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Volume 3
(January to June 1824) | Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), iii–iv.
 Preface Anon Genre: | Preface | Subjects: | Periodicals, Education, Textbooks, Class, Morality, Reading,
Technology |
Professes pleasure at the increased circulation of the
Mirror of
Literature
Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and
Instruction
(1822–47)
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and love of literature, which are now so rapidly extending in this country'.
Considers that there are sufficent public educational institutions to allow
every child to learn to read, and that it has consequently become necessary 'to
provide suitable works to be read'. Observes that 'in this respect the present
age has much the advantage of any preceding one, and that the elementary
treatises now in use in the several branches of education and science are truly
excellent'. Noting the need for other 'stimulants to a love of reading', avers
that the many and various literary journals of the present age are too
expensive for 'general circulation'. Asserts that the Mirror of
Literature was started to 'give the public at large a journal which, while
it embracd the most ample range over the vast domain of English literature,
should be published at a price that would place it within the reach of
ALL'. Considers that its circulation and the response of
critics indicates that it has succeeded in this. Notes the 'improvement in the
printing of the MIRROR with a new type and on superior paper'.
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Issue 64 (3 January 1824) | Expand
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The Advantages of Vocal Music Oculus
Oculus
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View the register entry >> Genre: | Extract, Essay | Subjects: | Music, Education, Class, Schools, Colleges, Agriculture,
Popularization, Progress | People mentioned: |
Johann H
Pestalozzi,
Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich
(1746–1827)
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Fellenberg, Philipp Emanuel von
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Michael T
Pfeiffer,
Pfeiffer, Michael Traugott
(1771–1849)
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G Nägeli
Nägeli, Hans Georg
(1773–1836)
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| Institutions mentioned: | Yverdon Pestalozzian
school,
Yverdon. Pestalozzian school
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Headed 'Translated from the Spanish for the Mirror', the essay begins by
considering the beneficial effects of music, before urging that it should be
taught to all social classes 'in primary schools, in conjunction with reading,
writing, arithmetic, geometry and drawing' (3). Examines how singing has been
incorporated into primary school education by a number of educational
innovators. Observes that, in Switzerland, 'there are many elementary schools,
in which the system of musical instruction has been reduced to practice, as
laid down by Messrs.
Pfeiffer
Pfeiffer, Michael Traugott
(1771–1849)
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and
Naegali
Nägeli, Hans Georg
(1773–1836)
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Zurich'. Describes their method, which is 'no other thing than an application,
directed to musical science, of the analytical and philosophical path, traced
out by
Bacon
Bacon, Francis, 1st Viscount St Alban
(1561–1626)
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Locke
Locke, John
(1632–1704)
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J. J.
Rousseau
Rousseau, Jean Jacques
(1712–78)
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Condillac
Condillac, Étienne B, Abbé
de
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Destutt, Tracy
Destutt de Tracy, Antoine Louis
Claude, comte
(1754–1836)
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Cabanis
Cabanis, Pierre Jean Georges
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&c.; the same which is now so successfully adopted in all arts and sciences
to facilitate their study, and accelerate their progress'. (4)
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Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 5–8.
The Sketch Book. No. XIV. Will Wizard and Tom Straddle. By Washington
Irving, Esq. Anon Genre: | Regular Feature, Extract, Short Fiction | Publications extracted: | Washington
Irving
Irving, Washington ('Geoffrey Crayon')
(1783–1859)
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| Subjects: | Naturalists, Collecting, Dissection |
The narrator begins by likening his interest in human character to the
naturalist's delight in studying plants or animals.
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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 14–15.
Select Biography. No. I.
Captain
Parry
Parry, Sir William Edward
(1790–1855)
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Telescope
Time's Telescope
(1814–34)
Waterloo
Directory
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| Subjects: | Exploration, Patronage, Heroism, Education, Astronomy,
Hydrography | People mentioned: |
William
Cornwallis,
Cornwallis, Sir William
(1744–1819)
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Ross,
Ross, Sir John
(1777–1856)
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J Liddon
Liddon, Matthew John
(fl. 1815–49)
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| Institutions mentioned: | Royal
Navy,
Royal Navy
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HMS Ville de Paris
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HMS Hecla
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Section: Useful Domestic Hints Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 15.
In Case of Danger Arising from Having Drank Water When Warm Anon Genre: | Instructions | Subjects: | Medical Treatment |
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Meltonian Recipe for Cleaning Boot-Tops Anon Genre: | Instructions | Subjects: | Domestic Economy, Chemistry |
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Best Way of Taking Castor Oil Anon Genre: | Instructions | Subjects: | Pharmaceuticals, Medical Treatment |
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James's Powder Anon
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Dr. Mac.Culloch's Recipe for Paste Anon
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Acetic Acid, A Remedy for Warts and Corns Anon
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Bon Mot of Voltaire Anon
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Issue 65 (10 January 1824) | Expand
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On the Misletoe 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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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 26–28.
Castle Builders
[1/2]Anon, 'Castle Builders', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 45–47
Close Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous, Serial | Publications extracted: | New Monthly Magazine
New Monthly Magazine
(1814–81)
New Monthly
(1882–84)
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| Subjects: | Engineering, Navigation, Exploration, Observatories, Education,
Schools, Mathematics, Utility |
The narrator praises the restorative effect on the mind of building castles
in the air. Remarks: 'Last night, after a series of complicated operations, and
begging a question or two, I cut an excellent canal, from the Nicaragua lake
into the Pacific ocean, communicating with the gulph of Nicoya. [...] I drew
for money to carry on my work upon the sums allotted and expended for Northern
expeditions, which I again collected into masses for my purpose, and found that
I was possessed of ample funds; that
Capt. Parry
Parry, Sir William Edward
(1790–1855)
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need labour no more among the Polar ice, that our merchants might ship goods to
Panama via the gulph of Florida' (26). Describes another castle in the
air, in which he purchased Fonthill Abbey and 'completed the edifice on its
original model', including an observatory in the tower with 'a great telescope,
to which
Herschel's
Herschel, Sir William
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at Slough, might serve as an eye-glass' (26–27). Describes setting up
there a school for one hundred boys, arranging that the students 'should learn
something more than to be tolerable classics and mathematicians—something
adapted to fit them for the active purposes of life' in accordance with 'the
state of modern discoveries and the present enlightened era' and eschewing
'past superstitions' (27).
