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Painting the Brooklyn Bridge, Photo by Eugene de Salignac , 1914 Excerpt from: The Preservation of Iron and Steel Structures by F. Cosby-Jones, The Mechanical Engineer January 30, 1914 Painting. This is the method of protection against corrosion that has the most extensive use, owing to the fact that […] 
A General Process for Making Wine. Gathering the Fruit Picking the Fruit Bruising the Fruit Vatting the Fruit Vinous Fermentation Drawing the Must Pressing the Must Casking the Must Spirituous Fermentation Racking the Wine Bottling and Corking the Wine Drinking the Wine GATHERING THE FRUIT. It is of considerable consequence […] 
THE answer to the question, What is fortune has never been, and probably never will be, satisfactorily made. What may be a fortune for one bears but small proportion to the colossal possessions of another. The scores or hundreds of thousands admired and envied as a fortune in most of our communities […] 
Reprint from The Sportsman’s Cabinet and Town and Country Magazine, Vol I. Dec. 1832, Pg. 94-95 To the Editor of the Cabinet. SIR, Possessing that anxious feeling so common among shooters on the near approach of the 12th of August, I honestly confess I was not able to […] 
Reprint from the Sportsman Cabinet and Town & Country Magazine, Vol.1, Number 1, November 1832. MR. Editor, Will you allow me to inquire, through the medium of your pages, the correct meaning of the term thorough-bred fox-hound? I am very well aware, that the expression is in common […] 
Reprint from The Pitfalls of Speculation by Thomas Gibson 1906 Ed. THE PUBLIC ATTITUDE TOWARD SPECULATION THE public attitude toward speculation is generally hostile. Even those who venture frequently are prone to speak discouragingly of speculative possibilities, and to point warningly to the fact that an […] 
U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial by Felix de Weldon Felix Weihs de Weldon, age 96, died broke in the year 2003 after successive bankruptcies and accumulating $4 million dollars worth of debt. Most of the debt was related to the high cost of love for a wife living with Alzheimer’s. Health […] 
New York Stock Exchange Floor September 26,1963 The Specialist as a member of a stock exchange has two functions.’ He must execute orders which other members of an exchange may leave with him when the current market price is away from the price of the orders. By executing these orders on […] 
What is follows is an historical article that appeared in The Hartford Courant in 1916 about the arsenic murders carried out by Mrs. Archer-Gilligan. This story is the basis for the 1944 Hollywood film “Arsenic and Old Lace” starring Cary Grant and Priscilla Lane and directed by Frank Capra. The […] 
The arsenicals (compounds which contain the heavy metal element arsenic, As) have a long history of use in man – with both benevolent and malevolent intent. The name ‘arsenic’ is derived from the Greek word ‘arsenikon’ which means ‘potent’”. As early as 2000 BC, arsenic trioxide, obtained from smelting copper, was used […] 
The magician delighted in exposing spiritualists as con men and frauds. By EDMUND WILSON June 24, 1925 Houdini is a short strong stocky man with small feet and a very large head. Seen from the stage, his figure, with its short legs and its pugilist’s proportions, is less impressive than at close […] 
In July of 1968, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA), published NASA Technical Report TR R-277 titled Chronological Catalog of Recorded Lunar Events. The catalog begins with the first entry dated November 26th, 1540 at ∼05h 00m: Feature: Region of Calippus2 Description: Starlike appearance on dark side Observer: Observers at Worms Reference: […] 
King George IV was known far and wide as the dandy king, incompetent, ugly, and vulgar. As Prince regent, prior to his assent to the throne, he kept fast company with Beau Brummel, King of Dandies, a man sixteen years his younger. And decadence followed. King George was a gambler, philanderer, and […] 
http://www.countryhouseessays.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/FDR.mp3 FDR 2nd Fireside Chat The downloadable audio clip is of FDR’s Second Fireside Chat recorded on May 7th, 1933. The transcript that follows is my corrected version of the transcript that is found The American Presidency Project website that was created by Gerhard Peters and Professor […] 
H.F. Leonard was an instructor in wrestling at the New York Athletic Club. Katsukum Higashi was an instructor in Jujitsu. “I say with emphasis and without qualification that I have been unable to find anything in jujitsu which is not known to Western wrestling. So far as I can see, […] 
