The Dental Cosmos
Author : J. D. White
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Page : 1186 pages
File Size : 24,20 MB
Release : 1891
Category : Dentistry
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Author : J. D. White
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Page : 1186 pages
File Size : 24,20 MB
Release : 1891
Category : Dentistry
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Author : Rodney S. Hatch
Publisher : Iron Horse Pub.
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 28,44 MB
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Dentists
ISBN : 9780615376172
In the spring of 1845, Dr. Edward Maynard, prominent Washington dental surgeon and aspiring gun inventor sold the first of his many gun inventions, his patented tape primer and lock to the U.S. Government for five thousand dollars. Following this success, he set his sights on selling his revolutionary invention to the Governments of Russia, Prussia, Belgium and other European Kingdoms. In July 1845, he left his wife, Ellen with their three boys and his busy Washington D.C. dental practice to travel to these countries in hopes of realizing a fortune from the sale of his invention. He planned to return home in six months; instead his trip took fifteen months. Due to unexpected delays and a deteriorating financial state, he would resort to performing dental operations in order to raise funds. This in turn, would lead to his becoming Dentist to the Imperial Family of the Tsar of Russia. During his travels, he wrote his wife, Ellen, on a daily basis, telling her of his activities and successes with both his invention and dental operations. In the spring of 1997, more than 150 years after his letters were written; they were discovered by Dr. Maynard's great-great-great grandson in his family's garage in upstate New York. These letters, in addition to extensive research by the author, tell the story of Dr. Maynard's unique travels in 1845 and the heretofore untold biography of this fascinating 19th century dental surgeon, gun inventor and entrepreneurial business figure. Included in this book are photographs of numerous Maynard prototype firearms never before seen by collectors and enthusiasts of Dr. Maynard's guns.
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Page : 554 pages
File Size : 13,1 MB
Release : 1891
Category : Birds
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Author : Rudolph J. Nunnemacher Collection of Projectile Arms
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Page : 566 pages
File Size : 14,62 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Armor
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Author : Charles Winthrop Sawyer
Publisher :
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 12,33 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Rifles
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Author : United States National Museum
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Page : 156 pages
File Size : 29,12 MB
Release : 1911
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Author : Smithsonian Institution
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Page : 158 pages
File Size : 35,86 MB
Release : 1909
Category : Science
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Reports for 1884-1886/87 issued in 2 pts., pt. 2 being the Report of the National Museum.
Author : United States National Museum
Publisher :
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 10,2 MB
Release : 1907
Category : Science
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Publisher : Zenith Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 47,19 MB
Release : 2011-03-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0760339716
"Featuring guns photographed by Dennis Adler from the Mike Clark/Collector's Firearms Collection; the Dr. Joseph A. Murphy Collection; and the Dennis LeVett Collection, with additional photography provided by the Rock Island Auction Company Archives."
Author : Maximilian P. Beecher
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Page : 258 pages
File Size : 27,47 MB
Release : 1884
Category : Dentistry
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