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Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 30–31.
Joseph's Lament Anon Genre: | Introduction; Poetry, Drollery | Subjects: | Monstrosities, Display |
The poem is the supposed lament of the famous clown,
Joseph
Grimaldi
Grimaldi, Joseph
(1778–1837)
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pantomime at
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Garden Theatre
Covent Garden Theatre
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construction on stage of a vegetable man that boxed with its creator 'Joe
Frankenstein': 'Ne'er shall I build the wondrous verdant man, / Tall,
turnip-headed,—carrot-finger'd, —lean;— / Ne'er shall I, on
the very newest plan, / Cabbage a body;—old Joe Frankenstein' (30).
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Section: Peter
Pindarics; or,
Joe Miller
Versified Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 31.
[Fontenelle's Folly] Anon
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[Recipe for Paint] Anon Genre: | Introduction; Extract, Instructions | Subjects: | Domestic Economy, Chemistry |
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To Improve Water for Drinking Anon Genre: | Instructions | Subjects: | Domestic Economy, Chemistry |
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To Render Water Peculiar Wholesome and Palatable Anon Genre: | Instructions | Subjects: | Domestic Economy, Chemistry |
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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 42–45.
Panaceas for Poverty Anon Genre: | Extract, Essay | Publications extracted: |
Blackwood's Edinburgh
Magazine
Edinburgh Monthly Magazine
(1817)
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
(1817–1900+)
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| Subjects: | Nutrition, Domestic Economy, Class, Pharmaceuticals, Adulteration,
Scientific Practitioners | People mentioned: |
Edward
Cocker,
Cocker, Edward
(1631/2–76)
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Kitchiner, William
(1778–1827)
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| Publications cited: | Rumford
1796–[1812]
Rumford, Benjamin Thompson, Count
von 1796–[1812]. Essays, Political, Economical, and
Philosophical, 4 vols, London: T.Cadell Jun. & W.Davies
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The essay addresses the different classes of Job's comforters. Observes that
the poor 'seem really to have been set up as a sort of target for ingenuity to
try its hand upon; and, from
Papin
Papin, Denis
(1647–c.1712)
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Digester, down to
Cobbett
Cobbett, William
(1763–1835)
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Bone Grubber,—from
Wesley
Wesley, John
(1703–91)
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cheap physic, and added to every prescription "a quart of cold water," to Hunt
who sells roasted wheat (vice coffee) five hundred per cent above its
cost—an absolute army of projectors, and old women has, from time to
time, been popping at them'. Criticizes
Benjamin Thompson (Count von
Rumford)
Thompson, Sir Benjamin,
Count von Rumford
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cheapest rate.
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Castle Builders
[2/2]Anon, 'Castle Builders', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 26–28
Close Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous, Serial | Publications extracted: | New Monthly Magazine
New Monthly Magazine
(1814–81)
New Monthly
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| Subjects: | Scientific Practitioners, Genius, Extra-Terrestrial Life, Imagination,
Amusement, Reasoning, Endeavour, Discovery |
Describes
Bernard Le B de Fontenelle
Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bouyer (or Bovier)
de
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those 'great geniuses' who was a notorious castle builder. Relates: 'He got at
one time among the stars, found them peopled, and began to study the laws,
manners, and dispositions of the inhabitants of worlds many million times
farther from the earth than thrice to "th' utmost pole"'. Describes
Fontenelle's abstraction from ordinary affairs. Observes: 'Perhaps Fontenelle
and
Newton
Newton, Sir Isaac
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illustrate the difference between the profound thinking of the scholar, and the
amusement of which we are treating. Newton directed all of his faculties into
one focus upon a single object, proceeding by line and rule to develope the
mystery which it was his desire to unravel'. (45) Contrasts this 'wearying'
mental discipline with the 'wayward fancies' of the castle builder
(45–46).
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An Irish Bull Clavis
Clavis
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View the register entry >> Genre: | Poetry, Drollery | Subjects: | Instruments |
Concerns an Irish baronet who had 'a fam'd telescope in his possession', and
foolishly claimed that it was so powerful it could help him hear the organ play
in a distant church.
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Epigram on the Late
Lord Galloway
Stewart, John, 7th Earl of Galloway
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His Cook Anon Genre: | Epigram, Poetry | Subjects: | Temperance, Medical Practitioners, Health |
States: 'Physicians, they say, once a month, do allow / A man for his
health, to get drunk—as a sow'.
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To Correspondents Anon Genre: | Editorial Reply | Subjects: | Scientific Practitioners, Exploration |
States: 'H. H. C.'s anecote of
Dr. Young
Young, Thomas
(1773–1829)
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thinks has never been in print, is in every jest-book. [...] Will R. S. turn to
page 428 of our last volume, and he will find a full account of
Capt. Parry's
Parry, Sir William Edward
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second voyage.'
| See also: | Anon, 'Capt.
Parry's Last Voyage', Mirror of Literature, 2 (1823), 428–32 |
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On the Month of January 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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View the register entry >> Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Natural History, Climatology, Agriculture | Publications cited: | Ray 1670
Ray, John 1670. A
Collection of English Proverbs Digested into a Convenient Method for the Speedy
Finding Any One upon Occasion; with Short Annotations. Whereunto are Added
Local Proverbs with their Explications, Old Proverbial Rhythmes, Less Known or
Exotick Proverbial Sentences, and Scottish Proverbs, Cambridge: W.
Morden
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Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 53–54.
The Shortest Day M T
T, M
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View the register entry >> Genre: | Letter | Subjects: | Astronomy, Time, Periodicals |
Asks for an explanation of why the almanacs for the present year give the
shortest day on 22 rather than 21 December.
