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If Disaster Strikes (1988 Video)

Subject

Librarianship

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 20 min.

Gives guidelines on procedures necessary to salvage library materials which are damaged by flood or fire. Discusses staff training in the handling of damaged materials and suggests ways in which risks to the...

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Composite Structures (1993 Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 18 min., 1995 sale: £130.00 (inclusive)

Illustrates the advantageous properties of combining steel and concrete as used in buildings. Explains the mechanism of how these materials work together and specifically looks at the steel-to-concrete...

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Plan Your Slinging (1988)

Subject

Civil Engineering & Building; FE; Health & safety

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 16 minutes), £40.00

A slinger has to know which sling to use, how to use it, what signals to give to the crane driver and how to move a load safely. This programme demonstrates precautions and planning necessary in the...

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Local Buckling (1985 Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 6 min., 1995 sale: £50.00 (inclusive)

Shows examples of beam and plate buckling. Discusses and demonstrates the reduction of stiffness due to buckling, the effective width concept, the effect of imperfections, tension field theory, buckling due...

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Along the Stour

Date released

12 Sep 1929

Series name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue no

432

NoS ID

332255

Story no

2 / 5

NoS Summary - Trip along the river seeing weavers and timber buildings. British Pathe synopsis: L/S of part of the river Stour near Canterbury. In the distance there is a building built over the river, two...

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Structures and Bridge Engineering (1995)

Subject

Civil Engineering & Building; Technology

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 35 minutes), £39.95

Buildings and bridges, towers and tunnels, spacecraft and ships all require the application of structural principles in their design. Factors such as stress, strain, rigidity, weight, cost, availability of...

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Bricks and Brickmaking (2001)

Subject

Architecture; Civil Engineering & Building

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 26 minutes), £65.00

In Britain clay bricks are a significant building material. We enjoy a remarkably rich choice, reflecting not only the variety of the different clays, but also the diversity of manufacturing methods. This...

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Journey from the Centre of the Earth: Architecture (2004)

aka: Building Blocks

Subject

Civil Engineering & Building; Geology

Distribution

VHS (PAL, 60 minutes), off air recording under licence

A programme from the series in which geologist Dr Iain Stewart explains how the rocks beneath our feet have shaped the human history of the Mediterranean. Here he reveals how rocks influenced the Egyptians...

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Lime - Mortars, Renders and Plasters (1998)

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £65.00

For centuries lime has been the fundamental ingredient of building mortars, plasters and renders. In the 20th Century it was largely replaced by cement and gypsum. However, an understanding of the chemistry...

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Choosing Sustainable Materials (2014)

Subject

Design

Distribution

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

This programme aims to get students thinking about the 6Rs (recycle, reduce, reuse, refuse, repair, rethink) and what makes a material sustainable, including its carbon footprint, whether it’s sourced from...

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