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Issue 91 (26 June 1824) | Expand
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 The Rose of Jericho P T W, pseud.
[Peter T Westcott]
Westcott, Peter Thomas
(1782/3–1845)
Gentleman's Magazine, n.s. 23 (1845), 328
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Timbs, John
1871.'My Autobiography: Incidental Notes and Personal Recollections',
Leisure Hour (1871), 20–23, 85–88, 181–84,
212–15, 266–69, 293–95, 347–51, 394–98,
420–24, 469–72, 500–03, 596–600, 612–15,
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John
Tradescant
Tradescant, John, the younger
(1608–62)
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Royal Botanical Gardens,
Kew
Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew
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Rees ed. 1802-20,
Rees, Abraham
ed. 18[02]–20. The Cyclopaedia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts,
Sciences, and Literature, 45 vols, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme &
Brown [and 26 others]
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Miller 1731
Miller, Philip
1731. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and
Improving the Kitchen, Fruit and Flower Garden. As also, the Physick Garden,
Wilderness, Conservatory, and Vineyard, According to the Practice of the Most
Experienc'd Gardeners of the Present Age. Interspers'd with the History of the
Plants, the Characters of each Genus, and the Names of all the Particular
Species, in Latin and English; and an Explanation of all the Terms used in
Botany and Gardening. Together with Accounts of the Nature and use of
Barometers, Thermometers, and Hygrometers Proper for Gardeners; and of the
Origin, Causes and Nature of Meteors, and the Particular Influences of Air,
Earth, Fire and Water upon Vegetation, According to the Best Natural
Philosophers, London: privately printed
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| See also: | Liolett, 'On Vegetable Revivification', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 388 |
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The Papaya-Tree Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Botany |
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Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 56.
Spermaceti Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Natural History, Medical Treatment |
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Section: Miscellanies Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 64.
Corallium—Coral Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Invertebrate Zoology |
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Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 64.
Spontaneous Combustion Anon Genre: | Extract, Reportage | Publications extracted: | 'an American paper'
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Issue 95 (24 July 1824) | Expand
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Palace of the
King of the
Sandwich Islands
Kamehameha II, King of the Sandwich Islands
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J, 'The Sandwich Islands', Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 195
Anon, 'The Late
King and
Queen of the Sandwich Islands', Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 210–14
Close Anon Genre: | Serial, Miscellaneous | Relevant illustrations: | wdct. | Illustrators: | Sears
Sears, Matthew Urlwin
(fl. 1826–59)
Engen 1985
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Louis C
de S de Freycinet
Freycinet, Louis Claude de Saulces de
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Arago 1823
Arago, Jacques Etienne
Victor 1823. Narrative of a Voyage Round the World in the Uranie
and Physicienne Corvettes: Commanded by Captain Freycinet, During the Years
1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820; on a Scientific Expedition Undertaken by Order of
the French Government. In a Series of Letters to a Friend ... To Which is
Prefixed, the Report Made to the Academy of Sciences, on the General Results of
the Expedition, London: Treuttel & Wurtz, Treuttal, jun. &
Richter
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Elephant Fights Anon
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On the Loss of the Steam-Boat
Ætna
Ætna, ship
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Issue 96 (31 July 1824) | Expand
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On the Resplendent Beauties of the Fire-Fly P T W, pseud.
[Peter T Westcott]
Westcott, Peter Thomas
(1782/3–1845)
Gentleman's Magazine, n.s. 23 (1845), 328
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Timbs, John
1871.'My Autobiography: Incidental Notes and Personal Recollections',
Leisure Hour (1871), 20–23, 85–88, 181–84,
212–15, 266–69, 293–95, 347–51, 394–98,
420–24, 469–72, 500–03, 596–600, 612–15,
644–48, 685–88, 692–96, 730–33, and 794–99
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A Doctor's Bill Anon Genre: | Anecdote | Subjects: | Medical Practitioners, Commerce |
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Cochin China Anon Genre: | Extract, Travelogue | Publications extracted: |
White 1824
White, John 1824.
