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Excerpt from A Proposed Slip and Texture Sensor About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection...

The first comprehensive guide to America's historic house museums, this directory moves beyond merely listing institutions to providing information about interpretive themes, historical and architectural significance, collections, and cultural and social importance, along with programming events and facility information. Useful cross-reference guides provide quick and easy ways of locating information on almost 2500 museums. A multi-functional...

This first comprehensive collection of Margaret Walker's autobiographical and literary essays has been acclaimed as "a powerful social history and as a serious study of black American literature."-"Kirkus Review" In the title essay, Walker recounts the search for family and social history from which she wrote her carefully researched novel of the Civil War. The autobiographical essays reflect on her work and her life as an artist, as African-A...

Extensively tested in schools and colleges, this modular-based book provides a progressive introduction to supply and demand analysis and shows how it can be applied to real economic problems. Its use of diagrams, examples and past examination questions helps the student understand and apply the basic principles. It should be useful to those studying economics modules on business and management courses and also to those taking single semester ...

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Excerpt from Robotics Research Technical Report, Vol. 2: An Initial Finger Design for an Industrial Hand In the technical report by Walker (1985) a finger design was described which had two finger joints that were actuated by a single pneumatic spring return piston at each joint. When this finger was built and operated it was found that the small pistons were powerful enough to actuate the finger and that the actuation scheme, which exploited...

This book makes a timely contribution to our understanding of the dramatic political changes that have recently affected Scotland and thrown into doubt the country’s future position within the United Kingdom. Its focus is on the Labour Party and the loss of its traditional electoral support base. This theme is related to religion and its relevance to Scotland’s identity politics. The author examines how Labour was able to appeal across the eth...

In 2015 the landmark suicide of the 100th woman to kill herself in prison custody passed largely unnoticed. This book by two experts sets out to redress the balance by examining all aspects of the history, present practices, causes and prevention prospects connected to this tragic chain of events. A long overdue analysis of a subject that is at last beginning to receive enhanced scrutiny. Focuses on both women and adolescent girls in custody. ...

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