Presenting a comprehensive treatment of grinding theory & its practical utilization, this edition focuses on grinding as a machining process using bonded abrasive grinding wheels as the cutting medium. It provides a description of abrasives & bonded abrasive cutting tools. ...

Presents a general overview of the grinding, lapping, honing & polishing of metal, as well as the materials used to make grinding wheels, belts & papers. This volume describes the uses of various machines & grinding mediums, including the off-hand grinder, modern miniature hand drill/grinders & toolpost grinders. ...

A study of woodcarving from the earliest times to the Georgian period, with an emphasis on the role of carvers & their work for the Crown. The central figure is Grinling Gibbons, who is exemplified by his work at St Paul's Cathedral, Windsor Castle, Petworth House & Hampton Court Palace. ...

One of Britain's most popular playwrights, Alan Ayckbourn is also the most private. This book is a portrait of the man who
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Vintage horror starring Boris Karloff as James Rankin, a writer who decides to reinvestigate the 20-year-old case of ' The Haymarket Strangler'
- in which he believes a man was wrongly hanged for the gruesome murder of five people in 1880s London. But as he gets close to the heart of the case, it turns out that he himself has a closer connection with the murders than his worst fears could ever have imagined.
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* This book examines the gripes which plague the lives of modern couples * Jean-Claude Kaufmann is one of the best-selling sociologists in France & always provides interesting & accessible accounts of everyday life * Often amusing, this study explains the importance of overcoming conflict in strengthening a relationship. ...