Few mechanics are entirely devoid of springs of one sort or another but satisfactory operation rests on details such as spring strength & degree of movement Yet information on calculating & making springs is not easily available This book explains the property of each type of spring plus essential materials & methods Engineers professional or amateur often find designing springs difficult due to the number of variables & the complexity of the formulae The book also introduces the designer to charts & nomograms which greatly simplify the process Tubal Cain draws on several decades of experience in the actual processes & covers the design & manufacture of compression & extension coil springs simple & compound leaf springs torsion springs & torsion bars springs relying on bending actions & a useful graphical method of designing valve springs for IC engines ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Before Sunrise gets a supernatural twist in this tale of an American backpacker in Italy who falls in love with a beautiful young woman harbouring a dark primordial secret A truly beautiful & genre-defying romance that had critics swept off their feet during its recent premiere at Toronto Film Festival with one critic describing the film as legitimate cinematic art Proving to be unlike anything audiences have seen before Spring is an expertly crafted work that skilfully balances both romance & horror Actors Lou Taylor Pucci Nadia Hilker Vanessa Bednar Directors Justin Benson Aaron Moorhead Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Aspect Ratio Unknown Number of discs 1 ...

When a man needs only two hundred pounds to marry his cook & buy a public house one would expect his life to be trouble free but the fifth Earl of Shortlands has to reckon with his haughty daughter Lady Adela & Mervyn Spink his butler who also happens to be his rival in love 288 pages Wodehouse P G ...

Winner of the Akutagawa Prize a sharp photo-realistic novella of memory & thwarted hope Divorced & cut off from his family Taro lives alone in one of the few occupied apartments in his block a block that is to be torn down as soon as the remaining tenants leave Since the death of his father Taro keeps to himself but is soon drawn into an unusual relationship with the woman upstairs Nishi as she passes on the strange tale of the sky-blue house next door First discovered by Nishi in the little-known photo-book ' Spring Garden' the sky-blue house soon becomes a focus for both Nishi & Taro of what is lost of what has been destroyed & of what hope may yet lie in the future for both of them if only they can seize it ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Regarded as the finest work from the first great era of Chinese filmmaking Fei Mu&s quiet piercingly poignant study of adulterous desire & guilt-ridden despair is a remarkable rediscovery often compared to David Lean&s Brief Encounter (1945) After eight years of marriage to Liyan -once rich but now a shadow of his former self following a long ruinous war
- Yuwen does little except deliver his daily medication A surprise visit from Liyan&s friend Zhang re-energises the household but also stirs up dangerously suppressed longings & resentments Director Feu Mu&s deft use of locations dissolves & camera movements makes for a fraught febrile mood of hesitant passion entrapment & ennui Cinematically & psychologically sophisticated Spring in a Small Town has been restored by the China Film Archive & is accompanied here by a number of rare & fascinating films from the BFI National Archive
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Each glass is unique as it is painted by hand
- like a fine sculpture or timeless painting It is almost too beautiful to use but
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Each glass is unique as it is painted by hand
- like a fine sculpture or timeless painting It is almost too beautiful to use but
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The first delicate flowers herald the end of a harsh winter The sun shines longer day by day & pushes the snow back Lush meadows bloom & curious marmots slowly awaken from hibernation Finally spring is coming into the mountains — the perfect time for a hike Choose your route carefully watch out for the burrows of the marmots & pack enough snacks Your chances to earn an edelweiss hiking pin are rather low if you sit hungry in the snow Spring Meadow is the grand finale of Uwe Rosenberg&s puzzle trilogy following 2016&s Cottage Garden & 2017&s Indian Summer The complexity of this game — the most interactive of the trilogy — is set in between those two games & fans of the trilogy will find familiar elements combined in an innovative way Place your meadow tiles with 0-2 holes skillfully on your mountain board to receive extra tiles when creating or expanding groups of holes Find your way around the burrows of the marmots because they can restrict you during tile placement Scoring takes place depending on the players& selection of meadow tiles from a central game board Whoever has the largest meadow during a scoring receives a hiking pin & the first player to earn their second hiking pin during scoring wins New puzzle challenges are guaranteed with 172 tiles in 49 shapes ...

Tokyo 1912 The closed world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by outsiders
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Step into the exquisite miniature world of the mice of Brambly Hedge in this beautiful new edition of the classic picture book Wilfred woke early It was his birthday He had lots of lovely presents but the best one was a surprise Mr Apple had organised a secret celebration picnic & all the mice of Brambly Hedge were invited There was so much to carry Poor Wilfred got very tired as he lurched & bumped his way along the grassy track What was it Mrs Apple had said was in his hamper? Knives? Sandwiches? They were certainly heavy! When they finally arrived Wilfred was allowed to open up the hamper & there he found the best treat of all ...