What Is A Flag? It is a symbol or sign made of cloth. It can be carried, flown, or waved. And it is used to say that the people who carry it or display it belong to a certain country or organization. The idea of a flag probably originated thousands of years ago among early hunters … Read more

To us, it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains. But actually, the umbrella was not invented as protection against rain. Its first use was as a shade against the sun! Nobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient times. … Read more

If there is one sight in London that every visitor wants to it is the Tower. The history and grandeur of England seem to be present where- ever you turn. On the spot where the Tower now stands there was probably first a British fort, then a Roman one, and perhaps a Saxon one. William … Read more

What we call a “world’s fair” is really an exposition. The fair is one of the oldest and most popular means of selling and trading goods. Expositions,  on the other hand, are for a different purpose. These large displays are set up mainly to show the industrial and artistic development of a particular country or … Read more

It took man many thousands of years to reach the stage where he could produce anything that even remotely resembles a book as we know it. So who we consider the first “book”, we have to think of something quite different. In fact, the earliest books we know about were not really books in the … Read more

The man got along quite a long time without money. He used what we call “the barter system”. If a man wanted something he did not make or raise himself, he found another person who had what he wanted and offered him something in exchange. The first kind of “money” used by primitive man usually … Read more

Honey is one of the most amazing products found in nature. It has been used since very ancient times since it was practically the only way an early man could get sugar. It was used by the ancients as a medicine, to make a  beverage called “mead”, and in a mixture with wine and other alcoholic … Read more

It is almost certain that gold was the first metal known to One reason for this is that gold is found in the free state, uncombined with other metals or rocks. The bright yellow color and shining appearance of gold probably attracted the attention of a primitive man. Exactly when this happened can- not be … Read more

Man can obtain gas from places where nature has stored it away, or he can manufacture it. Here is an illustration of how a man can make gas. If a clay pipe is filled with powdered coal, covered with clay, and then heated in a hot fire, smoke will come from the end of the pipe … Read more