A Voyage to Cochin China, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and
Green
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| Subjects: | Ethnography, Natural History, Animal Behaviour | Institutions mentioned: |
East India
Marine Society, Salem, Massachusetts—Museum
East India Marine Society, Salem, Massachusetts—Museum
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Mignonette Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: |
Phillips 1824
Phillips,
Henry 1824. Flora Historica; or, The Three Seasons of the British
Parterre Historically and Botanically Treated: With Observations on Planting,
to Secure a Regular Succession of Flowers, from the Commencement of Spring to
the End of Autumn. To which are Added, the Most Approved Methods of Cultivating
Bulbous and Other Plants, as Practised by the Most Celebrated Florists of
England, Holland, and France, 2 vols, London: E. Lloyd
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| Subjects: | Botany, Horticulture, Acclimatization | People mentioned: |
Joseph Banks
Banks, Sir Joseph
(1743–1820)
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Scientific Amusements No. VI Anon Genre: | Regular Feature, Instructions |
A Fountain of Fire—Formed by Phosphuretted Hydrogen Gas
Illustration of the Art of Bleaching Subjects: | Industrial Chemistry |
To Show that Chlorine Gas Supports Combustion
To make Cinders, or Little Wicker-baskets, Appear as if they were
Crystallized
The Mineral Chameleon
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History of Logarithms Jacobus
Jacobus
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John Napier,
Napier, John
(1550–1617)
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Henry Briggs,
Briggs, Henry
(1561–1630)
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Adriaan Vlacq,
Vlacq (Vlack, Vlaccus), Adriaan
(1600–66)
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Nathaniel Roe
Roe, Nathaniel
(fl. 1630)
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Napier 1614,
Napier, John
1614. Mirifici logarithmorum canonis descriptio, ejusque usus, in utraque
trigonometria, ut etiam in omni logistica mathematica, aamplissimi, facillimi,
& expeditissimi explicatio, Edinburgh: Andrea Hart
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Briggs 1624,
Briggs, Henry
1624. Arithmetica logarithmica, sive logarithmorum chiliades triginta, pro
numeris naturali serie crescentibus ab unitate ad 20,000 et a 90,000 ad
100,000. Quorum ope multa perficiuntur arithmetica problemata et geometrica.
Hos numeros primus invenit clarissimus vir Iohannes Neperus baro Merchistonij.
Eos autem ex eiusdem sententia mutavit, eorumque ortum et usum illustravit
Henricus Briggius. Deus nobis usuream vitae dedit et ingenii, tanquam pecuniae,
nulla praestituta die, London: Gulielmus Iones
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Vlacq ed. 1628,
Vlacq,
Adriaan, ed. 1628. Arithmetica logarithmica, sive logarithmorum
chiliades centum, pro numeris naturali serie crescentibus ab unitate ad 100000.
Una cum canone triangulorum, seu tabula artificialium sinuum, tangentium &
secantium, ad radium 10, 00000,00000. & ad singula scrupula prima
quadrantis. Quibus novum traditur compendium, quo nullum nec admirabilius, nec
utilius solvendi pleraque problemata arithmetica & geometrica. Hos numeros
primus invenit Iohannes Neperus. Eos autem ex ejusdem sententia mutavit,
Eorumque artum & usum illustravit Henricus Briggius, 2nd edn, Gouda:
Petrus Rammasenius
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Gellibrand ed.
1633,
Gellibrand,
Henry 1633. Trigonometria Britannica; sive, de doctrina
triangulorum libri duo. Quorum prior continet constructionem canonis sinuum,
tangentium & secantium, una cum logarithmis sinuum & tangentium ad
gradus & graduum centesimas & ad minuta & secunda centesimis
respondentia. A clarissimo doctissimo integerrimoque viro domino Henrico
Briggio, geometriae in celeberrima academia Oxoniensi Professore Saviliano
dignissimo, paulo ante inopinatam ipsius e terris emigrationem compositus.
Posterior vero usum sive applicationem canonis in resolutione triangulorum tam
planorum quam sphaericorum e geometricis fundamentis petita, calculo facillimo,
eximiisque ccmpendiis exhibet, Gouda: Petrus Rammasenius
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Sherwin 1705
[Sherwin,
Henry] ed.,1705. Mathematical tables ... viz. a Table of
Logarithms from 1 to 101000 ... Tables of Natural Sines, Tangents, and Secants,
with their Logarithms ... Tables of Natural Versed Sines and their Logarithms,
to Every Minute of the Quadrant. With their Construction and Use. By Mr.
Briggs, Dr. Wallis, Mr. Halley, Mr. Abr. Sharp ..., London: J. Seller and
C. Price
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Lines On a Young Gentleman, Who in the Space of Four Years (and As Yet
Under Fifteen,) Has Not Only Obtained Several Prizes, but Taken an Exalted Seat
in One of the First Schools in the Metropolis Utopia
Utopia
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The Seals Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Natural History, Superstition |
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How to Cure the Gout Anon
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Exorcism; or, Casting out of Devils Anon
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The Fatal Avalanche Anon Genre: | Short Fiction | Subjects: | Geology, Fieldwork, Exploration, Accidents |
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Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 154–55.
On the Beauties of Butterflies P T W, pseud.
[Peter T Westcott]
Westcott, Peter Thomas
(1782/3–1845)
Gentleman's Magazine, n.s. 23 (1845), 328
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Timbs, John
1871.'My Autobiography: Incidental Notes and Personal Recollections',
Leisure Hour (1871), 20–23, 85–88, 181–84,
212–15, 266–69, 293–95, 347–51, 394–98,
420–24, 469–72, 500–03, 596–600, 612–15,
644–48, 685–88, 692–96, 730–33, and 794–99
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How the Deaf may Hear Anon
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Potatoe-Tops Anon Genre: | Reportage, Instructions | Subjects: | Industrial Chemistry, Discovery |
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Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 160.
