Old And Sold Antiques Auciton

Thousands of articles from the past.

The Parts Of The Living Machine - (Found June 29, 2008 )

When you bend your forearm up, the motion is brought about by the shortening or contraction of a stout muscle, attached at one end near the shoulder and at the other end just below the elbow.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/healthy-living-2.shtml

How Diesease Germs Are Spread - (Found June 29, 2008 )

The kinds of germs that cause disease do not come like wild animals from the forest or crawl out of the earth, nor are they created in decaying organic matter, as some people believe.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/healthy-living-20.shtml

The Value Of Cleanliness - (Found June 29, 2008 )

Most of us think of anything that is soiled, stained, spotted, or in any way discolored, as dirty; and so of course it is, in a way. From a health stand-point, however, some kinds of dirt are much worse than others.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/healthy-living-21.shtml

Purity of Water And Food Supplies - (Found June 29, 2008 )

No surface water from lake or stream is safe for drinking, unless it has been purified in some way, because pollution may anywhere get on to the ground and be washed in by rain.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/healthy-living-22.shtml

Alcohol And Habit-Forming Drugs And Their Effect Upon Efficiency - (Found June 29, 2008 )

The difference between foods and drugs has been pointed out, and the effects of certain drugs, particularly alcohol, upon the physical health of the body have been discussed at various places in this book.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/healthy-living-15.shtml

The Nervous System - (Found June 29, 2008 )

The human body is a delicate and complicated machine, every part of which must act in harmony with every other part, if the whole machine is to do its work properly.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/healthy-living-14.shtml

Hygiene Of The Skin - (Found June 29, 2008 )

The skin covers the body, like a very tight suit of clothes. It has two layers, an outer layer of scarf skin, and an inner layer of true skin.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/healthy-living-13.shtml

Greek Architecture - Other Characteristics - (Found June 29, 2008 )

Instead of covering nearly every bit of space with ornament, as the Egyptians did, the Greeks selected only the best places for it, and thus gave it its proper effect.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/famous-buildings-6.shtml

The Parthenon - (Found June 29, 2008 )

The construction of the Parthenon was of the most solid and durable kind, and the material was marble.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/famous-buildings-7.shtml

Greek Architecture - Other Greek Buildings - (Found June 29, 2008 )

As we look back to the Greece of the period of its great buildings, it seems to us like a vision of the distant past. And so it is. But when Phidias and Pericles and Homer looked at the monuments of Egypt, if they did look at them, they were viewing a past as old to them as theirs is to us.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/famous-buildings-8.shtml