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Excerpt from American Military Insignia, 1800-1851Most of the specimens described here are from the huge W. Stokes Kirk Collection acquired in 1959, supplemented by the War Department Collection and the numerous biographical collections of the United States National Museum, in addition, a few insignia in the collections of J Duncan Campbell and others are included.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and c...

Excerpt from The Fisheries of ChinaNo doubt there is much superiority in scientific and practical interest, as distinguished from the element of popular attraction, in the contributions from the United Kingdom, the United States and'canada, and the Scandi navian and other countries, as compared with China, but the chief points of interest and instruction in the Chinese contribution consist in the types and models, the nets and other implements...

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Excerpt from The Fisheries of ChinaFishing-boat (pp. 20 and 45 of Catalogue) is another device, which is found also in India and Siberia. There are models, in the Chinese collection, of the fishing-boats of Swatow, Ningpo, South Formosa, and Ichang. In spite of their apparent clumsiness they turn as on a pivot and promptly answer the helm. They are good sea boats, and are built in watertight compartments, or rather in com partments intended to...

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Excerpt from American Military Insignia, 1800-1851 Most of the specimens described here are from the huge W. Stokes Kirk Collection acquired in 1959, supplemented by the War Department Collection and the numerous biographical collections of the United States National Museum, in addition, a few insignia in the collections of J Duncan Campbell and others are included. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare...