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ISBN: 9781574320251
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
The biggest, most comprehensive antiques guide available--with over 50,000 listings and values of 600 of the hottest collectible categories--expands its range in the all-new 16th edition to include several collectibles which have become hot over the past several months. The one to buy for factual information and quality, "Schroeder's Antiques Price Guide" better than ever! Illustrations.
Schroeder's Antiques Price Guide
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781574320251
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
The biggest, most comprehensive antiques guide available--with over 50,000 listings and values of 600 of the hottest collectible categories--expands its range in the all-new 16th edition to include several collectibles which have become hot over the past several months. The one to buy for factual information and quality, "Schroeder's Antiques Price Guide" better than ever! Illustrations.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781574320251
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
The biggest, most comprehensive antiques guide available--with over 50,000 listings and values of 600 of the hottest collectible categories--expands its range in the all-new 16th edition to include several collectibles which have become hot over the past several months. The one to buy for factual information and quality, "Schroeder's Antiques Price Guide" better than ever! Illustrations.
August Flower and German Syrup
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Category : Almanacs, American
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Category : Almanacs, American
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
When Computers Were Human
Author: David Alan Grier
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400849365
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 423
Book Description
Before Palm Pilots and iPods, PCs and laptops, the term "computer" referred to the people who did scientific calculations by hand. These workers were neither calculating geniuses nor idiot savants but knowledgeable people who, in other circumstances, might have become scientists in their own right. When Computers Were Human represents the first in-depth account of this little-known, 200-year epoch in the history of science and technology. Beginning with the story of his own grandmother, who was trained as a human computer, David Alan Grier provides a poignant introduction to the wider world of women and men who did the hard computational labor of science. His grandmother's casual remark, "I wish I'd used my calculus," hinted at a career deferred and an education forgotten, a secret life unappreciated; like many highly educated women of her generation, she studied to become a human computer because nothing else would offer her a place in the scientific world. The book begins with the return of Halley's comet in 1758 and the effort of three French astronomers to compute its orbit. It ends four cycles later, with a UNIVAC electronic computer projecting the 1986 orbit. In between, Grier tells us about the surveyors of the French Revolution, describes the calculating machines of Charles Babbage, and guides the reader through the Great Depression to marvel at the giant computing room of the Works Progress Administration. When Computers Were Human is the sad but lyrical story of workers who gladly did the hard labor of research calculation in the hope that they might be part of the scientific community. In the end, they were rewarded by a new electronic machine that took the place and the name of those who were, once, the computers.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400849365
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 423
Book Description
Before Palm Pilots and iPods, PCs and laptops, the term "computer" referred to the people who did scientific calculations by hand. These workers were neither calculating geniuses nor idiot savants but knowledgeable people who, in other circumstances, might have become scientists in their own right. When Computers Were Human represents the first in-depth account of this little-known, 200-year epoch in the history of science and technology. Beginning with the story of his own grandmother, who was trained as a human computer, David Alan Grier provides a poignant introduction to the wider world of women and men who did the hard computational labor of science. His grandmother's casual remark, "I wish I'd used my calculus," hinted at a career deferred and an education forgotten, a secret life unappreciated; like many highly educated women of her generation, she studied to become a human computer because nothing else would offer her a place in the scientific world. The book begins with the return of Halley's comet in 1758 and the effort of three French astronomers to compute its orbit. It ends four cycles later, with a UNIVAC electronic computer projecting the 1986 orbit. In between, Grier tells us about the surveyors of the French Revolution, describes the calculating machines of Charles Babbage, and guides the reader through the Great Depression to marvel at the giant computing room of the Works Progress Administration. When Computers Were Human is the sad but lyrical story of workers who gladly did the hard labor of research calculation in the hope that they might be part of the scientific community. In the end, they were rewarded by a new electronic machine that took the place and the name of those who were, once, the computers.
A History of the Rectangular Survey System
Author: C. Albert White
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 794
Book Description
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 794
Book Description
Seven Financial Conspiracies which Have Enslaved the American People
Author: Sarah E. Van De Vort Emery
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Category : Finance
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
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Category : Finance
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Texas Almanac, 2000-2001 (Millennium Edition)
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Category : Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Category : Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Weather, Local Knowledge and Everyday Life
Author: Vladimir Janković
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Category : Climate and civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
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Category : Climate and civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
A School History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1890
Author: Edward Austin Johnson
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 414
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Climate and History
Author: T. M. L. Wigley
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521312202
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
This highly successful book is a collection of twenty papers, specially written by research workers in the many relevant disciplines. First published in 1985, it was the first major survey of both the methodology of climatic reconstruction and the problem of climate/history interactions, and embodies the results of fruitful co-operation between historians, archaeologists and scientists. It discusses: the climatic information obtainable from the study of chemical isotopes, glaciers, pollen remains, tree rings, archaeological materials and documentary sources; the theoretical and methodological problems involved in assessing the impact of climate and climatic change on past societies; and provides a series of case studies arguing for or against the importance of climatic factors in human affairs in specific economic, social and cultural contexts.
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521312202
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
This highly successful book is a collection of twenty papers, specially written by research workers in the many relevant disciplines. First published in 1985, it was the first major survey of both the methodology of climatic reconstruction and the problem of climate/history interactions, and embodies the results of fruitful co-operation between historians, archaeologists and scientists. It discusses: the climatic information obtainable from the study of chemical isotopes, glaciers, pollen remains, tree rings, archaeological materials and documentary sources; the theoretical and methodological problems involved in assessing the impact of climate and climatic change on past societies; and provides a series of case studies arguing for or against the importance of climatic factors in human affairs in specific economic, social and cultural contexts.
Lyrics and Verses
Author: Mason Carnes
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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