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This historic book may have numerous typos or missing text. Not indexed. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1885. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... PAGE Converter for steel 70 Copper, for colouring glass 78 Cordova, hill of salt at 32 Cornwall, rainfall in 155 Corolla of apple-blossom 135 Costermonger, origin of the word 138 Cotton, 44-47; where grown, 44; ginning, opening, and scutching, 45; carding, drawing, and spin-ning 46 Cotton-gin, the 45 Cow, the, 91-93; foot, teeth, horns, and stomach of, 91; chewing cud, 92; age and uses of 93 Crab apple, the 138 Crape 54 Cream 17 Cream-cheese 18 Crevasses 159, 160 Crops cultivated by the farmer. 175 Crystals 157 Cube, a 193 Cud, chewing of, by cow 92 Cultivator, the 173 Cumulus 154 Curagoa 141 Curd soap 73 Currents. 168 Currying leather 58 Cylinder, a 194 Darnel grass, dangers of 147 Darwin, Dr, on a dog's memory, reasoning power, and sympathy, 112; and the eagle 122 Dauglish's system of baking 29 David, king of Israel, and the horse.. 90 Davy safety lamp, the 62 Dead Sea, dried salt at 31 Deerhound 11 1 Deer-skins 56 Deltas 165 Diamond, the 157 Distaff, the 40 Dodecahedron 193 Dog, the, 111-114; kinds, age, and memory of, 11 1; reasoning power and sympathy of, 112; Newfound-land dog, 112; habits of. 113 Dog-skin for gloves 56 PAGE Door-making 181 Dough, preparation of, for bread 28 Dove-tail saw 179 Dove-tailing, 180 Dowels 190 Drawing 49 Drawing cotton 46 Drilling machine 174 Dromedary, the 99, 100 Dusting of rags for paper-making.... 79 Dutch cheese 18 Dyeing wool, 42; silk 53 Eagle, the, 120-123; form and struc-ture of, 120; bill, eyes, and species of, 121; bald, the, haunts and habits, and nest and young of, 122; as an emblem 123 Eau de Cologne 141 Eggs of ostrich, the 125 Elephant, the, 101-105; description of, 101; use of trunk and food of, 102; locomotion and herding of wild elephants, 103; elephant-catching, 104; where found, and value to man 105 E...
