June 15th 1844, Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber. I found an interesting pamphlet on rubber, read it, enjoyed it, then looked for more. The more I looked, the more I found about the early years of rubber: plantations, harvesting, preparing, testing, and so on. I would like toContinue reading “June 15 “A Red Rubber Ball””
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February 21 ‘leaving on a jet plane…’
Today is International Tourist Guide Day. I love to travel, even if a lot of it is by armchair. But when I do get out, my go-to guide is DK Eyewitness Travel Guidebooks. No offence to other highly qualified books, but I just am comfortable with their style of history and exploring. I always goContinue reading “February 21 ‘leaving on a jet plane…’”
January 6 “we three kings of orient are…”
January 6 is Epiphany, or also Three Kings Day. It is the twelfth day of Christmas, and celebrates the coming of the Magi; the Three Wise Men visiting Jesus. Today’s first book (of three) is “Der Kolner Dom 1258 – 1948” (the Cologne Cathedral Cathedral Celebrating 700 years). It is a German book from 1948, describing theContinue reading “January 6 “we three kings of orient are…””
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