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The book every glassblower uses is “Advanced Glassworking Techniques”. The book is written entirely by hand, so it looks like you’re reading someone’s private s
by smurda 6y ago
The book every glassblower uses is “Advanced Glassworking Techniques”. The book is written entirely by hand, so it looks like you’re reading someone’s private sketchbook. I’ve never read a more aesthetically pleasing book.
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- dan-robertson 6y agoAnother example of printed handwritten books are the Wainwright guides which were not typeset because the author didn’t trust the typesetter to not make mistakes.
- Stratoscope 6y agoAnd Forrest Mims' Engineers' Notebooks and Mini-Notebooks. https://hackaday.com/2017/01/18/forrest-mims-radio-shack-and-the-notebooks-that-launched-a-thousand-careers/ https://hackaday.com/2017/01/18/forrest-mims-radio-shack-and... http://www.zpag.net/Electroniques/Kit/The%20Forrest%20Mims%20Engineers%20Notebook.pdf http://www.zpag.net/Electroniques/Kit/The%20Forrest%20Mims%2... The handwritten part starts on page 5 (page 14 of the PDF).
- happimess 6y agoThe Ashley Book of Knots is also a beautifully hand-written book. https://www.amazon.com/Ashley-Book-Knots-Clifford-W/dp/0385040253 https://www.amazon.com/Ashley-Book-Knots-Clifford-W/dp/03850...
- HarryHirsch 6y agoAnd Kathleen Lonsdale's space group tables: https://www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/kathleen-lonsdales-crystallography-tables/3010756.article https://www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/kathleen-lonsdales-cr...