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Lotus Leaves

Author : Leung Ping Kwan
Publisher : The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
ISBN 13 : 9882371914
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (823 download)

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Download or read book Lotus Leaves written by Leung Ping Kwan and published by The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press. This book was released on 2021-01-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leung Ping Kwan is one of Hong Kong's most acclaimed poets. His poems display a unique blend of the literary and the down-to-earth, of the modern and the traditional, of the serious and the humorous, of the local and the universal. In his own words, 'I want my poems about things to be a dialogue with the world, to learn and be inspired by the shapes, smells and colours of things….' This collection has been carefully curated, and is arranged under ten thematic sections: Lotus Leaves, Hong Kong, Macao, Foodscape, After the Book of Songs, Strange Tales: After Pu Songling, Clothink, Museum Pieces, Places and Friends, and Bitter-Melon and Others. These translated poems, and the delight they bring, are a celebration of the continuing legacy of a remarkable Hong Kong poet.

Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf

Author :
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1590301080
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf written by and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2004-04-13 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Japanese poet-recluse Ryokan (1758–1831) is one of the most beloved figures of Asian literature, renowned for his beautiful verse, exquisite calligraphy, and eccentric character. Deceptively simple, Ryokan's poems transcend artifice, presenting spontaneous expressions of pure Zen spirit. Like his contemporary Thoreau, Ryokan celebrates nature and the natural life, but his poems touch the whole range of human experience: joy and sadness, pleasure and pain, enlightenment and illusion, love and loneliness. This collection of translations reflects the full spectrum of Ryokan's spiritual and poetic vision, including Japanese haiku, longer folk songs, and Chinese-style verse. Fifteen ink paintings by Koshi no Sengai (1895–1958) complement these translations and beautifully depict the spirit of this famous poet.

Lotus Leaves

Author : Alice L. Head
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781290481984
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (819 download)

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Download or read book Lotus Leaves written by Alice L. Head and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Lotus Leaves; Songs and Poems of Leisure Moments

Author : Laura Russell
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781347540732
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Lotus Leaves; Songs and Poems of Leisure Moments written by Laura Russell and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-12-06 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

THE LOTUS-LEAVES

Author : SHANTI SARUP SURI
Publisher : Blue Rose Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book THE LOTUS-LEAVES written by SHANTI SARUP SURI and published by Blue Rose Publishers. This book was released on 2023-12-10 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bioinspired Design of Materials Surfaces

Author : Yongmei Zheng
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0128148446
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (281 download)

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Download or read book Bioinspired Design of Materials Surfaces written by Yongmei Zheng and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2019-08-10 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bioinspired Design of Materials Surfaces reviews novel methods and technologies used to design surfaces and materials for smart material and device applications. The author discusses how materials wettability can be impacted by the fabrication of micro- and nanostructures, anisotropic structures, gradient structures, and heterogeneous patterned structures on the surfaces of materials. The design of these structures was inspired by nature, including lotus, cactus, beetle back and butterfly wings, spider silk, and shells. The author reviews the various wettability functions that can result from these designs, such as self-cleaning, directional adhesion, droplet driving, anti-adhesion, non-wetting, liquid repellent properties, liquid separation, liquid splitting, and more. This book presents a key reference on how to fabricate bioinspired structures on materials for desired functions of materials wettability. It also discusses challenges, opportunities and many potential applications, such as oil-water separation devices, water harvesting devices and photonic device applications. Introduces the fundamentals of both bioinspired materials design and the theory behind dynamic materials wettability Reviews the latest methods and technologies used to create functional surfaces and structured materials that impact and potentially control wettability Provides a snapshot of potential device applications, such as oil-water separation, water harvesting, fluid transport, photonic applications, and much more

The Lotus Quest

Author : Mark Griffiths
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1429964529
Total Pages : 525 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book The Lotus Quest written by Mark Griffiths and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2010-07-06 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A captivating history of one of the world's most iconic and mysterious flowers Bewitched by a lotus which flowered from three-thousandyear- old seeds in his English garden, Mark Griffiths set out to track the origins and significance of this sublime plant in this beautifully-illustrated book. The Lotus Quest takes Griffiths from the headquarters of the Linnaean Society in London to a mountain top in northern Japan. As he travels in search of this ancient flower, Griffiths looks at the lotus's significance in ancient Egypt and India, the plant's medicinal uses and the inspiration it has provided to Western artists. As he tracks the plant, its story unveils a stunning vision of Japan's feudal era with visits to shrines, ruins, gardens and wild landscapes as well as meetings with priests and archaeologists, philosophers and anthropologists, gardeners and botanists, poets and artists. He even dines on the lotus in a Tokyo cafe. By the end of Griffiths' journey, when he reaches the hauntingly beautiful Japanese temple of Chuson-ji, readers will finally understand why the lotus has obsessed people throughout the ages.