From Dr. Marvel’s 1929 book entitled Hoodoo for the Common Man, we find his infamous Hoochie Coochie Hex. What follows is a verbatim transcription of the text: The Hoochie Coochie Hex should not be used in conjunction with any other Hexes. This can lead to […] 
RADIO INFORMATION FOR BOATERS Effective 01 August, 2013, the U. S. Coast Guard terminated its radio guard of the international voice distress, safety and calling frequency 2182 kHz and the international digital selective calling (DSC) distress and safety frequency 2187.5 kHz. Additionally, marine information and weather broadcasts transmitted […] 
Quite possibly, the most agonizing decision being made by Baby Boomers across the nation these days is what to do with all that vintage Hi-fi equipment and boxes full of classic rock and roll cassettes and 8-Tracks. I faced this dilemma head-on this past summer as I definitely wanted in […] 
If ever it could be said that there is such a thing as miracle healing soil, Ivan Sanderson said it best in his 1965 book entitled Ivan Sanderson’s Book of Great Jungles. Sanderson grew up with a natural inclination towards adventure and learning. He hailed from Scotland […] |
      
King William III on Horseback by Sir Godfrey Kneller
The Hardwood Handbook – An Illustrated Guide to Appalachian and Southern Lumber
Scottish Myths and Legends
Historical Uses of Arsenic
Wine Making
Storing Drinking Water in Copper Vessels for Microbial Purification
A Cure for Distemper in Dogs
The Effect of Magnetic Fields on Wound Healing
Clairvoyance and Occult Powers
The Perfect Salad Dressing
The Fowling Piece – Part I
A Jar of Baseball Dreams
Money Saving Recipe for Gold Leaf Sizing
Reading Glasses
The Public Attitude Towards Speculation
Period Furniture Identification
News from the Empire – Jan. 17th, 1851 Vol IX-No.165 – Allen’s Indian Mail
On the Origin of Species – Natural Selection by Charles Darwin
Old Time Recipes for Homemade Wines, Cordials, and Liqueurs
Life Among the Thugee
Why Beauty Matters
Flotsam and Jetsam
Audubon’s Art Method and Techniques
Something about Caius College, Cambridge
Congo River Boat Ride
Indian Summer
Franklin Library Book Deconstructed – Taking a Peek inside the Cadillac of Book Bindings
Banana Propagation
Bess of Hardwick: Four Times a Lady
The Field of the Cloth of Gold
How to Tie Knots, Bends, and Hitches
Magna Carta: Myth and Meaning – Discussion at the Royal Institution
Blackberry Wine
How to Make Money – Banking & Insurance – Part I
Cleaning Oil Paint Brushes with Linseed Oil and Yardley of London Shea Butter Soap
Italian Tart Recipe
Twelve Thousand Three Hundred and Fourteen Diamonds – King George IV’s Empty Crown
Unarmed Combat – Imperial War Museum Archives
Fortune, Independence, and Competence
Ought King Leopold to be Hanged?
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When Life Was Good and So Was the Bread
A History of Fowling – Ravens and Jays
A General Process for Making Wine
Scotland: Rome’s Final Frontier
A Summer Memory
The New Testament – Limited Edition of 1611 KJV of the Holy Bible
Blackberry Wine
The Hoochie Coochie Hex
Beef Jerky
The Snipe
Life Among the Thugee
English Cottage Gardens
Chronological Catalog of Recorded Lunar Events
A Conversation between H.F. Leonard and K. Higashi
Snipe Shooting
Museum of Science and Industry Model Train – Chicago
Seeds for Rootstocks of Fruit and Nut Trees
The Field of the Cloth of Gold
On the Growth of Plants in Closely Glazed Cases by Nathaniel Bagwell Ward
Reading Glasses
Henry Miller
Shooting in Wet Weather
The Crime of the Congo by Arthur Conan Doyle
Franklin Library Book Deconstructed – Taking a Peek inside the Cadillac of Book Bindings
A Jar of Baseball Dreams
Magna Carta: Myth and Meaning – Discussion at the Royal Institution
Flotsam and Jetsam
The Human Seasons
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Money Saving Recipe for Gold Leaf Sizing
Historical Uses of Arsenic
Pussy Willow Wielded a Real Broad Sword
Wine Making
Storing Drinking Water in Copper Vessels for Microbial Purification
Italian Tart Recipe
A Red Letter Day with Henry Miller
Mr. Bert Gripton, a Great Terrierman
A Creative Approach to Saving Ye Olde Cassette Tapes
News from the Empire – Jan. 17th, 1851 Vol IX-No.165 – Allen’s Indian Mail
The First Greek Book by John Williams White
Bess of Hardwick: Four Times a Lady
Cocktails and Canapés
Clairvoyance and Occult Powers
King William III on Horseback by Sir Godfrey Kneller
Recipes From Down Under: Kangaroo Cuts
Period Furniture Identification
What’s the Matter?
Texas Tea
The Hardwood Handbook – An Illustrated Guide to Appalachian and Southern Lumber
Mudlark Regulations in the U.K. |
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