and were omnipresent by the end of the 19th century. (There's even a story in Andrew Lang’s Yellow Fairy Book where a lost princess takes up with a prince who’s been cursed by a witch into an iron ...

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While the first electricity-generating wind turbine traces back to the late 19th century, large-scale wind farms have become ...

Up until the late 19th century, spitting in public was considered ... use a paper napkin or a piece of newspaper, and put it in the stove." Many communities banned spitting in shops, theaters ...

In the late 19th century, the crucial question with regard ... was set up with three beds and a stove, so that a warmer temperature could be replicated. Yellow fever outbreaks were consistent ...

Dalebrook Cottages date back to the late 19th century, when brewer William Cairnes ... Totalling 678 sq ft, it has a living room with a wood-burning stove and vaulted ceiling.

This includes a dozen teapots, a cast-iron stove, a car battery ... was a result of the 19th century’s so-called Great Game, when the British and Russian Empires fought for influence in Central ...

The hair dryer, a staple in bathrooms worldwide, has come a long way since its inception. What began as a simple device for ...

For gardeners who spend their late winters and springs germinating ... adjustable soak. We feel like a 19th-century gardener when tending to our plants with this handsome brass watering wand.

the more she realized that “Seattle Tomodachi” was a composite story documenting the Japanese American experience in Seattle in the late 19th and early 20th century. “There’s a deeper ...

Late-summer wildflowers. It’s no wonder Mineral King has ... An old hand-tinted photograph of Meadows shows her hair cut short by 19th-century standards. She was holding a brush in one hand and what ...