Download or read book Collection of Heating and Lighting Utensils in the United States National Museum Classic Reprint written by Walter Hough and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-07 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Collection of Heating and Lighting Utensils in the United States National Museum No. 1. Fire y lamp. Perforated tree gourd in which fire ies are con fined for light. West Indies. 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 Collection of Heating and Lighting Utensils in the United States National Museum written by Walter Hough and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Collection of Heating and Lighting Utensils in the United States National Museum written by Walter Hough and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Collection of Heating and Lighting Utensils in the United States National Museum written by Eloise Blaine Cram and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Fire Making Apparatus in the U S National Museum Classic Reprint written by Walter Hough and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-17 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Fire-Making Apparatus in the U. S. National Museum The Choctaws (also Muskogean) of Mississippi, Mr. M. F. Berry writes, make fire in the following way: One stick of dry wood that has a hole in it, with a smaller hole at the bottom going through, is placed between the feet. Another piece made round and about 3 feet long is made to revolve rapidly back and forth between the hands in the hole, and the fire drops through the small hole below. When new fire was wanted for the Green Corn Dance, or other purposes, three men would place themselves so that each in turn could keep the stick re. Volving without a stop, until fire would drop down through the hole, which was nursed with dry material into a ame. This form of the fire hearth is not represented in the collections of the Museum; the only other description of a process closely like it was given by Mr. Thomas C. Battey, who observed it among the Kiowas. It was shown him at that time as a revival of the ancient method (p. The pierced fire hearth is somewhat impracticable, except in the Malay sawing method. In the rotary drill the small hole would come over the axis of least friction and heat. Unless provision was made for the dust to fall freely underneath by a double cone perforation worked from both sides the dust is likely to become obstructed and smother the fire. It will be seen, too, that it departs very much from the simplicity of the usual fire drill in the fact that a hole must be made through the piece of wood, a matter of some difficulty before the introduction of iron awls. 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 Bird Parasites of the Nematode Suborders Strongylata Ascaridata and Spirurata written by Eloise Blaine Cram and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present work attempts to assemble under one cover the descriptions of the species of nematodes of the suborders Strongylata, Ascaridata, and Spirurata, exclusive of the Filarioidea, found in birds. Until now, no such compilation has been made for the nematodes of these hosts, although special groups have been worked up.
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