How Products Are Made. An Illustrated Guide to Product Manufacturing

Deirdre Blanchfield9780787636432, 0-7876-3643-6

This fascinating book, which launches a series on the manufacturing processes of products from foods to cosmetics to electronics to vehicles, details the manufacture of 101 randomly selected items. The products covered here are a curious mix, including automobiles, blue jeans, chewing gum, jet engines, microwave ovens, pantyhose, salsa, stainless steel, tortilla chips, and zippers. Ranging from four to seven pages, each entry includes the products description, history, design, manufacturing process, raw materials, by-products, future uses, and a bibliography.

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Table of contents :
Cover Page……Page 1
Title Page……Page 3
ISBN 0787636436……Page 4
Contents (with page links)……Page 5
Introduction……Page 7
Contributors……Page 9
Acknowledgments……Page 10
Air Purifier……Page 12
Amber……Page 17
Aneroid Barometer……Page 22
Artificial Turf……Page 26
Bank Vault……Page 31
Bicycle Seat……Page 36
Binocular……Page 41
Bird Cage……Page 44
Birdseed……Page 48
Brandy……Page 52
Breath Alcohol Tester……Page 57
Bullet……Page 62
Candy Cane……Page 68
Cash Register……Page 73
Catheter……Page 77
Condensed Soup……Page 80
Corset……Page 84
Cyclotron……Page 88
Diving Bell……Page 93
Drain Cleaner……Page 98
Dry Ice……Page 102
EEG Machine……Page 106
Electric Guitar……Page 111
Electric Tea Kettle……Page 117
Epilation Device……Page 121
External Defibrillator……Page 125
Fabric Softener……Page 131
Feather Duster……Page 136
Felt……Page 141
Fluoride Treatment……Page 146
Fountain Pen……Page 150
Furnace……Page 155
Gas Lantern……Page 158
Glucometer Test Kit……Page 162
Goalie Mask……Page 167
Grenade……Page 171
Guillotine……Page 174
Hair Dryer……Page 179
Hairsproy……Page 183
Handcuffs……Page 188
Headstone……Page 191
Ice Resurfacing Machine……Page 195
Insulin……Page 198
Ironing Board……Page 205
Juice Box……Page 209
Kerosene……Page 214
Laser Pointer……Page 218
Lawn Sprinkler……Page 222
Lighter……Page 226
Manhole Cover……Page 231
Maracas……Page 235
Microphone……Page 240
Movie Projector……Page 248
Night Scope……Page 255
Oxygen Tank……Page 260
Pacifier……Page 264
Paper Clip……Page 268
Pizza……Page 271
Pop Up Book……Page 274
Punching Bag……Page 277
Pyrex……Page 281
Radio……Page 286
Radio Collar……Page 290
Revolving Door……Page 293
Rolling Pin……Page 297
Rubik’s Cube……Page 301
Scale……Page 306
Ship In A Bottle……Page 309
Sleeping Pill……Page 320
Smoked Ham……Page 325
Speedometer……Page 328
Spinning Wheel……Page 332
Spork……Page 336
Spray Paint……Page 340
Stereo Speaker……Page 344
Stereoptic Viewer……Page 347
Stirling Cycle Engine……Page 353
Straight Pin……Page 359
Sushi Roll……Page 363
Suture……Page 367
Swimming Pool……Page 372
Swimsuit……Page 376
Table……Page 380
Tattoo……Page 385
Teflon……Page 389
Telephone Booth……Page 393
Titanium……Page 402
Toaster……Page 406
Tuxedo……Page 410
Typewriter……Page 415
Unicycle……Page 421
Vending Machine……Page 425
Videotape……Page 431
Vinegar……Page 436
Windmill……Page 440
Windshield Wiper……Page 445
X-Ray Glasses……Page 450