SciPer IndexPeopleAuthorsIllustratorsBooksPeriodicalsInstitutions, Societies, &c.Unidentified Pseudonyms
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction [1st]  Introduction
Volume 11  (January to June 1828)

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), facing [i].

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Captain Clapperton. Clapperton, Hugh (1788–1827) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>
From a Sketch by Mr. Manton Manton, Gildon (fl. 1829) NPG
Close   View the register entry >>

Anon

Genre:

Illustration

Relevant illustrations:

eng.

Illustrators:

Mr. Manton Manton, Gildon (fl. 1829) NPG
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Exploration

See also:

Anon, 'Memoir of the Late Captain Clapperton', Mirror of Literature, 11 (1828), i–viii


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), [iii]–iv.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Preface

Anon

Genre:

Preface

Subjects:

Discovery, Periodicals, Utility


    Observes: 'In the "ARCANA OF SCIENCE" will be found Abstracts of the principal Discoveries of the past six months, together with a few valuable Documents or Paper on questions of contemporary interest; which, it is hoped, have been distinguished by their usefulness, as well as by their attractions for scientific inquirers' (iii–iv). Notes that the 'Architectural Series' is a 'proof of the Proprietors' anxiety to identify "THE MIRROR" Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction (1822–47) Mirror Monthly Magazine (1847–49) Waterloo Directory
Close   View the register entry >>
with the Novelties of Science and Art, as well as to render it an agreeable Miscellany of General Literature' (iv).



Issue 292 (5 January 1828)Expand    Contract

Section: The Contemporary Traveller

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 6–7.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Recent Excursion to Mount Vesuvius. (From a Correspondent, in Brewster's Brewster, Sir David (1781–1868) DSB ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>
Journal Edinburgh Journal of Science (1824–32) Waterloo Directory
Close   View the register entry >>
)

Anon

Genre:

Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

Edinburgh Journal of Science Edinburgh Journal of Science (1824–32) Waterloo Directory
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Vulcanology, Feeling, Wonder, Aesthetics, Fear, Mineralogy, Collecting


Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 7–10.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Presentiments of Death

Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Edinburgh Monthly Magazine (1817) Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1817–1900+) Waterloo Directory
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Prognostication, Superstition, Natural Law


    Observes that to say that presentiments 'are produced by a latent taint of superstition, is to elude the question', and that such experiences have been 'confessed by men of the sternest intellect' (7). Argues that many 'visible presentiments rest upon authority so good as to be not a little troublesome to those who would explain them all implicitly on natural principles' (8). Documents numerous examples of presentiments of death.



Section: The Selector, and Literary Notices of New Works

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 10–11.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

A Voyage Round the World. By James Montgomery Montgomery, James (1771–1854) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>

Anon

Genre:

Extract, Poetry

Publications extracted:

Amulet Amulet (1826–36) Waterloo Directory
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Exploration, Navigation, Physical Geography, Imperialism, Nationalism


    The imaginary journey round the world concludes: 'Britain, thou'rt my home—my rest; / —My own land, I love thee best' (11).



Section: Arcana of Science

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 12.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Climate

Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

William T Brande Brande, William Thomas (1788–1866) DSB
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Meteorology, Climatology, Heat


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 12.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Cotton Rope

Anon

Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Invention, Industry, Patronage, Exhibitions


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 13.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

The Ostrich

Anon

Genre:

Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

Jennings 1828 Jennings, James 1828. Ornithologia; or, The Birds: A Poem, in Two Parts with an Introduction to their Natural History; and Copious Notes, London: Poole and Edwards
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Ornithology, Error, Comparative Anatomy, Dissection, Lecturing

People mentioned:

Joshua Brookes Brookes, Joshua (1761–1833) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>

Institutions mentioned:

Zoological Society Zoological Society of London
Close   View the register entry >>


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 13.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Fossil Plants

Anon

Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Discovery, Palaeontology


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 13.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Mining

Anon

Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Mining, Physiology

Publications cited:

American Journal of Science and Arts American Journal of Science and Arts (1818–1900+) BUCOP
Close   View the register entry >>


    Reports that mules employed at 'the amalgamating mines in Mexico' are cut open after death and contain several pounds of silver in their stomachs.



Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 16.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Death's "Return" for 1827

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary

Subjects:

Death, Statistics, Publishing, Adulteration, Population


    Reports on the annual bill of mortality, observing that it takes the 'same form as the Ale and Porter Brewer's Return'. Comments: 'if Mr. Accum Accum, Friedrich Christian (1769–1838) DSB
Close   View the register entry >>
be right, there is more connexion between these two "Returns" than is generally supposed'. Considers that the 'Malthusians will rejoice to hear that the christenings exceed the burials, as heretofore, by 7,633'.



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 16.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Seasonable Counsels

Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Publishing, Universities, Societies, Health


    Ridicules various 'trite remarks' on the preservation of health made in an almanac, 'dated from the Council-Room of a learned University and Society'. Concludes: 'We were not aware that the united labours of a "Society" were requisite to repeat what old Parr Parr, Thomas ('Old Parr') (d. 1635) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>
and our grandmothers told us long ago'.



^^ Back to the top of this issue

Issue 293 (12 January 1828)Expand    Contract

Section: Arcana of Science

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 23.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Imagination

Anon

Genre:

Extract

Publications extracted:

John Haslam Haslam, John (1764–1844) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Psychology, Child Development, Education, Fear, Superstition


    Argues that infants are devoid of imagination, and that the fearful imaginings which harm them in their development are entirely attributable to parents or nurses.



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 23.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Economy of Steam

Anon

Genre:

Extract; Afterword

Publications extracted:

William T Brande Brande, William Thomas (1788–1866) DSB
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Steam-power, Manufactories, Heat, Chemistry


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 24.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

The Lemming

Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Illustrators:

Bonner Sc Bonner, George Wilmot (1796–1836) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Zoology, Instinct, Animal Behaviour

People mentioned:

Arthur de C Brooke Brooke, Sir Arthur de Capell, 2nd Baronet (1791–1858) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 24.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

New Paper

Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Domestic Economy


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 24.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Study of Nature

Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Humphry Davy Davy, Sir Humphry, Baronet (1778–1829) DSB ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Feeling, Wonder, Romanticism, Geology, Palaeontology, Design, Theology of Nature


    Urges that the 'grand monuments of nature, which mark the revolutions of the globe' should evoke a far greater sense of wonder than even 'the great remains of human works'. The establishment of 'order and harmony' and the production of 'a system of life and beauty' out of the 'chaos and death' manifested by geological phenomena proves 'the infinite power, wisdom, and goodness of the Great Cause of all Being!'.



Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 30.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

A Few Opinions for 1828

Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous, Drollery

Publications extracted:

[Morgan] 1828 [Morgan, Thomas Charles] 1828. 'Opinions for 1828', New Monthly Magazine, 22, 17–24
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Transport, Invention, Aeronautics, Engineering, Universities, Education, Commerce, Pharmaceuticals


    Records numerous spoof opinions, including: 'Opinion is much divided on the subject of travelling between the Aeropleustics and the Vallancey [possibly a reference to the Irish military engineer Charles Vallancey Vallancey, Charles (c. 1726–1812) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>
] scheme. The plan of flying kites is, however, thought the most feasible in the city. The friends of the kite and the vacuum tube are each disposed to back their favourites for a large sum; but the odds are five to one "Teakettle against the field". When this question is decided, a suspension bridge over the Irish Channel, and a tunnel under the Straits of Dover will be immediately put in hand'. Records: 'The London university University of London
Close   View the register entry >>
is fifty per cent. better than at the last quotation. Mechanics' Institutions hold their own'. Reports: 'Mustard-seed is still the "sovereign'st thing in the world" for the digestion'.



