A Brief Illustrated History of Machines and Mechanisms
This work deals with mechanical manufacturing processes in history, examined through the machines associated with those processes. A tool is only included if it is part of a machine tool, with devices made up of moving parts. Once the analytical field has been marked out, the chosen descriptive method is basically graphic.
Chaim Potok's The Chosen depicting the Jewish experience in America is examined with a brief biographical sketch to provide insight into the author's life.
Medicinal Plants in Folk Tradition: An Ethnobotany of Britain and Ireland
Added by: JustGoodNews | Karma: 4306.26 | Non-Fiction, Medicine | 18 May 2010
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Assembled by two of the most distinguished botanical and ethnological scholars in Britain, this book chronicles the medicinal uses of more than 400 species used by the plain folk of Britain and Ireland. The history of these plants’ usages has been mined from rich firsthand accounts captured by surveys, from more than 1000 manuscript volumes of the Irish Folklore Commission, and from close to 300 other published and unpublished sources. The book includes chosen illustrations from herbals such as those by Bock, Fuchs, and Brunfels, and a selection of color photographs by Deni Bown.
A new, up-to-date course where students learn what they need to know for a career in technology. Everything is vocation-specific, which means students get the language, information, and skills they need to help them get a job in their chosen career.