Science in the 19th Century Periodical

The Review of Reviews [1st]

Introductory Essay
Volume 19  (January to June 1899)
Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 7–19.

The Progress of the World

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Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Transport, Electricity, Declinism, Education, Schools, Mathematics


    Bemoans the fact that 'London is woefully behind almost any second-rate American city in the matter of rapid transport. There is nothing in London that approaches either for speed or for cheapness to the long-distance fares on the trolley-cars which are rapidly becoming the universal means of transit in the Transatlantic cities'. Urges that the London County Council London County Council
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must sink the revenue which it receives from the current tram system into 'substituting electricity for horse-traction'. (14) Also reports the call made by John E Gorst Gorst, Sir John Eldon (1835–1916) ODNB
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for the improvement of elementary education in agricultural districts because 'otherwise you would have pupils sent up to technical schools so deficient in arithmetic that they could not keep up with their classes' (15).



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Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 54.

Uncle Sam and His Indians. "A Century of Dishonour"

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Lyman Abbott Abbott, Lyman (1835–1922) WBI
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, North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Race, Natural Imperialism, Extinction


Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 56.

The Next Link in the Cape-to-Cairo Chain. Rosy Prospects of the Tanganyika Railway

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Lionel Decle Decle, Lionel (1859–1907) WIVP
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, Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Railways, Imperialism


Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 60.

New and Easy Cure for Consumption

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James A Gibson Gibson, James Arthur (b. 1866/7) WIVP
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Disease, Medical Treatment


Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 65.

Ethereal Telegraphy

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Edinburgh Review Edinburgh Review (1802–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Telegraphy, Ether, Speculation, Astronomy, Extra-Terrestrial Life, Military Technology


    Notes some of the strange 'speculations to which Marconi's Marconi, Guglielmo (1874–1937) DSB
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wireless telegraphy has given rise'.



Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 67.

A Submarine Auto-motor Car

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Simon Lake Lake, Simon (1866–1945) WBI
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, Ray S Baker Baker, Ray Stannard (1870–1946) WBI
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, McClure's Magazine McClure's Magazine (1893–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Invention, Machinery, Military technology, Oceanography

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Argonaut I Argonaut I, submarine boat
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Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 67.

"Wild Traits in Tame Animals"

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Louis Robinson Robinson, Louis (b. 1857) WBI
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, Pearson's Magazine Pearson's Magazine (1896–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Animal Behaviour, Instinct


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Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 68.

The Contemporary Review

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James Sully Sully, James (1842–1923) ODNB
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, Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Human Development, Psychology, Instinct, Gender


Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 69.

The Fortnightly Review

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Joseph Pennell Pennell, Joseph (1857–1926) CBD
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, Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Transport, Machinery, Invention, Declinism


Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 75.

The Revue Des Deux Mondes

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Lazare Weiller Weiller, Lazare (b. 1858) WBI
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, Revue des Deux Mondes Revue des Deux Mondes (1831–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Electricity, History of Science, Nomenclature, Measurement, Metallurgy


Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 78.

The Engineering Times

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Benjamin H Morgan Morgan, Sir Benjamin Howell (d. 1937) WBI
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, Engineering Times Engineering Times (1898–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Engineering, Periodicals, Publishing


Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 86–90.

Some Notable Books of the Month

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Publications abstracted:

Bullen 1899 Bullen, Frank Thomas 1899. The Cruise of the "Cachalot" Round the World After Sperm Whales, London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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Relevant illustrations:

photo.

Subjects:

Hunting, Natural Imperialism, Natural History


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Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 107–15.

The Progress of the World

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Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

War, Politics, Military Technology, Invention, Science Fiction, Futurism


    Reports the circular forwarded by the Russian government in advance of the proposed peace conference at the Hague, which suggests 'the interdicting of new and more deadly explosives' as well as 'the prohibition of the use of submarine boats' (109–10). Observes, however, that there is 'no likelihood of any interdict being placed upon the use of new weapons; indeed, there is reason to believe that the ending of war is more likely to be brought about by the discovery of vril—that marvellous fluid described by Bulwer Lytton Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-, 1st Baron Lytton (1803–73) ODNB
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, by which a child with a staff could annihilate an army at will—than by any attempt to restrict the combatants to what may be regarded as the present recognised weapons of war'. Also comments that the 'proposed prohibition of the submarine boat has naturally irritated the French', who complain that the Russian circular has been 'framed entirely with a view to benefit England'. (110) Indeed, the 'success of their submarine boats' has seemingly led the French 'Minister of Marine' Etienne E A Simon Simon, Etienne Antoine Edouard (pseud Lockroy) (1840–1913) WBI
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to make a series of bellicose threats against British shipping, although the 'submarine boat may play France the same ill turn that the chassepot did in 1870, and the mitrailleuse. The new toy is always going to make France invincible. But somehow it always fails' (115).