The Lotus

Author : Kelly Billing
Publisher : The Lotus: Know It & Grow It
ISBN 13 : 0979473209
Total Pages : 53 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (794 download)

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Download or read book The Lotus written by Kelly Billing and published by The Lotus: Know It & Grow It. This book was released on 2008 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For thousands of years lotuses have fascinated people in their religion, philosophy, food, research, and ornamental horticulture. This colorful volume explains everything needed to grow lotus (Nelumbo). The book also covers all the other intriguing aspects about the lotus and provides a complete portrait of an amazing aquatic plant. "The Lotus" is packed with beautiful full-color photographs and is compelling to read. Chapters include: botanical background, cultivation, landscape uses, lotus timeline, cultural traditions, lore, resources, and quick guide for gardeners. The book is suitable for pond owners, first time lotus growers, seasoned Nelumbo experts, and those wanting to learn more about the remarkable plant that has impacted the lives of so many around the world.

Printed Flexible Circuit: Introduction to Water-Repellent Polymer Substrate (UTeM Press)

Author : Ghazali Omar
Publisher : PENERBIT UTeM
ISBN 13 : 9672792018
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (727 download)

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Download or read book Printed Flexible Circuit: Introduction to Water-Repellent Polymer Substrate (UTeM Press) written by Ghazali Omar and published by PENERBIT UTeM. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PRINTED FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT Introduction to WaterRepellent Polymer Substrate Electronic industries are continually striving towards the use of flexibility and stretchability substrates like polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) with good water repellent characteristics or also known as hydrophobicity to improve the functionality of printed circuit for electronic packaging. This book focuses on the hydrophobicity performance of flexible substrate PET and TPU with the presence and absence of ceramic coating (Ti02). A low-cost self-fabricated contact angle measurement tool is also invented to fulfill the hydrophobicity analysis by using the Process Design and Development (PDD) concept involving the Pugh Method followed by a One-Sample T-Test to verify the accuracy measurement of the selected design. The knowledge gained would be beneficial to extend the use of flexible substrate PET and TPU and Ti02 coating in electronic applications

Remarkable Natural Material Surfaces and Their Engineering Potential

Author : Michelle Lee
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3319031252
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Remarkable Natural Material Surfaces and Their Engineering Potential written by Michelle Lee and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores a collection of natural surfaces, their scientific characteristics and their unique engineering potential – demonstrating that engineering applications can be found in unexpected places. The surfaces covered range from botanical ones, like rice and lotus leaves, to insect surfaces, like butterfly and dragonfly wings. The variety of surfaces and numerous engineering potentials described show how biomimicry can be utilized to solve countless real‐world problems.

Biomimetics

Author : Bharat Bhushan
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331971676X
Total Pages : 977 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Biomimetics written by Bharat Bhushan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-11-03 with total page 977 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an overview of the general field of biomimetics and biologically inspired, hierarchically structured surfaces. It deals with various examples of biomimetics, which include surfaces with roughness-induced super-phobicity/philicity, self-cleaning, antifouling, low drag, low/high/reversible adhesion, drag reduction in fluid flow, reversible adhesion, surfaces with high hardness and mechanical toughness, vivid colors produced structurally without color pigments, self-healing, water harvesting and purification, and insect locomotion and stinging. The focus in the book is on the Lotus Effect, Salvinia Effect, Rose Petal Effect, Superoleophobic/philic Surfaces, Shark Skin and Skimmer Bird Effect, Rice Leaf and Butterfly Wing Effect, Gecko Adhesion, Insects Locomotion and Stinging, Self-healing Materials, Nacre, Structural Coloration, and Nanofabrication. This is the first book of this kind on bioinspired surfaces, and the third edition represents a significant expansion from the previous two editions.

Biomimetic Principles and Design of Advanced Engineering Materials

Author : Zhenhai Xia
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118926242
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (189 download)

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Download or read book Biomimetic Principles and Design of Advanced Engineering Materials written by Zhenhai Xia and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-06-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the structure-property-process relationship of biomaterials from engineering and biomedical perspectives, and the potential of bio-inspired materials and their applications. A large variety of natural materials with outstanding physical and mechanical properties have appeared in the course of evolution. From a bio-inspired viewpoint, materials design requires a novel and highly cross disciplinary approach. Considerable benefits can be gained by providing an integrated approach using bio-inspiration with materials science and engineering. The book is divided into three parts; Part One focuses on mechanical aspects, dealing with conventional material properties: strength, toughness, hardness, wear resistance, impact resistance, self-healing, adhesion, and adaptation and morphing. Part Two focuses on functional materials with unique capabilities, such as self-cleaning, stimuli-response, structural color, anti-reflective materials, catalytic materials for clean energy conversion and storage, and other related topics. Part Three describes how to mimic natural materials processes to synthesize materials with low cost, efficient and environmentally friendly approaches. For each chapter, the approach is to describe situations in nature first and then biomimetic materials, fulfilling the need for an interdisciplinary approach which overlaps both engineering and materials science.

