Mapmaking echoes in copper plate era wonders
The piece chronicles early map production from copper plates to wax processes, detailing engravers and printers at work, and describing tools, steps, and costs. It highlights wax tempering, plate handling, and the transition to mass availability, with references to collectors and notable library acquisitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walgut
Pears Lees Prudend
Tle Data
Pal Estate Mess
Metile Demk
Buffalo Fen
Ucud Maputy
Ater
Hove
Evers
Eras
Werner Macrre
Oahler
Upsoats
Burts
The Sultans Feast and Empire Farm Expenditure
A fragment from New York describes lavish sultanic dining with kettles, gold trays, and slave servitors. It details vast imperial farms across Europe and Asia, compulsory Turkish labor, and massive annual costs for food, stables, and servants, illustrating royal extravagance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mus
Bosphorus
Isis
Palata
Lee
Tebateauldja
Constantinople
Asia
Masa
Mandary
Turkey
Benstably
New York
How Paper Is Made at the Bellows Falls Mills
Describes the Bellows Falls paper mills on the Connecticut River, detailing wood pulp production from logs to a continuous paper web. Includes saws, pulp processing, sorting of rags, and the wet machine, with rapid fabrication at 200 feet per minute and ancillary plant operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut River
Bellows Falls
Eeea
Cos Ib
Pennsylvania
India
Abippang
England
Boston Herald
Road to Success Through Mindset and Ambition
A reflective piece argues success starts in the mind, urging readers from humble roles to aspire higher. It links attitude to opportunity, friendship in trade, and self-belief, warning against self deprecation and urging pursuit of better positions while noting the power of thought in attracting mentors and advancement. It closes with a memory aid on organization and a brief historical aside on a military leader's remarks about powder and welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niu
Doesn
Kormediesh
Penon
Tina
Tess
Spo
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Bai
Heaven and Earth
There & Co
Ada
F. W. Faber
Kowen
Soxien
Brad
United Soares Law
Henry Brewer Cuore
London
Sebartier
Mae
Leedan Theatres
Paris
Fear
Boson Azsing
Penelope
Kg of T
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Wichita Eagle
Township Trustees
Justice Peace
Building & Loan Association
Coal and Mining Co
Stock Co's
Notaries
Pocket Real Estate Books
Faria
City Property
Scale Books
Cemetery Association Books and Blanks
Magazine Binding Law Binding
Trob and Poster Printing
Book Publishing
Aderess Asistters
CP Dock
Wichita, Kansas
Wichita Wholesale Grocer Company
Cover
First and
Water St
Wichita, Kan
Wichita Cracker Company
North
Fourth Avenue
Wichita City Roller Mills
Imperial
Tally HO
USK
Oliver & Imboden CO
Dafidson
Derat
Citizens Bank
State of
Kansas
Tewart
le OariEes
Helle Sine
United States
Kansas Loan and Investment CO
N. F. Nrepertaxnen
M. W. Levy
Treas
A.W. Otrven
J. C. Boras
Capital
Wichita National Bank
Wichita
Smithson & CO
Douglas Ave
Chicago Lumber CO
S. W. Cooper
Main ST
Oliver Bros
Arkansas City
Gale
Piles
Fistula
Kame
Sheeet
WM Hall
Ieee - Seca O
West Side National Bank
P. Allen
Drugstore
Wichita Kan
Askamas
G. Woodman & Son
Bank
Ootes
de Arkaraas
Coan Banking
Davidson & Case
John Davidson, Fioneer Lamberman
Sedgwick County
Cuan
Tarde
Motes Ores
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