Cure for Habitual Drunkenness Anon
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Issue 101 (28 August 1824) | Expand
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Suspension Wire Bridge at Geneva Anon
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Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 168–69.
Multum in Parvo P T W, pseud.
[Peter T Westcott]
Westcott, Peter Thomas
(1782/3–1845)
Gentleman's Magazine, n.s. 23 (1845), 328
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Timbs, John
1871.'My Autobiography: Incidental Notes and Personal Recollections',
Leisure Hour (1871), 20–23, 85–88, 181–84,
212–15, 266–69, 293–95, 347–51, 394–98,
420–24, 469–72, 500–03, 596–600, 612–15,
644–48, 685–88, 692–96, 730–33, and 794–99
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Hippocrates of
Cos,
Hippocrates of Cos
(460–370 BC)
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Carl Linnaeus
Linnaeus (or von Linné), Carl
(1707–78)
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relating to scientific subjects, including: 'Æsculapius invented the
probe' and 'Chemical names of metals were first given to the heavenly
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Royal Reception at Ashantee Anon Genre: | Extract, Travelogue | Publications extracted: |
Dupuis 1824
Dupuis, Joseph
1824. Journal of a Residence in Ashantee, Comprising Notes and Researches
Relative to the Gold Coast, and the Interior of Western Africa; Chiefly
Collected from Arabic Mss. and Information Communicated by the Moslems of
Guinea. To which is Prefixed an Account of the Origin and Causes of the Present
War, London: Henry Colburn
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Description of Fort Marlborough Anon
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Scientific Amusements. No. VII. Electrical Recreations Anon Genre: | Regular Feature, Instructions | Subjects: | Amusement, Electricity |
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The Sandwich Islands
[2/3]Anon, 'Palace of the
King of the
Sandwich Islands', Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 65–73
Anon, 'The Late
King and
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Multum in Parvo P T W, pseud.
[Peter T Westcott]
Westcott, Peter Thomas
(1782/3–1845)
Gentleman's Magazine, n.s. 23 (1845), 328
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Timbs, John
1871.'My Autobiography: Incidental Notes and Personal Recollections',
Leisure Hour (1871), 20–23, 85–88, 181–84,
212–15, 266–69, 293–95, 347–51, 394–98,
420–24, 469–72, 500–03, 596–600, 612–15,
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Dinner in the Steam-Boat Anon
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The Nubians Anon
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Travels in Mexico W F
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Bullock,
William 1824. Six Months' Residence and Travels in Mexico:
Containing Remarks on the Present State of New Spain, its Natural Productions,
State of Society, Manufactures, Trade, Agriculture, and Antiquities,
&c., London: John Murray
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| Subjects: | Museums, Amusement, Nationalism, Expertise, Commerce, Natural History,
Travel, Exploration, Mining, Politics, Industry, Chemistry, Botanical Gardens,
Ornithology, Aesthetics, Dissection | People mentioned: |
William
Bullock
Bullock, William
(early 1780s–after 1843)
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Bullock's
Museum,
Bullock's Museum, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly
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Jardin Botánico, Mexico
City
Jardin Botánico, Mexico City
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The Late
King
Kamehameha II, King of the Sandwich Islands
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Sandwich Islands', Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 65–73
Thomas
Byerley T
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Close Anon Genre: | Reportage, Serial | Subjects: | Race, Disease, Medical Treatment, Medical Practitioners,
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Henry Halford,
Halford (formerly Vaughan), Sir Henry
(1766–1844)
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Hugh Ley,
Ley, Hugh
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Henry Holland
Holland, Sir Henry
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The Banian Tree Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Botany, Natural History, Ethnography |
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History of Algebra Jacobus
Jacobus
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Diophantus of Alexandria,
Diophantus of Alexandria
(fl. 250)
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Lucas de Burgo,
Pacioli, Luca (Lucas de Burgo)
(c. 1445–1517)
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Niccolò Tartaglia,
Tartaglia, Niccolò
(1499/1500–57)
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Michael Stifel,
Stifel, Michael
(c. 1487–1567)
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Rafael
Bombelli,
Bombelli, Rafael
(1526–72)
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François Viète,
Viète, François
(1540–1603)
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John Wallis,
Wallis, John
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Isaac Newton,
Newton, Sir Isaac
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Du P Descartes,
Descartes, René Du Perron
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Frans van
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Schooten, Frans van
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Christopher
Wren
Wren, Sir Christopher
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Newton 1707
Newton, Isaac
1707. Arithmetica universalis: Sive de compositione et resolutione
arithmetica liber. Cui accessit haleiana æquationum radices arithmetice
invveniendi methodus. In Usum Juventutis Academicae, Cambridge: University
Press; London: Benj. Tooke
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| See also: | Jacobus, 'History of Book-keeping', Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 19–21 |
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Vauxhall Anon Genre: | Extract, Poetry, Drollery | Publications extracted: |
Ned Ward, Jun.
