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WATSON GREIG OF GLENCARSE</p> + +<p class="c med"><i>Author of</i></p> + +<p class="c less">“Ladies’ Old Fashioned Shoes”</p> + +<p class="c p4 sp">EDINBURGH: DAVID DOUGLAS</p> + +<p class="c med">1900 +</p> + +<hr class="full x-ebookmaker-drop"> + +<p class="c lsp large">Preface.</p> + + +<p class="n"><span class="smcap large">The</span> sixty-three ladies’ shoes now illustrated have all belonged to and been +worn by ladies of the 19th century. They have been most carefully selected to +illustrate the variety and change of fashion during that period. The shoes +can be copied in any material by any shoemaker. I beg to return thanks to +all those who have been so kind as to give me their assistance in collecting +them.</p> + +<div class="pad"> +<p> +<span class="smcap">Glencarse</span>,<br> +<span class="more"><i>28th May 1900</i>.</span> +</p></div> + + +<p class="c lsp large p2">Frontispiece.</p> + +<p class="n"><span class="smcap large">This</span> specimen of Mule or Bedroom Slipper is in green velvet, on which +the coat of arms is embroidered in rich silk and metallic threads. The front +is finished off with a white silk ruche, held in place with a row of narrow gold +braid, and the lower outline softened with an edging of fine blonde lace. The +heel is covered with royal blue satin, and the lining is white. The maker is +Abrahams, Westbourne Grove, W.</p> + + +<p class="c lsp large p2">Plate I.</p> + +<p class="n"><span class="smcap large">We</span> have in this illustration three fine specimens of the modern shoemaker’s +craft. The general shape of the shoes is much the same, but what may be +called the decoration is varied. The satisfactory use of the “Magpie” colours +is striking, and argues the good taste of the worker, and the designs, though +simple, give scope to great excellence in workmanship.</p> + +<p class="n">The cordonnier artist has apparently considered his lines as carefully as +the best of yacht builders. The material employed in the first two instances +is kid, and in the other black and white velvet.</p> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<img src="images/fig2.jpg" alt="shoes"> +<p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Plate i.</span></p> +</div> + + +<p class="c lsp large p2">Plate II.</p> + +<p class="n"><span class="smcap large">Illustrates</span> three black satin shoes. The first, without heel and very square +toe, was, no doubt, comfortable, but decidedly unshapely foot-gear. The sole +is thin, and there is no attempt at ornamentation, even to hide the elastic +ankle strap. As this shoe dates back a considerable number of years, it serves +to show the many modern improvements of its two companions.</p> + +<p class="n">No. 2 has a general appearance, which at once demands admiration. +The heel is medium, the toe pointed, and the ornament is a trefoil in old +paste. This shoe belonged to Mrs Macandrew of Dalcross Castle, N.B., +who may be congratulated on its size, or, rather, want of size, and on the good +taste which chooses a plainness of style embodying the essence of smartness. +The Jubilee Shoe has Louis heel, and is embroidered with the Royal Crown +and initials, V.R., with motto, “God save the Queen.” This shoe was +designed in honour of Her Majesty’s first Jubilee, 1887. In 1897 a similar +shoe appeared with the Crown, date, and wording, “Sixty Years Celebration.”</p> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<img src="images/fig3.jpg" alt="shoes"> +<p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Plate ii.</span></p> +</div> + + +<p class="c lsp large p2">Plate III.</p> + +<p class="n"><span class="smcap large">Bronze</span> stage shoe worn by the well-known actress Miss Ada Cavendish. +Louis heel, somewhat square toe, embroidered finely with steel, and large +brown satin-pleated bow with steel buckle.</p> + +<p class="n">Bronze shoe No. 2 is one of the smallest in the collection, and belonged +to Miss Marsh. It has a pointed toe, Louis heel, and plain little bow of +brown satin ribbon.</p> + +<p class="n">The third shoe, also in bronze, has very pointed toe, with pearl and gold +embroidery, which also adorns the small bow, leaf-like in form. The side +seam is stitched with silk galloon, similar to what binds the outside edge. +The heel is Louis in style.</p> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<img src="images/fig4.jpg" alt="shoes"> +<p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Plate iii.</span></p> +</div> + + +<p class="c lsp large p2">Plate IV.