Details chemical preparations and other techniques for stopping the flow of blood from leech bites, for disinfecting the air in apartments, for treating nettle-rash, and for administering castor oil.
Describes the features, diet, breeding habits, and health problems of the canary. Gives instructions for feeding the birds and for dealing with the young and their health problems.
Proclaims that 'physiognomy is a true science' and that genius and ability are qualities 'stamped by nature' while 'violent passions' and 'voluptuary' are 'stamped by habit'.
Explains how to exclude worms from flowerpots. Notes that worms have a 'great antipathy to zinc' owing to their 'galvanic influence'. Advises procuring a FahrenheitFahrenheit, Daniel Gabriel
(1686-1736)
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Medical Treatment, Chemistry, Amateurism, Instruments, Laboratories, Societies
The protagonist, Jessie Jones, lives in a house where the lodger, Mr Thomson, is of a 'scientific character'. Thomson's talk of scientific and 'philosophical things' disturbs the domestic peace. He selects food according to its albumen content, belongs to the 'Amateur Chemical Society', and owns a thermometer, barometer, and a portable laboratory. (70)
Details processes and chemical materials required for various domestic problems, including making diamond cement and the production of intense cold. Gives a chemical explanation of how spongy bread can be made without yeast. Shows how the 'art of chymistry' can assist in the whitening of linen and calico. Details Humphry Davy'sDavy, Sir Humphry, Baronet
(1778–1829)
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Describes the physical features, habitats, and habits of the squirrel, and offers advice on feeding and taming the animal. Details the distinctions between grey and other kinds of squirrel.
Describes the habits and habitats of the rabbit. The illustration shows five varieties of rabbit. Offers advice on breeding rabbits, and emphasises the importance of hygiene and regular diet.
Details chemical materials and processes for making red and indelible ink. Describes a technique for removing paint letters from wire gauze blinds, and a substance for bronzing brass.
Describes the habits and habitat of the blackbird. Distinguishes male and female blackbirds, and explains how to feed, cage, and treat the diseases of the bird.
Describes the physical features of various families of pigeon. Describes the nesting habits of the bird and advises on how to feed and house it. Notes the habits of hatched pigeons.
Observes that 'ethical magnetism or magnetaesthetics' makes plausible the idea that the 'truest and most intense' human affections are those arising 'as if by electric sympathy' (293).
Describes the habits, habitat, and physical appearance of the thrush. Describes how the young are born and advises on the most suitable diet for the birds.
Describes the physical features, flowering characteristics, and provenance of the early-flowering Lychnidea, and the physical features, provenance, and cultivation requirements of the scarlet-flowered Georgina.
Medical Treatment, Domestic Economy, Electrochemistry
Describes a cure for toothache in which the tooth is held between pieces of zinc and silver. Explains that the pieces of metal act as a galvanic battery, producing enough current to relieve the pain.
Medical Treatment, Chemistry, Public Health, Pollution, Domestic Economy
Gives chemical materials and procedure for making lime-water. Explains why gas-burners make the atmosphere of a room deteriorate more than candles. Warns of poor ventilation and the danger it poses to health.
Describes the physical features, habits, and provenance of the goldfish, and distinguishes varieties of the fish. Advises on fish-bowl size and feeding.
Offers advice on sowing seeds for April. Describes the physical features, provenance, and growth characteristics of the variegated Iris and Chili avens (374).