"A very good trowel may also be made from a discarded blade of a mowing-machine, and it answers the…
"It is often essential that the land be compacted after it has been spaded or hoed, and some kind of…
"This is an instrument shaped something like a small clock, and the barometric pressure is read by means…
"The wood used for engraving is boxwood, nearly all of which is imported from Turkey." —The Popular…
"Formerly, all nails were hand made, by forging on an anvil; and vast quantities are still made in this…
A scene from the nursery rhyme, The Nonsense of Edward Lear. There was an old person of Anerley,…
"Serapis or Hermes is sometimes represented as identical with Osiris, and sometimes as a distinct divinity,…
"Thor, the thunderer, Odin's eldest son, is the strongest of gods and men, and possesses three very…
"Plait the ribbon a distance from the end to allow for a streamer or bow end. Hold the plaits with the…
"For the uneven bow, measure a long loop, plait, and hold with right hand. Opposite this, measure, plait,…
Celebrated general of Athens, born in the latter part of the 6th century B.C. His skill and bravery…
A general of the French Revoltion, and the ruler of France as First Consul of the French Republic from…
"Derived from the Sanscrit word Svasti, which means good pretence. It dates bck three or four thousand…
"Derived from the Sanscrit word Svasti, which means good pretence. It dates bck three or four thousand…
"Derived from the Sanscrit word Svasti, which means good pretence. It dates bck three or four thousand…
There is an English type of extension ladder which has a windlass in the bottom section to raise the…
These hooks are of hand forged steel and are tested to stand a tensile strain of 1800 pounds. The rings…
Not so commonly used now as in years gone by. Yet, in a well equipped shop the paint mill finds many…
Known as Peter the Great, he was at first a joint ruler with his weak and sickly half-brother, Ivan…
In Greek mythology, the only son of Poseidon, who is described as one of the minor sea gods. He was…
A stringed instrument used in Carnatic music. The vina is played by sitting cross-legged and holding…