A fascinatingly original look at how the sea has defined Britain – and decided the course of its past – for thousands of years. Combining science, history and travel into a unique and irreverent guide to the British coast, this book will ensure the next time you stand on a beach you will never look at the coast the same way again.
Featuring over 450 tuning scales and layouts, this comprehensive guide serves a wide array of mechanical musical instruments, including player pianos, orchestrions, and music boxes. It provides essential resources for tuning and maintaining coin pianos, electronic organs, and more, making it an invaluable reference for musicians and technicians alike. The detailed information caters to both traditional and modern instruments, ensuring a broad appeal to enthusiasts of mechanical music.
A Guide Book of Hard Times Tokens Guide Book of Hard Times Tokens includes recent research findings, hundreds of high-resolution images, and current market pricing in multiple grades. He expertly covers the history of these fascinating collectibles, and catalogs them with detailed information for sellers, buyers, historians, and researchers. Hard Times tokens are tangible reminders of a turbulent time in America. Their political and commercial motifs are diverse, reflecting the economy and social scene of the pre Civil War Andrew Jackson era (the 1830s and 1840s). Numismatists find them fascinating to collect and study. Although there are major rarities in the series, most of the issues are very affordable. They have been included in the best-selling Guide Book of United States Coins (the hobby's popular "Red Book") for decades. Novice and experienced collectors alike, as well as history buffs and everyone interested in the Jackson era, will find this volume a fascinating and indispensable reference. Inside, you'll find a wealth of information not in print in any other single source. Volume #17 in the Bowers Series. 320 pages, softcover, full color, 6 x 9 inches.
The tide is important to Earth's climate, the biological productivity of our seas, and our hunt for renewable energy sources. It is also thought to have played a role in the evolution of life on Earth. This book explains the nature and cause of the tide, its observation and prediction, unusual tides, and their relevance to us.
It is unusual to see a book about the tides of a single country. A book about tides in Wales is akin to, for example, one about rainbows in Madagascar. So, what's so special about Welsh tides to make them merit this book?