Science in the 19th Century Periodical

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction [1st]

Introductory Essay
Volume 4  (June to December 1824)
Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 4–5.

Mr. Graham Graham, George (fl. 1823–51) Rolt 1966
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J B, Orchard-street, Hackney B, J
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Poetry

Subjects:

Aeronautics, Wonder, Accidents


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 5–6.

The Rose of Jericho

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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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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Botany, Acclimatization, Horticulture

People mentioned:

John Tradescant Tradescant, John, the younger (1608–62) DSB
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Institutions mentioned:

Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew
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Publications cited:

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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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 19–21.

History of Book-keeping

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Jacobus Jacobus
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Mathematics, Commerce, Invention

People mentioned:

Lucas de Burgo, Pacioli, Luca (Lucas de Burgo) (c. 1445–1517) DSB
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John Collins Collins, John (1625–83) DSB
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 46–48.

Select Biography. No. XIII. Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle Cavendish, Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle (1623?–73) ODNB
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M N N, M
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Genre:

Regular Feature, Biography

Subjects:

Aeronautics

People mentioned:

John Wilkins Wilkins, John (1614–72) DSB
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 48.

The Diorama Diorama, Regent's Park
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Anon U N, M
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Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Exhibitions, Technology, Light, Commerce, Wonder


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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 55–56.

Harlington Yew-Tree

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C P, Temple P, C
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Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Botany


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 56.

The Papaya-Tree

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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Botany


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 56.

Spermaceti

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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Natural History, Medical Treatment


Section: The Selector; or, Choice Extracts from New Works

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 59–60.

Extracts from Capt. Lyon's Lyon, George Francis (1795–1832) ODNB
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Private Journal Lyon, George Francis 1824. The Private Journal of Captain G. F. Lyon, of H.M.S. Hecla, During the Recent Voyage of Discovery Under Captain Parry, London: John Murray
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Genre:

Extract

Subjects:

Exploration, Natural History, Animal Behaviour, Ethnography, Medical Treatment

People mentioned:

William E Parry Parry, Sir William Edward (1790–1855) ODNB
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Section: Miscellanies

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 64.

Corallium—Coral

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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Invertebrate Zoology


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 64.

Spontaneous Combustion

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Genre:

Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

'an American paper'

Subjects:

Accidents, Chemistry, Natural Philosophy


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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 65–73.

Palace of the King of the Sandwich Islands Kamehameha II, King of the Sandwich Islands (1797–1824) WBI
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  [1/3]Thomas Byerley T 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

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Genre:

Serial, Miscellaneous

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Illustrators:

Sears Sears, Matthew Urlwin (fl. 1826–59) Engen 1985
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Subjects:

Natural History, Exploration, Ethnography, Education, Disease, Epidemiology

People mentioned:

Louis C de S de Freycinet Freycinet, Louis Claude de Saulces de (1779–1842) WBI
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Publications cited:

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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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 76–77.

Elephant Fights

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Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

New Monthly Magazine New Monthly Magazine (1814–81) New Monthly (1882–84) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Animal Behaviour, Menageries


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 77–78.

On the Loss of the Steam-Boat Ætna Ætna, ship
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, Within Sight of New York, Saturday Afternoon, May 15, 1824

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Genre:

Extract, Poetry

Publications extracted:

American paper

Subjects:

Steamships, Accidents


Section: Useful Domestic Hints

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 79–80.

To Preserve Potatoes

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Vyvyan Vyvyan
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Genre:

Instructions

Subjects:

Domestic Economy, Physiology


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 80.

Portable Ginger Beer

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Clavis Clavis
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Genre:

Recipe

Subjects:

Chemistry, Medical Treatment, Pharmaceuticals


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 80.

To Correct the Acidity of Porter, &c

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Clavis Clavis
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Genre:

Instructions

Subjects:

Chemistry


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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 90.

On the Resplendent Beauties of the Fire-Fly

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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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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Entomology, Aesthetics

People mentioned:

Nehemiah Grew Grew, Nehemiah (1641–1712) DSB
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Publications cited:

Merian 1705, Merian, Maria Sibylla 1705. Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, Amsterdam: G. Valk
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Lesser 1742 Lesser, Friedrich Christia 1742. Theologie des insectes; ou, demonstration des perfections de Dieu dans tout ce qui concerne les insectes, 2 vols, La Haye: Jean Swart
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Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 96.

A Doctor's Bill

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Genre:

Anecdote

Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Commerce


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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 98–99.

On the Music of the Spheres

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M N N, M
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Genre:

Letter

Subjects:

Astronomy, Music

People mentioned:

Thomas Browne, Browne, Sir Thomas (1605–82) DSB ODNB
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Capell Lofft Lofft, Capell (1751–1824) ODNB
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Section: The Selector; or, Choice Extracts from New Works

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 103–05.

Cochin China

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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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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 105–06.

Mignonette

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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) DSB ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 110–11.

Scientific Amusements No. VI

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Genre:

Regular Feature, Instructions



A Fountain of Fire—Formed by Phosphuretted Hydrogen Gas

Subjects:

Chemistry


Illustration of the Art of Bleaching

Subjects:

Industrial Chemistry


To Show that Chlorine Gas Supports Combustion

Subjects:

Chemistry


To make Cinders, or Little Wicker-baskets, Appear as if they were Crystallized

Subjects:

Chemistry


The Mineral Chameleon

Subjects:

Chemistry



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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 115–16.

