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An examination of the influence of Chinese design on the modern interior, this study includes an overview of the history, philosophy and symbolism of Chinese culture. It explores the work of modern designers and features practical design advice.
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"Not far from Berkeley, some modern-day pioneers have tried to beat the system by setting up their own model community. But there's plenty of trouble in paradise, much of it from the surrounding Establishment and some from within the ranks"--Article tagline.
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The text of this notebook contains notes regarding Newton's philosophies. The chapters are: Upon Attraction; Of the Prime Mover; Of the orbits of the Planets; Of Comets & their orbits; and A Review of & further discussions upon this System. The author may well be William Whiston, Newton's friend and successor. Included with the manuscript is a letter by B. F. Atkinson, of University Library, Cambridge, to the Curator at the Babson Institute stating that the manuscript is not in the hand of Henry Pemberton (1950, June 1). In modern binding.
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A "classic work on the meninges and ventricles by the associates Retzius and Key, who were members of the Caroline Institute. They began their researchers on the membranes and cavities of the nervous system in 1869 ... 'They affirmed though injection experiments and dissection the existence of the foramina of Magendie (discovered in 1825) and Luschka (1859), and present the view that the cerebrospinal fluid escapes from the subarachnoid space through the Pacchionian bodies into the subdural space, then in the venous sinuses, and that some of it reached the cervical lymphatics'." -- Zeitlin & Ver Brugge Booksellers (with quotes form Dr. W. Haymaker's Founders of Neurology).
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Aprox. 15 items: letters, work orders and legal agreements between TM Co. / Southwest Co. and Standard Conveyor Company related to purchase and installation of a pneumatic tube system at the Times building.
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Hand coloring shows various street materials used in paving 105.99 miles of city streets. Later MS additions show horse car lines and railroads existing up to January 1895. Additions by L. P. "Designed 1887 by: Fred Eaton, City Surveyor, Revised and Endorsed by: Rudolph Hering Consulting Engineer." ; MS note: 384443. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Scale 1" to 1200 ft.. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Explanatory remarks by Fred Eaton, suggesting a cost of $1,000,000 to construct the proposed system. Report of consulting engineer Rudolph Hering dated September 6, 1887 supporting Eaton's work, and suggesting spreading fields as a suitable method. .
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