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vortmax
Sep 24, 2008

In meteorology, vorticity often refers to a measurement of the spin of horizontally flowing air about a vertical axis.
I've been volunteering at a thrift store that supports the local humane society / low-cost spay&neuter clinic, and we get lots of interesting things. The other workers learned what I like, and when this came in, they saved it for me. Ladies and gentlemen and goons of all ages, I present the World Wide Illustrated Encyclopedia revised, abridged, and copyrighted 1935.






I looked at a couple of entries just to start things off:
MARS (the planet)

Vegetation, huh? Oh what silly things we used to believe.

Mohammedanism (or the faith of Islam)

Back before we hated them.

So what do you want to see? Give me a topic and if it's in there I'll get pictures of it as soon as I can. Let's look back in time!

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FormaldehydeSon
Oct 1, 2011

what does it say about the internet

vortmax
Sep 24, 2008

In meteorology, vorticity often refers to a measurement of the spin of horizontally flowing air about a vertical axis.

FormaldehydeSon posted:

what does it say about the internet

Sadly, nothing. It doesn't have an entry for computer either -- I looked.

Arrhythmia
Jul 22, 2011
Hitler, please

Bip Roberts
Mar 29, 2005
Tell me about the heroic Cecil Rhodes.

Natty Ninefingers
Feb 17, 2011
How it treats Hitler and Germany.

super sweet best pal
Nov 18, 2009

Sun Wukong

:goku:

Spinz
Jan 7, 2020

I ordered luscious new gemstones from India and made new earrings for my SA mart thread

Remember my earrings and art are much better than my posting

New stuff starts towards end of page 3 of the thread

vortmax posted:

I've been volunteering at a thrift store that supports the local humane society / low-cost spay&neuter clinic, and we get lots of interesting things. The other workers learned what I like, and when this came in, they saved it for me. Ladies and gentlemen and goons of all ages, I present the World Wide Illustrated Encyclopedia revised, abridged, and copyrighted 1935.






I looked at a couple of entries just to start things off:
MARS (the planet)

Vegetation, huh? Oh what silly things we used to believe.

Mohammedanism (or the faith of Islam)

Back before we hated them.

So what do you want to see? Give me a topic and if it's in there I'll get pictures of it as soon as I can. Let's look back in time!

Super cool thread idea
:downs:
Domestic cats

Spinz
Jan 7, 2020

I ordered luscious new gemstones from India and made new earrings for my SA mart thread

Remember my earrings and art are much better than my posting

New stuff starts towards end of page 3 of the thread
Birth control

Icochet
Mar 18, 2008

I have a very small TV. Don't make fun of it! Please don't shame it like that~

Grimey Drawer
Phrenology of the finno-ugric bog orc

Spazzle
Jul 5, 2003

Why is there a whole book dedicated to M?

vortmax
Sep 24, 2008

In meteorology, vorticity often refers to a measurement of the spin of horizontally flowing air about a vertical axis.

Arrhythmia posted:

Hitler, please

Natty Ninefingers posted:

How it treats Hitler and Germany.

Ooh I didn't think of him. Good one!


See GERMANY; HISTORY




I have to go back to work now but I'll add more as I can

you broke my grill
Jul 11, 2019

What do they say about homosexuals

Hazo
Dec 30, 2004

SCIENCE



Giant squid (not photographed alive until 2004)

Thylacine or Tasmanian tiger (last specimen died in 1936)

Loch Ness monster (first modern account was published in 1934)

Bigfoot

Doctor Eckhart
Dec 23, 2019

THUNDERDOME LOSER 2020
Genetics and evolution please

Xenocides
Jan 14, 2008

This world looks very scary....


I hear the “war to end all wars” served its purpose. Any take on that?

What caused the Great Depression that is still going on?

What does it think of the current situation in Russia after the revolution?

Anything about rocketry?

ELI PORTER
Sep 16, 2007

I posted on Something Awful and all I got was this lousy t-shirt
what does it say about Manchukuo and/or the Japanese invasion of Manchuria?

