In this comprehensive guide, expert
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as well as the perspective of the craftsmen who built it.
The Federalist Era
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government, economy, and foreign policy. Led by figures like George
Washington, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson,
this era saw the creation of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights,
the First Bank of the United States, and the rise of America’s first
political parties
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Elastic Slate
Books—
The Victorian Smartphone by Bob Brooke
Today, we have smart phones and tablets to help organize our lives. In Victorian
times, people used elastic slate books, a series of two or more slates
hinged together, folded up like a book. The New York Silicate Book Slate
Company first produced these in 1867.
Dr. Daniel R. Schaefer's Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing,
published in 1874, states, "Elastic slates have come to be almost a
necessity, on account of being light, and easily carried in the pocket
as a memorandum book... notes and writing can be easily effaced, leaving
the service clean and ready for further use."
Artificial book slates, made of fine sand, lamp black, and boiled
linseed oil, were painted with a mixture of turpentine and black oil
paint. After several thin coats, workers rubbed them smooth with a piece of
turpentine-saturated cotton cloth. The person using one drew on them
with a special slate pencil.
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Today, we have smart phones and tablets to help organize our lives. In Victorian
times, people used elastic slate books, a series of two or more slates
hinged together, folded up like a book. The New York Silicate Book Slate
Company first produced these in 1867.
