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1000 Things Worth Knowing

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Part almanac, part encyclopedia, part dictionary, Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr. gives us his idea of important, but sometimes obscure, facts that he thinks should be in our bank of general knowledge. He includes a large section on medical emergency and health. Items are arranged in alphabetical order, so there is no logical presentation, but reference is made easy. Or, it is just interesting browsing, and a glimpse into the world of the early twentieth century. - Summary by Larry Wilson (8 hr 27 min)

Chapters

Preface

1:22

Read by Larry Wilson

Acetylene Gas - Artificial Ice

5:35

Read by Logan Lorenz

Atlantic Cable

6:52

Read by Pamela Nagami

Atmosphere - Birth Stones

5:51

Read by Zozue

Blind - Brook Farm

5:38

Read by Zozue

Calculating Interest

11:03

Read by Zozue

Canals - Celluloid

6:48

Read by Zozue

Certified Checks - Climate and Temperature

4:47

Read by Zozue

Coal Industry - Comets

4:58

Read by Zozue

Common Measurements - Communism and Socialism

5:09

Read by BettyB

Comparative Population of the United States - Corsets

12:31

Read by Greg Giordano

Cosmetics - Crust of the Earth

5:19

Read by BettyB

Daguerreotypes - Digestibility of Foods

4:39

Read by BettyB

Distances Between Cities in the United States

28:46

Read by BettyB

Diving Bells - Dynamite

5:35

Read by BettyB

Earth Facts - Earthquakes

5:36

Read by BettyB

Earthquake Areas of the Earth - Embezzlement

5:47

Read by Adele Pooley

Errors of History - Esperanto

5:00

Read by BettyB

Failures - Farm Production

11:33

Read by Pam Jameson

First Trans-Atlantic Steamship - Foretelling the Weather

5:21

Read by Amelia Chesley

Freemasonry - Grain Industry

4:58

Read by BettyB

Gravity - Great Tunnels

4:47

Read by BettyB

Hair Growers - Health

4:03

Read by GrimsonB

Historical Facts

14:03

Read by BettyB

Holy Grail - Insane

6:26

Read by BettyB

Iron Industry - Languages of the World

3:26

Read by BettyB

Large Cities of North America Akron, O. - Muskogee, Okla.

11:26

Read by BettyB

Large Cities of North America Nashua, N. H. - Winnipeg, Man.

10:34

Read by BettyB

Law - Liquor and Wine Industry

8:22

Read by BettyB

Literature - Moon

5:59

Read by BettyB

Mortality - Naturalization

5:20

Read by Adele Pooley

Newspapers - Ocean Ownership

4:50

Read by BettyB

Old Time Ships - Partnership

5:41

Read by Adele Pooley

Patent Medicines

7:45

Read by Eva Staes

Perpetual Motion - Pole Star

3:29

Read by Adele Pooley

Population and Land Area of the United States - Population Per Square Mile

22:55

Read by Greg Giordano

Porto Rico - Principal Countries of the World

10:25

Read by BettyB

Printing Presses - Pure Food

7:33

Read by WilkieMills

Pyramids - Roads

6:19

Read by Pam Jameson

Round Table - Seven Deadly Sins

4:38

Read by Marta A

Seven Liberal Arts - Ship Bells

5:55

Read by Marta A

Slavery - Solar System

6:10

Read by Marta A

Some Things Worth Knowing - Spectacles and Glasses

3:32

Read by BettyB

Sporting, Speed, and Other Records - Airship Records - Endurance Records

6:44

Read by Foon

Sporting, Speed, and Other Records - Hammer Throwing - Shot Putting Professional

7:15

Read by Foon

Sporting, Speed, and Other Records - Skating Amateur - Walking Records Professi…

9:07

Read by Foon

Standard Time - Stars, Their Number

4:52

Read by Amelia Chesley

Star Spangled Banner - Statistics of Population United States, by States

12:19

Read by BettyB

Stature and Weights

11:01

Read by Greg Giordano

Steam Engine - Sugar Industry

4:30

Read by Foon

Sunday Schools - Telegraph

5:15

Read by Foon

Telephone - Thunder

5:07

Read by Foon

Ticket-of-Leave - Tom Thumb

4:45

Read by Foon

To Produce Different Colors - Turbines

5:12

Read by Foon

Type - United States Flag

4:15

Read by Foon

United States History in Brief

9:28

Read by BettyB

University Extension - Watered Stock

4:32

Read by Marta A

Wealth of Nations - Wedding Anniversaries

3:24

Read by BettyB

Weights and Measures

10:14

Read by Foon

What to Do in Emergencies

4:36

Read by Eva Staes

Accidents - Baths

3:54

Read by Foon

Bleeding - Chilblains

4:57

Read by Foon

Cleanliness - Diphtheria

4:48

Read by Foon

Disinfectants - Dog Bites

3:22

Read by Marta A

Drowning

3:58

Read by Marta A

Drowning Another Method - Emergencies with Children

3:54

Read by Marta A

Emergency Medicines - Glycerin

3:30

Read by Eva Staes

Emergency Medicines - Peppermint - Emetics and Stimulants

3:14

Read by Eva Staes

Exercise - Fainting

4:22

Read by Foon

Feeding an Invalid - Fumigating a Sick-Room

4:17

Read by Foon

Getting Things into the Eye, Nose, Ear, etc. - Hiccoughs

3:58

Read by Marta A

How to Avoid Accidents - Neuralgia

4:55

Read by Marta A

Poison - For Poisonous Mushrooms

5:05

Read by Amelia Chesley

Pulse - Scalds and Burns

4:17

Read by Marta A

Shock or Collapse -Sore Throat

3:44

Read by RussellEric

Sprains - Sunstroke

3:37

Read by RussellEric

Temperature of the Body - Vomiting

3:54

Read by RussellEric

Wills - Woman's Suffrage

3:38

Read by RussellEric

Women Voters - Yankee Doodle

4:32

Read by Larry Wilson

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should be called who the hell cares oh my God waste of time