Project Gutenberg 2023-05-07 Public domain in the USA. 191 Various Verschillende Various, Various Jones, William P. The inter ocean curiosity shop for the year 1883 $aUnited States :$bThe Inter Ocean Publishing Company, $c1891. Reading ease score: 60.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Bob Taylor, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Inter Ocean Curiosity Shop for the Year 1883" edited by William P. Jones is a collection of trivia and information, likely published in the late 19th century. This annual volume serves as a cyclopedia of facts covering various subjects such as agriculture, science, politics, and literature, presented through a unique format of questions and answers. The book aims to satisfy the curious minds of its readers by addressing popular inquiries of the day, making it a rich resource for those interested in the social and intellectual landscape of the era. At the start of this compilation, the editor expresses gratitude to contributors who provided information, emphasizing the collaborative nature of the content. The opening section introduces topics such as the aurora borealis and weather predictions, detailing observations and theories about natural phenomena. Further, it explores historical and scientific questions, ranging from the nature of leprosy to the construction of the Military Road in Arkansas, showcasing a wide array of inquiries that reflect the public's interests and curiosity at the time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20200801093050jones 1891 US en Encyclopedias and dictionaries Questions and answers AG Text Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Browsing: Other 1706714 1706454 2024-11-30T05:25:55.292001 2023-09-30T08:19:17.107686 text/html text/html 1664715 2023-05-07T21:47:14 text/html 768417 2024-11-30T05:26:25.897831 application/epub+zip 796490 2024-11-30T05:26:00.291981 application/epub+zip 790543 2024-11-30T05:25:57.809973 application/epub+zip 1852916 2024-11-30T05:26:40.012750 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1826821 2024-11-30T05:26:23.202832 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1283574 1283610 2024-11-30T05:25:48.329042 2023-09-30T08:19:10.076621 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1283326 2023-05-07T21:47:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18817 2024-11-30T05:26:40.199756 application/rdf+xml 18980 2024-11-30T05:25:58.307989 image/jpeg 2323 2024-11-30T05:25:58.063991 image/jpeg 500614 2023-05-07T21:47:15 application/octet-stream application/zip 1067733 2023-05-07T21:47:15 application/octet-stream application/zip 1080306 2024-11-30T05:25:55.419999 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog