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Like many other new technologies which have since been seized and
exploited by others, the industrial robot is a British invention.
In 1957, a patent was produced by a British inventor, Cyril Walter
Kenward, and later it became crucial to the future of robotics. For
across the Atlantic two robot builders, Unimation and AMF, both
infringed this patent and ultimately a cash settlement was made to
Kenward. The owner of Unimation Inc. was Joseph Engelberger, an
entrepreneur and avid reader of Isaac Asimov, the writer who helped
to create the image of the benevolent robot. It is claimed that
Engelberger's journey of fame down the road which led to him being
hailed as the 'father of robotics' can be traced to the day that he
met George C. Devol at a cocktail party. Devol was an inventor with
an impressive list of patents to his name in the electronics field.
One of Devol's patent applications referred to a Programmed
Transfer Article. Devol's patent was issued in 1961 as US Patent
2,988,237, and this formed the basis of the Unimate robot which
first saw the light of day in 1960. The first Unimate was sold to
Ford Motor Company which used it to tend a die-casting machine. It
is perhaps ironic that the first robot was used by a company which
refused to recognise the machine as a robot, preferring instead to
call it a Universal Transfer Device.
The Anti-social Behaviour of Horace Rumpole - a delightful novel
starring John Mortimer's iconic character 'One of the great comic
creations of modern times' Evening Standard ASBOs may be the pride
and joy of New Labour, but they don't cut much ice with Horace
Rumpole - he takes the old-fashioned view that if anyone is going
to be threatened with a restriction of their liberty then some form
of legal proceeding ought to be gone through first. Not that Hilda
agrees, of course, but she's too busy completing her memoirs to
dissuade him from taking an interest when one of the Timson
children is given an ASBO for playing football in the street. And
pretty soon he realizes something fishy is going on. Why are the
residents pursuing their vendetta against the Timson boy quite so
strongly? Could they have a sinister reason for not wanting him on
their street? John Mortimer's hilarious Rumpole novel, which fans
of Sherlock Holmes and P.G. Wodehouse will love, sees the magician
of the Old Bailey at his unpredictable and brilliant best. Sir John
Mortimer was a barrister, playwright and novelist. His fictional
trilogy about the inexorable rise of an ambitious Tory MP in the
Thatcher years (Paradise Postponed, Titmuss Regained and The Sound
of Trumpets) has recently been republished in Penguin Classics,
together with his autobiography Clinging to the Wreckage and his
play A Voyage round My Father. His most famous creation was the
barrister Horace Rumpole, who featured in four novels and around
eighty short stories. His books in Penguin include: The Anti-social
Behaviour of Horace Rumpole; The Collected Stories of Rumpole; The
First Rumpole Omnibus; Rumpole and the Angel of Death; Rumpole and
the Penge Bungalow Murders; Rumpole and the Primrose Path; Rumpole
and the Reign of Terror; Rumpole and the Younger Generation;
Rumpole at Christmas; Rumpole Rests His Case; The Second Rumpole
Omnibus; Forever Rumpole; In Other Words; Quite Honestly and
Summer's Lease.
Epic adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's classic novel. During World War
Two, Charles Rider (Jeremy Irons) is stationed at the now deserted
stately home, Brideshead Manor, formerly the residence of the Flyte
family. He recalls how, as a Cambridge undergraduate, he first
visited Brideshead after befriending Lord Sebastian Flyte (Anthony
Andrews). Charles then became caught up with the Flytes and their
problems, most notably Sebastian's burgeoning alcoholism.
'Rumpole, like Jeeves and Sherlock Holmes, is immortal' P. D. James
Horace Rumpole - dishevelled barrister at law, drinker of claret
and smoker of cigars, inveterate quoter of Wordsworth and eternal
defender of the underdog - is one of the greatest English comic
characters ever created. This is the original volume of Rumpole
stories, introducing us to the legal triumphs that first made the
Old Bailey Hack's name, along with a host of choice villains,
frequent forays to Pommeroy's wine bar and, of course, his
formidable, magisterial wife Hilda, She Who Must Be Obeyed. 'I
thank heaven for small mercies. The first of these is Rumpole'
Clive James 'A fruity, foxy masterpiece, defender of our wilting
faith in mankind' Sunday Times
This compilation of witty mysteries captures John Mortimer's deft writing. Rumpole a la Carte, a delightful discourse on the British legal system, takes us from a restaurant battle over Rumpole's mashed spuds to a confrontation with a detective-novelist on a ship. The yarns of Rumpole on Trial are ingenious: devil worshippers, Juvenile Court, a mysterious seductress searching for a barrister to defend her husband for a murder not yet committed, and courtroom strategies a little too lunatic force Rumpole to face the Disciplinary Committee of the Bar Council. Rumpole and the Angel of Death offers a comic commentary on cruelty to animals, human rights, and the fallibility of the justice system.
A sixth collection of captivating courtroom dramas, starring Julian
Rhind-Tutt as Horace Rumpole Rumpole and the Way Through the Woods
Rumpole makes friends with a dog named Sir Lancelot, and finds
himself defending a hunt saboteur who claims to be guilty of
murder. But Horace is convinced that the true culprit is among the
hunting fraternity. Rumpole for the Prosecution Rumpole's personal
commandment is 'Thou Shalt Not Prosecute' - but he breaks this rule
to take on a private prosecution brought by a dead girl's father.
However, an obscure literary reference and a piece of evidence that
doesn't fit bring his defender's instincts to the fore... Rumpole
and the Quacks Temporarily indisposed, Rumpole consults a charming
Indian doctor who later asks for Horace's help when he is accused
of molesting a patient. Meanwhile, Rumpole's friendship with
Phillida Erskine-Brown deepens as both their marriages hit a tricky
patch. Julian Rhind-Tutt stars as Rumpole, with Jasmine Hyde as
Hilda, Nigel Anthony as Claude Erskine-Brown and Cathy Sara as
Phillida.
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Mack's Barbers' Guide; a Practical Hand-book, for Apprentices, Journeymen and Boss, Embracing a Theoretical Course in Barbering, as Well as Recipes and Formulas for Toilet Waters, Face Lotions, Creams, Salves, Pomades, Shampoos, sea Foams, Hair Tonics, Et (Paperback)
John Mortimer McCamant
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R491
Discovery Miles 4 910
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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There were days when the Father could see and days when the Father
could not see in this tale seen through the eyes of the perennial
Son as viewed from the trellis surrounded, as if for protection, by
an enormous garden. The tale grows in turns and twists upon
allusion and reversals, all crisply dramatic and really not so
comical as at first glance.7 women, 12 men
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Mack's Barbers' Guide; a Practical Hand-book, for Apprentices, Journeymen and Boss, Embracing a Theoretical Course in Barbering, as Well as Recipes and Formulas for Toilet Waters, Face Lotions, Creams, Salves, Pomades, Shampoos, sea Foams, Hair Tonics, Et (Hardcover)
John Mortimer McCamant
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R833
Discovery Miles 8 330
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Eight short plays: Triangle, Gladly Otherwise, The Black and White,
Trouble in the Works, Cleaning Up Justice, Collector's Piece,
Conference and Can You Hear Me?
During the Second World War, following the development of the jet
engine by Sir Frank Whittle, the Rover Car Company became involved
in the development of Whittle's gas turbine powered jet engine. As
a result of this work, and following the end of the war, the
company's engineers turned their attention to using gas turbines
for cars and commercial vehicles. Noel Penny, one of Rover's
engineers grew steadily enthusiastic about the gas turbine's
potential and later became in charge of the company's work.
Following on from Jet 1 and other later designs, his attention
turned from cars to heavy trucks and, when Rover became part of
British Leyland, Penny found himself in charge of Leyland Gas
Turbines Ltd.Then Penny had the opportunity to found his own
company and gained work from Caterpillar Inc. in the USA. His
business designed other small gas turbines for aircraft. This book,
while being Penny's story, also covers the work of other companies
including Chrysler, Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Mack and Volvo.
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