If we ever reach the stage that street libraries as large athletes get a nickname (the eagle of Toledo, the bear of the lake, the shark of Messina), then we are without a doubt for the colossus of Kostverloren: six white cupboards in a covered Space that once seems to be laid out to protect the foot traveler waiting at the Van Hallbrug against the elements, while the ships make way through Amsterdam through Amsterdam through Kattensloot, Kostverlorvaart and Schinkel in Convooi.
Here has become a reader’s dream cupboard. The literature is on the left; Pilkers must seduce the bookmeas to order, although the manager regularly reports to bring the ties back into line. Before that he has had no opportunity with a book that lies flat on a literature shelfWorth all sorts of things. Wort for the youthwith entertaining stories about animals, technology and sometimes history – aimed at children of the age of twelve. The edition contains no author’s name and is not dated, but dates based on the content from the early 20th century. From the first sentence, the knowing spirit jumps into your arms: “I still remember very well, how strange I looked like, when my father first showed me a ball.”
Here we read along with the wonder about what was new at the time, but what has long since disappeared. So that Kogelleschje, of which it is explained in detail how the glass bullet is stuck through the carbon dioxide in the water (it is also explained how that carbon dioxide comes into the water) to the top of the bottle, until you push it down and the Foaming starts. Incidentally, mother came with a scoop of sugar because the children did not like the spray water in pure form at all.
In the meantime, the thoughts are wandering to the kitchen faucets where not only the boiling water, but also the bubble water now simply flows: “The tap that can do anything.” Best, but what can we do? The tap that is possible, for people who can do nothing anymore.
The facts continue along ‘De Olifant in the Labor’ that starts with the observation that the elephant in the zoo does nothing in the zoo ‘then look’. But: “, however, that is neither pleasant nor healthy for the colossus.” Follows a description of how the Indian elephant, tamed and well, done a lot of heavy work. But also how such an animal is sometimes transferred to Europe and that crossing usually poorly tolerate: “He suffers a lot from seasickness, especially in rough weather.”
Magic tricks are also explained, such as the performance with the woman who seemed to have eyes on her back. Here the mouthpiece was the solution of the mystery, explaining that it actually functioned much better than a telephone between two rooms in the same house. This is how a lot of review is discussed, which is indeed worth knowing, including the gramophone. For that, a dam game is interrupted with the question: “You mean that that instrument just acts like a piano and also sings in it”.
Worth all sorts Is not only a historical document, it is also an ode to the biological intelligence that reminds us of a world in which we tried to understand how the devices around us functioned, rather than we were manipulated by machines that we have long already had the inside for a long time No more understanding.