Ward, Ned, Jr
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Waterloo
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The crowds at
Vauxhall
Gardens
Royal Gardens, Vauxhall
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safety lamps, by
Humphry
Davy, Sir Humphry, Baronet
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these full many a soul's betray'd / To ruin by the damps!'. The fireworks are
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The Neapolitans Anon Genre: | Extract | Publications extracted: |
Vieusseux 1824
Vieusseux,
Andrea 1824. Italy and the Italians in the Nineteenth Century: A
View of the Civil, Political and Moral State of that Country, with a Sketch of
the History of Italy under the French; and a Treatise on Modern Italian
Literature, London: C. Knight
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Multum in Parvo P T W, pseud.
[Peter T Westcott]
Westcott, Peter Thomas
(1782/3–1845)
Gentleman's Magazine, n.s. 23 (1845), 328
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Timbs, John
1871.'My Autobiography: Incidental Notes and Personal Recollections',
Leisure Hour (1871), 20–23, 85–88, 181–84,
212–15, 266–69, 293–95, 347–51, 394–98,
420–24, 469–72, 500–03, 596–600, 612–15,
644–48, 685–88, 692–96, 730–33, and 794–99
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The Pleasures of Brighton. A New Song by the Civic Visitants Anon
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General Census of the World Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Progress, Futurism, Education, Chemistry |
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Avalanches Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Glaciology |
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The Leyden Phial.—Dr. Franklin
Franklin, Benjamin
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Priestley 1767
Priestley,
Joseph 1767. The History and Present State of Electricity, with
Original Experiments, London: J. Dodsley, J. Johnson and B. Davenport, and
T. Cadell
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Experiment, History of Science, Accidents, Observation, Imagination | People mentioned: |
Petrus
van Musschenbroek,
Musschenbroek, Petrus van
(1692–1761)
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René A F de
Réaumur
Réaumur, René-Antoine Ferchault de
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Thistles Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Agriculture, Veterinary Science |
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Scientific Amusements. No. VI. Magic Squares Jacobus
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The Novelist. No. LXII. Almurath, An Eastern Tale M
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The narrator is the son of an 'eminent merchant in Bagdad' who has been
'instructed by the Magi in all the scientific and abstruse learning of the
east' (263). A wastrel, he has an allegorical dream in which water, which
represents life, is variously used. Some have the art of 'turning it into
gold'; others make 'a sort of menstruum of it to dissolve gold and the other
precious metals' (264).
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The Turks of Grand Cairo Anon
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Specimens of a New Dictionary Anon Genre: | Extract, Drollery | Publications extracted: | New Monthly Magazine
New Monthly Magazine
(1814–81)
New Monthly
(1882–84)
Waterloo Directory
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| Subjects: | Menageries, Zoology, Error, Astrology, Astronomy, Alchemy, Chemistry,
Disciplinarity, Progress |
According to the 'showman at
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hippopotamus 'is a hamphibious animal that cannot live upon land and dies in
the water' (266). 'Astrology is to Astronomy what alchemy is to
chemistry, the ignorant parent of a learned offspring' (267).
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The Boa Constrictor Anon
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Anecdote of a Dog Anon Genre: | Anecdote | Subjects: | Animal Behaviour, Disease |
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Cumner-Place, Berkshire Anon
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Paramount Punning; On Setting Up and Sitting Down Anon Genre: | Extract, Poetry, Drollery | Publications extracted: | 'American Paper'
| Subjects: | Quackery |
One stanza reads: 'A quack sets up the doctor's trade, / But could he
use the sexton's spade / No better than his pills, / The man might toil from
morn to night, / And find his match with all his might / To bury half he
kills'.
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Curious Anecdotes of Two Elephants Anon
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Oriental Jewellery T A—N C
C, T A—N
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The attention of the 'scientific experimentor' is directed to the portable
forge used by 'Siangalese' jewellers, as being potentially useful to him 'where
he wishes to excite a small fire, larger than can be produced by a common
blow-pipe, and he has not a forge at command'.
