Author: Ellen Kay Miller
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 122
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Miscellaneous Publication
Author: Ellen Kay Miller
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 122
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Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 122
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The ISCC-NBS Method of Designating Colors and a Dictionary of Color Names
Author: Kenneth L. Kelly
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Category : Color
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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Category : Color
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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Analyzing Art and Aesthetics
Author: Anne Collins Goodyear
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1935623230
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 527
Book Description
This ninth volume of the Artefacts series explores how artists have responded to developments in science and technology, past and present. Rather than limiting the discussion to art alone, editors Anne Collins Goodyear and Margaret Weitekamp also asked contributors to consider aesthetics: the scholarly consideration of sensory responses to cultural objects. When considered as aesthetic objects, how do scientific instruments or technological innovations reflect and embody culturally grounded assessments about appearance, feel, and use? And when these objects become museum artifacts, what aesthetic factors affect their exhibition? Contributors found answers in the material objects themselves. This volume reconsiders how science, technology, art, and aesthetics impact one another.
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1935623230
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 527
Book Description
This ninth volume of the Artefacts series explores how artists have responded to developments in science and technology, past and present. Rather than limiting the discussion to art alone, editors Anne Collins Goodyear and Margaret Weitekamp also asked contributors to consider aesthetics: the scholarly consideration of sensory responses to cultural objects. When considered as aesthetic objects, how do scientific instruments or technological innovations reflect and embody culturally grounded assessments about appearance, feel, and use? And when these objects become museum artifacts, what aesthetic factors affect their exhibition? Contributors found answers in the material objects themselves. This volume reconsiders how science, technology, art, and aesthetics impact one another.
Sandbows and Black Lights
Author: Stephen R. Wilk
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197518605
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Why are candle flames yellow? Why does ultraviolet light supposedly kill vampires? What about the monocle? Why was the monocle--a corrective lens that only corrects vision in a single eye--so popular among businessmen and politicians for so many years? Stephen R. Wilk answers all this and so much more in Sandbows and Black Lights. This book is a collection of original essays on weird and unusual topics surrounding optics. Wilk uses the BBC's formula of "Education by Stealth" to explain unusual facets of science and technology through the matrix of interesting and cultural paths, all the while weaving in math equations in an accessible way. The first part of the book focuses on the history, the second moves to odd scientific approaches to visual phenomena, and the third part explains the unique use of optics in fiction, movies, and comic books over time. Chapters cover everything from endless corridors to the beam of light over treasure chests in movies. Whether he is explaining a rare discovery or answering a seemingly unapproachable question, Wilk is able to lure readers in on every page. He has a unique ability to turn complex science into an engaging story, and this book is full of narratives on esoteric topics anyone will find intriguing. Sandbows and Black Lights provides an enticing and entertaining look at physical illusions in a whole new way.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197518605
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Why are candle flames yellow? Why does ultraviolet light supposedly kill vampires? What about the monocle? Why was the monocle--a corrective lens that only corrects vision in a single eye--so popular among businessmen and politicians for so many years? Stephen R. Wilk answers all this and so much more in Sandbows and Black Lights. This book is a collection of original essays on weird and unusual topics surrounding optics. Wilk uses the BBC's formula of "Education by Stealth" to explain unusual facets of science and technology through the matrix of interesting and cultural paths, all the while weaving in math equations in an accessible way. The first part of the book focuses on the history, the second moves to odd scientific approaches to visual phenomena, and the third part explains the unique use of optics in fiction, movies, and comic books over time. Chapters cover everything from endless corridors to the beam of light over treasure chests in movies. Whether he is explaining a rare discovery or answering a seemingly unapproachable question, Wilk is able to lure readers in on every page. He has a unique ability to turn complex science into an engaging story, and this book is full of narratives on esoteric topics anyone will find intriguing. Sandbows and Black Lights provides an enticing and entertaining look at physical illusions in a whole new way.
NBS Special Publication
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Category : Weights and measures
Languages : en
Pages : 1354
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Category : Weights and measures
Languages : en
Pages : 1354
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National Bureau of Standards Circular
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Category : Color
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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Category : Color
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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Marketing Peanuts and Peanut Products
Author: Harold Johnson Clay
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Category : Peanut industry
Languages : en
Pages : 1038
Book Description
The peanut, for over 20 years a leading crop in the Southern States, reaches the consumer in many widely different forms. Once grown exclusively for sale roasted in the shell and for feeding to hogs, peanuts are now more widely known in the salted form, and even larger quantities are marketed each year as peanut butter and peanut candy. In some years a considerable volume of peanuts has been crushed and the crude oil shipped to manufacturers of oleomargarine, compounds and vegetable shortenings, and salad oil. The course taken by the peanut in its journey from farm to the consumer, then, is necessarily a varied one, with many bypaths.
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Category : Peanut industry
Languages : en
Pages : 1038
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The peanut, for over 20 years a leading crop in the Southern States, reaches the consumer in many widely different forms. Once grown exclusively for sale roasted in the shell and for feeding to hogs, peanuts are now more widely known in the salted form, and even larger quantities are marketed each year as peanut butter and peanut candy. In some years a considerable volume of peanuts has been crushed and the crude oil shipped to manufacturers of oleomargarine, compounds and vegetable shortenings, and salad oil. The course taken by the peanut in its journey from farm to the consumer, then, is necessarily a varied one, with many bypaths.
National Bureau of Standards Handbook
Author: United States. National Bureau of Standards
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Category : Industrial safety
Languages : en
Pages : 1052
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrial safety
Languages : en
Pages : 1052
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Circular - National Bureau of Standards
Author: United States. National Bureau of Standards
Publisher:
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Category : Standardization
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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Publisher:
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Category : Standardization
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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National Bureau of Standards Handbook
Author:
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Category : Industrial safety
Languages : en
Pages : 1050
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrial safety
Languages : en
Pages : 1050
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