Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9701271442.A18713-0100000@lan.vita.org> Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 14:45:18 -0500 From: DEVEL-L Administration <mailto:devel@LAN.VITA.ORG> Subject: Re: Book on Appropriate Technologies for developing countries. To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
Nomad,the book you are referring to is probably the "Village Technology Handbook". VITA issued a new 425-page edition a couple of years ago which you can buy for $19.95. To order it you can contact mailto:bmathur@vita.org
Thanks for your interest,
Vicki Tsiliopoulos, VITA
On Sat, 25 Jan 1997, Nomad wrote:
> When I was a Peace Corps Voluteer several years ago, I came across a book on
> appropriate technology for field workers doing appropriate technology
> transfer in developing countries. The book was filled with schematics and
> diagrams on how to easily build suction water pumps, shadoufs,...etc, made
> from readily obtainable products in rural markets. It was like the
> "J.Peterman" approriate technology catalogue for volunteers doing technical
> assitance. Many of the plans had been devised by the USARMY (during the
> Vietnam war, I think), and each plan gave a brief history about where the
> device was used, and the estimated costs for materials.
> I would really like to get a hold of another copy or even a Xerox copy, the
> name, anything. I think it was put out by VITA, many years ago.
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> Thanks for any help on this,
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