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This short work was written primarily for the landowners, the farmers, the mechanics, the miners, and the laborers. It attempted to help them discover for themselves minerals and ores and thus develop the resources and establish the value of any particular farm or region. It is one of the most valuable works on mining engineering, metallurgy, and Mineralogy. Contents include: Introduction Directions for Determining Specimens by the Key Descriptive List of Useful Minerals Prospecting for Diamonds, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead and Iron Assay of Ores Mineral Springs Artificial Jewelry-How Made and...

Excerpt from The Andes and the Amazon: Or Across the Continent of South America
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Many of the type specimens are deposited in the mu scums of the Smithsonian Institution, the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Science, the Boston Society of Nat ural History, the Peabody Academy of Science, and Vas sar College; but the bulk of the collection was purchased by Ingham University, Leroy, New York.
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Excerpt from Underground Treasures: How and Where to Find Them; A Key for the Ready Determination of All the Useful Minerals Within the United States
The object of this work is to point out those distinctions so clearly and in popular language that those who do not claim to be scientific may determine specimens for themselves; in other words, to furnish a key for the ready detemuz'izatz'o/z of all t/ze useful 77: z'uerals wz'tk in Me U 72 z'tea' States.
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This study explains the performance of Human Terrain Teams, why the large majority of commanders found them useful, and why collectively they did not ameliorate-much less reverse-growing cross-cultural tensions between U.S. forces and Afghans. It examines the tremendous challenges the Human Terrain Team program faced in starting and rapidly expanding a non-traditional military capability, and why some challenges were met successfully while others were not. First, a historical analysis explains how external forces and management decisions affected team performance. An organizational analysis...