Section: The Contemporary Traveller

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 30–31.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Narrative of the Proceedings of the Late Mission to Ava  [1/2]Anon, 'Narrative of the Proceedings of the Late Mission to Ava', Mirror of Literature, 11 (1828), 75–77

Close

Anon

Genre:

Extract, Travelogue, Serial

Publications extracted:

Edinburgh Journal of Science Edinburgh Journal of Science (1824–32) Waterloo Directory
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Exploration, Imperialism, Geology, Commerce, Steamships, Wonder


^^ Back to the top of this issue

Issue 294 (19 January 1828)Expand    Contract

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 39.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Manners & Customs of All Nations. Lingga

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Angelbeek 1826 Angelbeek, C. Van 1826. 'Korte Schets van het Eiland Lingga en Deszelfs Bewoners', Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap der Kunsten en Wetenschappen, 11, 3–62
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Exploration, Geology, Ethnography, Commerce, Minearlogy, Mining

Publications cited:

Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap der Kunsten en Wetenschappen Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap der Kunsten en Wetenschappen (1779–1900+) BUCOP
Close   View the register entry >>


Section: Anecedotal Portraits of Eminent Contemporaries

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 41.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Campbell Campbell, Thomas (1777–1844) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>
the Poet

Anon

Genre:

Extract, Biography

Publications extracted:

Hunt 1828 Hunt, Leigh 1828. Lord Byron and Some of his Contemporaries: With Recollections of the Author's Life, and of his Visit to Italy, London: Colburn
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Universities, Phrenology


    Observes of Campbell that he betrays profoundly philanthropic feelings, though he seeks to efface them. Notes: 'Mr Campbell professes to be hopeless and sarcastic, and takes pains all the while to set up a university University of London
Close   View the register entry >>
'. Remarks: 'His skull was sharply cut and fine; with plenty, according to the phrenologists, both of the reflective and amative organs: and his poetry will bear them out'.



Section: Juvenalia for the Season

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 46–47.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Oranges

Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Time's Telescope Time's Telescope (1814–34) Waterloo Directory
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Horticulture, Commerce, Class, Acclimatization

Publications cited:

Phillips 1820, Phillips, Henry 1820. Pomarium Britannicum: An Historical and Botanical Account of Fruits Known in Great Britain, London: printed for the author
Close   View the register entry >>
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665–1900+) Waterloo Directory
Close   View the register entry >>
Hughes 1750 Hughes, Griffith 1750. The Natural History of Barbados. In Ten Books, London: printed for the author
Close   View the register entry >>


Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 47.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Up with the Sun and Down with the Sun

Anon

Genre:

Extract, Drollery

Publications extracted:

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Edinburgh Monthly Magazine (1817) Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1817–1900+) Waterloo Directory
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Astronomy


    Argues against the practice described in the article title: 'Because an immense globe of fire, or luminous matter, of one kind or other, ever so many millions of miles off, chances to set at a given hour, is that any reason why you must set too, who are close at hand, and not of luminous matter? We hold that it is as reasonable to sit up with the stars, as to lie down with the sun [...] nothing like a general system of rules for the guidance of human life can be deduced from the motions of the heavenly bodies'.



Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 48.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Origin of the Colour and Fragrance of the Rose. By Dr. Booker Booker, Luke (1762–1835) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>

Anon

Genre:

Anecdote, Drollery

Subjects:

Botany, Sex, Gender, Christianity


    The anecdote recounts Booker's humorous poetical explanation of the origin of scented and coloured roses, which relates them to the primeval flower's reaction to the kiss of Eve.



^^ Back to the top of this issue

Issue 295 (26 January 1828)Expand    Contract

Section: Arcana of Science

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 53.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Observations on the Potato

Anon

Genre:

Extract, Instructions

Publications extracted:

John Sinclair Sinclair, Sir John, 1st Baronet (1754–1835) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Horticulture, Nutrition, Domestic Economy


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 54.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Squalls of Wind on the African Shores

Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

D M Milnegraden Milnegraden, D M (fl. 1828) ML1/11/294a/2
Close   View the register entry >>
, New Monthly Magazine New Monthly Magazine (1814–81) New Monthly (1882–84) Waterloo Directory
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Meteorology, Electricity


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 54.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Improved Clock

Anon

Genre:

Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

Revue Encyclopédique Revue Encyclopedique (1891–1900) BUCOP
Close   View the register entry >>
, Quarterly Journal of Science Journal of Science and the Arts (1816–19) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and the Arts (1819–27) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and Art (1827–30) Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain (1830–31) Waterloo Directory
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Time, Instruments, Exhibitions


