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84The History of the Refrigerator
The refrigerator for preserving food in the home began with devices for the manufacture of ice - for producing, so to say, a mechanical winter in the warmth of summer. It was the old practice to collect ice...
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72Horse Colors and Markings
Albino. An all-white horse. See White. Appaloosa. Actually a breed, rather than a coloration, with several characteristic patterns. An area of white, called the blanket, is commonly found on the loins and...
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75Recipe for Sweet Potato and Spinach Lasagne
Every now and again I feel like this mouth watering lasagne, with it's sweet potato and spinach layers. It's just as nice as the beef and red wine lasagne that I cook, yet not as heavy or decadent. Also,...
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72Horse Riding Clothes
Riding clothes are designed to keep the rider secure and comfortable in the saddle. Of all modern clothing, riding clothes have changed least over the centuries.
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77Bridles and Bits For Your Horse
In addition to the saddle, the most important type of tack (equipment for a horse) is the bridle. Basically, all bridles consist of a headstall that fits around the horse's head, a bit or mouthpiece, a...
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76What Do Horses Eat?
The typical horse will not be very happy with the monotony of eating dry stuff - hay, chaff and oats - every day during the winter. However, avoid an abrupt and radical change of diet.In addition, since the...
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82How Leather Is Made
The raw material of leather is the skin, or hide, of an animal such as the cow or horse. First, it is scraped clean of all the bits of fat and flesh on the inside, and then the hair is taken off from the outside. What is left is a clean skin, but one which would soon rot if left untreated. The treatment it gets is called 'tanning'. The two most common forms of tanning are vegetable, or bark, tanning and chrome tanning.
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76My Journey With Lymphoma Cancer
It all started with a lump in my left breast. It was the size of a pea, it was hard and it didn't hurt to touch, it just concerned me that it was there. I kept an eye on it and a few weeks later visited my...
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59Vizsla
Vizsla, also called Hungarian pointer, a slender, short-haired hunting dog with a reddish or golden coat. The Vizsla stands from 21 to 24 inches (53-60 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs from 40 to 60 pounds...
69The History of Cinematography
The cinema, or cinematography, depends on the principle of the persistence of vision, a phenomenon mentioned by Lucretius about 65 B.C., by which we often attribute to an object which moves very rapidly...
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