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16th Aug 2022, 5:40 pm | #1 |
Octode
Join Date: Jul 2011
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Scientific American Cyclopaedia of Formulas
I picked up volume 1 of this at the car boot sale last weekend, and was looking online for V2, finding the whole thing at the Internet Archive. I hadn't known about these books, a fantastic resource on everything from lubricants and metalurgy to how to make tea.
https://archive.org/details/dli.mini...ormulas_Vol_1/ Also the Scientific American Reference Book is worth a look. https://ia802708.us.archive.org/29/i...00hopkrich.pdf Both books are there in several editions, back to pre 1900 and in various formats. |
16th Aug 2022, 9:40 pm | #2 |
Octode
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Location: Oban, Scotland, UK.
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Re: Scientific American Cyclopaedia of Formulas
Nice find. Thanks for the links.
I find documents such as these to be an enjoyable browsing evening! More! (if you have them). |
17th Aug 2022, 12:05 pm | #3 |
Octode
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Re: Scientific American Cyclopaedia of Formulas
I did find the advice on tea making instructive. This is before the age of tea bags. (It's under 'beverages').
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17th Aug 2022, 1:42 pm | #4 |
Dekatron
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Location: Brentwood, Essex, UK.
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Re: Scientific American Cyclopaedia of Formulas
Reminiscent of the tea-making technique used in the Cardiff Queen Street station buffet in the 1960's: a large strainer full of soggy tea leaves placed on the cup and through which hot water from the urn was dribbled. It always made an excellent cuppa!
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18th Aug 2022, 8:03 am | #5 |
Octode
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Re: Scientific American Cyclopaedia of Formulas
Kelly's eye, The Internet Archive is a brilliant resource for bookworms. I find it fruitful to go through key search terms, such as 'Telegraphy', 'Wireless telegraphy', 'Telephony', 'Wireless', 'Electricity', 'Electrical','Electrician', etc ad infinitum. There are a lot of vintage and antique books there, many from the late 1800's and early 20C. There is also music, podcasts, film ... it's a treasure, and well worth supporting. What I need now is a decent ereader that will handle pdf easily and the various formats, as my laptop and old Kindle are not ideal, and I'd like to get my books organised.
https://archive.org/ It has links to pages of established libraries, for example as a taster, the University of Glasgow: https://archive.org/details/universityofglasgow Enjoy! (And re my last thread here, the Wayback Machine is there, with the web archive, and I found makearadio instantly). |
20th Aug 2022, 11:25 am | #6 |
Hexode
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: Lugo, Spain
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Re: Scientific American Cyclopaedia of Formulas
Some years ago i purchased two books from a sale , dated 1938 British Admiralty , electronics and wireless training manuals, Pt1 and Pt2, all i can say is that the level of a ships radio officers technical competence must have been exceptional !.
Another old publication i have is a radio training manual / exercise book from a British Army camp , dated mid 1950s, another good read with a lot of technical information , and the candidates answers stuck in the book too no less !!. I recently watched U Tube about the British colonials and the Raj in India in the 1930s and 40s there were little books that were issued on how to carry out certain household procedures and cooking tips etc etc |