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Razor
Boots The Chemists
Retailer of health and beauty products that commissioned Richard and Dick to design the new razor
Customer Service
Boots the Chemist Ltd
PO Box 5300
Nottingham
NG90 1AA
Phone: 0845 070 8090
URL: http://www.boots-plc.com

The Technology Partnership plc
Specialists in micro-technologies - involved in the early stages of the razor design
Melbourn Science Park
Cambridge Road
Melbourn
Royston
Herts
SG8 6EE
Phone: 01763 262626
URL: http://www.techprt.co.uk/ttp/


Useful Websites

Wilkinson Sword
Leading manufacturers of cosmetic products including the razor, site shows product information and designs
http://www.wilkinson-sword.co.uk/docs

Gillette
Latest company and product information available
http://www.gillette.com

How Stuff Works
Good illustrations and explanations of how the electric razor works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/inside-razor.htm

A Brief History of Shaving
Health and Beauty section - history of electric and straight razors, showing design developments, good information and pictures of various models, also links to further razor related sites
http://homepage.dtn.ntl.com/paul.linnell/electricity

Electric Shaver Museum
Source of information dealing with the history and products of different manufacturers, showing past and present designs
http://www.xs4all.nl/~pedewei

Ultrasonic Engineering
University of Strathclyde - Centre for Ultrasonic Engineering
http://www.cue.ac.uk/

Ultrasonic Industry Association (UIA)
Details of ultrasonic processes/techniques/applications, great background information section
http://www.ultrasonics.org

Ultrasound Directory
Basic information on ultrasonics/generation/application
http://library.thinkquest.org/2662/TQ1996/ultrasonic.html