PDF-[EBOOK]-Shoddy: From Devil’s Dust to the Renaissance of Rags (Science.culture)

The history of modernday old clothes recycling begins with a thing called shoddy Starting in the early 1800s shoddy was the name given to a new material made from reclaimed wool and to one of the earliest forms of industrial recycling Old rags and leftover fabric clippings were ground to bits by a machine known as the devil and then reused Usually undisclosed shoddyalso known as reworked woolbecame suit jackets army blankets mattress stuffing and much more Shoddy is the afterlife of rags And Shoddy the book reveals hidden worlds of textile intrigue   In Shoddy From Devils Dust to the Renaissance of Rags Hanna Rose Shell takes readers on a journey to discover shoddy from Haiti to the shoddy towns of West Yorkshire in England to the United States back in time to the British cholera epidemics and the American Civil War and into agricultural fields textile labs and ragshredding factories Shells narrative is both literary and historical drawing on an extraordinary range of sources from court cases to military uniforms mattress labels to medical textbooks political cartoons to high art Shoddy moves between genres bringing richly drawn characters and unexpected objects to life Along the way shoddy becomes equally an evocative object and a portal into another world   Almost since the time it first appeared shoddy was both ubiquitous and controversial In part because it was often so hard to detect it was inherently suspicious Public health experts worried about sanitation and diseasehow could old clothes be disinfected As well the idea of wearing someone elses old clothes so close to your own skin was discomforting in and of itself Could you sleep peacefully knowing that your mattress was very likely to be stuffed with dead soldiers overcoats The use of the term virgin wool the idea of virginity in relation to clothes in fact emerged as an effort by the wool industry to counter shoddys appeal to make shoddy seem shoddy Over time shoddy would capture a host of personal ethical commercial and societal failings And yet there was always within shoddy the alluring concept of regeneration of what we today think of as conscious clothing ecofashion sustainable textiles   Shell exposes an interwoven tale of industrial espionage political infighting scientific inquiry ethnic prejudices and war profiteering Discarded clothes may make many journeys over the course of several lifetimes Not only in your garments but under your rug in your mattress pads piano blankets in the peculiar confettilike stuffing in your mailing envelopes even in the insulation in your walls Though it began with wool over the past century the shredding devil has turned to synthetics from nylon stockings to Kevlar Shoddy is likely connected to something you are wearing right now After reading you will never use the word shoddy or think about your clothes the environment sustainability or the intermingled world around you the same way again  . Leonardo . dA. Vinci. Birth name: Leonardo . di. ser . Piero. . da. Vinci. Date of Birth: 15th of April, 1452 at Vinci, Italy. Demise: 2nd of May, 1519 at Amboise, France. Nationality: Italian. Parents: Since Leonardo was born to parents who were not legally married, he did not have a surname. His name 'Leonardo . Building the Background to Dr. Faustus . Renaissance defined. T. he . term Renaissance (" New Birth"), used in its narrower sense, is meant that new enthusiasm for classical literature, learning, and . English 9 and World History Vocabulary Book. DIRECTIONS. Use this PowerPoint to help you study your vocabulary words.. For the definition section, try to guess the word first THEN click for choices.. Atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) observations were conducted in . Sapporo. , . Japan. . from . April 2005 to July . 2007. . T. hree. -dimensional scanning coherent Doppler . lidar. was utilized in this study.. Convective Vortices. Waterspouts. Dust. . Devils. . A waterspout is a funnel which contains an intense vortex, sometimes destructive, of small horizontal extent which occurs over a body of water. On average , the height of a waterspout ranges from 30 to 300 feet and as wide as 2000 feet. Their wind speeds range from 3 to 80 mph.. Atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) observations were conducted in . Sapporo. , . Japan. . from . April 2005 to July . 2007. . T. hree. -dimensional scanning coherent Doppler . lidar. was utilized in this study.. Our Adversary. Defined as “an opponent; an enemy.”. “Be sober, be vigilant; because your . adversary. the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may . devour. .” {1 Peter 1:5-8}. African American culture began to flourish in the 1920s, especially in Harlem, a subsection of Manhattan, in New York City . This era of change and growth is referred to as the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance helped give a new vocabulary and dynamic to race relations in the United States. The Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Ignorance. Life Expectancy. Pagan vs. Christian. Feudalism. Poor Economy. Vague Nationalities United by Church. Poor . Bureaucracies. Art. Medieval Culture. Crusades. The Renaissance will see a shift in art - from art purely for the sake of glorifying God and teaching Biblical and Catholic lessons to art for the sake of . also. glorifying human beings and their Earthly emotions, experiences, surroundings. . The rise and fall of the Islamic scientific tradition, and the relationship of Islamic science to European science during the Renaissance.The Islamic scientific tradition has been described many times in accounts of Islamic civilization and general histories of science, with most authors tracing its beginnings to the appropriation of ideas from other ancient civilizations--the Greeks in particular. In this thought-provoking and original book, George Saliba argues that, contrary to the generally accepted view, the foundations of Islamic scientific thought were laid well before Greek sources were formally translated into Arabic in the ninth century. Drawing on an account by the tenth-century intellectual historian Ibn al-Naidm that is ignored by most modern scholars, Saliba suggests that early translations from mainly Persian and Greek sources outlining elementary scientific ideas for the use