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 54.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Botany of the Sandwich Islands

Anon

Genre:

Abstract, Paper

Publications abstracted:

M de Michel Michel, M de (fl. 1828) ML1/11/295a/4
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Botany, Geographical Distribution, Biblical Authority

People mentioned:

Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré, Gaudichaud-Beaupré, Charles (1789–1854) WBI
Close   View the register entry >>
Louis C de S de Freycinet Freycinet, Louis Claude de Saulces de (1779–1842) WBI
Close   View the register entry >>

Institutions mentioned:

Académie des Sciences, Paris Académie des Sciences, Paris
Close   View the register entry >>


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 54–56.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Popular Superstitions. No. II. The Sea

Vyvyan Vyvyan
Close   View the register entry >>

Genre:

Regular Feature, Essay

Subjects:

Superstition, Wonder, Fear, Feeling, Education, Class, Magic, Religion, Animal Behaviour, Prognostication, Meteorology

People mentioned:

William Scoresby Scoresby, William, Jr. (1789–1857) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>

Publications cited:

Stavorinus 1798 Stavorinus, Johan Splinter 1798. Voyages to the East-Indies: The Whole Comprising a Full and Accurate Account of all the Present and Late Possessions of the Dutch in India, and at the Cape of Good Hope, trans. by Samuel Hull Wilcocke, 3 vols, London: G.G. and J. Robinson
Close   View the register entry >>


    Observes that the 'manner of life' of sailors, 'the frequent opportunities they have for reflection amidst the most elevating and sublime scenes in nature (for what can exceed the waste of waters), the constant and ceaseless dangers and perils to which they are exposed, combined with the deficiency of education (which is perhaps the most material point), all seem calculated to [...] render the mariner more superstitiously inclined than most men'. Considers that, on land, the general decline in superstition 'before the light of knowledge, affords a striking illustration of the "invaluable blessings which descend even to the lowest of the people, from the diffusion of the sound principles of philosophy"'. Reviews some past and present superstitions of sailors, and observes that 'If the sailor would accustom himself to reason on any matters out of the ordinary course of things [...] he would find that most of those apparently mysterious occurrences on the deep, could be explained, on the simplest principles, both natural and philosophical'. (55)



Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 64.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

West London Infirmary West London Dispensary
Close   View the register entry >>
and Charing Cross Hospital Charing Cross Hospital
Close   View the register entry >>

Anon

Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Hospitals, Patronage, Class, Manufactories, Accidents

People mentioned:

Hugh Percy Percy, Hugh, 3rd Duke of Northumberland of the 3rd creation (1785–1847) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>


^^ Back to the top of this issue

Issue 296 (2 February 1828)Expand    Contract

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 65–68.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Bird's-Eye View of an Abattoir, or French Slaughter-House

Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Subjects:

Architecture, Nutrition, Public Health, Cruelty, Government, Societies

Publications cited:

The Times The Times (1777–1900+) Waterloo Directory
Close   View the register entry >>


    Reports on the great advantages in terms of public health, animal welfare, and general convenience of the system of abattoirs adopted in Paris, and endorses the proposals of James Hakewill Hakewill, James (1778–1843) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>
to introduce a similar scheme in London. Observes: 'Even the removal of that focus of filth and nauseating odours, Warwick Lane, would be no inconsiderable amelioration of that part of the city, as our good friends of Paternoster Row will allow; but the grave faculty of physicians Royal College of Physicians
Close   View the register entry >>
seem to have taken the alarm long since, for they have removed their sanctum to a splendid new college, in one of the most elevated and salubrious situations of the metropolis; while their dismal old temple in Warwick Lane is deserted' (68).