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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 54.
The Tread Mill Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: | [Robertson and Byerley]
1823–24
[Robertson, Joseph Clinton] and
[Byerley, Thomas] 1823–24.
London; or, Interesting Memorials of its Rise, Progress and Present
State, 3 vols, The Percy Histories; or, Interesting Memorials of the Rise,
Progress, and Present State of all the Capitals of Europe, [1], London: T.
Boys
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| Subjects: | Crime, Machinery, Invention | People mentioned: |
John C
Hippisley
Hippisley, Sir John Coxe, 1st Baronet
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Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 59–60.
Beards and Barbers
[2/2] 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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Cheap and Wholesome Beverage Anon
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Preventative of Rust Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Industrial Chemistry |
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Theatrical
Fires Rover
Rover
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Asks for instructions as to how to make 'the red and blue Fires used in
conflagrations at theatres', having previously seen them given in newspapers
and forgotten which.
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Issue 68 (31 January 1824) | Expand
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Physiognomy. A Translation from the German, by the Late
B. Thompson,
Esq.
Thompson, B, Esq.
(d. before 1824)
ML1/3/68/1
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View the register entry >> Anon Genre: | Extract—Introduction; Anecdote | Subjects: | Physiognomy, Error |
Presents an anecodote of a virtuous individual with a 'forbidding
countenance', asserting that it is 'such a pointed exception to the rules laid
down for this science by
Lavater
Lavater, Johann Kaspar
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at once to render every rule doubtful' (66).
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Fruits, &c. First Brought to England Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Horticulture, Acclimatization |
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Geneva Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Botany, Lecturing, Illustration, Gender, Amateurism, Cultural
Geography |
Notes that a 'simplicity, solidity, and a preference of domestic enjoyments
over all others' is characteristic of Geneva, especially since the French
Revolution. Relates an anecdote of
Augustin P
de Candolle
Candolle, Augustin-Pyramus de
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View the register entry >>, who borrowed a collection of American plants from a
Spanish botanist and used them in his lectures. When they were unexpectedly
needing to be returned, the entire collection was drawn and coloured in a week
by '114 female artists', exhibiting the universal taste in the city for the
arts and knowledge. (78)
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To Correspondents Anon Genre: | Editorial Reply | Subjects: | Astronomy, Time, Periodicals, Error |
'Sam Felix
Felix, Sam
(fl. 1824)
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to a letter in the
Mirror
Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and
Instruction
(1822–47)
Mirror Monthly Magazine
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of the Almanack has made the 22d day of December the shortest day, he has
committed an error"'.
| See also: | M T, 'The Shortest Day', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 53–54 |
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On the Month of February 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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View the register entry >> Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Natural History, Meteorology | People mentioned: |
John Aikin
Aikin, John
(1747–1822)
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| Publications cited: | Ray 1670
Ray, John 1670. A
Collection of English Proverbs Digested into a Convenient Method for the Speedy
Finding Any One upon Occasion; with Short Annotations. Whereunto are Added
Local Proverbs with their Explications, Old Proverbial Rhythmes, Less Known or
Exotick Proverbial Sentences, and Scottish Proverbs, Cambridge: W.
Morden
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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 103–04.
Corpulence Anon Genre: | Extract, Essay | Publications extracted: | New Monthly Magazine
New Monthly Magazine
(1814–81)
New Monthly
(1882–84)
Waterloo Directory
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| Subjects: | Health, Physiology, Nutrition, Disease, Ancient Authorities | People mentioned: |
François
Quesnay,
Quesnay, François
(1694–1774)
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Hippocrates of Cos
(460–370 BC)
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Celsus, Aulus Cornelius
(fl. c. 25)
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Santorio,
Santorio, Santorio (Sanctorius)
(1561–1636)
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Boerhaave, Hermann
(1668–1738)
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Haller
Haller, Albrecht von (Victor Albrecht von)
(1708–77)
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Red and Green Fire Clavis
Clavis
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Responds to a request for information in an earlier article.
| See also: | Rover, 'Theatrical
Fires', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 64 |
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The Probabilities of human Life Anon
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Section: The Selector; or, Choice Extracts from New Works Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 118–20.
English Martyrs Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: | Southey 1824
Southey,
Robert 1824. The Book of the Church, 2 vols, London: John
Murray
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| Subjects: | Miracles, Physiology |
Describes one martyr who felt no pain as his body was burned, and notes that
this does not require a miraculous explanation: 'Nature is more merciful to us
than man to man; this was a case in which excess of pain had destroyed the
power of suffering; no other bodily feeling was left but that of ease after
torture' (119).
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The Sketch Book. No. XVIII. The Public House Anon Genre: | Regular Feature, Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Botany, Naturalists, Amusement |
Claims that one of the 'enemies' of the declining public house is 'the
enthusiast, who worships nature on Primrose-hill [then on the outskirts of
London]'. Observes that 'They who study botany on their leads, or rusticate at
Camberwell, consider a public-house as the seat of vice and ignorance'.
(122)
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Sneezing Anon
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Russian Mode of Making Butter Agricola
Agricola
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Begins: 'Observing in a monthly scientific journal, an article on the
subject of making butter in winter, I beg leave to furnish a few particulars on
that subject, as practised in Russia'. Describes a process recently invented by
'a Russian nobleman', which involves simmering the milk for fifteen minutes.
(127) Comments that the milk 'is possessed of almost the same value for
ordinary purposes, and by some was considered more healthy, as they supposed
the boiling or scalding to destroy whetever animalculae it may have contained'
(128).
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The Good Woman F R—y
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Discusses the origins of the sign often seen at oil shops depicting a
headless woman. In passing, mentions a well attested case, reported to the
Royal Society
Royal Society of London
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without a tongue who could nonetheless speak well.
