This compact cylindrical handheld stepped drum calculating machine has gray metal sides and a black top and operating handle. Eleven slots along the side of the cylinder have plastic red and black ...

This miniature copperplate press with blankets and blanket-lifting pulleys is made of brass and mounted on a wooden base. It dates from the early 20th century. The press has a height of 9.5 inches and ...

William Hey (1736–1819), a surgeon in Leeds, presented this type of saw in his Practical Observations in Surgery (London, 1803), noting that he had used one for cranial operations for twenty years and ...

Page through William Steinway's diary using the buttons below. Click to view annotations (highlighted in red). Jump to a specific date or search for keywords using the tools to the right. Use the ...

Page through William Steinway's diary using the buttons below. Click to view annotations (highlighted in red). Jump to a specific date or search for keywords using the tools to the right. Use the ...

The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: Aids in relieving distress and discomforts of colds by its fourfold action -- as an analgesic, as an antipyretic, as an ...

Since the 1960s Americans have continued to press for equal educational opportunity. But the meaning of equal opportunity remains controversial. Americans have put their hopes in different and ...

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The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: A perfected Douche Powder especially prepared for irrigation of the vaginal tract. Its cleansing action is soothing to the ...

In 1877, Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, the first machine that could record sound and play it back. On the first audio recording Edison recited, “Mary had a little lamb. Its fleece was white ...

“I meekly followed [the nurse] through the long ward, unable to return the gaze of the occupants of the twenty-six beds, … and with a sinking heart watched her raise the head of a poor fellow in the ...

Latino history is American history. Latinos trace their origins to Latin America and other Spanish colonies, both in the Caribbean and in the contemporary United States. These groups include, but are ...