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The Problem of ManflightThe Problem of ManflightAs the century draws to its close the interest in the subject of aeronautics steadily increases. There already exists a keen curiosity to know what the aerial machine of the future is likely to resemble, and also to know whether the...
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India and Indian EngineeringIndia and Indian Engineering. - Three lectures delivered at the Royal Engineer Institute, Chatham, in July 1872Indiaits areaphysical featuresclimatescenery. The PeopleBengaleeslanguagesHindooismcasteconservatism of the Eastthe MahomedansSikhsParsees. The English in Indiatheir difficultiesthe Anglo-Indian careerthe mutinyChristianity in Indiaarts and manufacturesgeneral character of the people. Anglo-Indian lifein the...
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Oat Meal: The War WinnerOat Meal: The War WinnerAt the present time when every one is being urged to bend every energy toward the conservation of food supplies, it is surprising to me that so little has been written in behalf of the extraordinary value of oatmeal as...
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Das lebende Lichtbild: Entwicklung, Wesen und Bedeutung des KinematographenDas lebende Lichtbild: Entwicklung, Wesen und Bedeutung des KinematographenUm ihn in Betrieb zu setzen, biege man die Bltter mit dem Daumen der rechten Hand zurck und lasse sie durchgleiten, soda sie rasch nacheinander umschlagen. Das Abblttern geht besser vonstatten, wenn man die Seiten (ohne...
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Earthwork Slips and Subsidences upon Public WorksEarthwork Slips and Subsidences upon Public Works - Their Causes, Prevention, and ReparationThe absence of any but fragmentary information on EARTH-SLIPS AND SUBSIDENCES UPON PUBLIC WORKS, one of the most annoying and expensive occurrences in engineering construction, has prompted the author to write this...
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Irrigation WorksIrrigation Works - The Principles on Which Their Design and Working Should Be Based, with Special Details Relating to Indian Canals and Some Proposed ImprovementsThe largest irrigation canals are fed from perennial rivers. When the canal flows throughout the year it is called a...
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Lloyd's Treatise on Hats, with Twenty-Four EngravingsLloyd's Treatise on Hats, with Twenty-Four Engravings - Containing Novel Delineations of His Various Shapes, Shewing the Manner in Which They Should Be Worn... To what trifles do some men owe a perpetuation of their "famous memory." There is Nimrod, for instance, not but...
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1000 Ways to Make MoneyOne Thousand Ways to Make MoneyNew articles in all lines of trade are constantly appearing. Inventors of mechanical appliances, authors of books, proprietors of patent medicines, introducers of something novel in groceries, and promoters of new departures in dry and fancy goods, are all...
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Photo-LithographyPhoto-LithographyThe theoretical principle of lithography is purely chemical, and is based principally on the repulsion of water and other substances by fatty bodies, and the alteration of these greasy bodies by acids. As the support for this chemical opposition a stone or zinc plate...
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The Panama CanalThe Panama CanalThe building of a canal across the American Isthmus has occupied the attention of the world for four hundred years. While yet the sailors who crossed the sea with Columbus were living in all the vigor of mature manhood, a Spanish engineer...
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The Municipal and Sanitary Engineer's HandbookThe Municipal and Sanitary Engineer's HandbookIn carrying out the many duties devolving upon a Borough Surveyor, it has so often been my wish to turn to a practical book of reference upon the many subjects connected with these duties, that I have written the...
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The Evolution of Modern Band Saw Mills for Sawing LogsThe Evolution of Modern Band Saw Mills for Sawing LogsThe history herein given and the facts stated are taken from authentic records and also are the result of the personal experiences and observations of the author. It is intended to show the efforts made...
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Automata Old and NewAutomata Old and NewMay it please your Oddship, Brethren and Guests of Ye Sette of Odd Volumes. The origin of this little paper is very simple. Just eleven months ago we had the delight of listening to the very interesting and instructive communication upon...
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Tube, Train, Tram, and Car or, Up-to-date locomotionTube, Train, Tram, and Car; or, Up-to-date locomotionTHE object of this book is to give the public a general idea as to the progress now being made in the application of electricity for transport purposes, and it was intended that Sir William Preece should...
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The Telephone: A lecture entitled Researches in Electric TelephonyThe Telephone: A lecture entitled Researches in Electric TelephonyThe President: Gentlemen, the Council of the Society of Telegraph Engineers felt that they were sure of doing what the members would consider right in summoning a special meeting for the two-fold purpose of giving a...
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The Ethics of DietThe Ethics of Diet - A Catena of Authorities Deprecatory of the Practice of Flesh EatingAT the present day, in all parts of the civilised world, the once orthodox practices of cannibalism and human sacrifice universally are regarded with astonishment and horror. The history...
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The Art of Paper-MakingThe Art of Paper-Making - A Practical Handbook of the Manufacture of Paper from Rags, Esparto, Straw, and Other Fibrous Materials, Including the Manufacture of Pulp from Wood FibreIn the present volume, while describing the various operations involved in the manufacture of paper, the...
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Perfumes and Their PreparationPerfumes and Their Preparation - Containing complete directions for making handkerchief perfumes, smelling-salts, sachets, fumigating pastils; preparations for the care of the skin, the mouth, the hair; cosmetics, hair dyes, and other toilet articlesThe great progress which the art of perfumery has made during...
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Miss Beecher's Housekeeper and HealthkeeperMiss Beecher's Housekeeper and Healthkeeper - Containing Five Hundred Receipes for Economical and Healthful Cooking; also, Many Directions for Securing Health and HappinessMarketingBeefDifferent Cuts, etc.VealMuttonPorkPoultryFishShell-fishCare of MeatsTo salt down BeefTo cleanse Calfs Head and FeetTo prepare RennetTo salt down FishTo try out LardMolasses-cured HamsBrine...
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Canoe and Camp CookeryCanoe and Camp Cookery - A Practical Cook Book for Canoeists, Corinthian Sailors and OutersA book in the writer's possession, entitled "Camp Cookery," contains the following recipe: "Boiled Green Corn.Boil twenty-five minutes, if very young and tender. As it grows older it requires a...
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