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Book The First Skilled Craftsman  the Smith

Download or read book The First Skilled Craftsman the Smith written by Elsdon Coles Smith and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Smith   The Traditions and Lore of an Ancient Craft

Download or read book The Smith The Traditions and Lore of an Ancient Craft written by Frederick W. Robins and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2023-10-31 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This charming history of metalwork and blacksmithing features many traditional stories and folk tales surrounding the ancient craft. Frederick W. Robbins shares many customs, traditions, stories, and historical anecdotes regarding ancient smithwork in this captivating volume. The Smith is a wonderful book for those who are interested in blacksmithing and wish to know more about the folklore and myths surrounding the craft. First published in 1953. The contents of this volume feature: - The Primitive Smith - The Magic Metal - Smith Clans and Castes - Hephaestus, the Smith-God - Wayland, the Hero-Smith - The Magic Sword - Gobha, the Celtic Smith

Book The Book of Smith

    Book Details:
  • Author : Elsdon Coles Smith
  • Publisher : Putnam Publishing Group
  • Release : 1979
  • ISBN : 9780399503931
  • Pages : 232 pages

Download or read book The Book of Smith written by Elsdon Coles Smith and published by Putnam Publishing Group. This book was released on 1979 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Skills of a Blacksmith Volume I

Download or read book The Skills of a Blacksmith Volume I written by Mark Aspery and published by . This book was released on 2007-03-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Pirotechnia

    Book Details:
  • Author : Vannoccio Biringuccio
  • Publisher : MIT Press
  • Release : 1966-03-15
  • ISBN : 0262520176
  • Pages : 508 pages

Download or read book Pirotechnia written by Vannoccio Biringuccio and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1966-03-15 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally printed in 1540, this classic work on the field of metallurgy marked the beginning of a true technological literature. Biringuccio's Pirotechnia is the earliest printed work to cover the whole field of metallurgy. Originally printed in Venice in 1540, this was the first book to deal with the applied metal arts and processes of ore reduction and to describe the techniques which had been in development since the bronze age. Written by a master craftsman in a time when knowledge was kept alive by the spoken rather than the written word, this classic marked the beginning of a true technological literature, with both craftsmanship and science united by a writer's pen to form a record of an important facet of man's achievement as a stimulus to further advance. After the publication of the Pirotechnia, many followed Biringuccio's example, and as a result of this growing literature of technological practice and experimental fact, science eventually became the concern of the educated man.

Book Genealogies in the Library of Congress

Download or read book Genealogies in the Library of Congress written by Marion J. Kaminkow and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ten-year supplement lists 10,000 titles acquired by the Library of Congress since 1976--this extraordinary number reflecting the phenomenal growth of interest in genealogy since the publication of Roots. An index of secondary names contains about 8,500 entries, and a geographical index lists family locations when mentioned.

Book The Craftsman

    Book Details:
  • Author : Richard Sennett
  • Publisher : Penguin UK
  • Release : 2009-02-05
  • ISBN : 0141919418
  • Pages : 345 pages

Download or read book The Craftsman written by Richard Sennett and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2009-02-05 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do people work hard, and take pride in what they do? This book, a philosophically-minded enquiry into practical activity of many different kinds past and present, is about what happens when people try to do a good job. It asks us to think about the true meaning of skill in the 'skills society' and argues that pure competition is a poor way to achieve quality work. Sennett suggests, instead, that there is a craftsman in every human being, which can sometimes be enormously motivating and inspiring - and can also in other circumstances make individuals obsessive and frustrated. The Craftsman shows how history has drawn fault-lines between craftsman and artist, maker and user, technique and expression, practice and theory, and that individuals' pride in their work, as well as modern society in general, suffers from these historical divisions. But the past lives of crafts and craftsmen show us ways of working (using tools, acquiring skills, thinking about materials) which provide rewarding alternative ways for people to utilise their talents. We need to recognise this if motivations are to be understood and lives made as fulfilling as possible.

Book American Blacksmith  Auto   Tractor Shop

Download or read book American Blacksmith Auto Tractor Shop written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book English Medieval Industries

Download or read book English Medieval Industries written by John Blair and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is intended as a modern successor to L.F. Salzman's "English Industries in the Middle Ages" (1913). The approach to each industry is by material, discussing its acquisition, working and sale as a finished product. Only industries that resulted in the production of consumer goods and where substantial numbers of artefacts survive from the Middle Ages are dealt with (fishing and brewing are therefore omitted); the text is illustrated by pictures of surviving objects and contemporary representations of medieval work.

