An Advanced Skills book dealing with Mechanical Advantages - primarily Pulleys but many related items for rescue, work, and adventure. 300 pages plus of skills and idea that will be of value for anyone who uses rope, pulleys, and the related gear.

Pulley Systems Explained has evolved into a full 300 dpi color book, with more than 280 pages. It includes many more diagrams, drawings, examples, pictures, and applications. It explains the difference between simple, complex pulley systems, and how compounding effect works, how to determine the pulley advantage of any pulley system, ways to use them at work, for rescue, or while on an adventure. Including a special section of applications, strategies, and tactics. A sampling of many situations we run into while working in real life. It teaches skills, and helps prepare you to handle those complex situations we all must deal with, yet there is no simple answer. I share other related things that 40 years of "walking the talk" has brought. ♦"Book knowledge is good information, combine training, and it becomes usable knowledge, add experience and you have the pure gold of knowledge." This is the "Pulley Section" of the "Ropes, Pulleys, Rigging Systems, and Avoiding Dangerous Resultants Book Series. "Pulley Systems Explained" is the evolution of many years of writing, collecting, drawing, taking pictures, working with other professionals, rewriting, organizing, and fine tuning articles and books about Ropes, Pulleys, Rigging System, and Safety (Avoiding Dangerous Resultants). Rope is one of the most common simple machines, add pulleys and we now have a system. This book if full of systems you can use at work, during rescues, and at home, or while on adventures. There are examples, challenges, quizzes, charts, diagrams, and pictures, and more ways we can work with pulleys to make our lives better. "Maximum Efficiency and Simplicity with a Minimum of Effort and Equipment; while maintaining low risk exposure." It defines an approach to assembling our systems. Pulley Systems Explain is also a good companion book to use with ®vRigger Software for learning various pulley rigging systems.

This series has been written strictly in accordance with the latest syllabus prescribed by the Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi. The text is comprehensive and clear and accurate diagrams illustrate concepts. Activities and experiments develop scientific skills. Exhaustive exercises test knowledge and understanding of concepts learnt. The questions and numerical problems have been strictly framed in accordance with the ICSE examination pattern.

Advancements in science and engineering have occurred at a surprisingly rapid pace since the release of the seventh edition of this encyclopedia. Large portions of the reference have required comprehensive rewriting and new illustrations. Scores of new topics have been included to create this thoroughly updated eighth edition. The appearance of this new edition in 1994 marks the continuation of a tradition commenced well over a half-century ago in 1938 Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia, First Edition, was published and welcomed by educators worldwide at a time when what we know today as modern science was just getting underway. The early encyclopedia was well received by students and educators alike during a critical time span when science became established as a major factor in shaping the progress and economy of individual nations and at the global level. A vital need existed for a permanent science reference that could be updated periodically and made conveniently available to audiences that numbered in the millions. The pioneering VNSE met these criteria and continues today as a reliable technical information source for making private and public decisions that present a backdrop of technical alternatives.

A New Approach to I.C.S.E. Physics (for Class X) has been revised in accordance with the latest Syllabus prescribed by the Council for Indian School Certificate Examination, New Delhi for Class 10. The main strength of this book lies in the scientific content and rearrangement of the prescribed syllabus, such that the topics are linked to each other and do not cause any unnecessary stress on the mind of students. Emphasis has been laid upon mastering the fundamental principles of Physics, rather than specific procedures and on selecting the areas of contemporary interest rather than of past interest. The main strength of the book lies in the subject matter and the experience that a student will get in solving difficult and complex problems of Physics. Salient features of this book are as follows : • Thoroughly revised and upgraded. Written in new format with figures, examples and definitions highlighted. • Full-size diagrams are given. The size of diagrams is the same as is expected from a student in examinations. * Topic-wise video lectures are given as a support for effective learning. * At the end of each chapter, there are given enough Solved Numerical Problems. This will help the students to solve numericals on their own. * Most of the numerical problems are of contemporary interest and are in Sl units. The motive has been to evaluate the application of principles rather than to test the mathematical skill of students. * ICSE Specimen Question Paper has been given. * Scan QR codes given at the end of each chapter to get the solution of chapter-wise ICSE Board Examination Questions. We hope that this book would prove very useful to fellow teachers and students. Suggestions and constructive criticism for the improvement of the book are welcome and shall be gratefully acknowledged. -Author

The basic principles are explained with examples from student's daily life situations and every topic is followed by thought-provoking questions. Relevant illustrations have been given, wherever necessary. The language used is simple and lucid which keeps the interest of the students alive till the end of the topic.