Author: New York Public Library
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Category : Balkan Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
List of Works in the New York Public Library Relating to the Near Eastern Question and the Balkan States, Including European Turkey and Modern Greece
Author: New York Public Library
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Category : Balkan Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Balkan Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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Bulletin of the New York Public Library
Author: New York Public Library
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 824
Book Description
Includes its Report, 1896-19 .
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 824
Book Description
Includes its Report, 1896-19 .
Arming the World
Author: Geoffrey S. Stewart
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493078593
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
Arming the World tells the story of the American small arms industry from the early 1800’s through the post-Civil War era. Almost from the beginning, the United States produced arms in new, and radically different, ways, relying upon machinery to mass produce guns when others still made them by hand. Leveraging their technological advantage, American gun-makers produced guns with interchangeable parts and perfected new types of small arms, ranging from revolvers to repeating rifles. The federal government’s staggering purchases of arms during the Civil War stimulated the development of fast-firing breech-loading rifles and metal-cased ammunition. When, in 1865, it became clear that every country in the world had re-equip itself with modern weapons, the Americans had an overwhelming head start. Salesmen from Remington, Winchester, Colt and Smith & Wesson --- and from lesser-known firms, too – traveled the world marketing their guns, dominating – or, perhaps, even inventing – the international arms business. American gun-makers sold rifles and side-arms by the millions and cartridges by the billions to great powers, restive colonies and fading empires alike. Adding a new element to the unstable global balance of power, American gun-makers affected the course of history.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493078593
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
Arming the World tells the story of the American small arms industry from the early 1800’s through the post-Civil War era. Almost from the beginning, the United States produced arms in new, and radically different, ways, relying upon machinery to mass produce guns when others still made them by hand. Leveraging their technological advantage, American gun-makers produced guns with interchangeable parts and perfected new types of small arms, ranging from revolvers to repeating rifles. The federal government’s staggering purchases of arms during the Civil War stimulated the development of fast-firing breech-loading rifles and metal-cased ammunition. When, in 1865, it became clear that every country in the world had re-equip itself with modern weapons, the Americans had an overwhelming head start. Salesmen from Remington, Winchester, Colt and Smith & Wesson --- and from lesser-known firms, too – traveled the world marketing their guns, dominating – or, perhaps, even inventing – the international arms business. American gun-makers sold rifles and side-arms by the millions and cartridges by the billions to great powers, restive colonies and fading empires alike. Adding a new element to the unstable global balance of power, American gun-makers affected the course of history.
The Missionary Herald: For the year 1842
Author: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
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Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 524
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Publisher:
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Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 524
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Adventures In Recreational Mathematics (In 2 Volumes)
Author: David Singmaster
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9811251622
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
David Singmaster believes in the presentation and teaching of mathematics as recreation. When the Rubik's Cube took off in 1978, based on thinly disguised mathematics, he became seriously interested in mathematical puzzles which would provide mental stimulation for students and professional mathematicians. He has not only published the standard mathematical solution for the Rubik's cube still in use today, but he has also become the de facto scribe and noted chronicler of the recreational mathematics puzzles themselves.Dr Singmaster is also an ongoing lecturer of recreational mathematics around the globe, a noted mechanical puzzle collector, owner of thousands of books related to recreational mathematical puzzles and the 'go to' source for the history of individual mathematical puzzles.This set of two books provides readers with an adventure into previously unknown origins of ancient puzzles, which could be traced back to their Medieval, Chinese, Arabic and Indian sources. The puzzles are fully described, many with illustrations, adding interest to their history and relevance to contemporary mathematical concepts. These are musings of a respected historian of recreational mathematics.
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9811251622
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
David Singmaster believes in the presentation and teaching of mathematics as recreation. When the Rubik's Cube took off in 1978, based on thinly disguised mathematics, he became seriously interested in mathematical puzzles which would provide mental stimulation for students and professional mathematicians. He has not only published the standard mathematical solution for the Rubik's cube still in use today, but he has also become the de facto scribe and noted chronicler of the recreational mathematics puzzles themselves.Dr Singmaster is also an ongoing lecturer of recreational mathematics around the globe, a noted mechanical puzzle collector, owner of thousands of books related to recreational mathematical puzzles and the 'go to' source for the history of individual mathematical puzzles.This set of two books provides readers with an adventure into previously unknown origins of ancient puzzles, which could be traced back to their Medieval, Chinese, Arabic and Indian sources. The puzzles are fully described, many with illustrations, adding interest to their history and relevance to contemporary mathematical concepts. These are musings of a respected historian of recreational mathematics.
A Bibliography of the World's Municipal Literature
Author: Robert Clarkson Brooks
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 378
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Publisher:
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 378
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Annual Southwest Park and Recreation Training Institute Proceedings
Author: Southwest Park and Recreation Training Institute
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Category : Outdoor recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 964
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Category : Outdoor recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 964
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A Bibliography of Municipal Problems and City Conditions
Author: Robert Clarkson Brooks
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 378
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Publisher:
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 378
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Municipal Affairs
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Category : Municipal government
Languages : en
Pages : 970
Book Description
Devoted to the consideration of city problems from the steadpoint of the taxpayer and citizen.
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Category : Municipal government
Languages : en
Pages : 970
Book Description
Devoted to the consideration of city problems from the steadpoint of the taxpayer and citizen.
The Elements of Commerce ...
Author: Christopher Dubost
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 576
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 576
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