</p> + +<p class="n"><span class="smcap large">This</span> elegant shoe resembles a little its immediate predecessor in Plate III. in +the heel, bow with four small leaves, and the ribbon-covered side seam, and, +indeed, reflects the style of the same maker, with the difference shown in the +embroidery, which completely covers the pointed toe, and is of rich gold +thread. Gold beads further enhance the bow. The kid is bronze.</p> + +<p class="n">Bronze also No. 2, with interlaced yellow ribbon in diamond pattern. +This design of stitched ribbon is a good idea to make a self-coloured shoe +correspond more closely with costumes in mixed hues. The round ornament +is gilt, and the heel an ordinary one.</p> + +<p class="n">The next shoe is in black glacé kid, and belonged to the late Duchesse +d’Aumâle. The toe is square, Louis heel, and the “ruched” rosette is of +black silk, edged with puce.</p> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<img src="images/fig5.jpg" alt="shoes"> +<p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Plate iv.</span></p> +</div> + + +<p class="c lsp large p2">Plate V.</p> + +<p class="n">No. 1.—Pink kid shoe, with round toe, ordinary heel, and lined white kid. +The knot-bow is in pink silk ribbon, with picot edge.</p> + +<p class="n">The late Marchioness of Ely owned the centre shoe. It is in rich pink +satin, ornamented with round real lace rosette, and has Louis heel and square +toe.</p> + +<p class="n">Plain pink satin shoe—the 3rd—very neat in shape, with ordinary heel, +and trimmed small bow of same pink satin as the shoe.</p> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<img src="images/fig6.jpg" alt="shoes"> +<p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Plate v.</span></p> +</div> + + +<p class="c lsp large p2">Plate VI.</p> + +<p class="n"><span class="smcap large">Here</span> appears another of Miss Ada Cavendish’s shoes, worn on the stage. +It is of bright yellow satin, trimmed silver braid, which mingles also with the +satin in the round rosette, with mother-of-pearl centre. The toe is very square, +this actress being slow to adopt the pointed toe now so much in vogue.</p> + +<p class="n">No. 2, yellow satin shoe, has silk embroidery, studded with orange-tinted +cabochons, and the bow of crimson silk gives an uncommon finish. +Pointed toe and ordinary heel.</p> + +<p class="n">The third is of plain straw-coloured satin, made uncompromisingly to +match costume without further decoration than the bow, formed of the same +material.</p> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<img src="images/fig7.jpg" alt="shoes"> +<p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Plate vi.</span></p> +</div> + + +<p class="c lsp large p2">Plate VII.</p> + +<p class="n"><span class="smcap large">Single</span> strap shoe, in French grey satin, the front in a certain manner +unattached from back, and distinguished from the same by elaborate floral +embroidery in silk and iridescent beads, which figures also on the strap. +A single paste stone forms central finish to this shoe—uncommon in shape +and design.</p> + +<p class="n">The second shoe, deeper in hue, is said to have belonged to Mrs. +Grahame; and its central tongue, with two overlapping flaps, which call for +a necessary buckle of paste or silver, would place its date in the early part of +the century.</p> + +<p class="n">The silver embroidery in thread, tiny sequins, beads, and lace is in +admirable taste; and the whole workmanship of the shoe, which is in +excellent preservation, is of the best order.</p> + +<p class="n">The last shoe is of plain blue satin, with handsome decoration of gold +tinsel embroidery, studded with oval turquoises, and supplemented with the +brightness of crystal beads, being similar to the trimming of the dress.</p> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<img src="images/fig8.jpg" alt="shoes"> +<p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Plate vii.</span></p> +</div> + + +<p class="c lsp large p2">Plate VIII.</p> + +<p class="n"><span class="smcap large">This</span> shoe—Figure 1—bears the print of its French origin in its essential +smartness, combined with neatness and uniformity of colouring—namely, a +deep, rich purple satin, the bow being of velvet in similar shade. It was worn +by a member of the Rothschild family at the time of the Queen’s first Jubilee, +and the maker, Meier of Paris, not only has a great monopoly in the clothing +and adorning of fashionable feet, but is also much in request in successfully +fulfilling stage taste and requirements in shoes.