Section: Anecdotal Portraits

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 71–73.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Lord Byron. (From 'Lord Byron and Some of his Contemporaries Hunt, Leigh 1828. Lord Byron and Some of his Contemporaries: With Recollections of the Author's Life, and of his Visit to Italy, London: Colburn
Close   View the register entry >>
, by Leigh Hunt Hunt, Leigh (James Henry Leigh) (1784–1859) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>
)

Anon

Genre:

Extract, Anecdote, Biography

Publications extracted:

Hunt 1828 Hunt, Leigh 1828. Lord Byron and Some of his Contemporaries: With Recollections of the Author's Life, and of his Visit to Italy, London: Colburn
Close   View the register entry >>



[1] His Books

Subjects:

Reading

People mentioned:

Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin (1706–90) DSB
Close   View the register entry >>


    Observes: 'Franklin he liked. He respected him for his acquisition of wealth and power; and would have stood in awe, had he known him, of the refined worldliness of his character, and the influence it gave him. Franklin's works [...] were among his favourite reading' (72).




Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 74.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Domestic Inventions

Jacobus Jacobus
Close   View the register entry >>

Genre:

Miscellaneous



[3] Bellows

Subjects:

Invention, Domestic Economy

People mentioned:

Edward D Clarke Clarke, Edward Daniel (1769–1822) DSB
Close   View the register entry >>

Publications cited:

Beckmann 1797 Beckmann, Johann 1797. A History of Inventions and Discoveries, trans. by William Johnston, 3 vols, London: J. Bell
Close   View the register entry >>



Section: The Contemporary Traveller

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 75–77.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Narrative of the Proceedings of the Late Mission to Ava  [2/2]Anon, 'Narrative of the Proceedings of the Late Mission to Ava', Mirror of Literature, 11 (1828), 30–31

Close

Anon

Genre:

Extract, Travelogue, Serial

Publications extracted:

Edinburgh Journal of Science Edinburgh Journal of Science (1824–32) Waterloo Directory
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Exploration, Imperialism


Section: Biographettes for the Month. January

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 77.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Jan. 11, 1752, died, Sir Hans Sloane Sloane, Sir Hans (1660–1753) DSB
Close   View the register entry >>

Pasche Pasche
Close   View the register entry >>

Genre:

Biography, Extract

Publications extracted:

Anon 1747–66 Anon. 1747–66. Biographia Britannica; or, The Lives of the Most Eminent Persons who have Flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, from the Earliest Ages, Down to the Present Times: Collected from the Best Authorities, both Printed and Manuscript, and Digested in the Manner of Mr. Bayle's Historical and Critical Dictionary, 6 vols, London: W. Innys [and 22 others]
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners, Medical Practitioners, Exploration, Botany, Collecting, Societies, Publishing, Museums, Patronage, Government

Institutions mentioned:

Royal Society, Royal Society of London
Close   View the register entry >>
Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Physicians
Close   View the register entry >>
British Museum, British Museum
Close   View the register entry >>
Society of Apothecaries—Chelsea Physic Garden Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London—Chelsea Physic Garden
Close   View the register entry >>


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 77–78.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Jan. 14, 1741–2, died, Dr. Edmund Halley Halley, Edmond (1656?–1743) DSB
Close   View the register entry >>
, the celebrated astronomer

Pasche Pasche
Close   View the register entry >>

Genre:

Biography, Extract

Publications extracted:

Anon 1747–66 Anon. 1747–66. Biographia Britannica; or, The Lives of the Most Eminent Persons who have Flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, from the Earliest Ages, Down to the Present Times: Collected from the Best Authorities, both Printed and Manuscript, and Digested in the Manner of Mr. Bayle's Historical and Critical Dictionary, 6 vols, London: W. Innys [and 22 others]
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Astronomy, Mathematics, Exploration, Publishing, Navigation, Hydrography

People mentioned:

Isaac Newton Newton, Sir Isaac (1642–1727) DSB
Close   View the register entry >>

Institutions mentioned:

University of Oxford, University of Oxford
Close   View the register entry >>
Royal Society Royal Society of London
Close   View the register entry >>

Publications cited:

Newton 1687 Newton, Isaac 1687. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, Londini: Jussu Societatis Regiae ac Typis Josephi Streater
Close   View the register entry >>


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 79.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Jan. 20, 1790, died, John Howard Howard, John (1726?–90) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>

