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Sue and Craig -
Here's another on a local phenomenon, by no less a luminary than David Stark Jordan, the then president of Stanford University -
Title: The Silent City of the Muir Glacier
Author: David Stark Jordan (1851 - 1931)
Link from the uploader: https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf058_silentcity_jordan_ps_128kb.mp3
Link to the source: https://archive.org/stream/popularsciencemo51newy#page/161/mode/1up
Length in minutes: 9:31
I'm not sure if the local phenomenon is the Silent City or Dick Willoughby, maybe both. A thoroughfare here in Juneau is named after Willoughby. The only local landmark named Jordan is a creek, but it is named after a saloon keeper.
Here's another on a local phenomenon, by no less a luminary than David Stark Jordan, the then president of Stanford University -
Title: The Silent City of the Muir Glacier
Author: David Stark Jordan (1851 - 1931)
Link from the uploader: https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf058_silentcity_jordan_ps_128kb.mp3
Link to the source: https://archive.org/stream/popularsciencemo51newy#page/161/mode/1up
Length in minutes: 9:31
I'm not sure if the local phenomenon is the Silent City or Dick Willoughby, maybe both. A thoroughfare here in Juneau is named after Willoughby. The only local landmark named Jordan is a creek, but it is named after a saloon keeper.
Fritz
"A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labors of a spasmodic Hercules."
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"A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labors of a spasmodic Hercules."
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Very nicely read Devorah
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A Little about the Kirafy Spectacles.
Imre Kirafly and Bolossy Kiralfy were highly influential burlesque and spectacle producers in Europe and the United States toward the end of the 19th century. The brothers paved the way for many of our modern day spectacles. When they travelled to New York City in May 1869, the Kiralfy Brothers may already have envisioned how to produce their ideas of spectacle on stage. In August 1873, the brothers first produced their own musical spectacle, a revival of The Black Crook at Niblo's Garden.
Craig
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A Little about the Kirafy Spectacles.
Imre Kirafly and Bolossy Kiralfy were highly influential burlesque and spectacle producers in Europe and the United States toward the end of the 19th century. The brothers paved the way for many of our modern day spectacles. When they travelled to New York City in May 1869, the Kiralfy Brothers may already have envisioned how to produce their ideas of spectacle on stage. In August 1873, the brothers first produced their own musical spectacle, a revival of The Black Crook at Niblo's Garden.
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Thanks, Fritz!pschempf wrote: ↑July 11th, 2018, 2:18 pm Sue and Craig -
Here's another on a local phenomenon, by no less a luminary than David Stark Jordan, the then president of Stanford University -
Title: The Silent City of the Muir Glacier
Author: David Stark Jordan (1851 - 1931)
I'm not sure if the local phenomenon is the Silent City or Dick Willoughby, maybe both. A thoroughfare here in Juneau is named after Willoughby. The only local landmark named Jordan is a creek, but it is named after a saloon keeper.
Amazing what human credulity will accept. An odd topic for a college president's pen, but then, "back in the day," the university campus boasted what was called a "museum" which displayed Leland Jr's collection of bird nests along with the golden spike.
The Silent City is PLOK
Thanks Phil.
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Thanks Phil.
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Thanks, Craig. When I read the credit for Jordan it read "President of Leland Stanford Junior University". I was a bit confused and it took me a while to figure out it was Stanford who was the Junior, not the university.
Fritz
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"A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labors of a spasmodic Hercules."
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I suppose it should have looked like this Jr.
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Sue and Craig:
Here is the story of Sinuhe......
Title: The Story of Sinuhe
Author: Unknown/ Translator Alan H. Gardiner
File Link: https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf058_storyofsinuhe_unk-gardinertrans_pdg_128kb.mp3
Source Link: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038152078;view=1up;seq=184
Length: 28:12
Many thanks,
Philip
Here is the story of Sinuhe......
Title: The Story of Sinuhe
Author: Unknown/ Translator Alan H. Gardiner
File Link: https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf058_storyofsinuhe_unk-gardinertrans_pdg_128kb.mp3
Source Link: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038152078;view=1up;seq=184
Length: 28:12
Many thanks,
Philip
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Hi Philip, Thanks for The Story of Sinuhe; this will make a nice addition to volume 58!
Nicely read Philip
One error noted:
7:14 (65) his face has been set – repeated
Craig
One error noted:
7:14 (65) his face has been set – repeated
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Craig:
Many thanks for your PL. Here is the link for the corrected file:
https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf058_storyofsinuhe_unk-gardinertrans_pdg_128kb.mp3
The new duration is 28:10.
Philip
Many thanks for your PL. Here is the link for the corrected file:
https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf058_storyofsinuhe_unk-gardinertrans_pdg_128kb.mp3
The new duration is 28:10.
Philip
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Here's another one from me:
https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf058_cochineal_ealand_sa_128kb.mp3
15:24
Cochineal
from Insects and Man, by C. A. Ealand
1915
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17844341
There's a beautifully illustrated short work from the Metropolitan Museum, Cochineal Red, The Art History of a Color, which I would love to have been able to read, but of course it's not PD; worth a look, however: https://archive.org/details/CochinealRedthearthistoryofacolor
https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf058_cochineal_ealand_sa_128kb.mp3
15:24
Cochineal
from Insects and Man, by C. A. Ealand
1915
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17844341
There's a beautifully illustrated short work from the Metropolitan Museum, Cochineal Red, The Art History of a Color, which I would love to have been able to read, but of course it's not PD; worth a look, however: https://archive.org/details/CochinealRedthearthistoryofacolor
Thanks Sue
That was an interesting piece of the history of the rise and fall of the Cochineal.
It is PLOK
Craig
That was an interesting piece of the history of the rise and fall of the Cochineal.
It is PLOK
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