Appropriate Paper-Based Technology (APT) - A Manual

Packer, Bevill

ISBN 10: 1853392685 / ISBN 13: 9781853392689

Published by Intermediate Technology Publications, London, 1995

About this Item

Paperback in tidy condition. Minor edge-wear to covers. Contents tight and clean with no inscriptions or markings. 156pp. "Appropriate Paper-based Technology (APT) is 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. The revised edition includes additional models and extra pages of colour photographs, and special supplements on APT in the service of disabled people." from the blurb.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Appropriate Paper-Based Technology (APT) - A Manual
• Publisher: Intermediate Technology Publications, London
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853392685
• ISBN 13: 9781853392689
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Revised and Updated.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
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Synopsis

Appropriate Paper-based Technology (APT) is 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. The revised edition includes additional models and extra pages of colour photographs, and special supplements on APT in the service of disabled people.

About the Author

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.