Pasche Pasche
Close   View the register entry >>

Genre:

Biography, Extract

Publications extracted:

Aikin 1792 Aikin, John 1792. A View of the Character and Public Services of the Late John Howard Esq. LL.D. F.R.S, London: Joseph Johnson
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Hospitals, Epidemiology, Heroism


Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 79–80.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

[Anecdotes of Military Bravery During Amputation]

Anon

Genre:

Introduction; Extract, Anecdote

Publications extracted:

Hutchison 1816 Hutchison, Alexander Copland 1816. Some Practical Observations in Surgery: Illustrated by Cases, London: J. Callow; Edinburgh: A. Black; Dublin: Hodges and M'Arthur
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Surgery, Fear, Heroism, Anatomy, Physiology

People mentioned:

George J Guthrie Guthrie, George James (1785–1856) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>

Institutions mentioned:

Deal Naval Hospital Deal Naval Hospital
Close   View the register entry >>


^^ Back to the top of this issue

Issue 297 (9 February 1828)Expand    Contract

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 82–83.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Ancient Carved Work at Manchester

Samuel Hardman, Late Adjutant of the 10th Royal Hussars, No. 6, Charlotte-place, Kennington-Lane, Vauxhall.—London Hardman, Samuel (Late Adjutant of the 10th Royal Hussars, of 6 Charlotte Place, Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, London) (fl. 1828) ML1/11/297/1
Close   View the register entry >>

Genre:

Letter

Subjects:

Class, Eductaion, Astronomy, Astrology, Mathematics


    Relates that he comes from a long line of labourers, but that 'there are men among the labourers, some of whom have not, perhaps, second shirts to their backs, more perfect grammarians, astronomers, astrologers, and arithmeticians, than any other men in England; all of course self-taught' (83).



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 88.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

The North Cape, As It Appears on Approaching It from Mageroe

Anon

Genre:

Extract, Travelogue

Publications extracted:

Brooke 1823 Brooke, Arthur de Capell 1823. Travels through Sweden, Norway, and Finmark to the North Cape, in the Summer of 1820, London: Rodwell and Martin
Close   View the register entry >>

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Illustrators:

Bonner Sc Bonner, George Wilmot (1796–1836) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Exploration


Section: The Editor's Album of Literature and the Fine Arts

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 91.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

[Experiment with Jacob Perkins's Perkins, Jacob (1766–1849) CBD
Close   View the register entry >>
Steam Artillery]

Anon

Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Military Technology, Steam-power, Government, Patronage, Invention, Cultural Geography


    'An experiment has already been made with Mr. Perkins' steam artillery, which he is constructing for the French government. Quere, what would be the odds on the inventer's [sic] head were he in Constantinople?'



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 91.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

[Goldsworthy Gurney's Gurney, Sir Goldsworthy (1793–1875) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>
Steam Carriage]

Anon

Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Steam-power, Transport, Invention


    'MR. GURNEY continues successful in his experiments with his new steam carriage.'



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 92.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

[Vegetation on a Glacier]

Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Foreign Review Foreign Review and Continental Miscellany (1827–30) Waterloo Directory
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Botany, Geographical Distribution, Glaciology


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 92.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

[Smallpox in the New World Before Vaccination]

Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Epidemiology, Race, Vaccination

People mentioned:

Prince Frederick Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763–1827) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 92.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

[Metallic Alloy for Plating Iron]

Anon

Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Invention, Metallurgy, Industry


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 92.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Cold Caves

Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Heat


Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 95–96.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Newspaper Sentiment

Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous, Drollery

Publications extracted:

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Edinburgh Monthly Magazine (1817) Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1817–1900+) Waterloo Directory
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Meteorology, Electricity, Disease, Veterinary Science, Physics, Anatomy


    Considers that the sentiment and language of country newspapers is much less denuded than that in the London newspapers. Country writers often prefer uncommon to common language. Thus: 'If a flash of lightning set a haystack in a blaze, or ring the bells of a steeple, the approved epithet is, "the electric fluid". If a dog bite a pig, the narrative teems with "virus", the "rabid animal", and the "latration" of the patient. Or, if a stage-coach running races meets its natural fate, the world are called to wonder at "centripetal force", "dire concussions", and "compound fractures of the tibia"' (95).



