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Engineers' and Mechanics' Pocket-Book, Containing United States and Foreign Weight Measures; Tables of Areas and Circumferences of Circles, Circular Segments and Zones of a Circle; Squares and Cubes, Square and Cube Roots; Lengths of Circular and Semi-Elliptic Arcs; and Rules of Arithmetic. Mensuration of Surfaces and Solids; The Mechanical Powers; Geometry, Trigonometry, Gravity, Strength of Materials, Water Wheels, Hydraulics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, Statics, Dynamics, Gunnery, Heat, Winding Engines, Tonnage, Shot, Shells, &c. Steam and the Steam-Engine; Combustion, Water, Gunpowder, Cables and Anchors, Fuel, Air, Guns, &c, &c. Tables of the Weights of Metals, Pipes, &c. Miscellaneous Notes, Dimensions of Steamers, Mills, Motion of Bodies in Fluids, Orthography of Technical Terms, &c., &c.
11th edition book of math problems and concepts for studying engineers bound in a leather traveling case. This book was allegedly carried by a Confederate soldier (related to Ellen Ingold McDowell McIntyre) in his knapsack during the Civil War. …
Sophia G Hayden (later Bennett), Architect of the Women's Building
Black and white photo of Sophia Hayden. Hayden is posed looking to the left side, she is wearing a high collared dress with a bow at the front and has her hair pulled up. Only half of her face is visible from the angle of the photograph.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm is a satirical novella by George Orwell, written as a critique of the rise of totalitarianism and the corruption of socialist ideals. Set on an English farm, it portrays animals who rebel against their human owner to create an equal,…
The Christian Doctrine of Slavery
This is an exert from explains the religious justification,specifically the Christian Justification, used to enslave people.
Exposition of the Views of the Baptists Relative to the Colored Population
Rev. Richard Furman communicates with the Governor of South Carolina about the topic of slavery arguing the Baptist side of the notion of abolition.
Richard Furman
A digital copy of the painted portrait of the Reverend Richard Furman and influential Baptist leader from Charleston, SC. The first President of the South Carolina State Baptist Convention.
