sifting through fine gauze the powder is melted in an oxyhydrogen flame in a...

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  3. Ideal Sounds (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Duggan
    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    The speed of sound depends on the medium in which it is moving. A simple experiment is set up to test this statement using several different gases from which is derived the adiabatic equation indicating that...

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  4. Regressing to Quality (1995)

    Producer
    Andrew Law
    Subject
    Engineering; Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 25 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Shows how the statistical technique of regression analysis is used at three stages in the manufacture of steel pipes to manufacture North Sea oil by addressing the following questions: given the sulphur...

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  5. Electricity and Its Applications (8 Parts) (1990 Video)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30-40 min. each.

    Part 8: The induction furnace.

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  6. Basic Oxygen Steelmaking (1974 Video)

    Director
    David Stevens
    Producer
    Glynn Jones
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 17 min.

    Follows the process of turning iron from the blast furnace, plus scrap, into steel by the use of the basic oxygen converter.

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  7. Licence to Share (1967 Film)

    Director
    Robin Hardy
    Producer
    Shaffer Tony
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Compares early method of batch distillation process with later electrolytic and vertical retort continuous processes. Modern automatic process makes use of a blast furnace for which the feed stock is...

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  8. What is Concrete? (1988 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2005 sale: £95.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    A training video showing the materials that go into concrete, why different type of concrete are needed and how they are made. Shows concrete being produced at ready-mixed concrete plants and used on site,...

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  9. Glass Beadmaking in Turkey and Ghana (2006)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 45 minutes), £14.99

    Documentary. This DVD shows two traditional methods of glass beadmaking and shows in detail how beautiful handcrafted beads are produced. In Turkey, glass beads are made in a furnace and the technique is...

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  10. Making Steel and the Afterglow (1993 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 32 min., 1995 sale: £220.00 (inclusive)

    Shows the production of steel from the raw materials - iron ore, coal and limestone - through to the final product. Explains the two main fabrication processes: oxysteel and electric furnace. Shows the...

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