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Projects and Companies Anon Genre: | Extract—Extract, Satire; Poetry, Satire | Publications extracted: | New Monthly Magazine
New Monthly Magazine
(1814–81)
New Monthly
(1882–84)
Waterloo Directory
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[Swift] 1726
[Swift,
Jonathan] 1726. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of
Several Ships, 2 vols, London, B. Motte
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| Subjects: | Discovery, Commerce, Technology, Mining, Manufactories, Hydropathy,
Class, Epidemiology, Gender |
Following an extract from Gulliver's Travels, which describes the
schemes of the members of the Academy of Lagado, the satirical poem proceeds to
portray various fantastic schemes which the poet suggests have been fostered by
the overflow of wealth in Britain. Among these are schemes for mines in South
America, of which it is stated: 'Giving them gold that's ready made, / We
wisely look to be repaid / By help of
Watt
Watt, James
(1736–1819)
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Boulton
Boulton, Matthew
(1728–1809)
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Who from their mines, by patent pumps / Will raise up ore, and lumps, and dumps
/ Whence sovereigns may be molten!'. Plans to build bridges over and tunnels
under the River Thames are satirized, as is a company established to introduce
sea-water bathing in London. A new 'company for washing', run by men, is
derided as taking away the means 'By which our virtuous poor pursue / The path
of honest labour'. (315)
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The
Yssaoois Anon
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Wax-Work Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Anatomy, Amusement, Education | People mentioned: |
Emperor Leopold
II,
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
(1747–92)
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Felice Fontana,
Fontana, Felice
(1730–1805)
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Gaetano G
Zummo,
Zummo (Zumbo), Gaetano Giulio
(1656–1701)
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Ercole Lelli,
Lelli, Ercole
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Giovanni
Manzolini
Manzolini, Giovanni
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Caterpillars Anon
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White Blood—A Stratagem Anon Genre: | Anecdote, Drollery | Subjects: | Mental Illness, Medical Practitioners, Medical Treatment |
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Epigram on the Word M'Adamised Anon
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Project for Sinking and Raising a Vessel at Sea.—Scientific
Heroism F R—y
R—y, F
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Chemistry, Pneumatics | People mentioned: |
Mr Day,
Day, Mr
(fl. 1824)
ML1/4/111/1
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Cornelius
Drebbel,
Drebbel, Cornelius
(1572–1633)
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King James I,
James I, King of England and Scotland (formerly King
James VI of Scotland)
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Robert Boyle
Boyle, Hon Robert
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Roseberry Topping, Yorkshire Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Meteorology, Prognostication, Hydropathy, Mineralogy,
Palaeontology |
Speaking of the 'quantity of petrified marine substances which its internal
structure presents to the naturalist, the author observes: 'similar productions
have been discovered on the tops of many hills still higher and farther removed
from the sea than Roseberry; and yet perhaps no naturalist has hitherto
accounted satisfactorily for the phenomenon' (327).
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Natural Caves in Ireland Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Romanticism, Anthropocentrism, Mineralogy, Amusement |
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Anecdote of a Hyena Anon
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Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 345–46.
Logan Stone Anon
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The Plague in Russia in the Fourteenth Century Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: | Asiatic
Journal
Asiatic Journal
(1816–45)
Asiatic and Colonial Quarterly Journal
(1846–49)
Waterloo
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| Subjects: | Epidemiology, Disease, Death, Population, Medical Treatment,
Superstition |
The article begins with the assertion that the various contagious diseases
which had affected Europe at different periods 'came, with very few exceptions,
from the east'. A footnote relates: 'The cholera morbus took its rise in Cochin
China, and has now advanced as far as the Euphrates' (348).
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Bridge Street, Blackfriars
Bridge Street, Blackfriars
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The poem introduces the observations of 'Old Thames' to
John L McAdam
McAdam, John Loudon
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respecting the detrimental effects of his road-building works near Blackfriars
in London. The river's concluding advice to McAdam is that he will 'find it an
Utopian toil / To mend the ways of London'.
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Issue 113 (20 November 1824) | Expand
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The Columbus Anon Genre: | Reportage, Miscellaneous | Relevant illustrations: | wdct. | Subjects: | Engineering, Imposture, Progress, Exhibitions, Periodicals | People mentioned: |
King Ptolemy IV,
Ptolemy IV (Philopator), King of Egypt
(d. 204BC)
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Columbus, ship
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being built on the St Lawrence River, 'the American papers teemed with accounts
of her immense size, which were so exaggerated, that some persons thought the
great ship was like the sea serpent, a hoax' (354).
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On Washing and the
Steam
Washing Company
Steam Washing Company, Isle of Dogs
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[Peter T Westcott]
Westcott, Peter Thomas
(1782/3–1845)
Gentleman's Magazine, n.s. 23 (1845), 328
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Timbs, John
1871.'My Autobiography: Incidental Notes and Personal Recollections',
Leisure Hour (1871), 20–23, 85–88, 181–84,
212–15, 266–69, 293–95, 347–51, 394–98,
420–24, 469–72, 500–03, 596–600, 612–15,
644–48, 685–88, 692–96, 730–33, and 794–99
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Mr Gould,
Gould, Mr
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ML1/4/113/2
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John Bentley,
Bentley, John (Esq, of Highbury House,
London)
(fl. 1824)
ML1/4/113/2
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Francis Bacon (1st Viscount
St Alban)
Bacon, Francis, 1st Viscount St Alban
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Horrors for November Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellanous | Publications extracted: | New Monthly Magazine
New Monthly Magazine
(1814–81)
New Monthly
(1882–84)
Waterloo Directory
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| Subjects: | Education, Progress, Magic, Supernaturalism, Monstrosities, Menageries,
Palaeontology, Exhibitions, Imposture, Epidemiology, Periodicals | People mentioned: |
Kenelm Digby
Digby, Sir Kenelm
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The writer regrets the renunciation of 'pleasing horrors' as a result of the
'modern mania for enlightening mankind and subjecting every thing to the test
of reason and philosophy' (362, 361). These remarks are applied to magic, to
'spirits or apparitions', and to 'animal monstrosities'. Of the last, the
writer muses: 'we occasionally exhume the bones of the mammoth or megatherium;
but we are miserably in want of a good, living, tangible, and horrible
monster'. The passage continues: 'The American sea-serpent will not be coaxed
into eye-sight of any thing more trust-worthy than a Yankee captain' and the
recently exhibited mermaid has proved to be an impostor. (362) The writer
considers the panic of the preceding summer concerning an epidemic hydrophobia,
and concludes by urging the public 'to exert themselves in the getting up of
some good stimulating horror, one that may interestingly fill the long columns
of our newspapers during the vacation of Parliament' (363).
