A detailed explanation of the art and science of dimensioning for existing or aspiring designers. Most creators of technical drawings do not appear to understand the basic principles of dimensioning, nor do they understand exactly what the tolerances collectively will or will not do. Equally, inside the workshop few trained and experienced engineers have a similar understanding. . The reason is that the subject is not taught in Universities, Technical Colleges, or Workshop Technology books, and where it is, it is done badly, as the people doing the teaching are themselves in ignorance. This...

A collection of fictional stories. Nine Short Stories are humorous or with a moral, and three Longer Tales that are mysteries. The fist is a double mystery, and the third challenges the reader to solve it.

The tourist who visits Egypt for the first time quickly comes face to face with the ancient hieroglyphs on jewellery, garments, or trinkets, and often purchases something which has upon it his/her name inside a cartouche. As the Egyptian language did not have all the letters of the English alphabet, to make up the shortfall a tourist's alphabet was developed that adapted other glyphs (a 'glyph' is a singe sign), and this alphabet has been included here. However it must not be confused with the academic language that is written on the monuments and used in this work. Please note that the book...