of government departments were the impetus for the development of the Islamic scientific tradition. He argues further that there was an organic relationship between the Islamic scientific thought that developed in the later centuries and the science that came into being in Europe during the Renaissance.Saliba outlines the conventional accounts of Islamic science, then discusses their shortcomings and proposes an alternate narrative. Using astronomy as a template for tracing the progress of science in Islamic civilization, Saliba demonstrates the originality of Islamic scientific thought. He details the innovations (including new mathematical tools) made by the Islamic astronomers from the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries, and offers evidence that Copernicus could have known of and drawn on their work. Rather than viewing the rise and fall of Islamic science from the often-narrated perspectives of politics and religion, Saliba focuses on the scientific production itself and the complex social, economic, and intellectual conditions that made it possible. The rise and fall of the Islamic scientific tradition, and the relationship of Islamic science to European science during the Renaissance.The Islamic scientific tradition has been described many times in accounts of Islamic civilization and general histories of science, with most authors tracing its beginnings to the appropriation of ideas from other ancient civilizations--the Greeks in particular. In this thought-provoking and original book, George Saliba argues that, contrary to the generally accepted view, the foundations of Islamic scientific thought were laid well before Greek sources were formally translated into Arabic in the ninth century. Drawing on an account by the tenth-century intellectual historian Ibn al-Naidm that is ignored by most modern scholars, Saliba suggests that early translations from mainly Persian and Greek sources outlining elementary scientific ideas for the use of government departments were the impetus for the development of the Islamic scientific tradition. He argues further that there was an organic relationship between the Islamic scientific thought that developed in the later centuries and the science that came into being in Europe during the Renaissance.Saliba outlines the conventional accounts of Islamic science, then discusses their shortcomings and proposes an alternate narrative. Using astronomy as a template for tracing the progress of science in Islamic civilization, Saliba demonstrates the originality of Islamic scientific thought. He details the innovations (including new mathematical tools) made by the Islamic astronomers from the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries, and offers evidence that Copernicus could have known of and drawn on their work. Rather than viewing the rise and fall of Islamic science from the often-narrated perspectives of politics and religion, Saliba focuses on the scientific production itself and the complex social, economic, and intellectual conditions that made it possible. The history of modern-day old clothes recycling begins with a thing called shoddy. Starting in the early 1800s, shoddy was the name given to a new material made from reclaimed wool, and to one of the earliest forms of industrial recycling. Old rags and leftover fabric clippings were ground to bits by a machine known as “the devil” and then re-used. Usually undisclosed, shoddy–also known as reworked wool–became suit jackets, army blankets, mattress stuffing, and much more. Shoddy is the afterlife of rags. And Shoddy, the book, reveals hidden worlds of textile intrigue.   In Shoddy: From Devil’s Dust to the Renaissance of Rags, Hanna Rose Shell takes readers on a journey to discover shoddy, from Haiti to the “shoddy towns” of West Yorkshire in England, to the United States, back in time to the British cholera epidemics and the American Civil War, and into agricultural fields, textile labs, and rag-shredding factories. Shell’s narrative is both literary and historical, drawing on an extraordinary range of sources, from court cases to military uniforms, mattress labels to medical textbooks, political cartoons to high art. Shoddy moves between genres, bringing richly drawn characters and unexpected objects to life. Along the way, shoddy becomes equally an evocative object and a portal into another world.   Almost since the time it first appeared, shoddy was both ubiquitous and controversial. In part because it was often so hard to detect, it was inherently suspicious. Public health experts worried about sanitation and disease—how could old clothes be disinfected? As well, the idea of wearing someone else’s old clothes so close to your own skin was discomforting in and of itself. Could you sleep peacefully knowing that your mattress was very likely to be stuffed with dead soldiers’ overcoats? The use of the term “virgin” wool, the idea of virginity in relation to clothes, in fact emerged as an effort by the wool industry to counter shoddy’s appeal: to make shoddy seem shoddy. Over time, shoddy would capture a host of personal, ethical, commercial, and societal failings. And yet, there was always, within shoddy, the alluring concept of regeneration, of what we today think of as conscious clothing, eco-fashion, sustainable textiles.   Shell exposes an interwoven tale of industrial espionage, political infighting, scientific inquiry, ethnic prejudices, and war profiteering. Discarded clothes may make many journeys over the course of several lifetimes. Not only in your garments, but under your rug, in your mattress pads, piano blankets, in the peculiar confetti-like stuffing in your mailing envelopes, even in the insulation in your walls. Though it began with wool, over the past century the shredding “devil” has turned to synthetics from nylon stockings to Kevlar. Shoddy is likely connected to something you are wearing right now. After reading, you will never use the word shoddy or think about your clothes, the environment, sustainability, or the intermingled world around you the same way again.   Tornadoes. A tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of the earth with the base of a cumulonimbus cloud.. Tornadoes come in many different shapes and sizes but are in form of a funnel. . There narrow end touches the earth and has a cloud of dust and debris that flows with it. .