Friday, 19 October 2012
The Laws of Scientific Hand Reading
"A practical treatise on the art commonly called palmistry"
by William G. Benham
Published by Putnam, London
1958
Labels:
1950s,
1958,
dubious claims,
fingers,
hands,
palm reading,
palmistry,
palms,
pseudo-science,
william g benham
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
Hydrostatics and Mechanics
by A.E.E. McKenzie, M.A.
Trinity College, Cambridge
Cambridge
At The University Press
1960
'"..the moderns... have endeavoured to subject
the phoenomena of nature to the laws of
mathematics"
Sir Isaac Newton'
[Apologies for the iffy quality of some of the pics; they're photographs rather than scans - done a while ago when I just couldn't be bothered with scanning]
Friday, 12 October 2012
Practical Speech Culture
For Business and Professional People
by Alfred C. Cox,
Manager, Ealing Branch of CLARK'S COLLEGE
Published by Ralph, Holland & Co.
Labels:
alfred c cox,
business 1920s,
posture,
self help,
speech
Wednesday, 10 October 2012
Transactions of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 1927
Volume 35. Annual report, published by the "Principle Office of the Society, Engineering Societies Building, 29 West 39th Street, New York, N.Y., U.S.A."
Labels:
1920s,
1927,
architects,
industrial,
marine engineers,
naval,
navy,
society,
transactions
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