A hand powered sawing machine to harvest trees. Click on the illustration to see the full plans. Source: Bulletin de la Société d’Encouragement pour l’Industrie Nationale, june 1822.
Hand Powered Tree Sawing Machine (1822)
December 9, 2009 by Filed Under: Hand tools, Sawing machines, Wood
Window Farms
December 8, 2009 by Filed Under: DIY
Vertical, hydroponic, modular, low-energy, high-yield edible window gardens built using low-impact or recycled local materials: window farms.
Roadtown – a Railway in the Basement, a Promenade upon the Roof
“The Roadtown is a scheme to organize production, transportation and consumption into one systematic plan. In an age of pipes and wires, and high speed railways such a plan necessitates the building in one dimension instead of three – the line distribution of population instead of the pyramid style of construction. The rail-pipe-and-wire civilization and the increase in the speed of transportation is certain to result in the line distribution of population because of the almost unbelievable economy in construction, in operation and in time.”
“Roadtown“, Edgar Chambless, 1910.
How To Transport Oil in a Post-Oil World
“Barriques tournantes pour le transport des denrées” or “Turning barrels to transport goods”, from the “Bulletin de la Société d’Encouragement pour l’industrie Nationale”, june 1822.
Building With Whole Trees
November 16, 2009 by Filed Under: Construction, Wood