</p> + +<p class="n">The second shoe on the page is of very small size, and is of English +make, though owned and worn by the French Duchesse de Beauprémont. It +is of bright blue silk, with large rosette and peculiarly shaped heel, being much +elongated underneath towards the side seam.</p> + +<p class="n">The next, pale blue silk shoe, is made simply to match a gown, and probably +out of the same fabric.</p> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<img src="images/fig9.jpg" alt="shoes"> +<p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Plate viii.</span></p> +</div> + + +<p class="c lsp large p2">Plate IX.</p> + +<p class="n"><span class="smcap large">The</span> first shoe of this plate would be remarkable for neatness, though it might +be thought somewhat spoilt by a squareness of toe, but it will be noticed the +idea of squareness appears carried out otherwise in the cut of the shoe. The +space between the principal strap and the three small ones crossing the foot +makes an uncommon variety. The little bows of twilled silk (of which the +shoe also is constructed) give a chic, if somewhat formal finish, to each band. +The heel is a Louis shape.</p> + +<p class="n">Figure 2 belonged to an Edinburgh belle of the season of 1872, and is +of tiny dimensions, though the old fashion of ornamenting with a large bow +deprived the wearers of these small sizes of some of the credit.</p> + +<p class="n">The third and most elegant shoe possesses one of the highest Louis heels +worn off the stage, and belonged to an American lady who, like several others, +came to this country and acquired for herself the right to the motto first +adopted by Alexander the Great—namely, “Veni, Vidi, Vici.”</p> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<img src="images/fig10.jpg" alt="shoes"> +<p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Plate ix.</span></p> +</div> + + +<p class="c lsp large p2">Plate X.</p> + +<p class="n"><span class="smcap large">This</span> shoe of white silk has the novel decoration of small netted buttons. +These buttons rest on simulated straps, the silk being merely cut away to show +spaces of the blue lining between. The shoe has altogether a perfection of +style which its distinguished owner, an autocrat in dress, always demands.</p> + +<p class="n">No. 2 is of very small size in white satin, richly embroidered in crystal +beads and thick silk twist. The open-work meshes, like spider webs, could +reveal a pretty shade of stocking.</p> + +<p class="n">The latter idea, however, is carried out to perfection by No. 3, a shoe +which is composed entirely of strong cream silk guipure. It is eminently +fitted for evening—especially dancing—wear, both as to texture and coolness. +The pattern of the lace in this example adapts itself to the neatest and smallest +of shapes. The back is kept in shape with satin-covered stiffening.</p> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<img src="images/fig11.jpg" alt="shoes"> +<p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Plate x.</span></p> +</div> + + +<p class="c lsp large p2">Plate XI.</p> + +<p class="n"><span class="smcap large">This</span> shoe of Cromwellian shape hails from the stage, and boasts the highest +heel in the collection. It is thickly embroidered in small crystal beads studded +with cabochons, the latter also in clear crystal, which is a decoration difficult +to beat. The wide tongue is kept in place by a strap, which would require a +diamond or silver buckle to fasten it at the side, not visible in the illustration. +The lining is of pale blue satin.</p> + +<p class="n">No. 2 is owned by a society belle, whose beauty may be said to extend +from “top to toe,” as the toe, or rather toes, encased in this foot-gear must be +of the smallest and daintiest description, and demanding a share of the admiration +granted to their lovely owner’s figure and face.</p> + +<p class="n">The next shoe is a wedding shoe, looking strange to us in its old-world +form, but the very mould of fashion in its day, which dates nearly forty years +ago.</p> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<img src="images/fig12.jpg" alt="shoes"> +<p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Plate xi.</span></p> +</div> + + +<p class="c lsp large p2">Plate XII.</p> + +<p class="n"><span class="smcap large">A handsome</span> shoe this of rich silver brocade, with bow of same, pointed toe, +and substantial Louis heel. The incurved seam at back gives a firmer hold +to heel and ankle.</p> + +<p class="n">Miss Edna May owned the centre shoe, and it was worn by her as the +“Belle of New York.” The embroidery in white silk and silver beads is +faultless in design. The heel is an extremity of height, and is much the safer +for the single ankle-strap, with its neat bow and ornament.