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A Practical Handbook on the Distillation of Alcohol from Farm ProductsA Practical Handbook on the Distillation of Alcohol from Farm ProductsTo the majority of persons Alcohol connotes liquor. That it is used to some extent in the arts, that it is a fuel, is also common knowledge, but Alcohol as a source of power,...
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Outspinning the Spider: The Story of Wire and Wire RopeOutspinning the Spider: The Story of Wire and Wire RopeModern life, in all its intricate bearings, runs on wire. Wire everywhere; in the heavens above, the earth beneath and the waters under the earth. In all the legerdemain of science, which has put nature...
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Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the MillionMrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million - Containing Four Thousand Five Hundred and Forty-five Receipts, Facts, Directions, etc. in the Useful, Ornamental, and Domestic Arts"All the labor of man is for his mouth," says Solomon. If this proverb be understood, as it was undoubtedly...
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The Boy's Book of New InventionsThe Boy's Book of New InventionsIN THE preparation of this book the author has tried to give an interesting account of the invention and workings of a few of the machines and mechanical processes that are making the history of our time more wonderful...
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The Life of George Stephenson and of his Son Robert StephensonThe Life of George Stephenson and of his Son Robert Stephenson - Comprising Also a History of the Invention and Introduction of the Railway LocomotiveThe present is a revised edition of the Life of George Stephenson and of his son Robert Stephenson, to which...
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Ford Manual for Owners and Operators of Ford Cars and Trucks (1919)Ford Manual for Owners and Operators of Ford Cars and Trucks (1919)And the further fact that there are more than twenty thousand Ford service stations distributed throughout the civilized worldwhere adjustments and repairs may be had with no annoying delaygives to Ford owners a...
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Tea and Tea DrinkingTea and Tea Drinking"I sent for a cup of teea China drinkof which I had never drank before," writes Pepys in his diary of the 25th of September, 1660. It appears, however, that it came into England in 1610; but at ten guineas a...
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Famous Days in the Century of InventionFamous Days in the Century of InventionIn 1891 when Harriet Lewis wrote just before her grandmother's annual visit: "We have something in Portland this year that really will surprise you, Grandma," all the family laughed over her grandmother's answer. "If you mean the electric...
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Six Cups of CoffeeSix Cups of Coffee - Prepared for the Public Palate by the Best Authorities on Coffee MakingIt is not much to say that nine-tenths of that decoction which passes under the name of coffee, is unworthy to be so called, and that many persons...
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The Story of the Pullman CarThe Story of the Pullman CarOf the many books from which information was drawn for the preparation of this volume the author wishes to make particular acknowledgment to The Modern Railroad, by Mr. Edward Hungerford, to the article "Railway Passenger Travel," by Mr. Horace...
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The Story of the Atlantic CableThe Story of the Atlantic CableBY CHARLES BRIGHT F. R. S. E., A. M. Inst. C. E., M. I. E. E. AUTHOR OF SUBMARINE TELEGRAPHS, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DURING THE VICTORIAN ERA, THE EVOLUTION OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, 1837-1897, THE LIFE STORY OF SIR...
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The Romance of Modern MechanismThe Romance of Modern Mechanism - With Interesting Descriptions in Non-technical Language of Wonderful Machinery and Mechanical Devices and Marvellously Delicate Scientific InstrumentsIn the beginning a man depended for his subsistence entirely upon his own efforts, or upon those of his immediate relations and...
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Le livre de tous les ménagesLe livre de tous les ménages - ou l'art de conserver pendant plusieurs années toutes les substances animales et végétalesDepuis plus de vingt ans que la premire dition du Livre de tous les Mnages a paru, des succs constans et multiplis ont prouv la...
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Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, August 1899Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, August 1899 - Volume LVThe Comptroller of the City of New York deserves the thanks of all good citizens for his serious indictment of the abuses of public charity that have grown up in this city and State within the...
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The Gasoline MotorThe Gasoline MotorThere are certain events that must happen in a gasoline motor before the engine will run of its own accord. For instance, to obtain successive power impulses, the charge must first be admitted to the cylinder and compressed; it must then be...
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Time and Time-TellersTime and Time-TellersTime cannot be thoroughly defined, nor even properly comprehended by mankind, for our personal acquaintance with it is so brief that our longest term is compared to a span, and to 'the grass which in the morning is green and groweth up,...
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The Young Housekeeper's FriendThe Young Housekeeper's Friend - Revised and EnlargedTO THE REVISED EDITION. My aim in the revision of this little book has been to make the arrangement of the receipts and of the index more convenient, the directions more simple and clear, and the entire...
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The A B C of CookingThe ABC of CookingFor the benefit of the Knitting Committee of The American Defense Society, which is knitting for American Soldiers and Sailors, and it is hoped that both cook-book and knitted garments may help to make more comfortable the men who are only...
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The AeroplaneThe AeroplaneOur aim in these pages is to tell a complete story of the aerial conquest, beginning from crude experiments, made hundreds of years ago; passing thence to the first serious experimenters, with their difficulties and triumphs; and so carrying on the tale to...
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Toy-Making in School and HomeToy-Making in School and HomeBy R. Bassett, B.A. Headmistress, County Secondary School, Streatham Women are often limited in their amusements and in their hobbies for lack of power or of knowledge to use the requisite implements. We may wield the needle, the brush, kitchen...
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