History of Logarithms

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Jacobus Jacobus
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Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Mathematics, History of Science, Invention, Navigation, Genius, Endeavour, Health, Publishing

People mentioned:

John Napier, Napier, John (1550–1617) DSB
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Henry Briggs, Briggs, Henry (1561–1630) DSB
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Adriaan Vlacq, Vlacq (Vlack, Vlaccus), Adriaan (1600–66) DSB
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Nathaniel Roe Roe, Nathaniel (fl. 1630) WBI
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Publications cited:

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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Jacobus, 'History of Arithmetic', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 325–26


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 118.

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

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Utopia Utopia
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Genre:

Poetry

Subjects:

Education, Genius

People mentioned:

Isaac Newton, Newton, Sir Isaac (1642–1727) DSB
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Francis Bacon (1st Viscount St Alban) Bacon, Francis, 1st Viscount St Alban (1561–1626) DSB ODNB
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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 121–23.

Robert Burns Burns, Robert (1759–96) ODNB
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and Lord Byron Byron, George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron (1788–1824) ODNB
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Extract, Biography, Reminiscences, Serial

Publications extracted:

London Magazine London Magazine (1820–29) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Morality, Health, Disease, Death, Medical Treatment


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 124.

The Seals

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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Natural History, Superstition


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 126.

How to Cure the Gout

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Genre:

Poetry, Drollery

Publications extracted:

Lady's Magazine Lady's Magazine (1770–1837) Court Magazine and Monthly (1837–47) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Temperance


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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 134–36.

The Last Moments of Lord Byron

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Genre:

Introduction; Extract

Subjects:

Death, Disease, Medical Practitioners, Controversy

People mentioned:

Julius M Millingen Millingen, Julius Michael (1800–78) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 136.

Appearances on Opening the Body of Lord Byron

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Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Death, Pathology, Anatomy, Medical Treatment, Morality


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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 147–50.

Exorcism; or, Casting out of Devils

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Genre:

Essay

Subjects:

Religion, Superstition, Medical Treatment, Natural Law, Theology of Nature, Imposture, Disease

People mentioned:

Hippocrates of Cos, Hippocrates of Cos (460–370 BC) DSB
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Plotinus, Plotinus (c. 204–270) DSB
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Hugh Farmer Farmer, Hugh (1714/5–87) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 151–52.

The Fatal Avalanche

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Anon

Genre:

Short Fiction

Subjects:

Geology, Fieldwork, Exploration, Accidents


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 153–54.

Canine Madness

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T A C C, T A (of Hull)
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Disease, Veterinary Science, Medical Treatment, Experiment

People mentioned:

Pliny Pliny (Gaius Plinius Secundus) (c. 23–79) DSB
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 154–55.

On the Beauties of Butterflies

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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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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Entomology, Aesthetics

People mentioned:

Henry Baker Baker, Henry (1698–1774) DSB
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Publications cited:

Adams 1787, Adams, George 1787. Essays on the Microscope: Containing a Practical Description of the Most Improved Microscope; a General History of Insects ... an Account of the ... Hydrae and Vorticellae, a Description of Three Hundred and Seventy-Nine Animalcula, with a Concise Catalogue of Interesting Objects ..., London: printed for the author
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Universal Magazine Universal Magazine (1747–1853) Waterloo Directory
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Section: Useful Domestic Hints

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 159.

How the Deaf may Hear

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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Discovery

People mentioned:

Etienne Perrolle Perrolle, Etienne (1760–1838) COPAC
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 159.

Potatoe-Tops

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Genre:

Reportage, Instructions

Subjects:

Industrial Chemistry, Discovery


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 160.

Cure for Habitual Drunkenness

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Genre:

Reportage, Instructions

Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Discovery, Temperance, Chemistry, Hydrotherapy

People mentioned:

C von Brühl-Cramer Brühl-Cramer, Baron C von (d. 1821) RLIN
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 160.

A Hint to Horticulturalists

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Anon

Genre:

Instructions

Subjects:

Horticulture


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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 161–62.

The Guillotine

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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Subjects:

Invention, Radicalism, Crime, Death, Cruelty, Morality

People mentioned:

Joseph I Guillotin Guillotin, Joseph Ignace (1738–1814) CBD
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 162–64.

Marriage

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A B C, Lambeth C, A B
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Genre:

Essay

Subjects:

Political Economy, Population, Sex

People mentioned:

Francis Place Place, Francis (1771–1854) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 164–66.

The Harvest Moon Explained

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Clavis Clavis
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Astronomy, Agriculture, Design


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 167–68.

Suspension Wire Bridge at Geneva

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Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Engineering, Experiment, Physics

People mentioned:

Guillaume-Henri Dufour, Dufour, Guillaume-Henri (1787–1875) DSB
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Marc-Auguste Pictet Pictet, Marc-Auguste (1752–1825) DSB
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 168–69.