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Leap Year Anon
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Signs of Rain; An Excuse for Not Accepting the Invitation of a Friend to
Make an Excursion with Him. An Original Poem, by the Late
Dr. Jenner
Jenner, Edward
(1749–1823)
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The Dandies Anon Genre: | Poetry, Drollery | Subjects: | Exploration |
Asks in regard to the male dandy: 'Whence has that mockery of man been
ship't? / Have
Ross
Ross, Sir John
(1777–1856)
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Parry
Parry, Sir William Edward
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him to console / The Quidnuncs for the passage to the Pole? / While on her
iceberg howls some Greenland squaw / Robb'd of her pretty monster—till
next thaw?'.
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Historical Account of
Lambeth
Church
St Mary's Church, Lambeth
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I, G L
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John Tradescant the
elder,
Tradescant, John, the elder
(c. 1570–1638)
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Tradescant the younger,
Tradescant, John, the younger
(1608–62)
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Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland
(1600–49)
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Ashmole, Elias
(1617–92)
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| Institutions mentioned: | Ashmolean
Museum, Oxford
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
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Instructions for the Deaf and Dumb A Friend to the
Unfortunate
Friend to the Unfortunate, A
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Charles M de
l'Epée,
Epée, Charles Michel, abbé de l'
(1712–89)
CBD
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Sicard, Roch Ambroise Cucurron
(1742–1822)
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Watson, Joseph
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injustice done to it by his pupil Roch A C Sicard and others.
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Apophthegms, Maxims, &c. T Brown
Brown, T
(fl. 1824)
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'Philosophers assert, that nature is unlimited in her operations; that she
has inexhaustible treasures in reserve; that knowledge will always be
progressive; and that all future generations will continue to make discoveries,
of which we have not the least idea' (151).
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Of Ears, Ear-Rings, and Ear-Picks 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 Comet Alpheus
Alpheus
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View the register entry >> Genre: | Poetry, Drollery | Subjects: | Astronomy, Gender |
Chiefly concerns the supposed effects of the comet. The final two stanzas
relate to the reactions of a maiden to the comet: 'How clear, how bright, I see
it move, / 'Tis more than I'd expected, / Yon radiant star? that's Venus, love,
/ Your own fair self reflected'.
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Stoop! Stoop! Anon
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Indelible, or Permanent Ink Anon Genre: | Instructions | Subjects: | Domestic Economy, Chemistry |
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Recipe for Sinking Spirits Anon Genre: | Instructions | Subjects: | Medical Treatment, Pharmaceuticals |
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Lithography X Z
Z, X
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Alois
Senefelder
Senefelder, Alois (also known as Johann Aloys
Sennefelder)
(1771–1834)
WBI
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Begins: 'The great progress which this art is making in this country, and
the curiosity it has excited, has induced me to lay the above sketch for your
inspection, hoping you will give it room in your valuable miscellany as soon as
possible' (164).
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Parental Affection Anon Genre: | Introduction; Extract, Anecdote | Publications extracted: | Phipps 1774
Phipps, Constantine
John 1774. The Journal of a Voyage Undertaken by Order of His
Present Majesty, for Making Discoveries Towards the North Pole, by the Hon.
Commodore Phipps and Captain Lutwidge, in His Majesty's Sloops Racehorse and
Carcase: To Which is Prefixed an Account of the Several Voyages Undertaken for
the Discovery of a North-East Passage to China and Japan, London: F.
Newbery
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| Subjects: | Exploration, Natural History, Hunting, Animal Behaviour |
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Remedy for Deafness Anon Genre: | Instructions | Subjects: | Disability, Medical Treatment, Pharmaceuticals |
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[Cure for a Stomach-Cough] Anon Genre: | Instructions | Subjects: | Medical Treatment, Pharmaceuticals |
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Dervishes Anon
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Fast of Ramadan—Turkish Mosques Anon
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Turkish Women Anon
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Opium Eaters Anon
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Scientific Amusements. No. I. Arithmetical Instruments Anon Genre: | Regular Feature, Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Mathematics, Amusement, Instruments, Machinery, Invention | People mentioned: |
Plato,
Plato
(428–348/7 BC)
DSB
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Morland, Sir Samuel, 1st Baronet
(1625–95)
DSB
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Adamson,
Adamson, Humphrey
(fl. 1668–76)
Clifton 1993
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Stanhope, Charles, 3rd Earl Stanhope
(1753–1816)
ODNB
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| Publications cited: | Morland 1673
Morland,
Samuel 1673. The Description and Use of Two Arithmetick
Instruments: Together with a Short Treatise, Explaining and Demonstrating the
Ordinary Operations of Arithmetick; As Likewise, a Perpetual Almanack, and
Several Useful Tables, London: M. Pitt
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Instructions for the Deaf and Dumb
A Friend to the Unfortunate
U
Friend to the Unfortunate, A
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View the register entry >> Genre: | Introduction; Extract, Instructions / Letter | Publications extracted: | John Wallis
Wallis, John
(1616–1703)
DSB
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| Subjects: | Disability, Education, Schools | Institutions mentioned: | Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb
Children of the Poor
Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb Children of the Poor, Kent Road
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| Publications cited: | Millar ed. 1827,
Millar, James,
ed. 1827. Encyclopædia Edinensis; or, Dictionary of Arts,
Sciences, and Literature, Including All the Modern Improvements to the Present
Time, 6 vols, Edinburgh: John Anderson, Jun.; London: Cowie, Low, & Co;
York: Richard Burdekin; and Dublin: William Curry, Jun. & Co.
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Quarterly
Review
Quarterly Review
(1809–1900+)
Waterloo
Directory
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Arrowsmith, John
Pauncefort 1819. The Art of Instructing the Infant Deaf and Dumb;
To which is Annexed The Method of Educating Mutes of a More Mature Age, Which
Has Been Practised With So Much Success on the Continent by the Abbé de
l'Epée, London: Taylor and Hessey
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| See also: | A Friend to the Unfortunate, 'Instructions for the Deaf and Dumb', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 147–50, Anon A Friend to the Unfortunate, 'Manual Alphabet for the Deaf and Dumb', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 161–62 |
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On Church Bells F R—y
R—y, F
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Observes: 'In England the practice of ringing is reduced to a science, and
peals have been composed which bear the names of the inventors. Some of the
most celebrated peals (tunes) now known were composed upwards of fifty years
ago by one
Patrick
Patrick, John
(fl. 1686–1722)
Clifton 1993
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was a maker of barometers; in his advertisements he styled himself Toricellion
operator, from
Torricelli
Torricelli, Evangelista
(1608–47)
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this kind' (200).
