In this original examination of alcohol production in early America, Sarah Hand Meacham uncovers the crucial role women played in cidering and distilling in the colonial Chesapeake. Her fascinating story is one defined by gender, class, technology, and changing patterns of production. Alcohol was essential to colonial life; the region’s water was foul, milk was generally unavailable, and tea and coffee were far too expensive for all but the very wealthy. Colonists used alcohol to drink, in cooking, as a cleaning agent, in beauty products, and as medicine. Meacham finds that the distillation and brewing of alcohol for these purposes traditionally fell to women. Advice and recipes in such guidebooks as The Accomplisht Ladys Delight demonstrate that women were the main producers of alcohol until the middle of the 18th century. Men, mostly small planters, then supplanted women, using new and cheaper technologies to make the region’s cider, ale, and whiskey. Meacham compares alcohol production in the Chesapeake with that in New England, the middle colonies, and Europe, finding the Chesapeake to be far more isolated than even the other American colonies. She explains how home brewers used new technologies, such as small alembic stills and inexpensive cider pressing machines, in their alcoholic enterprises. She links the importation of coffee and tea in America to the temperance movement, showing how the wealthy became concerned with alcohol consumption only after they found something less inebriating to drink. Taking a few pages from contemporary guidebooks, Every Home a Distillery includes samples of historic recipes and instructions on how to make alcoholic beverages. American historians will find this study both enlightening and surprising. (2010)
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This book is ideal for school project work or for those who want an "at-a-glance" overview of The Great Fire of London. This work is complete with descriptions of how and where the fire started, how the people of London coped, and how it was eventually overcome. The timeline, glossary, and clearly-headed spreads make it easy to refer to essential dates, facts, and personalities. Maps, contemporary paintings, and pictures of artifacts all help bring the topic to life.
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Focusing on practical solutions to on-the-job problems, this book offers mechanical and industrial engineers and technicians information on numerous accessory devices that can be used to greatly enhance the performance of machining operations. Included is a comprehensive listing of the accessories, together with explanations of what these devices are, how to program the machine tool with them and how they can be implemented. Written for both the experienced and the entry-level CNC user, this unique book features detailed guidance on program preparation devices such as CNC editors and CAM systems, probing and rotary devices, tool management systems, tool length measuring devices and automation systems. There are also design and application instructions, as well as discussions of safety considerations related to accessory devices.
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Features advice on all aspects of growing herbs--from buying and planting them to caring for and harvesting them--and includes a section on designing an herb garden and information on drying herbs and creating potpourri.
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A Unique Book on Outdoor Education for Young Children . Nature for the Very Young Nature For the Very Young At school or at home, this lively handbook of inventive and entertaining activities will delight, and educate, children from preschool age to second grade. Nature for the Very Young offers a unique combination of preschool readiness material and learning activities that use nature explorations as a springboard for learning and growing. The lessons are built around background information for the adults and proven learning activities for the children. The teaching aids are presented full scale to facilitate teacher use. Throughout Nature for the Very Young, the material is designed to focus on the basic concepts appropriate to a young child's level of development and ability. These concepts include color recognition, sequencing, body awareness, reading readiness, and other important skills. You will also find invaluable guidance on leading a group of young children on field trips and on keeping the group focused on exploring nature. Whether you are a parent, teacher, day care instructor, camp counselor, or librarian, and no matter what region of the country you live in, Nature for the Very Young offers hours of learning fun, outdoors and indoors.
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An updated edition of this compilation of data on metal and resin matrix composites which now includes complete information on all new composite forms, fibres and resins introduced since the publication of the first edition.
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AutoCAD and Its Applications Advanced 2010 builds upon the fundamental skills and techniques taught in AutoCAD and Its Applications Basics 2010. The Advanced text provides thorough instruction in 3D modeling, visualization, and AutoCAD customization. It also introduces students to programming AutoCAD. The teaching package includes more than 100 step-by-step exercises that provide hands-on reinforcement of topics covered in the text. The exercises are identified by specific references in the text and are delivered in the form of a Student Companion Web site. The electronic exercises permit the student to refer to the steps on-screen while working in AutoCAD.
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Packed with never-before-seen materials, this reference is a complete guide to the Apollo 17 mission and includes press releases from the launch as well as NASA mission reports. Easily accessible NASA resources pair with mission details and accomplishments—from biographical information on each of the three crew members to the use of and great distances covered by the lunar rover—to create the most authoritative study of the Apollo 17 mission available. A companion DVD, featuring an exclusive interview with astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to set foot on the moon, is also included.Includes DVD-ROM (Gene Cernan interview, home movies of training, and over 3600 photos of the mission).
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This standardization handbook has been developed and is being maintained as a joint effort of the Department of Defense and the Federal Aviation Administration. It provides guidelines and material properties for polymer (organic) and metal matrix composite materials. This handbook aims to provide a standard source of statistically-based mechanical property data, procedures, and overall materials guidelines for characterization of composite material systems. This volume provides methodologies and lessons learned for the design, manufacture, and analysis of composite structures and for utilization of the material data provided in Volume II consistent with the guidance provided in Volume I. It covers processes and effects of variability; quality control of production materials; design and analysis; structural behavior of joints and reliability; thick section composites; and supportability.
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