Multum in Parvo

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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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Genre:

Notes

Subjects:

History of Science, Invention, Chemistry, Domestic Economy, Medical Practitioners, Agriculture, Entomology

People mentioned:

Hippocrates of Cos, Hippocrates of Cos (460–370 BC) DSB
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Carl Linnaeus Linnaeus (or von Linné), Carl (1707–78) DSB
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    These single-sentence notes on miscellaneous subjects include several relating to scientific subjects, including: 'Æsculapius invented the probe' and 'Chemical names of metals were first given to the heavenly bodies'.



Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 169–70.

Cultivation of the Cranberry

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T A C C, T A (of Hull)
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Genre:

Introduction; Extract, Paper

Publications extracted:

Colin Milne Milne, Colin (1743?–1815) ODNB
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, Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London (1805–48) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Horticulture, Commerce, Class

People mentioned:

John Lightfoot Lightfoot, John (1735–88) ODNB
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Section: The Selector; or, Choice Extracts from New Works

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 170–71.

Ashantee Warfare—Destruction of Emperou Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew
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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

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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Subjects:

Ethnography


Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 171.

Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew
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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Botanical Gardens, Patronage

People mentioned:

Princess Augusta, Augusta, Princess of Wales (1719–72) ODNB
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Prince Frederick Lewis, Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales (1707–51) ODNB
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King George III George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover (1738–1820) ODNB
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Section: Miscellanies

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 175–76.

River Spectacles

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T A C C, T A (of Hull)
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Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Invention, Light


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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 180.

Hydrophobia

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T A C C, T A (of Hull)
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Genre:

Introduction; Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

Staats-und Gelehrte Zeitung des Hamburgischen Unpartheyischen Correspondenten Hamburg Correspondent (1779 [or earlier]–1832 [or later]) RLIN
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Medical Treatment, Pharmaceuticals, Botany


Section: The Selector; or, Choice Extracts from New Works

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 182–84.

Royal Reception at Ashantee

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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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Subjects:

Ethnography


Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 184–85.

Description of Fort Marlborough

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Asiatic Journal Asiatic Journal (1816–45) Asiatic and Colonial Quarterly Journal (1846–49) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Geology, Biblical Authority


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 191–92.

Scientific Amusements. No. VII. Electrical Recreations

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Genre:

Regular Feature, Instructions

Subjects:

Amusement, Electricity


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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 195.

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 Queen of the Sandwich Islands', Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 210–14

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Genre:

Serial—Introduction; Letter

Subjects:

Exploration, Imperialism, Ethnography, Christianity

People mentioned:

King Kamehameha I, Kamehameha I, King of the Sandwich Islands (1737?–1819) WBI
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King Kamehameha II, Kamehameha II, King of the Sandwich Islands (1797–1824) WBI
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James Cook Cook, James (1728–79) DSB
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 195–96.

Multum in Parvo

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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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Genre:

Notes

Subjects:

Chemistry, Horticulture, Hospitals

People mentioned:

Karl F H von Münchhausen Münchhausen, Karl Friedrich Hieronymus, Baron von (1720–97) CBD
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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 196–99.

Dinner in the Steam-Boat

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Anon

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Extract, Short Fiction, Drollery

Publications extracted:

New Monthly Magazine New Monthly Magazine (1814–81) New Monthly (1882–84) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Steamships, Pollution, Technology, Physics, Education, Gender, Accidents


Section: The Selector; or, Choice Extracts from New Works

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 201–02.

The Nubians

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Travelogue

Publications extracted:

Irby and Mangles 1823 Irby, Charles Leonard and Mangles, James 1823. Travels in Egypt and Nubia, Syria, and Asia Minor; During the Years 1817 & 1818, London: printed for the authors
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Subjects:

Ethnography


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 202–05.

Travels in Mexico

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W F F, W
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Genre:

Letter, Introduction; Extract, Travelogue

Publications extracted:

Bullock 1824 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) ODNB
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Institutions mentioned:

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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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 205–06.

Select Biography. No. XVI. Joseph Hume, Esq. M.P. Hume, Joseph (1777–1855) ODNB
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Regular Feature, Biography

Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Education, Cultural Geography, Politics

Institutions mentioned:

University of Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh
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East India Company, East India Company
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East India Company—Army East India Company—Army
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 209–10.

City of Leyden

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Anon

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Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Education

Institutions mentioned:

University of Leiden University of Leiden
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 210–14.

The Late King Kamehameha II, King of the Sandwich Islands (1797–1824) WBI
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and Queen of the Sandwich Islands
  [3/3]Anon, 'Palace of the King of the Sandwich Islands', Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 65–73
Thomas Byerley T J, 'The Sandwich Islands', Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 195

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Genre:

Reportage, Serial

Subjects:

Race, Disease, Medical Treatment, Medical Practitioners, Death

People mentioned:

Henry Halford, Halford (formerly Vaughan), Sir Henry (1766–1844) ODNB
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Hugh Ley, Ley, Hugh (1790–1837) ODNB
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Henry Holland Holland, Sir Henry (1788–1873) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 216–17.

The Banian Tree

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Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Botany, Natural History, Ethnography


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 217–18.