Book Catalog of Copyright Entries  Third Series

Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries Third Series written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by Copyright Office, Library of Congress. This book was released on 1978 with total page 1696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board

Download or read book Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board written by United States. National Labor Relations Board and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 1088 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Vision in Action

Download or read book Vision in Action written by Christopher Schaefer and published by SteinerBooks. This book was released on 1996 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we foster the development of initiatives? How can enterprises such as community projects, schools, farms, and businesses be well founded? How can we work as equals, sharing responsibilities, encouraging one another in our development, and offering a high-quality product or service? Vision in Action is a workbook for those involved in social creation--in collaborative actions that can influence the social environment in which we live and where our ideas and actions can matter. This is a user-friendly, hands-on guide for developing healthy small organizations--ones with soul and spirit. Chapters: The Human Being and Organizational Life The Conscious Development of Initiatives Starting Initiatives Getting Going: The Growing Pains and Childhood Diseases of Initiatives Ways of Working together in the Developing Organization Re-creating the Organization: Vision, Mission, and Long-Range Planning Development and Fund-raising Initiatives and Individual Development Signs of Hope: Imaginations for the Future "A well-written exposition of organizational development and the problems that groups tend to encounter as they progress. I highly recommend it to anyone in the field." --Caroline Estes, cofounder of Alpha Farm and master facilitator "This well thought-out book breathes life into the worn-out concept of vision. One finds in it an enlivening imagination of how to develop new initiatives. Like all worthwhile advice, it is based on hard-won life experience. Work with this book and you will find heal help in developing small organizations." --Robert Michael Burnside, Director, Organizational Development Products, Center for Creative Leadership

Book Class Society at War

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bernard Waites
  • Publisher : A&C Black
  • Release : 2014-03-04
  • ISBN : 1472577965
  • Pages : 312 pages

Download or read book Class Society at War written by Bernard Waites and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research into the impact of the First World War on European societies has recently begun on a major scale and Dr Waites has been one of the pioneers in this field in Britain. His book considers the War's effects on such major issues as popular images of class, the distribution of income and wealth in society, social relations within the working class, class consciousness and the educational experiences of children from different backgrounds. This study is noteworthy not only for its wide range of hitherto unpublished sources, but also for its attempt to bring social theory to bear upon the study of class relations in England during the first of this century's total wars.

Book History of Carroll County  Tennessee

Download or read book History of Carroll County Tennessee written by Turner and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 1986-12-12 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spine title: Christian County, Kentucky.

Book Arkansas

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jeannie M. Whayne
  • Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
  • Release : 2014-07-01
  • ISBN : 1610750438
  • Pages : 767 pages

Download or read book Arkansas written by Jeannie M. Whayne and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 767 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arkansas: A Narrative History is a comprehensive history of the state that has been invaluable to students and the general public since its original publication. Four distinguished scholars cover prehistoric Arkansas, the colonial period, and the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and incorporate the newest historiography to bring the book up to date for 2012. A new chapter on Arkansas geography, new material on the civil rights movement and the struggle over integration, and an examination of the state’s transition from a colonial economic model to participation in the global political economy are included. Maps are also dramatically enhanced, and supplemental teaching materials are available. “No less than the first edition, this revision of Arkansas: A Narrative History is a compelling introduction for those who know little about the state and an insightful survey for others who wish to enrich their acquaintance with the Arkansas past.” —Ben Johnson, from the Foreword

Book Early Republic

    Book Details:
  • Author : Andrew K. Frank
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 2008-12-10
  • ISBN : 1598840207
  • Pages : 282 pages

Download or read book Early Republic written by Andrew K. Frank and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-12-10 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a compilation of essays, Early Republic: People and Perspectives explores the varied experiences of many different groups of Americans across racial, gender, religious, and regional lines in the early years of the country. Written by expert contributors drawing on extensive new research, Early Republic: People and Perspectives ranges across the broad spectrum of society to explore the everyday lives of Americans from the birth of the nation to the beginning of Jacksonian Age (roughly 1830). In a series of chapters, Early Republic provides vivid portraits of the farmers, entrepreneurs, laborers, women, Native Americans, and slaves who made up the population of the United States in its infancy. Key events, such as the two-party political system, the Louisiana Purchase, the War of 1812, and the expansion into the Ohio Valley, are seen through the eyes of the ordinary citizens who helped make them happen, in turn, making the United States what it is today.