Gasoline engines drive a new era in marine work and trade
The gasoline engine, once experimental, has become essential in both sport and commerce. It powers yachts and workboats, aiding fishermen and oystermen, boosting inland shipping, and challenging steam craft on rivers, coasts, and future routes from Boston to Beaufort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steuam
United States
Lighthouse Department
Coast Survey
Department of the Engineers
Navy Department
Evana
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Pacific
Grand Banks
Gloucester
Vettel
Boston
Beaufort
N. C
Germany
France
England
Pearl shells and mussel shells shape world of buttons and trinkets
An 1890s survey describes how Pearl-oyster and Pearl-mussel shells yield mother of pearl used for buttons and ornaments. It notes divers in the Indian Ocean and U S freshwater mussel beds on the Mississippi, detailing species, harvesting methods, processing, and the gear that turns shells into finished buttons and inlays.
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Ceylon
Indian Ocean
Germany
Tadian Ocean
Mississippi
Tia
Mississippi River
Smith
Muscatine
Towa
Ahella
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Japan
Aler Bagé
Sugeye Barge
Pearloyster
Anld
Bureau of Fisheries
Washington, D. C
Harry B
Bradford
Andretta Wandto
Buckle
Prom
Mactio Ocvun