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Scientific Amusements. No. VIII. Optical Deceptions Clavis
Clavis
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Insect Destroyer Anon
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Method of Restoring Life to the Apparently Drowned. (Taken Chiefly
from the Manuals and Reports of the Royal Humane
Society
Royal Humane Society
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New Pyrophorus; or, Instantaneous Fire-lighter Anon
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Feline Affection Anon Genre: | Reportage | Subjects: | Animal Behaviour |
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The Difference Between Simple and Compound Interest Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Mathematics, Astronomy |
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Anecdote Anon
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The Power of Water and Progressive Rate of Wind F R—y
R—y, F
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Isaac Newton,
Newton, Sir Isaac
(1642–1727)
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John T
Desaguliers,
Desaguliers, John Theophilus
(1683–1744)
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John Smeaton
Smeaton, John
(1724–92)
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| Publications cited: |
Newton 1704,
Newton, Isaac
1704. Opticks; or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflextions
and Colours of Lights. Also Two Treatises of the Species and Magnitude of
Curvilinear Figures, London: Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford
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Bélidor
1737–70
Bélidor,
Bernard F de 1737–70. Architecture hydraulique; ou, l'Art
de conduire, d'élever et de ménager les eaux pour les
différens besoins de la vie, Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert
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On the Economy of the Eyes. By
Dr
Kitchener
Kitchiner, William
(1778–1827)
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Kitchiner
1824–25
Kitchiner,
William 1824–25. The Economy of the Eyes: Precepts for the
Improvement and Preservation of the Sight. Plain Rules which Will Enable All to
Judge Exactly When, and What Spectacles are Best Calculated for their Eyes.
Observations on Opera Glasses and Theatres, and an Account of the Pancratic
Magnifier, for Double Stars, and Day Telescopes. Part II. Of Telescopes. Being
the Result of Thirty Years' Experiments with Fifty-One Telescopes , of from One
to Nine Inches in Diameter, in the Possession of William Kitchiner. To which
are Added, an Abstract of the Practical Parts of Sir W. Herschel's Writings on
Telescopes and Double Stars, etc. Some Observations Thereon, and Original
Letters from Eminent Opticians, 2 vols, London: Hurst, Robinson &
Co.
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Chinese Customs Anon Genre: | Extract | Publications extracted: |
Staunton 1797
Staunton,
George 1797. An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of
Great Britain to the Emperor of China, Including Cursory Observations Made, and
Information Obtained, in Travelling through that Ancient Empire, and a Small
Part of Chinese Tartary. Together with a Relation of a Voyage Undertaken on the
Occasion by His Majesty's Ship the Lion, and the Ship Hindostan, in the East
India Company's Service, to the Yellow Sea, and the Gulf of Pekin; as well as
of their Return to Europe; with Notices of the Several Places where they
Stopped in their Way Out and Home; [...] Taken Chiefly from the Papers of His
Excellency the Earl of Macartney, [...] His Majesty's Embassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of China; Sir Erasmus Gower, Commander of
the Expedition, 2 vols, London: G. Nicol
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Dinner at
Stationers'
Hall
Stationers' Company
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Miscellany
Attic Miscellany
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Waterloo
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| Subjects: | Phrenology, Authorship, Scientific Practitioners, Medical Treatment,
Temperance |
Of the arrival of
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Canning, George
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the narrator reports: 'He had a fine head certainly—Spurzheim
Spurzheim, Johann Christoph
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not deny it [...] but as I am not minister of the interior, "further
this deponent knoweth not"' (376). The narrator enquires of one of the literary
'lions': 'Who is he that handles the ladle so scientifically and answers so
courteously, the many troublesome calls upon him?' and receives the reply:
'That's
Doctor
K.
Kitchiner, William
(1778–1827)
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equally familiar, who is giving a practical lecture to his neighbours on the
"art of exhausting and emptying a tureen of turtle soup".' (377). The narrator
reported: 'I had provided myself with a case of lancets, in the certainty of
having my smattering of surgical skill called in to the aid of some suffocating
gourmand', but he had found it unnecessary because of the 'temperance and
decorum' of the guests (378).
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Select Biography. No. XX.
James Tytler
Tytler, James
(1745–1804)
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C, T A (of Hull)
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Michel J
de Montgolfier
Montgolfier, Michel Joseph de
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[Tytler] ed.