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Tribes of the Caucasus Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: | Freygang 1823
Freygang,
Friederike von 1823. Letters from the Caucasus and Georgia: to
which Are Added, the Account of a Journey into Persia in 1812, and an Abridged
History of Persia Since the Time of Nadir Shah, Translanted from the French,
and Illustrated with Maps and Engraving London: John Murray
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| Subjects: | Ethnography |
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To Correspondents Anon Genre: | Editorial Reply | Subjects: | Natural History |
'The Marble Ponds of Persia and the Cascade in
Buckinghamshire, "copied from a MS. collection", appear in the same
juxtaposition in the
"Cabinet of Curiosities"
Taylor, Joseph
1807. A Cabinet of Curiosities; or, Repository of Entertainment. Being a
Selection of Extraordinary Legends, Original and Singularly Curious Letters,
Whimiscal Inscriptions, Ludicrous Bills, Authentic and Remarkable Anecdotes,
Brilliant Bon Mots, Ingenious Calculations, Witty Petitions, and a Variety of
Other Eccentric Matter [...], London: Lackington, Allen & Co.
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did the article on the Fecundity of Fish, sent by the same
correspondent.--O! fie
Jacobus'.
Jacobus
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The Celebrated Clock of Strasburg Anon
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Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 211.
Origin of Chess Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Mathematics |
Attributes the origin of chess to a Brahmin, Sissa, who designed it to teach
an arrogant Indian prince the dependence of kings on their subjects. Relates
that, when offered his choice of reward, the Brahmin suggested a rate of
recompense which exploited the surprising rate of exponential increase to
produce a fortune, using the subterfuge to demonstrate the importance of being
on guard.
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Scientific Amusements. No. II Anon Genre: | Regular Feature, Instructions |
[1] A Lamp Without Flame
[2] To Render Bodies Luminous in the Dark,
So as to Give a Sufficient Light to Show the Hour on the Dial of a Watch, at
Night Subjects: | Chemistry, Domestic Economy |
[3] Easy Method of Breaking Glass in Any Required
Direction Subjects: | Chemistry, Heat, Domestic Economy |
[4]
To Set a Combustible Body on Fire by the Contact of Cold Water
[5]
Vivid Combustion of Three Metals When Brought into Contact with Each
Other
[6]
Illustration of the Production of Gas-Lights
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Captain Parry's Journal Anon Genre: | Introduction; Extract, Travelogue | Publications extracted: | Parry 1824
Parry, William
Edward 1824. Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a
North-west Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific: Performed in the Years
1821-22-23, in His Majesty's Ships Fury and Hecla Under the Orders of Captain
William Edward Parry, London: John Murray
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[1] The Esquimaux of the Savage
Islands
[2] Seal Hunters and Seal Eaters Subjects: | Exploration, Ethnography, Hunting,
Instruments |
[3]
Esquimaux Female, Iligliuk Subjects: | Exploration, Ethnography, Mapping, Gender |
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Sagacity of Wolves Anon
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Remedy for the Gout Anon Genre: | Recipe | Subjects: | Pharmaceuticals, Medical Treatment |
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Cure for Deafness Anon Genre: | Instructions | Subjects: | Medical Treatment |
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Effectual Method of Curing the Stings of Bees and Wasps I J L
L, I J
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Issue 78 (10 April 1824) | Expand
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Geographical Garden Anon Genre: | Reportage | Subjects: | Government, Botanical Gardens, Physical Geography, Education,
Utility | People mentioned: |
Gerardus
Mercator
Mercator, Gerardus (or Gerhard Kremer)
(1512–94)
DSB
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Reports: 'A NOVEL proposition has been made to the American
Congress
Congress, United States
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Ira Hill
Hill, Ira
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ML1/3/78/2
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a grant of ten acres of land and ten thousand dollars capital, to enable him to
construct in the city of Washington a geographical garden'.
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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 238.
Catch from the German Anon Genre: | Extract, Poetry, Drollery | Subjects: | Astronomy |
Asserts that
Jean D Cassini
Cassini, Jean Dominique (Cassini IV)
(1748–1845)
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cannot find new stars because he does not drink wine. The narrator of the poem
finds that, after he drinks, he sees new stars and also sees old ones
double.
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On Negroes and the Slave Trade 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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Universities | People mentioned: |
Jean B
Lislet-Geoffroy,
Lislet-Geoffroy, Jean Baptiste
(1755–1836)
WBI
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Fuller, Thomas
(1710–90)
Mathematicians of the African Diaspora
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Capitein,
Capitein, Jacobus Eliza Joannes
(1717–45)
WBI
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Amo,
Amo, Anton Wilhelm
(1703–53)
WBI
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View the register entry >>Johann F Blumenbach,
Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich
(1752–1840)
DSB
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Park, Mungo
(1771–1806)
ODNB
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Barrow, Sir John, 1st Baronet
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Begins: 'WHATEVER (says an eminent writer) may be the
general character and disposition of the negroes in their own country, they are
influenced in a considerable degree, as we may naturally imagine, by their
condition in a state of slavery, a circumstance that soon effaces the native,
original impression, which distinguishes one nation from another in negroes new
imported, and creates a similitude of manners, and an uniformity of character
throughout the whole body'. Discusses the characteristics of black Africans in
Africa and in slavery. Provides examples which demonstrate the 'capacity of the
negroes for the mathematical and physical sciences' and other branches of
European learning. (243) Celebrates the abolition of the slave trade by the
British
Parliament
Houses of Parliament
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Morocco Etiquette Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Ethnography |
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The Month of April 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
Royal Exchange
Royal Exchange
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Lady Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: | Anon 1824
Anon. 1824. Aureus; or, The Life and Opinions of a
Sovereign. Written by Himself, London: G. Wightman
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| Subjects: | Commerce, Invention, Medical Practitioners |
Describes the 'placards and advertisements of all descriptions' around the
interior of the piazza, including those for a fire escape and a life preserver.
