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Topic	What are some interesting physical books you own?
captpackrat 01/23/20 1:20:28 PM #5:	Sahuagin posted... I own a 1908 copy of The New American Encyclopedia of Social and Commercial Information. It's signed by J. Otto McKenzie of Winnipeg Manitoba, 1909. it teaches you just about everything you can think of, from an early 20th century point of view at least. it has chapters on learning: writing, european languages, the metric system, US history, geology, painting, music, various musical instruments, making sculptures, brass work, wood carvings, automobiles, various forms of self-defence, first aid, horses, cattle, gymnastics, and on and on. I always find this kind of book most fascinating. That's one of the reasons I have all those old copies of Joy of Cooking, to be able to trace the changes that have occurred over the years and get a nearly century-old perspective on things we take for granted. --- Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, Minutus carborata descendum pantorum. <cite>captpackrat posted [p:933375242] in What are s... [t:78351976]...</cite> <quote>Sahuagin posted... </cite> <quote>I own a 1908 copy of The New American Encyclopedia of Social and Commercial Information. It's signed by J. Otto McKenzie of Winnipeg Manitoba, 1909. it teaches you just about everything you can think of, from an early 20th century point of view at least. it has chapters on learning: writing, european languages, the metric system, US history, geology, painting, music, various musical instruments, making sculptures, brass work, wood carvings, automobiles, various forms of self-defence, first aid, horses, cattle, gymnastics, and on and on.</quote> I always find this kind of book most fascinating. That's one of the reasons I have all those old copies of Joy of Cooking, to be able to trace the changes that have occurred over the years and get a nearly century-old perspective on things we take for granted. --- Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, Minutus carborata descendum pantorum.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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