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PORTLAND CEMENT Prepared By Dave F. Smith. To make Portland cement,
a crushed mixture of limestone and clay is heated to form "clinker," which
is mixed with gypsum and ground to a fine, dehydrated powder. Quality
control is essential during manufacture.
Village Technology Handbook Since the Handbook is primarily intended
for "do-it-yourselfers" in villages and rural regions, most space still is
allocated to the development of water resources and to agriculture. And
rather than simply replacing everything and starting over, this new edition
reorganizes some sections, updates several of the original articles, and
includes a number of new ones on frequently requested topics. The new
articles cover energy efficient stoves, the use of wind power to pump water,
stabilized earth construction, a novel ceramics kiln, small-scale candle and
paper production, high yield gardening, oral rehydration therapy, and
malaria control. An all-new reference section is also provided.
Laboratory Survival Manual The purpose
of this Laboratory Survival Manual is to promote safety awareness and
encourage safe work practices in the laboratory. These are only guidelines.
While they are not rules that will be stringently enforced, they should
serve as a reminder of things you can do to work more safely. Although these
guidelines are applicable to all research, teaching, and academic
laboratories, your lab may require more specialized rules that apply to
specific materials and equipment.
Build an all-purpose ladder Ladders,
used outdoors, are always on uneven terrain, it seems, and there is
considerable danger of falling, dropping and damaging materials, or enduring
unreasonable difficulties. So we set out to correct the situation and in the
process construct an all-purpose ladder that would meet all of our needs.
Simplify life in your backwoods home by using these easy mountain
methods So here are a few simple mountain
methods I and some of my neighbors have used to make our life easier. The
first couple can save you and the missus from a tremendous amount of
hollering.
Slaughtering and Butchering Fall is
butchering time, a period of joy in the harvest of the year’s work and of
sadness that the lives of your beautiful, healthy animals have come to an
end. On this occasion the animals should be treated with the same kindness
and respect with which they were treated during their lives. Good farmers
raise their animals free from fear, anxiety and stress. The animals should
meet their end as they lived, without the terror of the slaughterhouse.
How Things Work This list is organized according to the
contents of "HOW THINGS WORK: the Physics of Everyday Life" by Louis A.
Bloomfield. You may have to search around a bit to find questions on a
particular topic.
Eucalypt Dye Preparations
Margaret Rowe's site shows some of her images on dyeing with these native
plants.
Natural Dyeing with Oxalis Flowers
This site, from Janis Saunders, from the Fiber News.
A Study of Early Industry in Westville by Valerie
Polino. Interesting on-line text.
"Experimental Pottery Kiln" Article by
Linda Cooper on old world method of building & firing a pottery kiln
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Pull Vehicle uphill by hand with rope pulley (Improv.)