</p> + +<p class="n">No. 3, of plain silver kid, has elongated toe, beaded by small silver +ornament. It is a suitable shoe for fancy dress, but has this drawback—together +with its two companions, also much besilvered—a liability to tarnish.</p> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<img src="images/fig13.jpg" alt="shoes"> +<p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Plate xii.</span></p> +</div> + + +<p class="c lsp large p2">Plate XIII.</p> + +<p class="n"><span class="smcap large">This</span> well-shaped boot stands out unique amongst the bevy of surrounding +shoes, but its texture, shade, and workmanship are none the less delicate. Its +owner and wearer was of exalted position, and her foreign birth, perhaps, +inclined her to a departure from the usual style for evening wear.</p> + +<p class="n">No. 2 shoe is of a shape frequently made in two shades, but looks no less +well for its sameness of colouring in the present instance, with which the neat +trio of steel daisies admirably harmonise, adapting it at once to modified +mourning if desired.</p> + +<p class="n">Last on this page is a bridesmaid’s shoe, and it could well be taken as a +pattern of style for anyone called upon to enact that part. The bow of silk +ribbon harmonises with the heliotrope coloured satin, of which this shoe and +its two predecessors are made.</p> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<img src="images/fig14.jpg" alt="shoes"> +<p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Plate xiii.</span></p> +</div> + + +<p class="c lsp large p2">Plate XIV.</p> + +<p class="n"><span class="smcap large">First</span> appears in this shoe a further idea of contrivances for firm wear. This +is in the form of a useful elastic strap, covered with heliotrope satin bow to +match shoe. It is a more clumsy appliance than the indrawn heel at the top, +before described in Plate XII.</p> + +<p class="n">The second shoe, also in heliotrope shade, but of silk, belonged to the +Comtesse de Paris, and is decorated with real lace. It has a square toe and +low heel.</p> + +<p class="n">No. 3 is distinguished for its embroidery, the species of flower and the +blending of its colours harmonising so well with the lilac colour of satin.</p> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<img src="images/fig15.jpg" alt="shoes"> +<p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Plate xiv.</span></p> +</div> + + +<p class="c lsp large p2">Plate XV.</p> + +<p class="n"><span class="smcap large">First</span>, a shoe which can be certified as Imperial, and bears the French print +of good taste in elaboration. The little border of lace all round the edge and +also round the bow gives daintiness and lightness, whereas the gold embroidery +gives massive richness at the same time. The additional knot of gold lace +and tassels is peculiarly handsome and effective, and the rich embroidery and +bead work extends even to the heel—an Imperial heel evidently demanding +special adornment.</p> + +<p class="n">Algiers contributes this specimen of slipper, Eastern in design and shape, +and in its lavish covering of patterned gold.</p> + +<p class="n">No. 3 is another case of the evening “Oxford” shoe. It is beautifully +shaped and free from clumsiness, and the embroidery in lightness and effectiveness +of design scores a success. The Duchess who chose and wore it might +well be imitated in such a fashion.</p> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<img src="images/fig16.jpg" alt="shoes"> +<p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Plate xv.</span></p> +</div> + + +<p class="c lsp large p2">Plate XVI.</p> + +<p class="n"><span class="smcap large">The</span> first shoe on this plate belonged to and was worn by Miss Christine +Nilsson in “Lohengrin.” It is of cloth of gold, and testifies that the great singer +does not neglect, in her superior charm of voice, the additional charm of dress. +The gilt buttons are appropriate, and the crystal studs, glistening like dewdrops +across the instep, are original in arrangement. The toe is very +elongated. Otherwise the shoe is of the ordinary approved shape.</p> + +<p class="n">No, 2 is gilded kid, superior to the cloth of woven gold thread from its +untarnishable quality. The round gilt button makes a neat finish. The +heel is rather low for smart effect.</p> + +<p class="n">The third shoe of cloth of gold boasts a Duchess for its quondam owner, +who, in turn, can boast that her foot could grace its tiny dimensions. The +sole ornament of loops of braid is uncommon, in the fact that it is composed of +bullion and not tinsel. The shoe has a Louis heel and white kid lining.