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  • Household engineering : scientific management in the home / by Mrs. Christine Frederick. A correspondence course on the application of the principles of efficiency engineering and scientific management to the every day tasks of housekeeping.
  • Household engineering : scientific management in the home / by Mrs. Christine Frederick. A correspondence course on the application of the principles of efficiency engineering and scientific management to the every day tasks of housekeeping.
  • Household engineering : scientific management in the home / by Mrs. Christine Frederick. A correspondence course on the application of the principles of efficiency engineering and scientific management to the every day tasks of housekeeping.
  • Household engineering : scientific management in the home / by Mrs. Christine Frederick. A correspondence course on the application of the principles of efficiency engineering and scientific management to the every day tasks of housekeeping.

Works from the collections

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    Recipes and everyday knowledge : medicine, science, and the household in early modern England / Elaine Leong.

    Elaine Leong | Date: 2018
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    The housekeeper's guide; or, A plain and practical system of domestic cookery / By the author of "Cottage comforts".

    Esther Copley | Date: 1834
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    Kansas State University receipt book and household manual / compiled by G.A. Rudolph.

    G. A. Rudolph | Date: 1968
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    Domestic duties; or, instructions to young married ladies, on the management of their households and the regulation of their conduct in the various relations and duties of married life / by Mrs. William Parkes.

    Parkes, William, Mrs. | Date: 1837
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    The frugal housewife : Dedicated to those who are not ashamed of economy / By Mrs. Child.

    Lydia Maria Child | Date: 1835
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Cooking
Cooking, English
Formulas, recipes, etc.
Nostrums
Cookbooks
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Medicine, Popular
Diet, Food, and Nutrition
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