kelabar
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Post by kelabar on Oct 15, 2020 15:59:23 GMT 10
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Knowledge:_How_to_Rebuild_Our_World_from_ScratchBy Lewis Dartnell. Heard about this book on another forum. Was able to download it and have a look. Really good. Goes through basic production processes to bootstrap industries again. Simple stuff like lime, charcoal, sulphuric acid, glass, etc. Only a third of the way in but I like it. Worth a look if you like doing industrial type things.
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Post by myrrph on Oct 15, 2020 16:20:20 GMT 10
good book .. good to keep a hard copy
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Post by frostbite on Oct 15, 2020 17:51:24 GMT 10
How detailed is it?
Edit: I hope it's good, just bought a hardcopy.
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Post by kelabar on Oct 15, 2020 19:09:59 GMT 10
Not detailed at all. It isn't a step-by-step book. But it does give the info that is needed to work out how things are done. Like distilling wood and then separating creosote and pitch, etc. Info which is completely lacking these days as 'experts' in any industry just press buttons on machinery and the end product magically appears.
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Post by SA Hunter on Oct 15, 2020 21:50:32 GMT 10
Do you have a link for the download? Sounds interesting.
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Post by kelabar on Oct 15, 2020 23:11:13 GMT 10
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Post by fei on Oct 15, 2020 23:40:42 GMT 10
I read this over a number of weeks on my daily commute. I'm stuck in a bus for over an hour, so may as well read something useful rather than sleep or play mindless games like everyone else does.
Just downloaded some permaculture and 1970's era back-to-the-land hippie handbooks for future perusal.
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