History of Algebra

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Jacobus Jacobus
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Subjects:

History of Science, Mathematics, Race, Invention, Popularization

People mentioned:

Diophantus of Alexandria, Diophantus of Alexandria (fl. 250) DSB
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Lucas de Burgo, Pacioli, Luca (Lucas de Burgo) (c. 1445–1517) DSB
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Niccolò Tartaglia, Tartaglia, Niccolò (1499/1500–57) DSB
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Michael Stifel, Stifel, Michael (c. 1487–1567) DSB
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Rafael Bombelli, Bombelli, Rafael (1526–72) DSB
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François Viète, Viète, François (1540–1603) DSB
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John Wallis, Wallis, John (1616–1703) DSB
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Isaac Newton, Newton, Sir Isaac (1642–1727) DSB
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René Du P Descartes, Descartes, René Du Perron (1596–1650) DSB
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Frans van Schooten, Schooten, Frans van (1615–60) DSB
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Christopher Wren Wren, Sir Christopher (1632–1723) DSB
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Publications cited:

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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Jacobus, 'History of Book-keeping', Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 19–21


Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 219.

Vauxhall

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Genre:

Extract, Poetry, Drollery

Publications extracted:

Ned Ward, Jun. Ward, Ned, Jr
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London Magazine London Magazine (1820–29) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Mining, Technology, Accidents, Amusement, Astronomy


    The crowds at Vauxhall Gardens Royal Gardens, Vauxhall
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are described as being 'Under innumerous lamps— / Not safety lamps, by Humphry Davy, Sir Humphry, Baronet (1778–1829) DSB ODNB
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made; / By these full many a soul's betray'd / To ruin by the damps!'. The fireworks are compared to comets.



Section: The Selector; or, Choice Extracts from New Works

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 223–24.

The Neapolitans

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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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Subjects:

Political Economy, Cultural Geography, Morality, Sex


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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 229.

Multum in Parvo

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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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Genre:

Notes

Subjects:

Meteorology, Horticulture, Acclimatization

People mentioned:

Thomas Linacre Linacre, Thomas (1460?–1524) ODNB
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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 231.

The Pleasures of Brighton. A New Song by the Civic Visitants

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Poetry, Drollery

Publications extracted:

New Monthly Magazine New Monthly Magazine (1814–81) New Monthly (1882–84) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Hydropathy, Mental Illness, Amusement, Disability, Disease


Section: Miscellanies

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 239.

General Census of the World

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Progress, Futurism, Education, Chemistry


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 248–49.

Avalanches

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Glaciology


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 249.

Fire Prevention

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T A C C, T A (of Hull)
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Accidents, Discovery, Experiment, Display

People mentioned:

Charles Stanhope Stanhope, Charles, 3rd Earl Stanhope (1753–1816) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 247–48.

The Leyden Phial.—Dr. Franklin Franklin, Benjamin (1706–90) DSB
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T N—r N—r, T
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Genre:

Letter; Extract

Publications extracted:

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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Subjects:

Discovery, Electricity, Theory, Genius, Endeavour, Meteorology, Experiment, History of Science, Accidents, Observation, Imagination

People mentioned:

Petrus van Musschenbroek, Musschenbroek, Petrus van (1692–1761) DSB
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René A F de Réaumur Réaumur, René-Antoine Ferchault de (1683–1757) DSB
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 250.

Antiquity of Baths

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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Hydropathy, Medical Treatment, History of Science

People mentioned:

Pliny the Younger, Pliny the Younger (Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus) (62–113) CBD
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Asclepiades Asclepiades (c. 130–c. 40 BC) DSB
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Section: Miscellanies

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 255.

The Musk-Cat, and the Preparation of Musk

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Martinus Martinus
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Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Zoology, Hunting, Commerce

See also:

Clavis, 'The Musk-Deer—Method of Obtaining Musk, Ambergris and Civet', Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 309–10


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 255–56.

[Report of a Falling Stone]

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C C
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Genre:

Letter, Introduction; Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

Sowerby 180[2]–17 Sowerby, James 180[2]–17. British Mineralogy; or, Coloured Figures Intended to Elucidate the Mineralogy of Great Britain, 5 vols, London: privately published
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Subjects:

Mineralogy, Wonder

People mentioned:

Edward Topham Topham, Edward (1751–1820) ODNB
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Institutions mentioned:

Sowerby's Museum Sowerby's Museum, Lambeth Road
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 256.

Thistles

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Agriculture, Veterinary Science


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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 258–59.

Louis XVIII Louis XVIII (Stanislaw Xavier), King of France (1755–1824) CBD
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John Evans, Islington Evans, John (of Islington) (fl. 1816–24) ML1/4/107/1
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Genre:

Letter, Anecdote

Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Medical Treatment, Temperance

People mentioned:

Caleb H Parry, Parry, Caleb Hillier (1755–1822) ODNB
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William E Parry Parry, Sir William Edward (1790–1855) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 260–61.

Extraordinary Superstitions

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G F H H, G F
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Genre:

Introduction, Letter; Extract, Letter

Publications extracted:

White 1789 White, Gilbert 1789. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton, London: B. White and Son
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Subjects:

Reading | Superstition, Education, Class, Medical Treatment

People mentioned:

Daines Barrington Barrington, Daines (1727/8–1800) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 261–62.

