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Metal SpinningMetal spinning, that process of sheet metal goods manufacturing which deals with the forming of sheet metal into circular shapes of great variety by means of the lathe, forms and hand-tools, is full of kinks and schemes peculiar to itself. It is the...

A Guide to the Exhibition of English MedalsMedals serve for two purposes, for the illustration of history and as records of the contemporary state of art. Some series, like that of Italy, have more interest for their artistic merit than their historical import. This...

ABC of the Steel Square and Its UsesThis Division shows how the Square may be used for obtaining the cuts, bevels, and lengths of all sorts of rafters for roofs of every description. It also shows methods for finding Hopper and other bevels, brace...

Leon Roch: A Romance, vol. 2 (of 2)The crisis through which the house of Telleria was passing remained unsolved. In fact the catastrophe was so complete that to try to stem it seemed madness; nothing could be done but to conceal it as long...

Common Minerals and RocksMinerals and rocks, or the inorganic portions of the earth, constitute the proper field or subject-matter of the science of Geology. Now the inorganic earth, like an animal or plant, may be and is studied in three quite distinct ways, giving...

African Nature Notes and ReminiscencesThe chapters comprised in the present volume were written at various times during the last ten years. Some of them have already appeared in print in the pages of the Field, Land and Water, and other papers, but the majority...

The Boy Scouts in the SaddleAUTHOR OF BOY SCOUTS OF THE SIGNAL CORPS, BOY SCOUTS OF PIONEER CAMP, BOY SCOUTS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BOY SCOUTS OF THE LIFE SAVING CREW, BOY SCOUTS ON PICKET DUTY, BOY SCOUTS OF THE FLYING SQUADRON, BOY SCOUTS...

Die Mädchen des Pensionats: HumoreskeDie Zglinge des Holger'schen Pensionats, acht rosige Mdchen von vierzehn bis siebzehn Jahren, saen eifrig plaudernd beim nachmittglichen Kaffee. Die Vorsteherin, Frulein Adelgunde Holger, hielt sich seit gestern behufs der Abwickelung wichtiger Geschftsangelegenheiten in der benachbarten Residenz auf. Mi Jobbington,...

A Watch-dog of the North Sea: A Naval Story of the Great War"Thank goodnessat last," murmured Eric Greenwood. "That's an end to 'Action Stations' for the time being. Let me see. Tomorrow coal ship, next day make up the money. Payment on Friday, and...

The Wars of Religion in France 1559-1576 - The Huguenots, Catherine de Medici and Philip IINo one acquainted with the history of historical writing can have failed to observe how transitory are its achievements. Mark Pattisons aphorism that history is one of the most...

The Sisters of Lady Jane Grey and Their Wicked Grandfather - Being the True Stories of the Strange Lives of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and the Ladies Katherine and Mary Grey, sistersThe strange adventures of the Ladies Katherine and Mary Grey, although they...

My Escape from Donington Hall, Preceded by an Account of the Siege of Kiao-Chow in 1915IT was in the month of August of the year 1913 when I arrived in my native town, Schwerin. I had stayed several weeks in England, where I had...

The Blight of Respectability - An Anatomy of the Disease and a Theory of Curative TreatmentRespectable is a word that has been wrested from its true meaning of worthy of respect, and applied to the most sordid characteristics and conditions of human life. Respectability,...

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 708 - July 21, 1877Come away with me to the sea! Let us go to Cornwall, where sea and air are of the purest and most exhilarating. Jumping into the train and proceeding westward until...

The Glebe 1913/11 (Vol. 1, No. 2): Diary of a SuicideTHE only editorial policy of THE GLEBE is that embodied in its declaration of absolute freedom of expression, which makes for a range broad enough to include every temperament from the most radical to...

The History of Orange County New YorkIn presenting this new History of Orange County to the public, we do so in the earnest hope that it will prove to be the most complete compilation of local chronicles that has up to this time been...

Crónica de la conquista de Granada (2 de 2)Hasta aqui los sucesos de esta ilustre guerra, han sido principalmente una srie de hazaas brillantes, pero pasageras, como correras, cabalgadas, y sorpresas de lugares y castillos. Mas ahora se trata de operaciones importantes y detenidas,...

Crónica de la conquista de Granada (1 de 2)La narracion de los sucesos que marcaron una de las pocas mas brillantes de la historia nacional, las victorias, combates y peligros de una guerra memorable, la conquista, en fin, del reino de Granada, y la...

The Báb: The Herald of the Day of DaysOn February 12th 1850, Lt.-Col. Sheil, back at his post in ihrn after a long leave of absence, reported to Lord Palmerston: '... a serious outbreak lately took place at Yezd, which however the Governor of...

Gaza: A City of Many Battles (from the Family of Noah to the Present Day)On Tuesday in Easter week, 1912, accompanied by the Rev. J. Khadder, Assistant Chaplain of St. Luke's Mission, Haifa, I left that town for El-Kaisriyeh (Csarea), where we were entertained...