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 138.

The Black Sea to Baltic Canal

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United Service Magazine United Service Magazine (1889–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Engineering


Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 142.

The Augean Stables Outdone. The Lair of Yellow Fever

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George E Hill Hill, George Everett (fl. 1897) RLIN
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Sanitation, Disease, Putrefaction, Hygiene, Imperialism, Endeavour


    Gives an account of the posthumous report of the 'martyr to sanitary research' George E Waring Waring, George Edwin (1833–98) WBI
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, who last year died of yellow fever while investigating the sanitary condition of Havana for the United States government. The Cuban capital has 'no sewerage system' and is 'Verily [...] a "city set on the hill", but it is a dunghill', but, since the liberation of Cuba from Spanish rule, 'American science and pluck' have 'resolutely set out to cleanse' the pestilential city in which, last year, the annual mortality rate was '139.36 per thousand'.



Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 146.

A New Electrical Theory

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John Trowbridge Trowbridge, John (1843–1923) DSB
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Electromagnetism, Astronomy, Meteorology, Theory, Physics


Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 147.

In the Engineers' Inferno. Below Decks Before Santiago

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Arthur Warren Warren, Arthur (1860–1924) WBI
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, Engineering Magazine Engineering Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Engineers, Steamships, War


Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 159.

The New Nile Reservoir

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Frederic C Penfield Penfield, Frederic Courtland (1855–1922) WBI
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, Century Magazine Century (1871–77) Scribner's Monthly (1877–81) Century Magazine (1881–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Hydrography, Engineering, Agriculture, Imperialism


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Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 167.

The Nineteenth Century

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Archibald Hurd Hurd, Sir Archibald (1869–1959) WBI
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, St George J Mivart Mivart, St George Jackson (1827–1900) DSB
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, John G S Coghill Coghill, John George Sinclair (1834–99) WIVP
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Telegraphy | Experimental Psychology, Philosophy, Soul | Disease, Bacteriology, Sanitation, Medical Treatment

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Wilhelm Wundt Wundt, Wilhelm (1832–1920) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 170.

The Westminster Review

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J Donovan Donovan, J (fl. 1899–1900) WIVP
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, Westminster Review Westminster Review (1846–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Instinct, Comparative Philology, Human Development


Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 176–77.

The Revue Des Deux Mondes

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Franck A J Dastre Dastre, Franck Albert Jules (1844–1917) WBI
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, Revue des Deux Mondes Revue des Deux Mondes (1831–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Anaesthesia, Narcotics, Surgery


Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 185–91.

Some Notable Books of the Month

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Publications abstracted:

Tweedie 1899 Tweedie, Ethel Brilliana 1899. George Harley, F. R. S.: The Life of a London Physician, London: Scientific Press
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Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Physiology

People mentioned:

George Harley Harley, George (1829–96) ODNB
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Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 207–16.

The Progress of the World

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Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Railways, Technology


    Reports that Charles T Ritchie Ritchie, Charles Thomson, 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee (1838–1906) ODNB
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, the President of the Board of Trade, has proposed a parliamentary bill to end the 'preventable slaughter of railway men which goes on at present owing to the refusal of the railway companies to adopt automatic methods of coupling and uncoupling railway carriages and railway trucks'. The bill will 'compel railway companies to use couplings which fasten automatically, and which can be unfastened by some mechanical device less deadly than the present primitive method of coupling and uncoupling by hand', and may also 'compel railway companies in two years to use steam-brakes'. (215)



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Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 244–45.