1778–83,
[Tytler,
James], ed. 1778–83. Encyclopædia Britannica; or, A
Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, &c. on a Plan Entirely New; by Which, the
Different Sciences and Arts are Digested into the Form of Distinct Treatises or
Systems, Comprehending the History, Theory, and Practice, of Each, According to
the Latest Discoveries and Improvements; and Full Explanations Given of the
Various Detached Parts of Knowledge, Whether Relating to Natural and Artificial
Objects, or to Matters Ecclesiastical, Civil, Military, Commercial, &c.,
Together with a Description of all Countries, Cities ... a General History,
Ancient and Modern, of the Different Empires,Kingdoms and States, and an
Account of the Lives of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation, from the
Earliest Ages Down to the Present Times [...], 2nd edn, 10 vols, Edinburgh:
J. Balfour and Co. [and 9 others]
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[Macfarquhar] and [Gleig] eds.
1797
[Macfarquhar, Colin] and [Gleig, George] eds 1797. Encyclopædia
Britannica; or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature:
Constructed on a Plan, by Which the Different Sciences and Arts are Digested
into the Form of Distinct Treatises or Systems, Comprehending the History,
Theory, and Practice, of Each, According to the Latest Discoveries and
Improvements ... Compiled from the Writings of the Best Authors, in Several
Languages, the Most Approved Dictionaries, as well of General Science as of its
Particular Branches, the Transactions, Journals, and Memoirs, of Learned
Societies, both at Home and Abroad, the MS. Lectures of Eminent Professors on
Different Sciences, and a Variety of Original Materials, Furnished by an
Extensive Correspondence, 3rd edn, 18 vols, Edinburgh: A. Bell and C.
Macfarquhar
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The Novelist. No. LXV. Rothelan.—A Romance of the English
Histories. By John Galt, Esq. Anon Genre: | Regular Feature, Abstract, Short Fiction | Publications abstracted: | Galt 1824
Galt, John 1824.
Rothelan: A Romance of the English Histories, 3 vols, Edinburgh: Oliver
& Boyd; London: Geo. B. Whittaker
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The advent of the Black Death is heralded by portents and prodigies. The
progress of the plague, which is narrated in some detail, causes Sir Amias
Crosby, the anti-hero of the narrative, to renounce his previous perjury.
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On the Marriage of a Tailor's Daughter with a Barber's Boy Anon Genre: | Epigram | Subjects: | Magnetism |
'The tailor's daughter took the barber's boy / To be the partner of her
grief and joy. / What force the power of Nature can control, / For still the
needle turns towards the pole.'
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Earthquake at Lisbon Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Relevant illustrations: | wdct. | Illustrators: | Sears Sc
Sears, Matthew Urlwin
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Engen 1985
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The article opens by heralding the findings of the 'new science of geology'
(385), before narrating in detail the events of the earthquake in Lisbon in
1755.
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Negro Funeral. By Dr. Pinckard Anon
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Power Looms Anon Genre: | Extract; Afterword | Publications extracted: |
Baines
1824–25
Baines,
Edward 1824–25. History, Directory, and Gazetteer, of the
County Palatine of Lancaster: With a Variety of Commercial & Statistical
Information, 2 vols, Liverpool: Wm. Wales & Co.; London: Longman,
Hurst, & Co.
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| Subjects: | Machinery, Invention, Patents, Patronage, Government,
Manufactories | People mentioned: |
Edmund
Cartwright,
Cartwright, Edmund
(1743–1823)
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Richard
Arkwright,
Arkwright, Sir Richard
(1732–92)
ODNB
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Thomas Johnson
Johnson, Thomas
(fl. 1802–46)
Day and McNeil 1996
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| Publications cited: |
Guest 1823
Guest, Richard
1823. A Compendious History of the Cotton-Manufacture: With a Disproval of
the Claim of Sir Richard Arkwright to the Invention of its Ingenious
Machinery, Manchester: E. Thomson [and 3 others]
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Mule Spinning Anon Genre: | Extract | Publications extracted: |
Baines
1824–25
Baines,
Edward 1824–25. History, Directory, and Gazetteer, of the
County Palatine of Lancaster: With a Variety of Commercial & Statistical
Information, 2 vols, Liverpool: Wm. Wales & Co.; London: Longman,
Hurst, & Co.
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| Subjects: | Invention, Machinery, Patronage, Government, Manufactories,
Progress | People mentioned: |
Samuel
Crompton
Crompton, Samuel
(1753–1827)
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Joe Miller
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Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 402–08.
Almanacks Anon Genre: | Introduction; Literary Notice | Publications noticed: | Vox
Stellarum
Vox Stellarum
(1701–1900+)
Waterloo
Directory
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Old Poor
Robin
Old Poor Robin
(1776–1826)
Waterloo Directory
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Merlinus
Liberatus
Merlinus Liberatus
(1815–40?)
