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bTitle:/b Corsica: notes on a recent visit. With a map of the forests and mines of Corsica [and photographs] ... Reprinted from the Scottish Geographical Magazine, etc. (Corsican Ballads, etc.).br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats:...

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bTitle:/b On Peat as a substitute for Coal, including details of I. The Dublin Peat Commission (Alderman Purdon's), 1872.-II. Clayton's (London) Condensed-Peat Patent, 1873.-III. Maccallum's (Dunfermline) Coal-Peat Invention, 1873, etc.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million...

Excerpt from George Morland, Painter, London (1763-1804) Morland family, and because it is by an artist of some standing and knowledge. No attempt in Dawe's bio graphy, or in these pages, is made to extenuate George Morland's faults, but the reader will be gratified to learn that the artist's life, which is invariably depicted by recent writers in such dark colours, possessed many good features. Like his contemporary, Robert Burns, George Mor...

Excerpt from Electricity and Wheels This is the electrical age. Electricity is a cheap, easily transported form of power. It can be used in small amounts to run a razor, light our house, bring us music and world events over the air, or connect us by telephone with our friends. It can be used in large amounts to run the motors in our factories, produce metals from ore, power streamlined trains and for hundreds of other industrial applications....

Excerpt from Coutts Co, Bankers Edinburgh and London: Being the Memoirs of a Family Distinguished for Its Public Services in England and Scotland When in 1895 my biography of George Morland appeared, some persons professed to be shocked to find that so great an artist should have led so irregular a life. In the following pages I shall depict no George Morland struggling, like his illustrious contemporary Robert Burns, with fierce passions so ...

Excerpt from The Simplicity of Life: An Introductory Chapter to Pathology The following remarks on this subject, consist merely of some extracts from Fletcher's Physiology, and a few old notes from his lectures, which, when brought together equally show the error of the physical and vital theories of life, and explain its intrinsic mature in all its simplicity. At the present time there are three principal theories of life, the physical, the...

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Excerpt from George Morland's Pictures: Their Present Possessors, With Details of the CollectionsA notice appended to my book on the Life and Works of George Morland, which was published in I 895, invited proprietors of Paintings by Morland to communicate to me the details of their collections. This invitation was very kindly responded to by numerous collectors, and the present publication con tains their names and addresses, and the particula...

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Excerpt from Diesel: The Modern PowerEarly in history men began to think of mechanical means of obtaining power. It is related that in 130 rc. Hero built the first steam engine. However, over nine teen centuries were to pass before James Watt made the steam engine a practical means of doing work. From Watt's time on, the develop ment of the steam engine and its utilization were extremely rapid. On rails, on water, and in industry it was almost...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Civil Rights Movement is a guide to the history of the African-American struggle for equal rights in the United States. This dictionary has over 500 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, significant legal cases, local struggles, forgotten heroes, and prominent women in the Movement.