Scientific Amusements. No. VI. Magic Squares

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Jacobus Jacobus
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Genre:

Regular Feature, Instructions

Subjects:

Mathematics, Amusement, Superstition, Magic


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 263–65.

The Novelist. No. LXII. Almurath, An Eastern Tale

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M M
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Genre:

Regular Feature, Short Fiction

Subjects:

Education, Cultural Geography, Race, Alchemy, Morality, Religion


    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).



Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 265–66.

The Turks of Grand Cairo

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

New Monthly Magazine New Monthly Magazine (1814–81) New Monthly (1882–84) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Race, Medical Practitioners, Status


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 266–67.

Specimens of a New Dictionary

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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 Exeter 'Change Exeter Exchange—Royal Menagerie
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', the 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).



Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 268–69.

The Boa Constrictor

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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, Animal Behaviour


Section: Useful Domestic Hints

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 269.

Medical Precautions

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T A C C, T A (of Hull)
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Genre:

Letter; Instructions

Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Epidemiology


Section: Miscellanies

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 270–71.

Anecdote of a Dog

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Anon

Genre:

Anecdote

Subjects:

Animal Behaviour, Disease


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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 273–75.

Cumner-Place, Berkshire

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Morality, Crime

People mentioned:

Walter Bayley Bayley, Walter (1529–93) ODNB
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Section: Miscellanies

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 286.

Paramount Punning; On Setting Up and Sitting Down

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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'.



Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 287–88.

Curious Anecdotes of Two Elephants

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Anon

Genre:

Anecdote

Subjects:

Menageries, Zoological Gardens, Animal Behaviour

People mentioned:

John Corse Corse, John (fl. 1795–1800) WBI
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Institutions mentioned:

Muséum D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
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Publications cited:

Asiatic Researches, Asiatic[k] Researches; or, Transactions of the Society Instituted in Bengal for Inquiring into the History and Antiquities, the Arts, Sciences and Literature of India (1788–1839) Waterloo Directory
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 293–94.

Magic Squares

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Clavis Clavis
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Genre:

Miscellaneous; Table

Subjects:

Mathematics, Amusement, Ancient Authorities, Magic, Astrology

People mentioned:

Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin (1706–90) DSB
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 294.

An Effectual Cure

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Anon

Genre:

Anecdote

Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Death


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 295.

Magic Squares

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Jacobus Jacobus
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Genre:

Letter; Table

Subjects:

Mathematics

See also:

Jacobus, 'Scientific Amusements. No. VI. Magic Squares', Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 261–62


Section: Miscellanies

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 303.

Timber

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T A C C, T A (of Hull)
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Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Mark Beaufoy Beaufoy, Mark (1764–1827) ODNB
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, Annals of Philosophy Annals of Philosophy (1813–26) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Experiment, Engineering

People mentioned:

Thomas Thomson Thomson, Thomas (1773–1852) DSB
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 308.

Oriental Jewellery

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T A—N C C, T A—N
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Industry, Scientific Practitioners, Experiment


    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'.



Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 309–10.

The Musk-Deer—Method of Obtaining Musk, Ambergris and Civet

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Clavis Clavis
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Genre:

Letter, Rejoinder

Subjects:

Zoology, Hunting, Commerce, Animal Husbandry

See also:

Martinus, 'The Musk-Cat, and the Preparation of Musk', Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 255


Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 314–15.

Projects and Companies

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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) DSB
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and Boulton Boulton, Matthew (1728–1809) ODNB
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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)



Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 315–16.

The Yssaoois

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Anon

Genre:

Extract

Publications extracted:

Monthly Magazine Monthly Magazine (1796–1843) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Ethnography, Religion


Section: Miscellanies

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 318–19.

Wax-Work

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Anatomy, Amusement, Education

People mentioned:

Emperor Leopold II, Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747–92) CBD
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Felice Fontana, Fontana, Felice (1730–1805) DSB
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Gaetano G Zummo, Zummo (Zumbo), Gaetano Giulio (1656–1701) WBI
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Ercole Lelli, Lelli, Ercole (1700 (or 1702)–66) WBI
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Giovanni Manzolini Manzolini, Giovanni (1700–55) WBI
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Institutions mentioned:

Palace Torreggiano, Florence Palace Torreggiano, Florence
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 319.

Caterpillars

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Anon

Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Discovery, Entomology, Aeronautics, Agriculture, Commerce

People mentioned:

Lieut Hebestreit Hebestreit, Lieut (of Munich) (fl. 1824) ML1/4/110b/6
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 320.

White Blood—A Stratagem

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Anon

Genre:

Anecdote, Drollery

Subjects:

Mental Illness, Medical Practitioners, Medical Treatment


Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 320.

Epigram on the Word M'Adamised

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Anon

Genre:

Epigram, Drollery

Subjects:

Engineering

People mentioned:

John L McAdam McAdam, John Loudon (1756–1836) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 323–24.

Project for Sinking and Raising a Vessel at Sea.—Scientific Heroism

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Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Heroism, Navigation, Experiment, Error, Accidents, Physics, Gas Chemistry, Pneumatics

People mentioned:

Mr Day, Day, Mr (fl. 1824) ML1/4/111/1
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Cornelius Drebbel, Drebbel, Cornelius (1572–1633) DSB
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King James I, James I, King of England and Scotland (formerly King James VI of Scotland) (1566–1625) ODNB
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Robert Boyle Boyle, Hon Robert (1627–91) DSB ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 326–27.