Observes: 'Here is a facetius nota bene from
Van Butchel
Van Butchell, Mr, the younger
(fl. 1824)
ML1/3/79a/5
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younger, and there a modest notification from the knight of the Medical
Board'. (248)
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Scylla Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: | Smyth 1824
Smyth, William
Henry 1824. Memoir Descriptive of the Resources, Inhabitants, and
Hydrography, of Sicily and its Islands, London: John Murray
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| Subjects: | Hydrography, Ancient Authorities, Surgery |
Observes of
Homer
Homer
(8th century BC)
CBD
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'frequently dragged forth as an authority in history, theology, surgery, and
geography, [he] ought, in justice, to be read only as a poet'.
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Charybdis Anon
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The Novelist. No. LI. The Blasted Tree Anon Genre: | Regular Feature, Short Fiction | Subjects: | Medical Practitioners, Dissection, Crime, Superstition |
A traveller is believed to have disappeared, and a woodman is suspected.
When some bones are found in a blasted tree and identified as the parts of a
human skeleton, the woodman is brought to trial. However, he is able to show
that the bones had been placed there by a vengeful physician, and had 'for many
years decked a corner of his study' (251).
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The Sherwahray Hills in India Anon
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Scientific Amusements. No. III Anon Genre: | Regular Feature—Instructions; Extract, Instructions | Publications extracted: | [Griffin] 1823
[Griffin, John
Joseph] 1823. Chemical Recreations: A Series of Amusing and
Instructive Experiments [...] to which are Prefixed, First Lines of
Chemistry, Glasgow: Richard Griffin & Co.
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[1] To Produce Coloured Flames,
Which, in the Dark, Are Very Curiously Reflected by the Faces of the
Spectators Subjects: | Chemistry, Display |
[2] A Metal Which Bursts into Flame when
Thrown upon Cold Water
[3] Spoons Which Melt in Hot Water
[4] To Melt a Piece of Metal in a Nutshell
[5] To Make Cinders, or Little Wicker-Baskets, Appear
as if They Were Crystallized
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Wonderful Utility of an African Tree Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Botany, Manufactures |
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The Car of Juggernaut Anon
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On The Revivification of Animals Liolett
Liolett
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Microscopy, Experiment, Design | See also: | Liolett, 'On the Revivification of Animals', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 212–13 |
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Issue 81 (1 May 1824) | Expand
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Spring.—The Vegetable Creation 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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Pliny,
Pliny (Gaius Plinius Secundus)
(c. 23–79)
DSB
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Linnaeus (or von Linné), Carl
(1707–78)
DSB
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View the register entry >>Silvio Boccone
Boccone, Silvio (also Paolo)
(1633–1704)
WBI
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| Publications cited: | Byfield 1687
Byfield,
Timothy 1687. A Short and Plain Account of the Late-Found
Balsamick Wells at Hoxdon. And of Their Excellent Virtues above Other Mineral
Waters; which Make 'Em Effectually Cure Most Diseases, both Inward and Outward.
With Directions How to Use 'Em, London: Christopher Wilkinson, Thomas Fox,
and John Harris
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The Discovery and Use of Coals Anon
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Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 278–79.
New and Interesting Projects Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous, Drollery | Publications extracted: | Literary Chronicle
Literary Chronicle
(1819–28)
Waterloo
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| Subjects: | Commerce, Engineering, Steam-power, Adulteration, Natural Imperialism,
Geology |
In response to the commercial speculation of the age, makes suggestions for
a number of spoof companies: one to convert 'our granite pavements into dust,
whereby persons will be compelled to stay at home'; another for 'milking cows,
docking horses, and cropping two-legged puppies, by means of a steam-engine'
(278); and a third for erecting a basin on the River Thames, where the water
'may at once be converted into porter, without the unnecessary process of
passing through certain buildings called breweries'. A further plan is proposed
'for blowing up and dissolving the ice in the Arctic Ocean' in order to create
a small block on which a colony might be established. 'A promise has already
been made to the celebrated
Captain Symmes
Symmes, John Cleves
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not to approach within thirty feet of the opening at the pole, to the centre of
the earth, which he claims as the first discoverer'. (279)
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Captain
Parry's
Parry, Sir William Edward
(1790–1855)
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| Subjects: | Exploration, Hydrography, Zoology, Hunting, Collecting, Magnetism,
Electricity, Instruments, Light, Astronomy, Observation, Botany, Ethnography,
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Lyon,
Lyon, George Francis
(1795–1832)
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Fisher,
Fisher, George
(1794–1873)
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George IV
George IV, King of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover
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| Institutions mentioned: | HMS Fury,
HMS Fury
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Entertainments in Chili Anon Genre: | Extract, Travelogue | Publications extracted: | Hall 1824
Hall, Basil 1824.
Extracts from a Journal: Written on the Coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico,
in the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 2 vols, Edinburgh: A. Constable and
Co.
