The Story of a Grain of Wheat (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

William Crowell Edgar

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330425529 ISBN 13 : 9781330425527

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. This text has been digitally restored from a historical edition. Some errors may persist, however we consider it worth publishing due to the work's historical value.The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Old Mill at Winchester, England .F rontispiece A Field of Wheat 15 The Enemies of Wheat 20, 22 Model of Wheat Blossom 25 Model of Wheat Kernel 28 Wheat Market, A ssouan, Egypt 35 AB udapesth Elevator 45 Hunger-B read ..... 62 Russian Peasant Ploughing ...... 65 Loading Wheat, Argentina 74 Interior of an Argentina Mill 82 Thrashing Wheat, America .. .. ..85 An American Primary Wheat Market .... 89 American Country Elevator ...... 93 An Oregon Elevator. Wheat handled in Sacks .. loi Fire-proof Tile Grain Tanks, America .... 109 An American Elevator Town 115 AS teel Tank Elevator, America 119 Terminal Elevators, America 125 Feudal Mill, Hagatz, France. Erected 1316 .. .132 An Assay of Bread 135 Quern. I sle of Man 138 Ancient Swedish Mill ....... 140 Pompeian Mills 143 Dutch Wind-mill 144 Welsh Wind-mill .145 The Milling District of Minneapolis .... 147 Mill-stones grinding 150 An American Operative Miller .. .. .152 The La Croix Purifier .. .. .. .157 Governor C. C. Washburn 162 Mr. C. A. Pillsbury .162 Mr. George H. Christian 163 Mr. William II. Dunwoody 163 Modern Roller Mill 165 Interior of a Modern Mill ...... 167 Small American Mill 169 An American Country Mill 171 Harvesting Wheat, India
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330425529
• ISBN 13: 9781330425527
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 197
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