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The Newfoundland Dog, from an Italian translation of The Naturalist’s cabinet, Il gabinetto del giovane naturalista, t.2 by Thomas Smith.
Newfoundland’s exhibit a natural ability to rescue people from the water, in fact, In 1828,Ann Harveyof Isle aux Morts, her father, her brother, and a Newfoundland Dog named Hairyman saved over 160 Irish immigrants from the wreck of the brig Dispatch.
What do you do with examples of inserts for a praxinoscope? Animate it of course!
From Amateur Work, Illustrated. v. 6, 1881, which is chock-a-block full of amazing DIY projects from the time, including a folding chair, beehives, and a gas-burning reading lamp. Please don’t try the last one…
