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Elementary Lessons on Sound is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1879.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publish...

Excerpt from Oil and Gas Fields of Greene County, PaGreene County has produced oil continuously since 1886, and since 1890 it has also yielded a large amount of natural gas. Over wells have been drilled for gas or oil within its boundaries. So far as known these are shown on the accompanying map of the county (pl. I, in pocket). Gas and oil wells and dry holes are represented by appropriate symbols. The map is complete to December, 1905, when ...

Excerpt from Speeches of the Hon. Daniel Webster of Massachusetts: Delivered at the Festival of the Sons of New Hampshire, in Boston, Nov, 7th, 1849Residents of Boston and its vicinity, native born of New Hampshire! we meet here to-day in honor of our native State, to commemorate and record our grateful affection for her, to acknowledge the obligation that we all feel under for her care and nurture in our early days. Coming into this, another ...

Excerpt from Mineral Resources of the Elders Ridge Quadrangle, PennsylvaniaFig. 1. - Diagram showing locations of triangulation stations on which the survey of the Elders Ridge quad rangle is based.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digital...

Excerpt from Standardized Reasoning Tests in Arithmetic and How to Utilize ThemThe occasion for publishing this manual of directions for the Stone Reasoning Tests is the exhaustion of the edition of the book, Arithmetical Abilities and Some Factors Determining Them, in which Reasoning Test I first appeared. Then, too, it has been found that the brief record of the test as given in the original book does not give adequate help for those who may...

Excerpt from Mineral Resources of the United States, 1920, Vol. 2: NonmetalsThe following statistics of imports were Obtained from the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department Of Commerce, and converted for some tables from lon to short tons. The first table shows that imports more than treb ed, increasing from tons in 1919 to tons in 1920. This, however, is a small quantity compared with that usually imported before the W'orld War:...

Excerpt from Mineral Resources of the United States, 1920, Vol. 2: NonmetalsThe following statistics of imports were Obtained from the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department Of Commerce, and converted for some tables from lon to short tons. The first table shows that imports more than treb ed, increasing from tons in 1919 to tons in 1920. This, however, is a small quantity compared with that usually imported before the W'orld War:...

Excerpt from Metric Weights and Measures: March 16, 1896, Referred to the House Calendar and Ordered to Be PrintedIt is not strange, then, that from his point of observation he should have believed the introduction of the metric system in the United States impracticable, and should have so reported. The following passage of exquisite beauty and eloquence shows, however, that he fully appreciated the symmetry, beauty, and desirability of this s...

Excerpt from Metric Weights and Measures: March 16, 1896, Referred to the House Calendar and Ordered to Be PrintedIt is not strange, then, that from his point of observation he should have believed the introduction of the metric system in the United States impracticable, and should have so reported. The following passage of exquisite beauty and eloquence shows, however, that he fully appreciated the symmetry, beauty, and desirability of this s...

Excerpt from Metric System of Weights and MeasuresThe period of transition from the old system to the new one consequently co prised three years.During the course of the first two years of this period of transition the owners old weights were furnished with occasions of having their old weights of 1 pou and more corrected and assayed so that the so-called skaal pund (about 1 Engh pound) was increased to one-half kilogram. The old steelyards we...

Excerpt from Metric System of Weights and MeasuresThe period of transition from the old system to the new one consequently co prised three years.During the course of the first two years of this period of transition the owners old weights were furnished with occasions of having their old weights of 1 pou and more corrected and assayed so that the so-called skaal pund (about 1 Engh pound) was increased to one-half kilogram. The old steelyards we...

Excerpt from Historical Souvenir of the Harrisburg City Hospital Under the Auspices of the Ladies' Aid SocietyAbout the Harrisburg Hospital for the Reception and Cure of the Sick and Ihfirm.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally recon...

Excerpt from Historical Souvenir of the Harrisburg City Hospital Under the Auspices of the Ladies' Aid SocietyAbout the Harrisburg Hospital for the Reception and Cure of the Sick and Ihfirm.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally recon...

Excerpt from The Pecan Business: From Planting the Nuts to Gathering the NutsTake labels of? Of trees and make record of orchard. Then you will be able to order exactly the varieties adapted to your place. Labels often cut the tree in two and cause it to die.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work...

Excerpt from Simple Hydraulic FormulaeNeither does the author lay claim to pure originality, many of the formulae have been simplified from other authors, and where they have been inserted full proof of their accuracy has been afforded to the author during an extensive practice.Some of the computations are purely original, notably those for distribution pipes in towns.The Appendix, N o. 1, has been added chie¿y for the purpose of enabling mine...

Excerpt from The Pecan Business: From Planting the Nuts to Gathering the NutsTake labels of? Of trees and make record of orchard. Then you will be able to order exactly the varieties adapted to your place. Labels often cut the tree in two and cause it to die.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work...

Excerpt from The Annual Report of the Inspector of Mines of the State of Kentucky: For the Year 1900The hunt for minerals of every kind known, and of many un known to our State, continues without abatement, and every publication and possible source of information are eagerly sought by those in search of such knowledge. No section of the State is' exempt from these inquiries, but the Eastern portion, from the Ohio river to the Tennessee state l...

Excerpt from Simple Hydraulic FormulaeNeither does the author lay claim to pure originality, many of the formulae have been simplified from other authors, and where they have been inserted full proof of their accuracy has been afforded to the author during an extensive practice.Some of the computations are purely original, notably those for distribution pipes in towns.The Appendix, N o. 1, has been added chie¿y for the purpose of enabling mine...

Excerpt from The Annual Report of the Inspector of Mines of the State of Kentucky: For the Year 1900The hunt for minerals of every kind known, and of many un known to our State, continues without abatement, and every publication and possible source of information are eagerly sought by those in search of such knowledge. No section of the State is' exempt from these inquiries, but the Eastern portion, from the Ohio river to the Tennessee state l...

Excerpt from Shakspere's Holinshed: The Chronicle and the Historical Plays ComparedThe historical authority used for some of the plays (when other we? were not consulted) was apparently the second edition of Holinshed. In the subjoined parallel columns certain different readings of the two editions are collated, and a few enlargements of the second edition are noted. The left-hand column's references indicate the pages of this book, where the ...