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Bookmark or Share- How did pumps work during the Age of Sail? - History Stack ExchangeFigure 21. A chain pump. The Cole/Bentnick chain pump shown above was developed in the last half of the 18th century. (Courtesy of the National Maritime Museum from the Admiralty Collection of Plans, #6562)
- business history - Why, and how, did chain stores come into being ...Chain stores became popular in the United States after World War II, when American soldiers came back from war, with a bent for "standardizing" society. In 1954, for instance, a veteran named Ray Kroc, who was working as a paper cup salesman, noted that the hamburger store of the McDonald Brothers did the same business as five ordinary outlets.
- fashion - Was the painting of men's nails a rare practice in the mid ..."Men go in for powder polish and buffing or for clear, colorless liquid polish" 1946 Chain Store Age - Volume 22, Issues 1-6 - Page 337 "Customers are pleased with the lasting gloss of powder polish...Business men will appreciate the cut in manicuring time" 1934 Commercial America - Volume 31 - Page 19
- ancient history - Did the Celts really go into battle naked? - History ...Some of them have iron cuirasses, chain-wrought, but others are satisfied with the armour which Nature has given them and go into battle naked. And finally in Caesar's de Bello Gallico, IV, 1, we learn that the Suebi:
- economy - What evidence is there for chain stores or restaurant chains ...What evidence is there for the existence of chain stores and chain restaurants in Ancient Rome (including other cities in Italy)? Did stores or restaurants have a 'brand name' or some kind of sign on the store front that would identify them as being part of a chain? One possible (perhaps the most likely) source of evidence might be inscriptions.
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