Expensive patterns and duplicating work in manufacturing
The article explains how wood and metal patterns are crafted to mold parts for buildings and printing, noting the cost of first patterns versus cheap duplication. It discusses government control of currency engraving, duplicating processes in construction, and the value and risks of preserving or copying designs across industries. It mentions pattern shops, the loss of patterns, and the ethical issues in reproducing art for advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salmequest
Lane
Cateer
Loire
United States
Ito
States Treasury
Treasury
Strean of Engraving and Printing
Wss
Lccrat
Armerican Ra
Paria
New York
United States Treasury
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Apute
Arabians Compared With American Trotting Horses
A 19th century editorial compares Arab horses to American trotters, noting temperaments, endurance, and beauty. It argues Arabs lack speed versus thoroughbreds and suggests Arab blood has limited value for the American trotter, citing famous sires and traits. It also includes a separate note on a classroom demonstration proving Earth's rotation using Lycopodium powder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
General Grant
Linden Trevin
Nelson
Ryzdyk
Boston Courier
Survival of the Fitteate on Colorado Prairies
An observer describes a dramatic chase where a jack rabbit is hunted by an eagle across Colorado prairies. The eagle circles and dives, finally killing the rabbit, then flees when the narrator drives toward them, claiming the carcass as the only game of the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Spur
Warship Costs and Rival Lovers In Weekly Quotation
A fragment references rival lovers Miss Secunda and Mun in a playful weekly note. It then lists historical ship costs per ton and horsepower pricing for England France Russia and the United States, indicating variances in wartime production costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
France
Russia
United States
Expensive patterns and duplications in early industry
The article discusses costly pattern rooms in large foundries and machine shops, noting how wooden patterns and metal dies drive up initial costs but enable cheaper repeat castings. It highlights pattern duplication, theft risks, and the widespread use of models in jewelry, domestic metalware, and architecture, warning that fire losses devastate supply. It also covers archival issues and a satirical domestic anecdote, plus a brief foreign note on Uruguay's social structure and land inheritance.
Farmer Ellsworth and the District of Waitsfield
Nob, or Nob, a Massachusetts farmer, enjoys winter evenings with family and jokes about library fees. He recalls reading sherky sketches of country life, saying his wife loved them, though he found them not quite written as he would.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth
Massachusetts
Holidad
Lia
Rail
Panywillin
Farmer Dilsworth
Exiti
A Corporation with Soul Excerpt
A Buffalo Courier quotation recalls a long-suffering street car worker. The conductor notes a man who served the firm for over forty years, first as a bus driver then a street car operator, now paid by his wife with only occasional quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Courier
Conversation Way Drowned Ear Trumpet Fort Charlie
A humorous Muusey's Weelkly quip casts a laugh on hearing aids as the speaker jokes that his new ear trumpet makes him almost deaf to other sounds when worn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muusey
Fragments on Smuggling and Customs Secrecy in N Y
An article discusses smuggling concerns among women, bribery rumors, and customs officials insisting on secrecy. It recounts cases of smuggled goods hidden in books and other items, including a notable post office interception of a rare volume with concealed valuables. It notes immigrant stewards bearing jewelry, and ends with a long speech fragment about a lengthy, repetitive closing remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custom House
Treasury
Eceaggear
Special Treasury Agent's Department
Uncle Sun
Postoffica
New York Postofice
Per
Giovanni Delfino
Tle
Mass
Bishop Broodield
London
New York
Cotia
United States Customs House
New York World
Career of De Rohan and Warship Sailor's Rise in Garibaldi Era
William Dahlgren later known as De Rohan, a prominent admirer in New England, hailed from Swedish noble lines and rose from naval aide to Garibaldi ally. He led revolutionary naval forces for Garibaldi, became Chilean admiral, funded Italian unification, but died unremunerated and neglected in Providence after a life spent aiding liberty across Europe and the Americas. He clashed with his elder brother Admiral Dahlgren, faced fines, and adopted the De Rohan surname.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam
Boban
Hite
Morse
Dahlgrn
Admiral Dahlgren
United States
Charles
Roban
Wolsterian
William
Dahlgren
Navy Yard
Taal
Dignity
Dabligrow
Old
Dahlgrow
Navy
Warform
le Fr
Ither
da Rohan
Se Eend
Admiral Kart
Puan
En Tun
Etea
Garibaldi
de Rohan
Chili
Europe
Heart and Soal
Thaly
Liberator
Revolutionary Navy
Victor Emanuel
Felucca
Icch
Rohan
Ths
Honout
Wiles
Providence
England
Britivh
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Marie
St Louk Republic
Bob Beother
Sean
Mary
Aha
Brother Fay
National Weekly
Banda Oriental
Naetare Alzooal
Uruguay
Theodore Childin Harper
Francis A. Wallier
Forum
Damlgren
Gadtyer
Garfhald
Italy
de Hokan
Bardipin
Sicily
State’ Department
Akes
Thic
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