Cameos Through Time From Ancient Greece to Modern Arts
The origin of cameos traces to ancient Greece and Rome, with noted refinement in the first millennium BCE and early CE. Modern practice includes carving hard stones and setting pieces in brooches and pendants, with famous examples from St. Petersburg Vienna and the British Museum.
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Portland
Society of Arts
Cyril Jol Dayar
V.c
St. Petersburg
Philadelphius
Wah i
Vienna
Chapter
Ammos
Iain
Augustus
British Museum
Florence
Effects of Colour on Light for Room Lighting
A fragmented table explains how wall colors influence room lighting and reflectivity. It lists paper and paint tones with approximate reflectance values and notes color choices for various effects in paper, paint, and ceiling finishes.
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Kaloomining
Dreams of the Lightless House of dreams for the blind described
A fragmented discussion on how dreams differ for those blind from birth and for the visually impaired later, noting that sensory dreams rely on touch and sound. The text speculates on how vision affects dream content and suggests familiar voices and places guide the blind mind.
Buttons Build a House of Fashionable Fame
A French celebrity promotes a house whose walls and interiors are clad in buttons of all kinds. The article notes varied button origins and curious specimens from different countries. Also covered are Cleveland's electric street sweeper and rubber forest practices along the Orinoco. A Canadian Grand Central Railway fish car preserves live fish during transit with temperature control and crew berths.
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Cleveland
Ohio
United States
Venezuela
Orinoco
Should One Drink Water at Meal Times
A historical medical note discusses water intake with meals, advising limited cold drinks to prevent digestion disruption. It cites salivary and gastric effects, warns against overhydration, and mentions travelers seeking water purification and cautious consumption at bedtime and waking. It concludes with a physician's posthumous statement about diet and water.
Teach the Children to be Courteous Lesson
A reader composed collage discusses teaching courtesy to children, arguing early learning shapes behavior. Samples include a child’s manners, self control, and the role of adults in guiding conduct, with rural life vignettes and a stray quip about manners at play.
Mirror myths and household hints from an old print
A garbled page mixes notes on mirrors, their history, and a latent tale about slave girls offering offerings to mistresses. It shifts to household hints including traps with oysters, cream from salt grains, preserved kid gloves, and socks. It mentions ironing, onion boiling, and a method to improve palatability of dishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waler
Net
Lee
Golden Medicine and the Melancholy Patient Tale
In a period tale a good-natured poet tends a melancholy patient who has lost appetite. He promises aid within an hour and places ten guineas in a pill-box with instructions. A servant carries a remedy rumored to restore vigor while the patient and family cling to fragile hope amid uncertainty.
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Sud
Ile Cent Hirth
Proserype
Min Tourer
Telden Pila
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Gerlach
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Norm
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Richmond
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