Hello, Google is putting a lot of books online. I found a number of useful local histories for my genealogy research.
I searched for histories around the Fest area and came up with a couple. Learn how things were in the really old good old days. History of Montgomery County Within the Schuylkill Valley By William Joseph Buck Published 1859 http://books.google.com/books?id=Tuk4_abV3wEC History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania: Including an Account of Its Original ..,. Edited by J. H. Battle Published 1887 http://books.google.com/books?id=vx8MAAAAYAAJ Local Sketches and Legends Pertaining to Bucks and Montgomery Counties By William Joseph Buck Published 1887 http://books.google.com/books?id=bTH3TInaB3UC You can likely guess where this person settled in Pennsylvania. Memorial of Thomas Potts, junior, who settled in Pennsylvania, with an ... By Isabella James, Thomas Potts Published 1874 http://books.google.com/books?id=UScAAAAAQAAJ A whole bunch of books on radio. Most of the principles are still the same. You can learn about electron tubes, or valves from the fellow who invented them. The Thermionic Valve and Its Developments in Radio-telegraphy and ... By John Ambrose Fleming Published 1919 http://books.google.com/books?id=ZBtDAAAAIAAJ There are also a few titles about real early radio. A History of Wireless Telegraphy, 1838-1899: Including Some Bare-wire ... By John Joseph Fahie Published 1900 http://books.google.com/books?id=TLE3AAAAMAAJ And of course a few practical books to round out your reading list. Practical Wireless Telegraphy: A Complete Text Book for Students of Radio By Elmer Eustice Bucher Published 1917 http://books.google.com/books?id=vpxCAAAAIAAJ Principles of Radio Communication By John Harold Morecroft, A. Pinto, Walter Andrew Curry Contributor A. Pinto, W. A. Curry Published 1921 http://books.google.com/books?id=jusOAAAAYAAJ Radio Engineering Principles By Henri Lauer, Harry Leonard Brown Published 1919 http://books.google.com/books?id=XTFLAAAAMAAJ Some people visit Philadelphia. Unfortunately we are too late to take advantage of this guide. Visitors' Guide to the Centennial Exhibition and Philadelphia: May 10th to ... Published 1876 http://books.google.com/books?id=dfs5AAAAMAAJ A number of years ago the Smithsonian had some of the 1876 Centennial Exhibition exhibits on display in Washington. I almost forgot to mention that there are a few books on birds as well, The Birds of America By John James Audubon Published 1844 http://books.google.com/books?id=pnIDAAAAYAAJ Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Introductory Chapters on ... By Frank Michler Chapman Published 1912 http://books.google.com/books?id=Tu1LAAAAMAAJ Bird Friends: A Complete Bird Book for Americans By Gilbert Haven Trafton Published 1916 http://books.google.com/books?id=3RC0ab-3nOoC So search google books and download some of the interesting titles to your laptop. A good read while traveling to the fest on a train, plane, or as a passenger in a car or SUV. 73 _______________________________________________ Swlfest mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above. For more information on the Fest, visit: http://www.swlfest.com http://swlfest.blogspot.com