^^ Back to the top of this issue

Issue 298 (16 February 1828)Expand    Contract

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 99.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Signs of the Times

William Palin Palin, William (fl. 1828) ML1/11/298/1, ML1/11/304/1
Close   View the register entry >>

Genre:

Poetry, Drollery

Subjects:

Exploration, Natural History


    The poem concerns modern public houses. It begins: 'Of what use is a Denham Denham, Dixon (1786–1828) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>
or Bruce Bruce, James (1730–94) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>
, / A Clarke Clarke, Edward Daniel (1769–1822) DSB
Close   View the register entry >>
, or a Parry Parry, Sir William Edward (1790–1855) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>
, or Hall Hall, Basil (1788–1844) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >>
; / When a walk will more wonders produce, / Than were travell'd for e'en by them all? / White, Red, Black, Golden Lions surround us! / Black Swans, and Swans with Two Necks! / Blue Boars and Green Dragons confound us— / And would they not Buffon Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de (1707–88) DSB
Close   View the register entry >>
perplex?'.



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 101.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Curiosities of France and Italy

G W N N, G W
Close   View the register entry >>

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Engineering, Government, Patronage

People mentioned:

King Louis XIV Louis XIV, King of France (1638–1715) CBD
Close   View the register entry >>


    Listed among the 'most remarkable curiosities of France' are the 'royal canal Canal Royal de Languedoc
Close   View the register entry >>
, or the canal of Languedoc'.



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 101–03.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Manners and Customs of All Nations. The Indian Penance of Gulwugty, or Churuk Pooja. From the Trans. of the Med. and Phys. Soc. of Calcutta

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Extract

Publications extracted:

Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta (1823–45) BUCOP
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Ethnography, Religion, Medical Treatment, Miracle


Section: Arcana of Science

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 105.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Cure for a Stoop

Anon

Genre:

Extract, Anecdote, Drollery

Publications extracted:

Quarterly Journal of Science Journal of Science and the Arts (1816–19) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and the Arts (1819–27) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and Art (1827–30) Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain (1830–31) Waterloo Directory
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Medical Treatment


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 105.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Coals

Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Quarterly Journal of Science Journal of Science and the Arts (1816–19) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and the Arts (1819–27) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and Art (1827–30) Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain (1830–31) Waterloo Directory
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Domestic Economy, Heat


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 105.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Mode of Keeping Apples

Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Quarterly Journal of Science Journal of Science and the Arts (1816–19) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and the Arts (1819–27) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and Art (1827–30) Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain (1830–31) Waterloo Directory
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Domestic Economy


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 105.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Destruction of an Oak by Lightning

Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Bulletin Universel des Sciences et de l'Industrie Bulletin Universel des Sciences et de l'Industrie (1824–31) BUCOP
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Wonder, Electricity


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 105–06.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Effects of Light on Vegetation

Anon

Genre:

Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

American Journal of Science and Arts American Journal of Science and Arts (1818–1900+) BUCOP
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Botany, Light, Physiology, Geology, Mapping

People mentioned:

Amos Eaton Eaton, Amos (1776–1842) DSB
Close   View the register entry >>


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 106.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Destruction of Snails by Common Salt

Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Bulletin Universel des Sciences et de l'Industrie Bulletin Universel des Sciences et de l'Industrie (1824–31) BUCOP
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Horticulture


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 106.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Quick Method of Putting Insects to Death

Anon

Genre:

Extract, Instructions

Publications extracted:

Bulletin Universel des Sciences et de l'Industrie Bulletin Universel des Sciences et de l'Industrie (1824–31) BUCOP
Close   View the register entry >>

Subjects:

Natural History, Collecting


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 106.

Display a printer friendly version of this article

Method of Dividing Glass by Friction

Anon

Genre:

Extract, Instructions

Publications extracted:

Robert Hare Hare, Robert (1781–1858) DSB
Close   View the register entry >>
, American Journal of Science and Arts American Journal of Science and Arts (1818–1900+) BUCOP
Close