Glass Shelves Bring Practical Joy in Kitchens
The piece extols glass shelves for kitchens praising easy cleaning and resistance to pests. It notes they can be as strong as wood with proper bracing and can bear heavy loads. It also mentions stucco as prized by artisans and revived by D Udine around 1550 with influence in Italy France and England in the eighteenth century.
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Romana
D’udine
Italy
France
Engiland
Early thrashing implements and the first modern machine
The text describes ancient thrashing methods using a flail and a tribulum. It credits Michael Menzies of Edinburgh with inventing the first modern thrashing machine around 1732 in Scotland.
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Michael Menzies
Edinburgh
Scotland
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