Unlimited Power at Next to No Cost. A Stupendous Industrial Revolution at Hand

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Ray S Baker Baker, Ray Stannard (1870–1946) WBI
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, McClure's Magazine McClure's Magazine (1893–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Invention, Steam-power, Electricity, Magic, Gas Chemistry, Physics, Industrial Chemistry, Futurism, Imperialism, Military Technology


    Announces one of the 'most astounding prospects ever opened up by scientific invention', which 'more completely eclipses the mechanical marvels of steam and electricity than the slave-mill and stage-coach' by promising 'at almost no cost any amount of motive power'. This 'new substance', though, is in fact 'a very old friend—nothing less than the common air, only in a liquefied state. Liquid air is the new mechanical magician'. The 'discoveries' in gas liquefaction made since the 1870s by Raoul-Pierre Pictet Pictet, Raoul-Pierre (1846–1929) DSB
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, Karol S Olszewski Olszewski, Karol Stanislaw (1846–1915) DSB
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, and James Dewar Dewar, Sir James (1842–1923) DSB ODNB
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have now been 'developed [...] into the production of a new and potent industrial force' by the American inventor Charles E Tripler Tripler, Charles Eastman (b. 1849) WBI
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. (244) This low-temperature motive power could mean that, amongst other things, 'the difficulties of tropical climate for white men are overcome', for with 'a house at any temperature he pleases, the Englishman can live and thrive and bring up children in the very hottest part of the earth' (245).



Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 247.

What is Vitalism?

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Conwy L Morgan Morgan, Conwy Lloyd (1852–1936) DSB
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, Monist Monist (1890–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Vitalism, Metaphysics, Force


Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 248.

The Hero as Scavenger; or, the Epic of the Sanitation of Santiago

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Henry H Lewis Lewis, Henry Harrison (b. 1863) WBI
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, Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Sanitation, Disease, Putrefaction, Hygiene, Imperialism, Heroism, Endeavour

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Leonard Wood Wood, Leonard (1860–1927) WBI
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Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 249.

International Sanitary Control. A Stiff Suggestion from America

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Walter Wyman Wyman, Walter (1848–1911) WBI
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Sanitation, Disease, Putrefaction, Hygiene, Imperialism, Internationalism


Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 253.

Pearls: Natural and Artificial

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Franck A J Dastre Dastre, Franck Albert Jules (1844–1917) WBI
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, Revue des Deux Mondes Revue des Deux Mondes (1831–1900+) BUCOP
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Animal Husbandry, Natural History, Biology, Commerce

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Louis Boutan Boutan, Louis (b. 1859) WBI
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Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 258.

The Doom of the Tall Chimney

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Walter B Snow Snow, Walter Bradlee (b. 1860) WBI
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, Cassier's Magazine Cassier's Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Pollution, Environmentalism, Machinery, Progress


    Notes that 'It is the old story over again. The wounds inflicted by machinery only machinery can heal. The forest of chimney stalks with its horrible foliage of smoke is one of the injuries we owe to mechanical progress: its cure is to be more mechanical progress'.



Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 265.

The State as Weather Prophet

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Prince Peter Kropotkin Kropotkin, Prince Peter (1842–1921) CBD
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Meteorology, Government

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Henry F Blanford Blanford, Henry Francis (1834–93) ODNB
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Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 266.

Telepathy in Theology

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Robert Hind Hind, Mr Robert (fl. 1899) RR1/19/3a/9
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, Primitive Methodist Quarterly Review Primitive Methodist Quarterly Review (1879–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Psychical Research, Christianity


Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 272.

The Contemporary Review

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Millicent Fawcett Fawcett, Dame Millicent Garrett (1847–1929) ODNB
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, Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Vaccination, Government, Ethics


Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 273.

The Nineteenth Century

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James A Gibson Gibson, James Arthur (b. 1866/7) WIVP
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Disease, Medical Treatment


Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 274.

The North American Review

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Hiram S Maxim Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens (1840–1916) ODNB
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, S Adolphus Knopf Knopf, S Adolphus (1857–1940) WBI
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, North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Military Technology, Industrial Chemistry | Disease, Medical Treatment


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Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 307–15.

The Progress of the World

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Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Telegraphy, Psychical Research


    Reports that the 'success of Signor Marconi's Marconi, Guglielmo (1874–1937) DSB
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experiment in transmitting messages from Dover to Calais without any connecting wire has occasioned a pleasant thrill of delight to everybody except holders of cable stock', and urges that there is 'really no reason why thought should not be transmitted without wires all over the world; and some day it will be done. Intermittently it has been done already. But these glimpses of the possibilities of telepathy will never be recognised at their full value until some Marconi of the mind produces a mechanical appliance by which it will be possible not merely to receive but to record the impact of the thought waves which at present only leave their impress upon the brain of the sensitive' (315).



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 349.

A Novel Theory of Immaculate Conception

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James G Frazer Frazer, Sir James George (1854–1941) DSB ODNB
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, Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Anthropology, Breeding, Sex


Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 355.

