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product_id: 11076090
title: "Moving Heavy Things Paperback – Illustrated, November 15, 2004"
brand: "jan adkins"
price: "S$46"
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reviews_count: 7
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# Moving Heavy Things Paperback – Illustrated, November 15, 2004

**Brand:** jan adkins
**Price:** S$46
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** Moving Heavy Things Paperback – Illustrated, November 15, 2004 by jan adkins
- **How much does it cost?** S$46 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The title says it all
*by W***E on April 28, 2011*

Moving Heavy Things is one of the top "Young Adult" (JR High School and up) books in each of several subcategories of Amazon's "Books > Children's Books > Science, Nature & How It Works" hierarchy. The simple, yet to the point title has the classic feel of a children's "how to" book, yet the book is far from fluff.The focus is on simple mechanics, and manages to cover a broad range of concepts through explanation and illustration rather than with discussions of vectors, equations and complex formulas. Without mentioning terms such as kinematics or dynamics, it gives readers a feel for what the real life effects of weight distribution, centering, friction, pulleys, and wedges are on moving day to day objects of the larger varieties.It covers everything from block and tackle to enough different knots to impress a Boy Scout. Some of it might be too advanced for many pre-teens, but even older teens and "young adults" might consider it a fun casual read. It's not meant to be a scientific or field manual in any literal sense, but even a non technical adult might be able to walk away with a better understanding of the world because of it. It's not completely free of formulas or calculations either, but a solid foundation of arithmetic is all that should be needed to make sense of them.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good introduction to moving things
*by T***N on March 12, 2024*

Quite comprehensive guide to different methods of moving heavy things. Good hand drawn illustrations of different techniques and setups. This is not a detailed guide on each method and additional research will be needed to effectively use any of these methods but this book will get you good ideas on what to look for.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very glad I finally bought this book
*by D***M on September 12, 2010*

If you are a tinkerer or do-it-yourselfer then spend the $$$ on this book. I learned many things that I have started using and hope to use.Pros:-Well-designed; simple layout, good wording and good illustrations.-Great general info and advice for approaching projects.-Great specific advice about materials, methods and techniques.Cons:-I really wish there was about twice as much info. I would have preferred to pay twice as much for even a third more info. I get the feeling that the author had a lot more to say but decided to keep it short.Overall a great experience, I plan to buy more from the series, starting with the ones on knots.

## Frequently Bought Together

- Moving Heavy Things
- Line: Tying It Up, Tying It Down
- 507 Mechanical Movements

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