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8%OFFRon Geesin - The Adjustable Spanner: History, Origins and Development to 1970 - 9781785000355 - V9781785000355
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The Adjustable Spanner: History, Origins and Development to 1970

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Description for The Adjustable Spanner: History, Origins and Development to 1970 Hardback. Featuring serious and comical observations parallel its chequered life, this book focuses on its beginnings in the blacksmith's shop to over-designed and lovingly engineered treasures from the small Birmingham machinist. Num Pages: 208 pages, 300 colour photographs. BIC Classification: WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 920.
The Adjustable Spanner is the product of thirty years' collecting and original research, fired by Ron Geesin's acquisition of the SLIK adjustable spanner that hung in his father's garage. At the core of this book is a concise history of this much-maligned tool. Serious and comical observations parallel its chequered life, from its bent beginnings in the blacksmith's shop to over-designed and lovingly engineered treasures from the small Birmingham machinist. Around this core are discussions and findings about components and construction on the practical side, and patents, registered designs and trade marks on the design protection side. ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
The Crowood Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Ramsbury, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785000355
SKU
V9781785000355
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Ref
99-50

About Ron Geesin
Ron Geesin was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, but escaped to England at the age of just 17 in a jazz band. After four years touring with the band, Ron began his solo career in London. In 1970, he composed music for the features The Body and Sunday Bloody Sunday while co-composing Pink Floyd's first gold album, 'Atom Heart ... Read more

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