Artificial eyes through the centuries and craft
The article traces early methods of artificial eyes from the 16th century with ekblepharos and hypoblepharos to later enamel and glass techniques. It notes German leadership in manufacture, the shift to cryolite glass fashioning reform eyes, and French processes in 1852 for iris and scleral construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Coburg
Ambroise Parc
Dresden
Prague
London
Stockholm
Thuringia
France
Paris
Lauscha
Germéhy
Bees By Mail And The Cost Of Mail Bags
Harper’s Weekly notes Uncle Sam uses 28 kinds of mail bags costing 22 cents to 2156 each with varied materials and designs. Bee bags allow long shipments with air and food. bags are repaired at large hospitals, thousands weekly, as mail travels vast distances and faces damages during holidays and wrecks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Harper’s Weekly
Varius
Inducement Quips Over House Purchase in Remote Region
A quoted prompt questions why John bought a house in a forsaken area. A Life Magazine appraisal hails a top real estate man while a thief asserts honesty in Sterne style. The fragment presents literary contrasts without concrete events or context.
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Rockwell
Penny Arcade
A. M. Williams
Bangsave
Asbury Park
Inquire
Vernon St
Jackson St
Chelsea Avenue
Chelsea and
Ocean Aves
National Hotel
Columbus Ave
Ocean
Leatners
Steiner & Son
W. A. Stevens
Heisley Building
BQY
Evergreen Nurseries
Bright B Bey
Run
Ertrane
John A. McGui CO
Brighton Ave
West End
Steady B. Rockwel
A.W
Shrewsbury
Orice
S. L. de Fabry
Little Silver
Liberty St
Broadway
Howard Maps
Pension Francaise
Sea View Avenue
East
Long Branch
Red Bank
Monmouth St
Kennedy St
Second Avenue
Oakhurst
N. J
C. H
Chattle Fountain
A. Brunkhorst
Third
Chelsea
H. H. Pemberton
Goldstein’s Dept
Phéne Percy Geé
Care Columbia Garage
W. Hulse
Sta.,b
Bath Ave
Wanteco
Joseph Cetno
Jeffrey St
Niagara
R. R. Hughes
Seventh Ave
Branchport Station
Columbus Place
Bath
2D Ave
Third Ave
360-J
North Long Branch
West Long Branch
Mae
A. B. Gulick
Atlantic ,Ave
Sea Bright
Church St
Plymouth Rock Chicks
J. H. Noble
Monmouth Road
Record Office
F. C. Smith
Grand Ave
Robert Hubbard
Trenton
H. Ritzau
Simpon,m. E. Church
A. T. Woolley
Lippincott Ave
James" B. Hulse
Fifth Ave
Ethel
Care Rothenber
M. Anderson
Qwanted
E. B
Call
Carl S. Stern
7Th Ave
Monmouth Beach
Clinton
McGuire’s
Glens Falls
Branchport Ave
Branchport
Ss. C. Shann Real Estate
Washington St
Washington Herald
CLO’ Bane
Y & Son
Flannagan
Cassidy
Casey
Philadelphia Ledger
Henry
Chicago Record-Herald
Napoleon
Amiens
Talleyrand
Boliver
Wiggins
Brones
Ginger
Bjones
Artemus Ward
Louisville Courier-Journal
Sterne
White’s
Clarence White
Broad Street
New Jersey
Regal “Baking
Abe
Gillies
New York Ham
Lautz Bros. Gloss
Swift’s Pride
A. C. Bennett Co
Braidport Avenue
Telephone
Steiner. & Son
Manasquan
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