Robert Murray-Smith

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Books

A Gap in the Himalayas: Travel in China, Southeast Asia, Nepal, India and Sri Lanka
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 110,770. Language: English. Published: March 9, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Travel » Essays & Travelogues, Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Hiking
A travelogue of a four-month journey mixing adventure, volunteering and touring through China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Nepal, India and Sri Lanka. Not your usual twenty-somethings, this was a trip by two semi-retired but energetic travellers who should have known better.
From the Letters and Journals of Robert Murray-Smith
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 40,650. Language: English. Published: December 27, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Philosophy of Science, Nonfiction » Biography » Scientists, Inventors
This book is not a biography or an autobiography, but rather a collection of thoughts on science, philosophy and life's minutia by Robert Murray-Smith, the research chemist and inventor, best known for his YouTube channel and the development of graphene-based conductive inks and carbon-based batteries and supercapacitors - with an introduction to each section written by his wife.
A Guidebook to Inks,Paints And Functional Inks
Price: $35.00 USD. Words: 99,690. Language: English. Published: October 26, 2014 . Categories: Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Chemistry
(4.00 from 1 review)
The aim of this book is to give a little of the background regarding the making of inks paints and conductive inks and to suggest some possible uses and further experiments for them when applied as thick films and to aid in the development of functional devices based on inks that can be made by the experimenter themselves in their own labs opening up the opportunity for the creation of new inks.
Biopolymers Casein Its Preparation And Use A Practical Handbook
Price: $20.00 USD. Words: 39,260. Language: English. Published: October 26, 2014 . Categories: Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Chemistry
A practical handbook on how to make and use casein as a renewable biopolymer
Supercapacitors 101 - A home Inventors Handbook
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 18,660. Language: English. Published: April 14, 2013 . Categories: Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Energy
(5.00 from 1 review)
The supercapacitor is an emerging technology that promises to play an important role in meeting the demands of electronic devices and systems both now and in the future. This book traces the history of the development of the technology, and explores the principles and theory of operation as well as giving some guidance on the methods for producing the materials required to construct one
Graphene 101 An Inventor's Guide to Making Graphene
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 33,600. Language: English. Published: April 9, 2013 . Categories: Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Research & Methodology
(4.00 from 4 reviews)
Being such a fascinating material lots of people are interested in it and it has become something of a mystery that is generally thought of as being something only an expensive lab can produce. This is far from the truth. This book grew out of a series of youtube videos i created to show how graphene could be made in your own home with a minimum of materials and tools.
Soap - A Guide To Soap Making for Pleasure and Profit
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 13,300. Language: English. Published: February 18, 2013 . Categories: Nonfiction » Home & Garden » Crafts & Hobbies » Candle & soap making
(5.00 from 1 review)
Making soap at home can be a fun and rewarding experience and seldom takes more than an hour and a half out of your time. However, many of you may have been put off trying out this hobby after reading about all the dangers and cautions that go into soap making. This book is all about showing you how simple, safe and easy it actually is and how you might go about making a business out of it.
Wild Colour A Handbook of Vegetable and Lichen Dye Recipes
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 20,090. Language: English. Published: February 5, 2013 . Categories: Nonfiction » Home & Garden » Crafts & Hobbies » Dye
Natural dyes are dyes or colorants derived from plants, invertebrates, or minerals. The majority of natural dyes are vegetable dyes from plant sources –roots, berries, bark, leaves, and wood — and other organic sources such as fungi and lichens. This book is all about rediscovering those lost colours and using them to help a create better world, simply because they do not contain harmful chemicals
Bioplastics - A Home Inventors Handbook
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 23,840. Language: English. Published: February 4, 2013 . Categories: Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Chemistry / Organic
(4.00 from 1 review)
Bioplastics is one of those areas that the home inventor has the advantage. The raw materials are cheap, readily available and easy to work with. There has been relatively little study done so far as the field is still quite new and there are a significant amount of discoveries to be made. This book is to help you get there with lots of recipes, starting points and where to go from there
Alternative Stirling Engines For Free Energy Applications And How To Go About Building Them And Using Them To Generate Electricity
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 14,650. Language: English. Published: February 2, 2013 . Categories: Nonfiction » Home & Garden » Sustainable living
(5.00 from 1 review)
This book describes the basics of the Stirling engine, as well as some of the most promising alternative models, how to go about building them and how they can be used to generate power for home use.