Roseberry Topping, Yorkshire

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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).



Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 327–28.

Natural Caves in Ireland

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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Romanticism, Anthropocentrism, Mineralogy, Amusement


Section: The Selector; or, Choice Extracts from New Works

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 328–29.

Lord Byron Byron, George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron (1788–1824) ODNB
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. His Daughter Lovelace (née Byron), Augusta Ada, Countess of (Ada) (1815–52) CBDODNB
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Extract

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Medwin 1824 Medwin, Thomas 1824. Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron: Noted During a Residence with his Lordship at Pisa, in the Years 1821 and 1822, London: Henry Colburn
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Subjects:

Education, Gender


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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 342.

Night Thoughts

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Junius Junius
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Poetry

Subjects:

Astronomy, Feeling, Morality, Religion


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 344.

Anecdote of a Hyena

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Genre:

Anecdote

Subjects:

Menageries, Cruelty, Veterinary Science, Expertise

People mentioned:

M Van Aken Van Aken, M. (menagerie keeper) (d. 1834) WBI, ML1/4/112/2
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Institutions mentioned:

Schoenbrun royal menagerie Schoenbrun. royal menagerie
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 345–46.

Logan Stone

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Genre:

Miscellaneous; Extract, Letter

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Subjects:

Geology, Wonder, Archaeology, Engineering

People mentioned:

Hugh C Goldsmith, Goldsmith, Hugh Colvill (1789–1841) ODNB
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Jean A Deluc Deluc, Jean André (1727–1817) DSB
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Institutions mentioned:

Geological Society Geological Society of London
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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 348–50.

The Plague in Russia in the Fourteenth Century

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Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Asiatic Journal Asiatic Journal (1816–45) Asiatic and Colonial Quarterly Journal (1846–49) Waterloo Directory
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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).



Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 350.

Bridge Street, Blackfriars Bridge Street, Blackfriars
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Genre:

Poetry, Drollery

Subjects:

Engineering, Transport, Accidents


    The poem introduces the observations of 'Old Thames' to John L McAdam McAdam, John Loudon (1756–1836) ODNB
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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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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 353–56.

The Columbus

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Reportage, Miscellaneous

Relevant illustrations:

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Subjects:

Engineering, Imposture, Progress, Exhibitions, Periodicals

People mentioned:

King Ptolemy IV, Ptolemy IV (Philopator), King of Egypt (d. 204BC) CBD
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Archimedes Archimedes (c. 287–212 BC) DSB
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    An account of, and reflections on, the Canadian vessel 'Columbus Columbus, ship
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'. When the vessel was 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).



Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 357.

On Washing and the Steam Washing Company Steam Washing Company, Isle of Dogs
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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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News-Commentary

Subjects:

Technology, Commerce, Domestic Economy

People mentioned:

Mr Gould, Gould, Mr (fl. 1824) 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 (1561–1626) DSB ODNB
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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 361–63.

Horrors for November

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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 (1603–65) DSB ODNB
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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).



Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 365–66.

Scientific Amusements. No. VIII. Optical Deceptions

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Clavis Clavis
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Genre:

Regular Feature, Instructions

Subjects:

Amusement, Physics, Light, Anatomy, Design


Section: Useful Domestic Hints

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 366–67.

Insect Destroyer

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Genre:

Instructions

Subjects:

Domestic Economy, Chemistry

People mentioned:

M Viney Viney, M (fl. 1824) ML1/4/113b/5
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Publications cited:

Journal de Pharmacie Journal de Pharmacie (1845–1900+) BUCOP
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 367.

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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.)

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Genre:

Instructions

Subjects:

Medical Treatment


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 367.

New Pyrophorus; or, Instantaneous Fire-lighter

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Genre:

Instructions

Subjects:

Chemistry

People mentioned:

Friedman Gobel Gobel, Dr Friedman (of Jena) (fl. 1824) ML1/4/113b/7
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Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 367.

Feline Affection

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Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Animal Behaviour


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 368.

The Difference Between Simple and Compound Interest

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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Mathematics, Astronomy


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 368.

Anecdote

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Anecdote, Drollery

Subjects:

Medical Practitioners

People mentioned:

John Radcliffe Radcliffe, John (1650–1714) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 372.

The Power of Water and Progressive Rate of Wind

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Genre:

Miscellaneous; Table

Subjects:

Genius, Expertise, Dynamics

People mentioned:

Isaac Newton, Newton, Sir Isaac (1642–1727) DSB
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John T Desaguliers, Desaguliers, John Theophilus (1683–1744) DSB
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John Smeaton Smeaton, John (1724–92) DSB
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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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Section: The Selector; or, Choice Extracts from New Works

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 374.

On the Economy of the Eyes. By Dr Kitchener Kitchiner, William (1778–1827) ODNB
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Publications extracted:

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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Subjects:

Anatomy, Physiology, Light


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 375–76.

Chinese Customs

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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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Ethnography, Imperialism


Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 376–78.

