This book contains a concise yet comprehensive field guide to the ducks, geese and swans of North America. Complete with a plethora of detailed illustrations and diagrams, this handbook is perfect for the wildfowl enthusiast, and is well deserving of a place in any collection of sporting literature. This text was intended to readily provide answers and settle the arguments that take place around the camp stove after a day's shoot, and as such is not as scientific or difficult to digest as similar literature making it perfect for beginners. The chapters of this book include: 'Family Tree of Ducks, Geese and Swans'; 'The Family, Anatidae'; 'Duck Topography'; 'Scientific Nomenclature'; 'Moults and Plumages'; 'Identification of a Specimen in Hand'; 'Sex and Age Determination'; 'Mating and Nesting Habits'; 'Feeding Habits'; 'Hybridism'; 'Botulism'; et cetera. We are proud to republish this antique book now complete with a new introduction to shooting wildfowl.
This unique reference book describes quantitatively the measured and predicted values of all the physical properties of mammalian tissue. Reported measurements are thoroughly documented and are complemented by a range of empirical mathematical models which describe the observed physical behavior of tissue.**Intended as a broad-ranging reference, this volume gives the bioengineer, physicist, radiologist, or physiologist access to a literature which may not be known in detail. It will also be of value for those concerned with the study of a range of environmental radiation hazards. Most extensive compilation of values of physical properties of tissue**Presents data for thermal, optical, ultrasonic, mechanical, x-ray, electrical, and magnetic resonance properties**Comprehensive bibliography
This text contains a detailed scientific treatise on the ducks, geese, and swans native to North America and Europe, including comprehensive guides to their correct identification and information on their natural history. This text will greatly appeal to those with an interest in the wildfowl of the world, and constitutes a worthy addition to any collection of ornithological literature. Detailed yet concise, this text is perfect for the amateur, yet will also be of value to the seasoned ornithologist as a reference book. Many antique texts such as this are increasingly costly and hard to come by, and consequently we have elected to republish this book because of its significant educational value. It is hoped that in doing so we are making it accessible to those with an interest in the subject. We are proud to republish this text now complete with a new introduction on ornithology.
A terrific pounding on his farmhouse door shakes an old man, widowed and alone, from a fitful slumber. From out of the swirling snowflakes of the worst storm in decades comes a menace that the aged farmer is ill prepared to deal with. "The Sea Shell Frame." Lyle Wingate III sets off in his 1974, MGB for a cross- country trip to California. Passing through the white-hot heat of a drought filled Kansas summer the old car gives out stranding the young traveler in a treeless expanse that offers little hope of rescue. In a desolate old house, Wingate encounters a being not of this world whose designs on his body go beyond anything his mind can imagine. "All the Pleasures of Kansas." Asa Breen hacks out a farmstead on the trackless Northern Illinois prairie only to be caught up in an Indian invasion led by Chief Black Hawk in the spring of 1832. A chance meeting with a Potawatomi maiden saves his life and commences a post war saga in "Stillman's Run." Boys struggle to reach manhood and deal with the pitfalls of decision-making and romance in the stories entitled, "A Catfish is a Plain Damned Wonderment, The Rookie, and The Senior." Ed LeCrone produces a collection of eleven short stories that are filled with twists, intrigue and unexpected endings in his second book; "Beyond the Point." LeCrone's writing style harkens to earlier American authors namely: William Faulkner, Edgar Allen Poe, Mickey Spillane, and the lesser-known Ambrose Bierce. LeCrone attacks the pages of each story with memorable characters and full, meaty descriptions of the environment in which they exist.
This book explores the lives and achievements of two Irish sisters, Edith and Florence Stoney, who pioneered the use of new electromedical technologies, especially X-rays but also ultraviolet radiation and diathermy. In addition, the narrative follows several intertwined themes as experienced by the sisters during their lifetimes. Their upbringing, influenced by their liberal-minded scientist father, set the tone for both their lives. Irish independence fractured their family heritage. Their professional experiences, fulfilling for Florence as a qualified doctor but often frustrating for Edith as a Cambridge-educated scientist, mirrored those of other aspiring women during this period, when the suffragist movement expanded and women’s lobby groups were formed. World War I created an environment in which their unusual specialist knowledge was widely needed, and the sisters’ war experiences are carefully examined in the book. But ultimately this is the extraordinary story of two independent but closely bonded sisters and their abiding love and support for one another.
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