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Firemen and Their ExploitsFiremen and Their Exploits - With some account of the rise and development of fire-brigades, of various appliances for saving life at fires and extinguishing the flames.The present volume, though complete in itself, forms one of a series seeking to describe in a popular...
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The History of Ink, Including Its Etymology, Chemistry, and BibliographyThe History of Ink, Including Its Etymology, Chemistry, and BibliographyAn attempt has been made to transcribe the handwritten text in plates used to show the different kinds of ink. Where the original text was unclear, dots have been used to mark illegible letters, []...
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Acids, Alkalis and SaltsAcids, Alkalis and SaltsAcids. A vague hint from Nature gave mankind the first indication of the existence of acids. The juice pressed from ripe grapes is a sweetish liquid. If it is kept for some time, the sweetness goes, and the liquid acquires a...
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Jacquard Machines: Instruction PaperJacquard Machines: Instruction PaperThe term Jacquard Weaving may be applied to all harness weaving that is above the range of harness shafts, so that a jacquard machine is simply a shedding motion whereby a large variety of sheds may be formed. The greater the...
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The boys' life of EdisonThe boys' life of EdisonThis is the story of a great inventor, the most conspicuous figure of the age of electricity. The story is largely autobiography, for, through the author's association with Mr. Edison, it has been possible often to obtain his own narrative...
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A Boy's Workshop: With plans and designs for in-door and out-door workA Boy's Workshop: With plans and designs for in-door and out-door workThe typical American boy, at some period in his life, has a taste for the mechanic arts. Before he is out of pinafores, he surreptitiously lays hold of edged tools, and with unlimited...
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Dictionary of ExplosivesDictionary of ExplosivesIt is a generation since a dictionary of explosives has been published, and, in the meantime, many new explosives have been introduced. It is hoped, therefore, that this small volume, giving concise information about these special materials, may prove useful to those...
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Die Uhren: Ein Abriss der Geschichte der ZeitmessungDie Uhren: Ein Abriß der Geschichte der ZeitmessungSchon lange suchen glaubenslose Vertreter der modernen Naturwissenschaft die glnzenden Erfolge, die in der Erkenntnis der materiellen Welt errungen worden sind, zu verwerten, um geistige Strmungen zu erregen und Ideen zu verbreiten, die das Christentum unterwhlen sollen....
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Mrs. Beeton's Dictionary of Every-Day CookeryMrs. Beeton's Dictionary of Every-Day Cookery - The "All About It" BooksMANY wishes have been expressed to the Authoress of the Book of Household Management that a volume of Recipes in Cookery should be written which could be sold at a price somewhere between...
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A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of PerfumeryA Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Perfumery - Comprising directions for making all kinds of perfumes, sachet powders, fumigating materials, dentrifices, cosmetics, etc., etc., with a full account of the volatile oils, balsams, resins, and other natural and artificial perfume-substances, including the manufacture...
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15 New Ways for OystersFifteen New Ways for OystersDrain twenty-five good, fat oysters, boil the liquor, skim and strain it. Into a saucepan put one tablespoonful of butter, slice into it one good-sized onion; stir and cook until the onion is a golden brown. Then add a level...
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A Book on Vegetable DyesA Book on Vegetable DyesFor example: this book is printed upon one of the first iron presses to be made in this country. The press is a good press; it would be difficult to make a press which would enable the printer to print...
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Hawkins Electrical Guide v. 08 (of 10)Hawkins Electrical Guide v. 08 (of 10) - Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A progressive course of study for engineers, electricians, students and those desiring to acquire a working knowledge of electricity and its applicationsThe great importance of the wave form in alternating current work...
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The Dinner Year-BookThe Dinner Year-BookI do not smile at the nave confession. I feel more like sighing as I recollect the years during the summers and winters of which the same query advanced with me into the dignity of a problem. There were several important ends...
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The Logic of Vegetarianism: Essays and DialoguesThe Logic of Vegetarianism: Essays and DialoguesIn preparing this "Logic of Vegetarianism" for a new edition, I have carefully re-read a sheaf of press opinions which greeted the first appearance of the book some seven years ago, with the hope of profiting by any...
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Breakfast, Luncheon and TeaBreakfast, Luncheon and TeaI should be indeed flattered could I believe that you hail with as much pleasure as I do the renewal of the Common-Sense Talks, to which I first invited you four years ago. For I have much to say to you...
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The Jack of all trades or, New Ideas for American boysNew Ideas for American Boys; The Jack of All TradesIt was not the authors original intention to produce a series of boys books. On the contrary, he expected that his work in this line would begin and end with The American Boys Handy Book....
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The Mentor: Great American Inventors, Vol. 1, Num. 29, Serial No. 29The Mentor: Great American Inventors, Vol. 1, Num. 29, Serial No. 29Anyone who reads the history of the United States must be impressed with the supremely important part played by the inventor in the evolution of the nation. The explorer and pioneer, the statesman,...
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Collotype and Photo-lithographyCollotype and Photo-lithographyThe impossibility of obtaining any work in the English language on the subject of Collotype first led to my translation of the German work of Dr. Schnauss, and the fact that no work has hitherto appeared fully dealing with the matter is...
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Florida SaladsFlorida SaladsIf the writer can impress upon the readers of this little salad book the importance of eating salads, the writing of it will not be in vain. The addition of a pretty salad to a menu not only gives a refined, attractive appearance...
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