Dinner at Stationers' Hall Stationers' Company
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Extract, Reminiscences, Drollery

Publications extracted:

Attic Miscellany Attic Miscellany (1824) Waterloo Directory
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Phrenology, Authorship, Scientific Practitioners, Medical Treatment, Temperance


    Of the arrival of George Canning Canning, George (1770–1827) ODNB
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the narrator reports: 'He had a fine head certainly—Spurzheim Spurzheim, Johann Christoph (1776–1832) DSB
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could 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) ODNB
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, to whom optics, and music, and astronomy, and gastronomy are all 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).



Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 380–81.

Select Biography. No. XX. James Tytler Tytler, James (1745–1804) ODNB
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T A C, Hull C, T A (of Hull)
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Genre:

Regular Feature—Letter, Introduction; Biography

Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Education, Religion, Unbelief, Pharmaceuticals, Authorship, Invention, Manufactories, Aeronautics

People mentioned:

Michel J de Montgolfier Montgolfier, Michel Joseph de (1740–1810) DSB
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Publications cited:

[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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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 381–84.

The Novelist. No. LXV. Rothelan.—A Romance of the English Histories. By John Galt, Esq.

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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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Subjects:

Astrology, Prognostication, Epidemiology, Morality


    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.



Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 384.

On the Marriage of a Tailor's Daughter with a Barber's Boy

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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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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 385–88.

Earthquake at Lisbon

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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Relevant illustrations:

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Illustrators:

Sears Sc Sears, Matthew Urlwin (fl. 1826–59) Engen 1985
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Subjects:

Geology


    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.



Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 390–91.

Negro Funeral. By Dr. Pinckard

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Reportage, Extract

Publications extracted:

George Pinckard Pinckard, George (1768–1835) ODNB
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Subjects:

Ethnography


Section: The Selector; or, Choice Extracts from New Works

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 397–98.

Power Looms

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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) ODNB
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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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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 398.

Mule Spinning

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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) ODNB
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Section: Peter Pindarics; or, Joe Miller Versified

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 399.

The Philosopher's Faux-Pas

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Nemo Nemo
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Genre:

Poetry, Drollery

Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners

People mentioned:

Isaac Newton Newton, Sir Isaac (1642–1727) DSB
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Section: Miscellanies

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 399–400.

Instinct of Swallows

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R C C, R
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Letter

Subjects:

Ornithology, Animal Behaviour


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Section: Spirit of the Annual Periodicals

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 402–08.

Almanacks

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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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Coelestial Atlas Coelestial Atlas (1750–1850) Waterloo Directory
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Ladies' Diary 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 (1840–71) Waterloo Directory
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Speculum Anni Speculum Anni (1730–1827) BUCOP
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Rider's British Merlin Rider's British Merlin (1656–1841) BUCOP
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Imperial Almanack Imperial Almanack (1821–23) Waterloo Directory
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Goldsmith, an Almanack Goldsmith, an Almanack (1821–28) Waterloo Directory
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Wills's Complete Clerical Almanack Wills's Complete Clerical Almanack (1821–57) Waterloo Directory
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Evangelical Diary Evangelical Diary (1814–39?) Waterloo Directory
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Prophetic Almanack Prophetic Almanack (1824) Waterloo Directory
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Australasian Pocket Almanack Australasian Pocket Almanack (1822–26) RLIN
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Subjects:

Astronomy, Astrology, Cultural Geography, Prognostication, Publishing, Authorship, Meteorology, Mathematics, Horticulture, Agriculture

People mentioned:

Johannes Regiomontanus, Regiomontanus, Johannes (1436–76) DSB
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Francis Moore, Moore, Francis (1657–1714?) ODNB
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Henry Andrews, Andrews, Henry (1744–1820) ODNB
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John Partridge, Partridge, John (1644–1715) ODNB
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Robert White, White, Robert (1694–1773) WBI
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Charles Hutton Hutton, Charles (1737–1823) DSB
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 408–13.

Christmas and New Year Presents

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Genre:

Introduction; Literary Notice, Extract

Publications extracted:

Forget Me Not Forget Me Not (1822–47) Waterloo Directory
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, Friendship's Offering Friendship's Offering (1824–44) Waterloo Directory
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, Literary Souvenir Literary Souvenir (1823–35) Cabinet of Modern Art and Literary Souvenir (1835–37) Waterloo Directory
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, Remember Me Remember Me (1824–25) Waterloo Directory
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[2] Friendship's Offering; or, The Annual Remembrancer Friendship's Offering (1824–44) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Instruments, Morality, Psychology, Metaphysics


    The notice of the contents of Friendship's Offering Friendship's Offering (1824–44) Waterloo Directory
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includes a lengthy description of a tale by Maria Edgeworth Edgeworth, Maria (1768–1849) ODNB
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entitled the 'Mental Thermometer' (409–11). The 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).



[4] Remember Me, a New Year's Gift; or, Christmas Present for 1825 Remember Me (1824–25) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Botany, Illustration, Aesthetics


    The Remember Me Remember Me (1824–25) Waterloo Directory
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bases its claim for patronage on 'its botanical embelishments, which to say the truth, are very prettily coloured. The botanical descriptions are by Dr. Thornton Thornton, Robert John (1768–1837) ODNB
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' (413).




Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 414–15.

