An index, drawn up about the year 1629, of many records of charters : granted by the different sovereigns of Scotland between the years 1309 and 1413, most of which records have been long missing : with an introduction, giving a state, founded on authentic documents still preserved, of the ancient records of Scotland, which were in that kingdom in the year 1292 : to which is subjoined, indexes of the persons and places mentioned in those charters ...

Includes index.

Pictorial guide to the Falls of Niagara: a manual for visitors, giving an account of this stupendous natural wonder; and all the objects of curiosity in its vicinity; with every historical incident of interest: and also full directions for visiting the cataract and its neighbouring scenes ...

Mode of access: Internet.

Island of Mackinac, giving a description of all the objects of interest and places of resort in the straits of Mackinac and its vicinity, also, an account of the early settlement of the country.

Mode of access: Internet.

Tunneling, explosive compounds, and rock drills. Giving the details of practical tunnel work; the constituents and properties of modern explosive compounds; the principles of blasting; the history of ... machine rock-drilling; and detailed descriptions of the various rock-drills and air-compressors in use ... with a history of tunneling from the reign of Rameses II. to the present time.

Plates I and II on one sheet.

State education for the people in America, Europe, India and Australia : with papers on The education of women, Technical instruction and payment by results.

Mode of access: Internet.

An elementary outline of mechanical processes, giving a brief account of the materials used in engineering construction and of the essential features in the methods of producing them, also describing shop processes and equipment for the shaping of metals into forms for engineering and general uses;

Mode of access: Internet.

Albemarle County in Virginia : giving some account of what it was by nature, of what it was made by man, and of some of the men who made it /

Mode of access: Internet.

Including capital expenses in the prospective payment system.

Item 1005-C

Travels and adventures in Mexico : in the course of journeys of upward of 2500 miles, performed on foot ; giving an account of the manners and customs of the people, and the agricultural and mineral resources of that country /

Experiences of the author in the Mexican war and after his capture near Monterey in 1847.

The capture, the prison pen, and the escape : giving a complete history of prison life in the South ... /

Mode of access: Internet.

Personal recollections of poets, philosophers and statesmen : being 1,001 anecdotes of life in New England, and of the great and eccentric characters celebrated in her history fifty years ago : also giving numerous anecdotes concerning the private life and secret history of many personages illustrious in American public life during the first half of the present century : and an account of men and things I saw in Europe /

Includes index.

A history of taxation in Ohio, giving the legislation on the subject and a commentary on the methods of providing public revenues,

Mode of access: Internet.

Equal pay act. Hearings before the Special Subcommittee on Labor of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Eighty-eighth Congress, first session, on H.R. 3861 and related bills to prohibit discrimination, on account of sex, in the payment of wages by employers engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce and to provide for the restitution of wages lost by employees by reason of any such discrimination ...

Mode of access: Internet.

An historical and geographical description of Formosa ... Giving an account of the religion, customs, manners, &c., of the inhabitants. Together with a relation of what happen'd to the author in his travels; particularly his conferences with the Jesuits, and others, in several parts of Europe. Also the history and reasons of his conversion to Christianity, with his objections against it (in defence of paganism) and their answers ...

Mode of access: Internet.

Reclamation Project Act of 1939 : hearing before the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation, United States Senate, Seventy-sixth Congress, first session, on S. 2591, a bill to provide a feasible and comprehensive plan for the variable payment of construction charges on United States reclamation projects, to protect the investment of the United States in such projects, and for other purposes.

Considers legislation to modify construction costs repayment procedure for irrigation project water-users.