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Makers of Many Things

by Eva March Tappan

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Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) · 2 h 27 min · 11 parts

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  1. 01 Preface and The Little Friction Match

    8:39

  2. 02 About India Rubber

    13:55

  3. 03 "Kid" Gloves

    11:47

  4. 04 How Rags and Trees become Paper

    18:29

  5. 05 How Books are Made

    13:33

  6. 06 From Goose Quills to Fountain Pens and Lead Pencils

    14:12

  7. 07 The Dishes on Our Tables

    12:23

  8. 08 How the Wheels of a Watch go Around

    13:01

  9. 09 The Making of Shoes

    12:13

  10. 10 In the Cotton Mill

    14:46

  11. 11 Silkworms and their Work

    14:41

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Behind the small objects on a desk lie machines, raw materials, and careful work. Eva March Tappan's 1916 reader for children explains these connections through familiar goods, beginning with the friction match. Wooden splints move along a chain through dipping, drying, and packing, while the account stresses the precision required at each stage. The chapter list extends this study to rubber, gloves, paper, books, dishes, watches, shoes, cotton, and silk.

The pencil section follows graphite as it is ground, sifted, mixed with clay, and formed into sticks. Changes in the amount of clay determine how hard or soft the pencil will be, and grooved cedar pieces enclose its core. Tappan's stated educational purpose connects such practical detail with an understanding of people's dependence on one another. Readers interested in manufacturing or children's education can see how a school reader turns ordinary possessions into lessons about materials, invention, and industrial cooperation.

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Pages
60
Language
English
Formats
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Audio read by
Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)