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The China Painter Instruction Book
by AnonymousThe China Painter Instruction Book is a comprehensive instructional book for painting which teaches many aspects of painting such as color mixing, color combinations, Tinting, Dusting, Outlining, etc. Published by THAYER & CHANDLER, this book explains painting in various objects like leaf painting, Fruit painting, Figure painting, Enamel ..
Endless Amusement
by AnonymousEndless Amusement is a collection of NEARLY 400 entertaining experiments in various branches of science including acoustics, electricity, magnetism, arithmetic, hydraulics, mechanics, chemistry, hydrostatics, optics; wonders of the air-pump all the popular tricks and changes of the cards to which is added, a complete system of pyrotechny or the art..
A Manual of the Hand Lathe
by Egbert Pomeroy WatsonA Manual of the Hand Lathe is a comprehensive guide to working on hand lathe written by Egbert Pomeroy Watson, who is the author of "The Modern Practice Of American Machinists And Engineers". This books is illustrated with seventy eight engravings and comprising concise directions for working metals of all kinds, ivory, bone and preciou..
The Western Front
by Sir Muirhead BoneThe Western Front is a non-fiction work by Sir Muirhead Bone in which he has tried to portrait the life of the soldiers in a country which undergone war destruction. The western front soldiers and their tough living conditions in various climates is well illustrated in the drawings. As a whole this book is for anyone who is interested in real accou..
A Blue Devil of France
by Gustav P. CapartA Blue Devil of France written by Gustav P. Capart is a real account which explores Epic figures and stories of the Great War, 1914-1918. Author's Preface from the book:The reader will regret, perhaps, the absence of continuity in the following chapters; that will rapidly disappear, however, when he sees the characteristic figures he should be..
Life of Isaac Mason as a Slave
by Isaac MasonLife of Isaac Mason as a Slave is the personal memoir of Isaac Mason narrating his painful days as slave. Like many autobiographies on slavery, this memoir also heart touching and let us visualize the dark days of human life due to slavery. Excerpts:In Kent County, in the northern part of the State of Maryland, there was at the time of my ear..
Fort Gibson - A Brief History
by Grant ForemanFort Gibson was not only the oldest and most celebrated military establishment in the annals of Oklahoma but in its early days it was the farthest west outpost of the United States, and in many respects continued for years to be one of the most important on that frontier. It was one of the chain of forts reaching from the northern to the south..
Noted Speeches of Abraham Lincoln
by Abraham LincolnNoted Speeches of Abraham Lincoln is a part of series American History in Literature contains best known American speeches. Edited by LILIAN MARIE BRIGGS with biographical sketches, this book contains the popular speeches of the the Great American President Abraham Lincoln and would be a wonderful read for young readers who seeks concise accounts o..