Hawkins Electrical Guide – The Mysterious Missing Volume 2!

Posted in College Prep, High School, Public Domain on March 4, 2013

I have completed the quest! Lately the Hawkins Electrical Guide post has been getting a lot of traffic, and so it reminded me that I needed to seek out the missing second volume from the series. Lo and behold I found it! This volumes explains armatures and motors. For your convenience, here are the links Read More »

Aircraft And Submarines {World War I}

Posted in High School, Middle School, Public Domain, Upper Elementary, Western Civilization on February 27, 2013

Comparatively few people appreciate how the thought of navigating the air’s dizziest heights and the sea’s gloomiest depths has obsessed the minds of inventors. From the earliest days of history men have grappled with the problem, yet it is only within two hundred years for aircraft and one hundred for submarines that any really intelligent Read More »

Ancient And Modern Ships

Posted in College Prep, High School, History, Middle School, Public Domain, Technology, Upper Elementary on February 27, 2013

It is not difficult to imagine how mankind first conceived the idea of making use of floating structures to enable him to traverse stretches of water. The trunk of a tree floating down a river may have given him his first notions. He would not be long in discovering that the tree could support more Read More »

Tennyson: Days With The Poets

Posted in Literature, Lower Elementary, Public Domain, Reading, Upper Elementary on February 23, 2013

In the course of the day the poet would devote considerable time and energy to his favourite exercise of garden work. To plant trees and shrubs, to roll the lawn, to dig the kitchen garden, and lovingly to tend the simple flowers which he had set, was his constant delight as long as his strength Read More »

Sketches Of Japanese Manners And Customs

Posted in College Prep, Culture, Eastern Civilization, High School, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on February 23, 2013

If you are studying Asia or have a child who loves all things Japan, this book is perfect for you! Full-color plates depict different events and daily life in Japan during the late 1800′s.This is truly a living history book that will delight readers of all ages. Each chapter includes text describing the customs, as Read More »