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| Subjects: | Vulcanology |
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Scientific Amusements. No. IV Anon Genre: | Regular Feature, Instructions |
[1] The Frosted Branch
[2] Arbor Martis, or Iron Tree
[3]
The Silver Tree, in a Glass Frame
[4]
Luminous Bottle, or Watch Light Subjects: | Chemistry, Light |
[5] Curious Percussion Experiment
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To Distinguish a Solution of Epsom Salts from a Solution of Oxalic
Acid Anon
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For a Cough Anon Genre: | Recipe | Subjects: | Pharmaceuticals, Medical Treatment |
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A Pleasant Climate Anon Genre: | Notes | Subjects: | Climatology |
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Human Life Estimated by Pulsation Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Physiology, Health |
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Answer of the Egyptian Mummy, to the Verses Addressed to it Mummius
Mummius
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The mummy observes of
Homer
Homer
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CBD
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fairly set at rest / He says that men were once more big and bony, / Than
now—which is a falsehood at the best; / I'll just refer you to my friend,
Belzoni
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/ The resurrection-man, a stately figure; / Now look at me, and tell me,
am I bigger?'. Concerning the use of gas-lights in the pyramids, observes 'Aye!
gas-lights! mock me not; we men of yore, / Were up to all the knowledge
you can mention; / Who hath not heard of Egypt's peerless lore; / Her patient
toil, acuteness of invention?'.
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Lambeth R M
M, R
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Disease, Epidemiology |
Observes of
St Mary's
Church, Lambeth
St Mary's Church, Lambeth
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sire
Tradescant, John, the elder
(c. 1570–1638)
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son
Tradescant, John, the younger
(1608–62)
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/ Much useful knowledge England owes to ye, / And many a beauteous flower / And
useful plant to us unknown before'. A footnote to a poetic claim that
superstition originated in Egypt notes that
Richard Mead
Mead, Richard
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considered the 'filth of Cairo' to be one of the causes of the plague.
(309)
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The Ashantees
[1/2]Anon, 'The Ashantees', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 327–30
Close Anon Genre: | Serial—Miscellaneous; Extract | Publications extracted: | Bowdich 1819
Bowdich, T. Edward
1819. Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee, with a
Statistical Account of that Kingdom, and Geographical Notices of Other Parts of
the Interior of Africa, London: John Murray
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| Subjects: | Ethnography, Imperialism |
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To Correspondents Anon Genre: | Editorial Reply | Subjects: | Periodicals, Amusement |
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History of Arithmetic Jacobus
Jacobus
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Euclid,
Euclid
(fl. 295 BC)
DSB
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Proclus
(410?–85)
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Samos,
Pythagoras of Samos
(c. 560–c. 480
BC)
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Archimedes
(c. 287–212 BC)
DSB
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Wallis, John
(1616–1703)
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Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolomaeus)
(c. 100–c.170)
DSB
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Planudes, Maximus
(c. 1255–1305)
DSB
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Nemore,
Jordanus de Nemore
(fl. c. 1220)
DSB
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Regiomontanus, Johannes
(1436–76)
DSB
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Stevin, Simon
(1548–c. 1620)
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Napier, John
(1550–1617)
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| Institutions mentioned: | University of Oxford—Bodleian
Library
University of Oxford—Bodleian Library
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| Publications cited: | Hutton 1795,
Hutton,
Charles 1795. A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary:
Containing an Explanation of the Terms, and an Account of the Several Subjects,
Comprized under the Heads Mathematics, Astronomy, and Philosophy both Natural
and Experimental; with an Historical Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present
State of these Sciences; also Memoirs of the Lives and Writings of the Most
Eminent Authors, Both Ancient and Modern, who by their Discoveries or
Improvements Have Contributed to the Advancement of them, 2 vols, London:
J. Johnson and G. G. and J. Robinson
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View the register entry >>Barlow 1814,
Barlow, Peter
1814. A New Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary: Comprising an
Explanation of the Terms and Principles of Pure and Mixed Mathematics, and Such
Branches of Natural Philosophy as are Susceptible of Mathematical
Investigation. With Historical Sketches of the Rise, Progress and Present State
of the Several Departments of these Sciences, and an Account of the Discoveries
and Writings of the Most Celebrated Authors, both Ancient and Modern,
London: G. and S. Robinson [etc.]
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View the register entry >>Chambers 1728,
Chambers,
Ephraim 1728. Cyclopædia; or, An Universal Dictionary of
Arts and Sciences: Containing the Definitions of the Terms, and Accounts of the
Things Signify'd Thereby, in the Several Arts, Both Liberal and Mechanical, and
the Several Sciences, Human and Divine, 2 vols, London: James and John
Knapton [and 19 others]
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View the register entry >>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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Hawkins, John,
ed. 1678. Cocker's Arithmetick: Being a Plain and Familiar Method Suitable
to the Meanest Capacity for the Full Understanding of that Incomparable
Art, London: T. Passinger and T. Lacy
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Wingate,
Edmund. Arithmetique Made Easie: In Tvvo Bookes. The Former, of
Naturall Arithmetique: Containing a Perfect Method for the True Knowledge and
Practice of Arithmetique, According to the Ancient Vulgar Way, Without
Dependance Vpon any Other Author for the Grounds Thereof. The Other of
Artificiall Arithmetique, Discovering how to Resolve all Questions of
Arithmetique by Addition and Subtraction. Together with an Appendix, Resolving
Likewise by Addition and Subtraction all Questions, that Concerne Equation of
Time, Interest of Money, and Valuation of Purchases, Leases, Annuities, and the
Like, London: Phil. Stephens and Chr. Meredith
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The Ashantees
[2/2]Anon, 'The Ashantees', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 311–14
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Contract | Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 356.
Providential Care 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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Emigration of the Stork 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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Scientific Amusements. No. V. Lightning—Aurora Borealis T A C, Hull
C, T A (of Hull)
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Wilson,
Benjamin 1775. A Series of Experiments Relating to Phosphori and
the Prismatic Colours they are Found to Exhibit in the Dark; Together with a
Translation of Two Memoirs, from the Bologna Acts, upon the Same Subject by J.
B. Beccari, London: J. Dodsley [and 4 others]
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Phenomena of the Atmosphere F R—y
R—y, F
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View the register entry >> Genre: | Introduction; Extract, Travelogue | Publications extracted: | Salt 1814,
Salt, Henry 1814.