Jeza
Feb 13, 2011

The cries of the dead are terrible indeed; you should try not to hear them.

Spazzle posted:

Why is there a whole book dedicated to M?

Your mother has a pretty large entry

Alien Sex Manual
Dec 14, 2010

is not a sandwich

Astronomy, particularly things like black holes or neutron stars.

Icochet
Mar 18, 2008

I have a very small TV. Don't make fun of it! Please don't shame it like that~

Grimey Drawer
Analingus

Hell, any lingus

Nefarious 2.0
Apr 22, 2008

Offense is overrated anyway.

i would like to know about bowling

EorayMel
May 30, 2015

WE GET IT. YOU LOVE GUN JESUS. Toujours des fusils Bullpup Français.
Let's get meta and find any entries about BOOKS or ENCYCLOPEDIA or even CYCLOPEDIA

There is a difference, believe it or not.

Only registered members can see post attachments!

HUG ME FOREVER
Dec 6, 2006

Gay for TF2! :love:

Yo are pangolins in there?

Xaintrailles
Aug 14, 2015

:hellyeah::histdowns:
Heroin, plus opium and cannabis could be interesting.

Nefarious 2.0
Apr 22, 2008

Offense is overrated anyway.

wait, you said it's illustrated?




look up boobs

SIDS Vicious
Jan 1, 1970


Jousting

Pththya-lyi
Nov 8, 2009

THUNDERDOME LOSER 2020
Race science and eugenics

ninjoatse.cx
Apr 9, 2005

Fun Shoe
Slavery

Elukka
Feb 18, 2011

For All Mankind
Tell me about dinosaurs.

mom and dad fight a lot
Sep 21, 2006

If you count them all, this sentence has exactly seventy-two characters.
Kindly requesting female.

An old dictionary I read had the definition as "weaker sex". I'm curious how much racism and sexism this encyclopedia may contain.

Yeah this.

Mr.Acula
May 10, 2009

Billions and billions of fat clouds

Anthropomorphs please

RBA Starblade
Apr 28, 2008

Going Home.

Games Idiot Court Jester

Nefarious 2.0 posted:

wait, you said it's illustrated?




look up boobs

Look up penises.

Owlofcreamcheese
May 22, 2005
Probation
Can't post for 9 years!
Buglord

mom and dad fight a lot posted:


An old dictionary I read had the definition as "weaker sex". I'm curious how much racism and sexism this encyclopedia may contain.

I had a biology book from 1930 and it was so charming because it had a chapter about 'negros' that had a really nice pages long detailed description that science has found no real difference between black and white people and just took apart 1930s racism brick by brick in a totally unexpected way and then the next page was like "chinese people all have worms because they are filthy"

Mr. Fall Down Terror
Jan 24, 2018

by Fluffdaddy

Hazo posted:

Giant squid (not photographed alive until 2004)

Thylacine or Tasmanian tiger (last specimen died in 1936)

Loch Ness monster (first modern account was published in 1934)

Bigfoot

bigfoot wasn't discovered until the 1950s

vortmax
Sep 24, 2008

In meteorology, vorticity often refers to a measurement of the spin of horizontally flowing air about a vertical axis.

Bip Roberts posted:

Tell me about the heroic Cecil Rhodes.


Spinz posted:

Domestic cats

Don't forget it's Illustrated


Icochet posted:

Phrenology of the finno-ugric bog orc


Spinz posted:

Birth control

you broke my grill posted:

What do they say about homosexuals
Nothing on these :(

World War Mammories
Aug 25, 2006


everything about genitalia of all kinds

Negostrike
Aug 15, 2015


Japanese people

Xaintrailles
Aug 14, 2015

:hellyeah::histdowns:

Negrostrike posted:

Japanese people

Taiwan/Formosa.

funeral home DJ
Apr 21, 2003


Pillbug
I’m going to bet that there are no entries about genitalia but there’s probably a really racist thing printed under the word “negro”.

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pooch516
Mar 10, 2010
Anime.

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