Ward, 1953
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Atlas
Coelestial Atlas
(1750–1850)
Waterloo
Directory
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Ladies' Diary
(1703–1840)
Ladies' and Gentleman's Diary
(1841–70)
Waterloo
Directory
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Gentleman's Diary;
or, The Mathematical Repository
Gentleman's Diary; or, The Mathematical
Repository
(1741–1840)
Lady's and Gentleman's Diary
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| Subjects: | Astronomy, Astrology, Cultural Geography, Prognostication, Publishing,
Authorship, Meteorology, Mathematics, Horticulture, Agriculture | People mentioned: |
Johannes
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Regiomontanus, Johannes
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Francis Moore,
Moore, Francis
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Henry Andrews,
Andrews, Henry
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John Partridge,
Partridge, John
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Robert White,
White, Robert
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Charles Hutton
Hutton, Charles
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Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 408–13.
Christmas and New Year Presents Anon Genre: | Introduction; Literary Notice, Extract | Publications extracted: | Forget Me
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Friendship's Offering
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Literary Souvenir
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Cabinet of Modern Art and Literary Souvenir
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Remember Me
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The notice of the contents of
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a lengthy description of a tale by
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mental thermometer of the tale is a real instrument which measures on a scale
of happiness and misery. It is broken when it comes into the hands of a
metaphysician wishing to perfect his theory of the human mind, the liquor
rising to 'the point of perfect felicity' with extreme violence
(411).
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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 425–27.
Society for the Propagation of Gentility Anon Genre: | Extract, Spoof, Reportage | Publications extracted: | New Monthly Magazine
New Monthly Magazine
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New Monthly
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A gentleman reported to the meeting on the progress of gentility in Gower
Street, London. He observed of the daughters of some of the householders that
'Mr. Mac Adam
McAdam, John Loudon
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contracting to mud them and dust them in the latest fashion' (426). The report
of the committee included the information that some individuals in the east end
of London had been seen to greet each other in 'a mutual soft exclamation, in
which the usual health inquiry was Mac-Adamized into "Addy do"' (427).
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Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 427–28.
Deer Hunting in South America Anon
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Section: Useful Domestic Hints Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 429.
Impure Water Anon Genre: | Instructions | Subjects: | Chemistry |
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Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 429–30.
Use of Sulphate of Copper in Croup Anon Genre: | Instructions | Subjects: | Pharmaceuticals, Medical Treatment |
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Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 430.
Recipe for a Sore Throat Anon Genre: | Recipe | Subjects: | Pharmaceuticals, Medical Treatment |
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Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 430.
[Strawberries as Natural Dentifrice] Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Medical Treatment |
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Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 430.
Important Uses of the Farina of Potatoes T A—N C
C, T A—N
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Issue 118 (18 December 1824) | Expand
Contract | Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 437.
The History of Candles P T W, pseud.
[Peter T Westcott]
Westcott, Peter Thomas
(1782/3–1845)
Gentleman's Magazine, n.s. 23 (1845), 328
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Timbs, John
1871.'My Autobiography: Incidental Notes and Personal Recollections',
Leisure Hour (1871), 20–23, 85–88, 181–84,
212–15, 266–69, 293–95, 347–51, 394–98,
420–24, 469–72, 500–03, 596–600, 612–15,
644–48, 685–88, 692–96, 730–33, and 794–99
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Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 437–38.
On Apparitions F W D, Queen Square
D, F W
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Beaumont 1705
Beaumont,
John 1705. An Historical, Physiological and Theological Treatise
of Spirits, Apparitions, Witchcrafts, and other Magical Practices: Containing
an Account of the Genii or Familiar Spirits, Both Good and Bad, that are Said
to Attend Men in this Life, and What Sensible Perceptions Some Persons Have Had
of Them (Particularly the Author's Own Experience for Many Years). Also of
Appearances of Spirits after Death, Divine Dreams, Divinations, Second Sighted
Persons, &c; Likewise the Power of Witches and the Reality of Other Magical
Operations, Clearly Asserted. With a Refutation of Dr. Bekker's World
Bewitch'd; and other Authors that have Opposed the Belief of them, London:
D. Browne [and 4 others]
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Issue 119 (25 December 1824) | Expand
Contract | Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 459–60.
Lucubrations in an Apothecary's Shop. In Imitation of
Gray's
Gray, Thomas
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Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 460.
Introduction and Medical Properties of Coffee F R—y
R—y, F
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John Pringle,
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Benjamin
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| Publications cited: |
Ellis 1774,
Ellis, John 1774.
An Historical Account of Coffee: With an Engraving, and Botanical
Description of the Tree. To which are Added Sundry Papers Relative to its
Culture and Use, as an Article of Diet and of Commerce, London: Edward and
Charles Dilly
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Forsyth 1824
Forsyth, J. S.
1824. The Natural and Medical Dieteticon; or, Practical Rules for Eating,
Drinking, and Preserving Health, London: Sherwood, Jones, and Co.
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Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 461.
Description of the Palm Tree Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Botany |
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Animal Magnetism Anon
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Account of a Carnation, Viewed Through a Microscope Fawcet
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