Book: ANTIQUE LIGHTING & LAMPS, FIRE MAKING TOOLS - 1890 WALTER HOUGH STUDY
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“Fire-Making Apparatus in the United States National Museum” By Walter Hough. Published in Washington by the Government Printing Office in 1890. description continues below the picture- - - - DISCUSSION: A study of ethnographic and early ethnographic fire-making tools in the Smithsonian. The report is divided into four sections- Fire-making by reciprocating motion (Indians of the two Americas, Ainos, Somalia, Australia, Eskimo, Kaffirs, Veddahs), Fire-making by sawing (Mayas, burmese, etc.), Fire-making by plowing (Polynesians, Australians, Papuans), and Fire-making by percussion (Eskimo, northern Indians, and general flint-and-steel implements). An offprint from the Report of the Museum for 1887-88. DESCRIPTION: Softcover. 6"x9.5", 54 pages, line illustrations. CONDITION NOTES: The pamphlet has some wear and chipping -please see the photos, above and below. - - - - - - OVERSEAS BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: Our International shipping charges are based on the weight, when boxed for shipping, of each book -please check the postage chart for the cost of shipping to your country. We offer “combined shipping charges” for orders for more than one book –this often means the shipping cost for the books is less than it would have been if they had been purchased and shipped one at a time, so please ask us for a shipping quote if you are
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