</p> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<img src="images/fig17.jpg" alt="shoes"> +<p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Plate xvi.</span></p> +</div> + + +<p class="c lsp large p2">Plate XVII.</p> + +<p class="n"><span class="smcap large">Though</span> simply severe in style (which the richness of material demands), this +shoe doubtless repeats the hue and texture of the gorgeous sweeping folds of +the costume it was made to match. The paste button is neat and good, and +too modest in size to publish its own failure in competition with the jewels due +to the rank and toilette of the wearer. The Louis heel is also velvet-covered.</p> + +<p class="n">No. 2 shoe is a departure from the ordinary evening style. It must have +a firmness for dancing, which is, perhaps, advantageous in some cases. The +festooned embroidery in chain stitch and French knots is tastefully done in silk +of darker shade, and adds to the originality of the shoe. Also a feature of it +is that it is made all in one piece, and a line of stitching simulates a seam.</p> + +<p class="n">The last is of watered silk. The inside lining is of delicate pink satin. +The buttoned strap is a favourite style with many—sometimes single, sometimes +multiplied, and more or less elaborate. The plain gilt button in this case alone +figures, whilst on the toe rests a small bow of watered silk ribbon exact in +shade.</p> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<img src="images/fig18.jpg" alt="shoes"> +<p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Plate xvii.</span></p> +</div> + + +<p class="c lsp large p2">Plate XVIII.</p> + +<p class="n"><span class="smcap large">1. Deep</span> eau-de-nil satin shoe worn by Miss Ada Cavendish as Lady Teazle. +Large rosette, with gilt and steel square buckle. This size of bow (now +obsolete) admitted of an elastic insertion at the back, which, no doubt, added +to the ease of fitting. The toe-cap is chain-stitched and appliqué.</p> + +<p class="n">The next is similar in hue, but of modern shape. It is very finely beaded, +so fine as to readily conjure up the impression of a possible use of seed pearl. +The toe is pointed, and the heel in Louis style.</p> + +<p class="n">No. 3 is also of a modern shape, the colour yellowish green. This +shoe has only a Louis heel and general neatness to distinguish it.</p> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<img src="images/fig19.jpg" alt="shoes"> +<p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Plate xviii.</span></p> +</div> + + +<p class="c lsp large p2">Plate XIX.</p> + +<p class="n"><span class="smcap large">The</span> satin Oxford shoe again appears first on this plate. It is particularly +small and neat indeed. Only the owner of a small foot could, with success, +adopt this style. It is very finely embroidered in steel beads in a floral pattern. +Louis heel, silk lace to match.</p> + +<p class="n">No. 2.—A deep red shoe, with closely embroidered toe in gold thread. +It has plain silk bow to match and Louis heel.</p> + +<p class="n">Deep crimson also No. 3, with embroidery of rich gold thread picked out +with white beads to emphasise the pattern. The rosette has rows of beads +alternate red and gold, on every folded edge, and in the centre several rows. +The toe is pointed; an ordinary heel.</p> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<img src="images/fig20.jpg" alt="shoes"> +<p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Plate xix.</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="c lsp large p2">Plate XX.</p> + +<p class="n"><span class="smcap large">The</span> brocade of this first shoe is rich in colour and substance. The pattern +is well manipulated, so that the effect is good. The bow is of the same +material.</p> + +<p class="n">The next shoe stands out in originality of style. The red and white satin +make a vivid contrast. The piece of red attached to the vamp is sewn to the +sole only, otherwise loose, and therefore would almost make necessary an +ornament to fix it at the top as well and give a finish.</p> + +<p class="n">This shoe, the third and last, belonged to Rosa Anderson, a fair maid +of Perth, whose elopement created a great sensation in bygone days in the +town, to whose Council her husband belonged. Let us hope this actual pair +of shoes did not carry their fair owner away to a chimerical happiness from the +path of duty which appeared prosaic in the face of flattery and attention from +one whose position far exceeded that of the burgher’s wife.