AMERICAN ARTIFACTS

American Artifacts site index American Artifacts home page antique microscopes antique medical instruments antique surveying instruments medical quackery antique farm tools American Microscope Makers 19th century journal reprints, patent illustrations, and advertisements for microscopes Microscopes of the American Agriculturist Microscopes were offered as subscription premiums Robert B. Tolles, American Microscope Maker Famous for his large aperture immersion objectives, Tolles also produced fine microscopes. The Webb Adder Edwin Thacher's Calculating Instrument The Pitometer An instrument for measuring flow rate in water mains. The electrical apparatus and experiments of Charles Grafton Page Signals from the Grave The Electronic Reactions of Dr.Albert Abrams The Radio Disease Killer Dr. Scott's Electric Brushes. The Theronoid. Formaldehyde Disinfection Room disinfectors. Galvanic Spectacles Electricity in Medicine, Part 1. Electric Dumbbells Electricity in Medicine, Part 2. Quack Eye Massagers Dog and horse treadmills NEW 19th C. farm magazine reprints The early mechanization of agriculture American Grain Cradles Development of the cradle scythe. Hand Corn Shellers A survey of the great variety of small corn shellers. Dairy centrifuges Early hand cranked milk test centrifuges. Early Cow Milkers Hand milkers from the book, American Milking Machines. Sickle sharpeners Mowing machine and reaper knife grinders. Human powered dragsaws with a page on power saws. W.F. & John Barnes Foot Power Machinery The 1885 catalog and patents of this famous maker of scroll saws, lathes, and other human powered machines. Aquatic Velocipedes A variety of human powered water craft. The Imaginative Inventor 19th C. inventions demonstrating the (sometimes excessive) imagination of the inventor.

Richard & Diane's personal pages site index 2006 polygamous barn owl nest cam 2003 barn owl nest cam barn owl cam prey study 2001-2006 nest box video Observations and studies using nest box cameras Making and using blinds in the home habitat Barn Swallow artificial nest cups Use of artificial nest cups by barn swallows Placing artificial nest cups for barn swallows providing snags in the home habitat other species using nestboxes in our yard 2001 American Kestrel nest box cam 2002 American Kestrel nest box cam 2001 Yellow Shafted Flicker nest box cam 2002 Yellow Shafted Flicker nest box cam Eastern Bluebird nest box cam Tree Swallow nest box cam 2002 Carolina Chickadee nest box cam house wren nest cam Barn Swallow nest cam Chimney Swift nest cam house sparrow control starling and house sparrow traps The tipping can starling trap remote solenoid nest box traps artificial nest black hole traps video nest boxes with remote sparrow traps The house sparrow in America The house sparrow in 19th C. America The European starling in America the pellet gun - a valuable tool in house sparrow and starling control barn owl American kestrel purple martin barn swallow bluebird tufted titmouse Eastern phoebe yellow shafted flicker tree swallow chimney swift house wren big brown bat