Knowledge for the People; or, the Plain Why and Because
by John Timbs
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781154240894
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1844 Excerpt: ... GENERAL ECONOMY. Why are mammiferous animals the most useful to man? Because of the difference in their forms, their great docility and their strength. Prom no other class of animals has man been able to obtain such faithful, serviceable, and valuable assistance; no others are so indispensable to him for his immediate use and support. Whole nations are enabled to supply nearly all their most urgent necessities with a single species of mammiferous animals: --the Greenlanders, with the seal; the Laplanders, Tunguses, &c. with the reindeer; the Aleutians with the whale. The various uses of mammiferous animals to man, may be classed as follows: --for riding, draught, husbandry, carrying burdens--the horse, mule, ass, ox, buffalo, rein-deer, elephant, camel, llama, dog. For hunting and watching--the dog. For destroying mice and other vermin--the cat, hedgehog, ant-eater. For food--the flesh of oxen, the sheep, goat, swine, the deer genus, hare, rabbit, besides lard, tallow, blood, milk, butter and cheese. For covering and clothing--furs, leather, hair, Wool. For fuel and burning-- tallow, train-oil, spermaceti. For writing, bookbinding, &c.--parchment, leather. For other miscellaneous uses--bristles, hair, antlers, horns, hoofs, ivory, teeth, bone, whalebone, bladders. For glue--guts, tendons, and bones. For strings--guts (cat-gut). Blood for Prussian blue and other colours. Bones and hoofs fbr ivory black, &c. Fat and marrow for soap. Excrement for manure, fuel, sal ammoniac, &c. Lastly, for medicines--musk, castor, hartshorn, milk, and other articles.--Blumenbach. Why may several animals of this kind be also said to be directly or indirectly injurious to man? Because many carnivorous animals, particularly of the cat tribe, attack him. These, and many others, as ...
| ISBN-13 | 9781154240894 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1154240894 |
| Weight | 0.53 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.36 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 156 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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