| Appropriate Paper-Based Technology (Apt): A Manual Revised Edition Contributor(s): Packer, Bevill (Author) |
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ISBN: 1853392685 ISBN-13: 9781853392689 Publisher: Intermediate Technology Publications OUR PRICE: $30.35 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades - Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries |
| Dewey: 676 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.7" W x 9.5" (0.75 lbs) 168 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A comprehensive survey of the technologies for making a wide range of products from chess-men to armchairs, from trays to solar cookers, using paper. It is a revised and updated edition of the "Manual of APT."Published by IRED, Harare, 1989 and 1991. This edition includes additional models and extra pages of colour photographs, and special supplements on APT in the service of disabled people. |
Contributor Bio(s): Packer, Bevill: - Bevill Packer, the author of A Manual for Appropriate Paper-based Technology (APT), published by Intermediate Technology (now Practical Action Publishing), with rehabilitation teams in Zimbabwe, tried and tested APT techniques in the eighties and now many people throughout the world make APT furniture. |