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Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, April 1900Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, April 1900 - Vol. 56, Nov. 1899 to April, 1900Geometry became a science long ago, zology much later, medicine only a generation or two ago, and the history of man is but just being developed into a science. What was...
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Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, February 1900Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, February 1900 - Vol. 56, November, 1899 to April, 1900The advances in science lead to hopes of the sudden accumulation of gold, just as the discovery of new worlds led our ancestors to invest in many inflated enterprises of commerce...
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Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, January 1900Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, January 1900 - Vol. 56, November, 1899 to April, 1900One of the most remarkable chapters in the astronomy of the past century was commenced on the very first night with which that century began. It was, indeed, on the 1st...
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Flying the Atlantic in Sixteen HoursFlying the Atlantic in Sixteen Hours - With a Discussion of Aircraft in Commerce and TransportationIt is an awful thing to be told that one has made history, or done something historic. Such an accusation implies the duty of living up to other people's...
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A Treatise on Hat-Making and FeltingA Treatise on Hat-Making and Felting - Including a Full Exposition of the Singular Properties of Fur, Wool, and Hair Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by HENRY CAREY BAIRD, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the...
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Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, December 1899Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, December 1899 - Vol. LVI, November, 1899 to April, 1900Those who do pioneer work in science encounter not only the inherent difficulties of research and interpretation, but also the misapprehension of certain educated men whose distinctive gift is a fatal...
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The Miner's Friend Or, An Engine to Raise Water by FireThe Miner's Friend; Or, An Engine to Raise Water by FireSIR, Your Majesty having been graciously pleased to permit an experiment before you at Hampton-court, of a small model of my engine described in the following treatise, and at that time to show a...
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Mechanical Devices in the HomeMechanical Devices in the HomeIn writing this book, my aim has been (1) to give information which will guide householders in selecting and installing the best cooking and heating devices, and in using them with the greatest economy of fuel and safety against accidents;...
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Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great PhysiciansSecrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great PhysiciansIt is surprising how many large enterprises and fortunes depend upon some few simple trade secrets the knowledge of which has baffled competition and crushed all rivalry. The jealous care with which special information in trade and...
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Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, October 1899Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, October 1899 - Vol. LV, May to October, 1899The analogies between the life of an individual and that other organism which we call civilized society are as interesting as for any other reason because of their inexhaustible and ever-fresh variety....
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Scientific American Supplement, No. 467, December 13, 1884Scientific American Supplement, No. 467, December 13, 1884The Berlin Academy of Industry and the Academy of Building were united in 1876 to form the Technical High School. It was found that the buildings were not sufficiently large for the great number of scholars, and...
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Scientific American, September 29, 1883 Supplement. No. 404Scientific American, September 29, 1883 Supplement. No. 404Compound engines are tending to come more and more into use, inasmuch as they present many advantages over other kinds, especially as regards the saving they effect in fuel, and their great regularity, due to the adjusting...
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Anecdotes of invention and discoveryInvention and Discovery: Curious Facts and Characteristic SketchesThe history of the potato affords a strong illustration of the influence of authority. For more than two centuries, the use of this invaluable plant was vehemently opposed: at last, Louis XV. wore a bunch of its...
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Life of Richard Trevithick, with an Account of His Inventions. Volume 2 (of 2)Life of Richard Trevithick, with an Account of His Inventions. Volume 2 (of 2)"About 1804 Captain Trevithick put up in Dolcoath Mine a stone-crushing mill, having large cast-iron rollers, for breaking into small pieces the large stones of ore; it was spoken of as...
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How to Succeed as an InventorHow to Succeed as an Inventor - Showing the Wonderful Possibilities in the Field of Invention; the Dangers to Be Avoided; the Inventions Needed; How to Perfect and Develop New Ideas to the Money Making StageThe author of this book, after a number of...
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Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, March 1900Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, March 1900 - Vol. 56, Nov. 1899 to April, 1900The experiments which have been intentionally or accidentally made in transplanting organic species from the countries in which they have been developed to others of diverse soil, climate, and inhabitants are...
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Inventors and InventionsInventors & Inventions THE object of publishing this pamphlet is to awaken the public conscience to the great injustice continually being done to a numerous and worthy class of intellectual toilers, and the evil resulting from the same to the general public. If perchance...
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The Manufacture of PaperThe Manufacture of Paper - With Illustrations, and a Bibliography of Works Relating to Cellulose and Paper-MakingPaper-making, in common with many other industries, is one in which both engineering and chemistry play important parts. Unfortunately the functions of the engineer and chemist are generally...
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The children's library of work and playThe Library of Work and Play: Guide and Index ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN There was never a time in the history of the world when each race, each nation, each community unit, each family almost,...
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Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, September 1899Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, September 1899 - Vol. LV, May to October, 1899In an article on the plague in this journal, in May, 1897, the writer answered this question as follows: "Yes, there is danger; but this, being foreseen, may be easily avoided. Thorough...
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