Re: E-books that might be of interest to others
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 11:44 am
To move away from embalming, Sir William Snow-Harris' 1867 Treatise on Frictional Electricity is a magnificent mid-19th-century look at the state and technology of static electricity. I love it.
In my job at the Bakken Library and Museum, I did a lot of repair of 18th and 19th century frictional generators. This was the most useful book in the whole museum and library for that job. (The museum wasn't nearly as kid-oriented when I was there.)
I even made one while I was there: a presentation piece for Earl Bakken. (Actually, I made two. I almost always make two if there's not a great amount of extra work involved. Earl got the one kitted out with all the accessories, while I put the spare generator into the museum collections.) It was a 60% scale replica of a 19th-century generator by Alvergniat Freres of Paris
And the bastards didn't even include my generator in their online catalog! I'm pretty sure I accessioned it and entered it into the database. I ought to go down there and raise Hell.
In my job at the Bakken Library and Museum, I did a lot of repair of 18th and 19th century frictional generators. This was the most useful book in the whole museum and library for that job. (The museum wasn't nearly as kid-oriented when I was there.)
I even made one while I was there: a presentation piece for Earl Bakken. (Actually, I made two. I almost always make two if there's not a great amount of extra work involved. Earl got the one kitted out with all the accessories, while I put the spare generator into the museum collections.) It was a 60% scale replica of a 19th-century generator by Alvergniat Freres of Paris
And the bastards didn't even include my generator in their online catalog! I'm pretty sure I accessioned it and entered it into the database. I ought to go down there and raise Hell.