A Voyage to Abyssinia, and Travels into the Interior of that Country,
Executed under the Orders of the British Government, in the Years 1809 and
1810; in which are Included, an Account of the Portugese Settlements on the
East Coast of Africa, Visited in the Course of the Voyage; and a Concise
Narrative of Late Events in Arabia Felix. And Some Particulars Respecting the
Aboriginal African Tribes, Extending from Mosambique to the Borders of Egypt;
Together with Vocabularies of their Respective Languages, London: F. C. and
J. Rivington
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Chandler,
Richard 1775. Travels in Asia Minor; or, An Account of a Tour
Made at the Expense of the Society of Dilettanti, Oxford: Clarendon
Press
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| Subjects: | Meteorology, Light, Astronomy, Observation, Instruments, Ancient
Authorities | People mentioned: |
Agatharchides of Cnidus
Agatharchides of Cnidus
(fl. 2nd century)
WBI
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| See also: | Anon, 'Fairy Castles', Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 441–42 |
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The Madagascar Bat Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Natural History |
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Advantages of Temperance T A C
C, T A (of Hull)
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Scientific Practitioners, Endeavour, Population | People mentioned: |
Pythagoras of Samos,
Pythagoras of Samos
(c. 560–c. 480
BC)
DSB
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Newton, Sir Isaac
(1642–1727)
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Boerhaave,
Boerhaave, Hermann
(1668–1738)
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Zimmermann,
Zimmermann, Johann Georg, Ritter von
(1728–95)
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Malthus, Thomas Robert
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Esquimaux Traffic Anon
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The Audience and the Visit Anon
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Great Cavern in North America Anon
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Minute Ingenuity 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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Jasmine Anon Genre: | Anecdote | Subjects: | Acclimatization, Horticulture |
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On Vegetable Revivification Liolett
Liolett
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Arithmetic Lector Speculi
Speculi, Lector
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Johannes
Regiomontanus,
Regiomontanus, Johannes
(1436–76)
DSB
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View the register entry >>William Buckley,
Buckley, William
(1518/19–71)
ODNB
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Stevin, Simon
(1548–c. 1620)
DSB
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| See also: | Jacobus, 'History of Arithmetic', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 325–26 |
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The Man in the Moon Incompru
Incompru
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Government |
Concerns a supposed scheme to light the moon continuously by gaslight.
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Balloons Anon Genre: | Introduction; Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: | [Robertson] and [Byerley]
1821-23
[Robertson, Joseph Clinton] and
[Byerley, Thomas] 1821–23.
The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, by Sholto and Reuben Percy,
Brothers of the Benedictine Monastery, Mont Benger, 20 vols, London: T.
Boys
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| Subjects: | Aeronautics, Commerce, Accidents, Scientific Practitioners, Physics,
Gas Chemistry, Heroism, Meteorology, Utility | People mentioned: |
Mr Harris,
Harris, Mr
(d. 1824)
ML1/3/88/4, ML1/3/89/1
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Graham, George
(fl. 1823–51)
Rolt 1966
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View the register entry >>Joseph Galien,
Galien, Joseph
(1699–1762)
WBI
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Montgolfier,
Montgolfier, Étienne Jacques de
(1745–99)
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J de Montgolfier,
Montgolfier, Michel Joseph de
(1740–1810)
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Pilatre de Rozier, Jean François
(1754–85)
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d'Arlandes,
Arlandes, François Laurent,
marquis d'
(1742–1809)
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Testu-Brissy, Pierre
(1770?–1829)
http://www.ballong.org/peter/jesper/cia/report.php?period=02&title=Part%202,%201786-1800
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| See also: | F R—y, 'On Balloons and Parachutes', Mirror of Literature, 2 (1823), 259–61 |
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Select Biography. No. X. The
Marquis of
Worcester
Somerset, Edward, 6th Earl and 2nd Marquess of
Worcester and titular Earl of Glamorgan
(1601–67)
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R—y, F
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View the register entry >> Genre: | Regular Feature, Biography | Subjects: | Invention, Steam-power, Scientific Practitioners, Genius, Patronage,
Government | Publications cited: | Somerset 1663
Somerset,
Edward 1663. A Century of the Names and Scantlings of Such
Inventions as at Present I Can Call to Mind to Have Tried and Perfected, Which
(My Former Notes Being Lost) I Have, at the Instance of a Powerful Friend,
Endeavoured Now in the Year 1655 to Set These Down in Such a Way As May
Sufficiently Instruct Me to Put Any of Them In Practice, etc. (An Exact and
True Definition of the Most Stupendious Water-Commanding Engine, Invented by
[...] Edward Somerset, Lord Marquess of Worcester, etc), London: J.
Grismond
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Scientific Amusements. No. V Anon Genre: | Regular Feature, Instructions, Extract | Publications extracted: | [Griffin] 1823
[Griffin, John
Joseph] 1823. Chemical Recreations: A Series of Amusing and
Instructive Experiments [...] to which are Prefixed, First Lines of
Chemistry, Glasgow: Richard Griffin & Co.
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[1] Intoxicating Power of Nitrous
Oxide Gas
[2] To Cause Water to Boil on the Surface of
Ice
[3] A
Metal which Bursts into Flame when Thrown upon Cold Water
[4]
To Make Waves of Fire on the Surface of Water
[5]
To Make Faces and Hands Luminous; so that, in the Dark, they Appear as if on
Fire
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The Ghost Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: | Lady's
Magazine
Lady's Magazine
(1770–1837)
Court Magazine and Monthly
(1837–47)
Waterloo
Directory
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| Subjects: | Supernaturalism, Natural Law, Medical Practitioners |
Relates how a widely believed account of a ghostly apparition arose from the
negligence of a nurse, who allowed her patient to wander in a state of delerium
on the night on which he died.
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On Aerial Travelling Janet
Janet
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Utility, Travel, Steamships | People mentioned: |
George
Graham,
Graham, George
(fl. 1823–51)
Rolt 1966
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Graham, Margaret
(fl. 1836–53)
Rolt 1966
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Harris, Mr
(d. 1824)
ML1/3/88/4, ML1/3/89/1
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