Culinary Herbs & Spices of the World

Author : Ben-Erik van Wyk
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022609183X
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Culinary Herbs & Spices of the World written by Ben-Erik van Wyk and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-09-26 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries herbs and spices have been an integral part of many of the world’s great cuisines. But spices have a history of doing much more than adding life to bland foods. They have been the inspiration for, among other things, trade, exploration, and poetry. Priests employed them in worship, incantations, and rituals, and shamans used them as charms to ward off evil spirits. Nations fought over access to and monopoly of certain spices, like cinnamon and nutmeg, when they were rare commodities. Not only were many men’s fortunes made in the pursuit of spices, spices at many periods throughout history literally served as currency. In Culinary Herbs and Spices of the World, Ben-Erik van Wyk offers the first fully illustrated, scientific guide to nearly all commercial herbs and spices in existence. Van Wyk covers more than 150 species—from black pepper and blackcurrant to white mustard and white ginger—detailing the propagation, cultivation, and culinary uses of each. Introductory chapters capture the essence of culinary traditions, traditional herb and spice mixtures, preservation, presentation, and the chemistry of flavors, and individual entries include the chemical compounds and structures responsible for each spice or herb’s characteristic flavor. Many of the herbs and spices van Wyk covers are familiar fixtures in our own spice racks, but a few—especially those from Africa and China—will be introduced for the first time to American audiences. Van Wyk also offers a global view of the most famous use or signature dish for each herb or spice, satisfying the gourmand’s curiosity for more information about new dishes from little-known culinary traditions. People all over the world are becoming more sophisticated and demanding about what they eat and how it is prepared. Culinary Herbs and Spices of the World will appeal to those inquisitive foodies in addition to gardeners and botanists.

Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants

Author : T. K. Lim
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319260626
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants written by T. K. Lim and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-02-08 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers such plants with edible modified storage subterranean stems (corms, rhizomes, stem tubers) and unmodified subterranean stem stolons, above ground swollen stems and hypocotyls, storage roots (tap root, lateral roots, root tubers), and bulbs, that are eaten as conventional or functional food as vegetables and spices, as herbal teas, and may provide a source of food additive or neutraceuticals. This volume covers selected plant species with edible modified stems, roots and bulbs in the families Iridaceae, Lamiaceae, Marantaceae, Nelumbonaceae, Nyctaginaceae, Nymphaeaceae, Orchidaceae, Oxalidaceae, Piperaceae, Poaceae, Rubiaceae and Simaroubaceae. The edible species dealt with in this work include wild and underutilized crops and also common and widely grown ornamentals.To help in identification of the plant and edible parts coloured illustrations are included. As in the preceding ten volumes, topics covered include: taxonomy (botanical name and synonyms); common English and vernacular names; origin and distribution; agro-ecological requirements; edible plant parts and uses; plant botany; nutritive, medicinal and pharmacological properties with up-to-date research findings; traditional medicinal uses; other non-edible uses; and selected/cited references for further reading. This volume has separate indices for scientific and common names; and separate scientific and medical glossaries.

Lotus Leaves (Classic Reprint)

Author : Alice L. Head
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333316822
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (168 download)

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Download or read book Lotus Leaves (Classic Reprint) written by Alice L. Head and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lotus Leaves The silent frost of Christmastide crept all the house around, As dusky twilight dimly fell and hushed each wakeful sound. Without, the stars were peeping, and within the curtained room The fire aglow within the grate, dispelled the shades and gloom. A crackling noise, a Shower of sparks, an azure ame of light, A waving spire of glancing fire made the dark chimney bright; The dead coal glowed with living heat, while on the hearthrug sat And purred before the genial blaze a meditative cat. Benign approval beamed from out those orbs of emerald green, As straight he sat upon the mat all in the fiery sheen, With forward ears and head erect and tail curled tightly round, His mind, in wonder, all intent upon the crackling sound. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Lotus Leaves

Author : Alice L. Head
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781341047527
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (475 download)

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Download or read book Lotus Leaves written by Alice L. Head and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Bio-Inspired Technologies for the Modern World

Author : R. Ramakrishna Reddy
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 100098852X
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Bio-Inspired Technologies for the Modern World written by R. Ramakrishna Reddy and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2024-08-23 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nature gives us ample opportunity to understand and observe her secrets, and scientists and inventors can and do study the characteristics of things in nature to come up with amazing and astonishing technologies and products invented as a result. This new volume provides a sampling of technological issues that have been tackled with the help of biologically inspired engineering, by such things in nature as bionic plants, the lotus leaf, insects and beetles, geckos, bats, spiders, and butterflies. It considers bio-inspired technologies that have been applied in water purification, for business lessons, in healthcare and medicine, and more. This unique volume is an inspiring resource for professionals, researchers, scholars, engineers, and businessmen and businesswomen interested in the latest developments by studying the wonders of natural science.