Time's Telescope Time's Telescope (1814–34) Waterloo Directory
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for 1825

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Literary Notice, Extract

Publications extracted:

Time's Telescope Time's Telescope (1814–34) Waterloo Directory
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[3] Address to the Mermaid, Lately Exhibited in London

Subjects:

Natural History, Exhibitions, Oceanography


    This extracted poem, signed Richard Ryan Ryan, Richard (1796–1849) ODNB
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, addresses the mermaid and asks her to tell of 'The deeps and things proud Science pines to see' (414).



[5] New Hygrometer

Subjects:

Instruments, Meteorology



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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 425–27.

Society for the Propagation of Gentility

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Genre:

Extract, Spoof, Reportage

Publications extracted:

New Monthly Magazine New Monthly Magazine (1814–81) New Monthly (1882–84) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Engineering


    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 (1756–1836) ODNB
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was 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).



Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 427–28.

Deer Hunting in South America

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Monthly Magazine Monthly Magazine (1796–1843) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Natural History, Hunting, Ethnography


Section: Useful Domestic Hints

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 428–29.

Medicinal Properties of the Wild Valerian

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T A C C, T A (of Hull)
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Pharmaceuticals, Mental Illness

People mentioned:

Rudolph J Camerarius, Camerarius, Rudolph Jakob (1665–1721) DSB
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William Cullen, Cullen, William (1710–90) DSB
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Albrecht von Haller, Haller, Albrecht von (Victor Albrecht von) (1708–77) DSB
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Hermann Boerhaave Boerhaave, Hermann (1668–1738) DSB
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 429.

On the Management of Cauliflower Plants, to Secure Good Produce During the Winter, By Mr. G. Cockburn Cockburn, Mr G (fl. 1824) ML1/4/117b/4
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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

G Cockburn Cockburn, Mr G (fl. 1824) ML1/4/117b/4
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, Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London (1805–48) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Horticulture


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 429.

Impure Water

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Anon

Genre:

Instructions

Subjects:

Chemistry


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 429–30.

Use of Sulphate of Copper in Croup

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Anon

Genre:

Instructions

Subjects:

Pharmaceuticals, Medical Treatment


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 430.

Recipe for a Sore Throat

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Anon

Genre:

Recipe

Subjects:

Pharmaceuticals, Medical Treatment


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 430.

[Strawberries as Natural Dentifrice]

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Medical Treatment


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 430.

Important Uses of the Farina of Potatoes

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T A—N C C, T A—N
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Domestic Economy, Nutrition, Manufactories


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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 436.

Error in the Almanacks as to Easter

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A H D Pasche Pasche, A H D
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Genre:

Letter

Subjects:

Periodicals, Time, Astronomy, Error

People mentioned:

Francis Moore, Moore, Francis (1657–1714?) ODNB
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Robert White White, Robert (1694–1773) WBI
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Publications cited:

Vox Stellarum, Vox Stellarum (1701–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Coelestial Atlas Coelestial Atlas (1750–1850) Waterloo Directory
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 437.

The History of Candles

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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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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Chemistry, Experiment

People mentioned:

Francis Bacon (1st Viscount St Alban) Bacon, Francis, 1st Viscount St Alban (1561–1626) DSB ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 437–38.

On Apparitions

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F W D, Queen Square D, F W
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Genre:

Letter, Rejoinder

Subjects:

Supernaturalism, Mental Illness, Superstition

People mentioned:

Thomas De Quincey, De Quincey, Thomas Penson (1785–1859) ODNB
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John Beaumont Beaumont, John (c.1640–1731) ODNB
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Publications cited:

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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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 441–42.

Gate of St. Bartholomew's Hospital St Bartholomew's Hospital
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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Subjects:

Hospitals, Architecture, Medical Treatment

People mentioned:

Rahere, Rahere (d. [1144–5]) ODNB
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John Radcliffe Radcliffe, John (1650–1714) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 459–60.

Lucubrations in an Apothecary's Shop. In Imitation of Gray's Gray, Thomas (1716–71) ODNB
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Elegy

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D S S, D
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Genre:

Poetry

Subjects:

Pharmaceuticals, Medical Practitioners, Medical Treatment, Education, Expertise, Status, Charlatanry


Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 460.

Introduction and Medical Properties of Coffee

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F R—y R—y, F
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Pharmaceuticals

People mentioned:

John Pringle, Pringle, Sir John, 1st Baronet (1707–82) ODNB
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Benjamin Moseley Moseley, Benjamin (1742–1819) ODNB
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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

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Botany


Section: The Selector; or, Choice Extracts from New Works

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 462.

Animal Magnetism

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Maigne ed. 1825 Maigne, M. ed. 1825. The Private Journal of Madame Campan: Comprising Original Anecdotes of the French Court; Selections from her Correspondence, Thoughts on Education, etc., London: Henry Colburn
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Subjects:

Animal Magnetism, Imposture, Medical Treatment, Charlatanry

People mentioned:

Franz A Mesmer Mesmer, Franz Anton (1734–1815) DSB
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Section: Miscellanies

Mirror of Literature,  4 (1824), 463–64.

Account of a Carnation, Viewed Through a Microscope

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Fawcet Fawcet
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Microscopy, Entomology, Aesthetics


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