Reassembling the Victory Ship at Portsmouth Harbor
The project restores HMS Victory to its Trafalgar era state with timberwork, masts, rigging, and gun carriages rebuilt. The National Research Society funds the transformation, aiming to preserve naval history and educate future generations. The work, costing about £150,000, includes precise deck layouts and crew accommodations as they were on the battle day.
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NHL
Trafal
Erol
Tra- Tulear
Interesting items from a vintage journal
A jumble of curiosities: Nile fish diversity, a British Museum expedition with 9,000 specimens, diet tips for strong teeth, egret plumes valued in America, honey supplies from hot weather, fire’s role in cooking, German mercantile fleet growth, a wireless guided plane Paris to Paris 280 miles, a Hindu beggar with a frozen arm, infancy color change, Madagascar beliefs about the striped partridge, and US armed forces rise from 96,000 in 1913 to 1,000,000 in 1923.
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British Museum
America
Great Britain
Paris
Pours
Madagascar
Hee
United States
A Thermos House: Warm in Winter Cool in Summer
A bungalow using the thermos principle features double vacuum walls for temperature control. The design keeps rooms warm in winter and cool in summer, and provides soundproof walls. Though cost is higher than standard homes of similar size, its construction advantages are emphasized.
So Ya bean and its vast promise for science
A 19th century notice describes a Meyerhort explorer bringing a soya bean from Manchuria to London. Curator North tests the beans, reports huge yield potential, diverse uses from food to industry, and notes rising cultivation in America. The piece touts nutrition, glycerine, explosives, paints, and bread from the bean, with scientists researching its full English climate viability.
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Meyerhort
Royal Botanical Society
Mitians
North
Tone
Manchuria
Hull
Manchester
Kerov
Prien
America
China
Blankets Sell Amid Gentle Shop Banter
A bemused shopper expresses a wish for a blanket as a tired clerk offers to fetch the last remaining piece. The exchange ends with a cheerful, helpful promise to retrieve it for her.
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Blas Ty
Im Padme Vee
Nee Tony
Hole Sereehe Pieieres
Fibrous
A, Williamson
Geelong Road
Ormond Road
West Footscray Tyce
the Shine Meat Supply and Ice Works
J, White & CO
Corner
Hampshire
Durieam Roads
Sunshine
W. Loader
Beavis St
Elsternwick
Sydney Street
W. Mitchell
Motor Delivery Service
St. Albans
Braybrook
Maidstone
Melbourne
Little Collins Street
Central
Lonsdale Street
Graham Street
Sunshine Phone
Thermos
Konsidyruhy
Miffi
Ben Williams
Yarraville
Fara
Anid
Coste
Becaue
Bernchea
Geo. Shanahan
College of Dentistry
Dental Hospital
Sun Buildings
Hampshire Rd
Hampshire Road
Foll Arden
Clive
Arwena
Indices
Warde Bennett
Arnold Bower
Gibbs
Sir Paul Gibbs
Ibanez
VJ Keable
Robert Robinson
A. P. Minehart
Mar Ke Modes
Irnthise Service
St. W
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