Download or read book The Newfoundland Quarterly written by Harry Alfred Cuff and published by St. John's, Nfld. : H. Cuff. This book was released on 1985 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beardmore written by Douglas Hunter and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1936, long before the discovery of the Viking settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows, the Royal Ontario Museum made a sensational acquisition: the contents of a Viking grave that prospector Eddy Dodd said he had found on his mining claim east of Lake Nipigon. The relics remained on display for two decades, challenging understandings of when and where Europeans first reached the Americas. In 1956 the discovery was exposed as an unquestionable hoax, tarnishing the reputation of the museum director, Charles Trick Currelly, who had acquired the relics and insisted on their authenticity. Drawing on an array of archival sources, Douglas Hunter reconstructs the notorious hoax and its many players. Beardmore unfolds like a detective story as the author sifts through the voluminous evidence and follows the efforts of two unlikely debunkers, high-school teacher Teddy Elliott and government geologist T.L. Tanton, who find themselves up against Currelly and his scholarly allies. Along the way, the controversy draws in a who’s who of international figures in archaeology, Scandinavian studies, and the museum world, including anthropologist Edmund Carpenter, whose mid-1950s crusade against the find’s authenticity finally convinced scholars and curators that the grave was a fraud. Shedding light on museum practices and the state of the historical and archaeological professions in the mid-twentieth century, Beardmore offers an unparalleled view inside a major museum scandal to show how power can be exercised across professional networks and hamper efforts to arrive at the truth.
Download or read book Newfoundland Quarterly 1901 1976 written by Newfoundland quarterly and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A History of Newfoundland written by Daniel Woodley Prowse and published by London : Eyre and Spottiswoode. This book was released on 1896 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Newfoundland Quarterly Vol 12 written by Jonh J. Evans and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Newfoundland Quarterly, Vol. 12: July, 1912 April, 1913 But when we come to consider its value in the Economy of amre. It becomes a factor of serious importance. Nearly all the power we see in things around us comes from the sun. From that great central orb. Stupendous quantities of heat are thrown out in all directions: and the share which finds its way to our earth is. In a large measure. Transformed into mechanical energy. The sunbeam hearing this energy spend the same in promoting the growth and development of all living things. The power that propels Niagara; the hurricane that uproots the forest; the force that drives the engine; as well as the life power that builds up the body of the developing infant. May all be analysed in the gentle sunbeam! Yet how prone are.we to deprive the growing innocent of this world-wide principle. Plants are placed in the sunlight. And they thrive. And grow; but the children are denied this health-giving power. And they wither and decay. Next to sunlight is [fa/l air. And in order to develop a healthy organism. Fresh. Pure air must be supplied. Small apartments. With closed doors and windows. Bring scores of children to a premature death. It is astonishing how few people adequately understand the value of pure air. Or have the slighest knowledge of the laws of ventilation. To raise a window. Or open a door. Is not ventilation. In the proper acceptance of the term. In fact it often happens that by so doing more harm is done than by allowing them to remain closed. The purity of the air in dwel lings depends upon the amount of cubic space allowed for each individual. And the facilities afforded for the entrance of fresh. And the exit of foul air. When these points are properly atten ded to. The air. Although rather more impure than the external atmosphere. Will not be productive of much injury. But in those extreme cases where many persons are crowded together. And the ventilation totally inadequate. The air. After a time. Becomes so impure as to cause headache. Lassitude. Nausea and fainting. The air in its natural state contains about four parts of carbonic acid in and no room in which people are living. Should be allowed to contain more than six parts in to.ooo. Therefore. The object of ventilation is to supply a sum cient quantity of pure air so as to prevent the carbonic acid from rising above six parts in So you see the permis sible limit is two parts in to.ooo. The long continued breath ing of vitiated air is one of the chief causes of rickets in children. And it tends to produce a lowered state of vitality in older per sons. Characterized by poor blood. Dyspepsia. And other forms of debility. People in this condition of low b odily vitality offer less resistence to the attacks of acute sickness; and. At the same time. Are more prone to chronic. And other wasting forms of disease. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book Making Witches written by Barbara Rieti and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2008 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a little-known tradition of witch lore in Newfoundland culture. Those believed to have the power to influence the fortunes of others are not mythological characters but neighbours, relations, or even friends. Drawing from her own interviews and a wealth of material from the Memorial University Folklore and Language Archive, Barbara Rieti explores the range and depth of Newfoundland witch tradition, looking at why certain people acquired reputations as witches, and why others considered themselves bewitched. The tales that emerge - despite their seemingly fantastic elements of spells and black heart books, hags, and healing charms - concern everyday affairs and reveal the intense social interdependence central to outport life. Frequently featuring women, they provide fascinating new perspectives on female coping strategies in a volatile economy.By addressing the perennial human issues at the heart of witchcraft - construction of enmity and intertwined fate - these narrative accounts also illuminate older witch beliefs revealed in witchcraft trial documents. Making Witches shows that in storytelling communities with a rich legacy of witch lore, witch tradition has endured well into the twentieth century.
Download or read book The Newfoundland Quarterly Vol 21 July 1921 April 1922 Classic Reprint written by John J. Evans and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Newfoundland Quarterly, Vol. 21: July, 1921 April, 1922 Circulars, that is, printed communications, when posted in lots of not less than 10, wholly alike, and left open for inspection, are accepted for one cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Newfoundland Quarterly Vol 9 written by M. F. Howley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Newfoundland Quarterly, Vol. 9: July, 1909 Gentlemen you should see clearly from this Petition that my Government has been a failure, a total failure, else why thus desire for an absolute change. I will not, gentlemen, wait to be dismissed by the Home Government, I will at once resign. The school master leader, Harry Simms, cried out lose the best Governor that ever came to Newfoundland, perish the thought, and suiting the action to the word he tore the. Petition into shreds and threw it into the fire. After their retirement Sir John remarked to his genial Colo nial Secretary Did I not humbug those fellows well, Crowdy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book The Newfoundland Quarterly Vol 5 written by John J. Evans and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-30 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Newfoundland Quarterly, Vol. 5: July, 1905 WE have been privileged to peruse a letter received by Judge Prowse from J. Ouille Millais, naturalist, artist and hunter, whose reputation among English speaking people is little inferior to that of his famous father - Sir John Millais, Bart, President of the Royal Academy. In referring to the Guide Book, among other complimentary things, occurs this paragraph, which epitomizes volumes of praise. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Newfoundland Quarterly Vol 7 written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-24 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Newfoundland Quarterly, Vol. 7: July, 1907 Bears we often-saw, and could have shot several, but as the fur was out of season, we let them go. 434. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