</p> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<img src="images/fig21.jpg" alt="shoes"> +<p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Plate xx.</span></p> +</div> + + +<p class="c lsp large p2">Finis.</p> + +<p class="n"><span class="smcap large">Dancing</span> sandals worn in the ballet by Madame Cerri, made of pink satin +with pink satin ties. The soles very small, and the padded toes protruding +considerably beyond them.</p> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<img src="images/fig22.jpg" alt="shoes"> +</div> + + +<div style='text-align:center'>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 75531 ***</div> +</body> +</html> + diff --git a/75531-h/images/cover.jpg b/75531-h/images/cover.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..a51ffad --- /dev/null +++ b/75531-h/images/cover.jpg diff --git a/75531-h/images/fig1.jpg b/75531-h/images/fig1.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..d885d83 --- /dev/null +++ b/75531-h/images/fig1.jpg diff --git a/75531-h/images/fig10.jpg b/75531-h/images/fig10.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..2a31ca9 --- /dev/null +++ b/75531-h/images/fig10.jpg diff --git a/75531-h/images/fig11.jpg b/75531-h/images/fig11.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..147a5a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/75531-h/images/fig11.jpg diff --git a/75531-h/images/fig12.jpg b/75531-h/images/fig12.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..a6197f8 --- /dev/null +++ b/75531-h/images/fig12.jpg diff --git a/75531-h/images/fig13.jpg b/75531-h/images/fig13.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..acae5c9 --- /dev/null +++ b/75531-h/images/fig13.jpg diff --git a/75531-h/images/fig14.jpg b/75531-h/images/fig14.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..a122267 --- /dev/null +++ b/75531-h/images/fig14.jpg diff --git a/75531-h/images/fig15.jpg b/75531-h/images/fig15.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..371d422 --- /dev/null +++ b/75531-h/images/fig15.jpg diff --git a/75531-h/images/fig16.jpg b/75531-h/images/fig16.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..abf3120 --- /dev/null +++ b/75531-h/images/fig16.jpg diff --git a/75531-h/images/fig17.jpg b/75531-h/images/fig17.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..2b5e197 --- /dev/null +++ b/75531-h/images/fig17.jpg diff --git a/75531-h/images/fig18.jpg b/75531-h/images/fig18.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..cc4d70e --- /dev/null +++ b/75531-h/images/fig18.jpg diff --git a/75531-h/images/fig19.jpg b/75531-h/images/fig19.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..44fcc2a --- /dev/null +++ b/75531-h/images/fig19.jpg diff --git a/75531-h/images/fig2.jpg b/75531-h/images/fig2.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..3d81f64 --- /dev/null +++ b/75531-h/images/fig2.jpg diff --git a/75531-h/images/fig20.jpg b/75531-h/images/fig20.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..b19ab38 --- /dev/null +++ b/75531-h/images/fig20.jpg diff --git a/75531-h/images/fig21.jpg b/75531-h/images/fig21.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..d4aa0e0 --- /dev/null +++ b/75531-h/images/fig21.jpg diff --git a/75531-h/images/fig22.jpg b/75531-h/images/fig22.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..07ba0ca --- /dev/null +++ b/75531-h/images/fig22.jpg diff --git a/75531-h/images/fig3.jpg b/75531-h/images/fig3.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..11aeee6 --- /dev/null +++ b/75531-h/images/fig3.jpg diff --git a/75531-h/images/fig4.jpg b/75531-h/images/fig4.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..80433fc --- /dev/null +++ b/75531-h/images/fig4.jpg diff --git a/75531-h/images/fig5.jpg b/75531-h/images/fig5.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..e318434 --- /dev/null +++ b/75531-h/images/fig5.jpg diff --git a/75531-h/images/fig6.jpg b/75531-h/images/fig6.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..4bfc2e3 --- /dev/null +++ b/75531-h/images/fig6.jpg diff --git a/75531-h/images/fig7.jpg b/75531-h/images/fig7.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..8316502 --- /dev/null +++ b/75531-h/images/fig7.jpg diff --git a/75531-h/images/fig8.jpg b/75531-h/images/fig8.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..7a89fcb --- /dev/null +++ b/75531-h/images/fig8.jpg diff --git a/75531-h/images/fig9.jpg b/75531-h/images/fig9.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..fa34e60 --- /dev/null +++ b/75531-h/images/fig9.jpg |
