Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls

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HOW NEWSPAPERS ARE MADE

UMBRELLAS

PAUL AND THE COMB-MAKERS

IN THE GAS-WORKS

RACING A THUNDER-STORM

AUGUST’S “’SPERIMENT.”

THE BIRDS OF WINTER

SOMETHING ABOUT LIGHT-HOUSES

“BUY A BROOM! BUY A BROOM!”

TALKING BY SIGNALS

JENNIE FINDS OUT HOW DISHES ARE MADE

ARCHERY FOR BOYS

DOLLY’S SHOES

A GLIMPSE OF SOME MONTANA BEAVERS

HOW LOGS GO TO MILL

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THE FIRST UMBRELLA.

About one hundred and thirty years ago, an Englishman named Jonas Hanway, who had been a great traveller, went out for a walk in the city of London, carrying an umbrella over his head.

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AN UMBRELLA HANDLE

au naturel.

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