What is the Chief End of Woman? To Produce Baby and Glorify Him for Ever

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Arabella Kenealy Kenealy, Arabella Madonna (1858–1938) ODNB
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Breeding, Gender, Health


    Reports that 'having long ago demonstrated that the cultivation of their brain by women was accompanied by all manner of terrible dangers to their reproductive efficiency', Kenealy 'now lifts up her voice [...] to warn her sisters against the awful consequences of cultivating their muscle'. Her article, however, will 'read like cruel wrong to the myriad women to whom motherhood is an unattainable paradise', and may make 'lazy girls imagine that they are best fulfilling their destinies as breeding machines by never cultivating their minds or training their bodies'.



Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 356.

How to Live Long. By Those Who Have Done It

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Frederick A Mackenzie Mackenzie, Frederick Arthur (1869–1931) WBI
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, Windsor Magazine Windsor Magazine (1895–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Ageing, Providence, Nutrition, Health


Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 356.

Corpulence and Genius

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James G Kiernan Kiernan, James George (1852–1923) WBI
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, Humanitarian Humanitarian (1892–99) Waterloo Directory
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Degeneration, Genius


Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 356.

Insect Inoculators of Disease

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Eliza L G St J Priestley Priestley (née Chambers), Lady Eliza L G St J (1836–1909) WIVP
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Disease, Entomology, Bacteriology, Sanitation


Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 357.

The Human Organism as Republic

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Woods Hutchinson Hutchinson, Woods (1862–1930) WBI
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, Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Physiology, Analogy, Politics, Cell Biology, Organicism


Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 360.

May Life Exist on Other Worlds?

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Daniel T MacDougal MacDougal, Daniel Trembly (b. 1865) WBI
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Extra-Terrestrial Life, Matter Theory


Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 360.

[The Submarine Argonaut]

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J W Gault Gault, J W (fl. 1899) RR1/19/4a/9
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, United Service Magazine United Service Magazine (1889–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Invention, Machinery, Military technology

Institutions mentioned:

Argonaut I Argonaut I, submarine boat
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Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 370.

The Nineteenth Century

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Edmund Ledger Ledger, Edmund (1841–1913) WIVP
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Astronomy, Discovery, Photography


Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 387–93.

The Book of the Month. The Temperance Problem and Social Reform

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Rowntree and Sherwell 1899 Rowntree, Joseph and Sherwell, Arthur James 1899. The Temperance Problem and Social Reform, London: Hodder and Stoughton
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Sociology, Political Economy, Natural Law, Railways, Methodology, Induction, Temperance


    Claims that many current approaches to social problems are 'theoretically and morally perfect, and are constructed with scrupulous regard to all accepted laws of political economy. Their only defect is that in practice they are unworkable. Many of the locomotives which competed with Stephenson's Stephenson, George (1781–1848) ODNB
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"Puffing Billy" Puffing Billy, locomotive
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were built in accordance with recognised rules. They should have moved, but they did not. It is the same with many proposals for social reform which are enthusiastically supported to-day'. The authors of the present book on temperance, however, 'have approached the subject from the point of view of the scientific investigator who desires to discover the essential facts of the problem, and not with any preconceived theory for which they hoped to find supporting evidence' (387).



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Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 411–21.

The Progress of the World

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Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Museums, Commerce, Industry, Invention, Imperialism, Declinism, Railways


    Recommends 'establishing a great industrial museum at Peking, a kind of International South Kensington South Kensington Museum
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, in which the Chinese can see with their own eyes all the best inventions and all the triumphs of our applied art and science' as a way of helping to 'develop our trade with China'. In fact, it would 'be well for our own people to realise the advantage of having such a sample of exhibits. We have in this country nothing at all corresponding to the Commercial Museum Philadelphia Commercial Museum
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which exists at Philadelphia' (414), and 'In this respect as in many others, we shall find ourselves hopelessly left behind in the race by our ingenious and enterprising cousins across the water' (414–15). Also complains that Charles T Ritchie's Ritchie, Charles Thomson, 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee (1838–1906) ODNB
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'Railway Regulation Bill, in which it was proposed to lessen railway slaughter by introducing automatic couplings, has been dropped like a hot potato' by the Government, after vigorous objections to such 'interference' were made by the 'powerful vested interest' of the railway companies, who were represented in Parliament Houses of Parliament
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by Claud J Hamilton Hamilton, Lord Claud John (1843–1925) WBI
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(416).



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 457.

A New Theory of Totemism. A Co-operative System of Food Supply

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James G Frazer Frazer, Sir James George (1854–1941) DSB ODNB
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, Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Anthropology


Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 458.

German and American as Trade Rivals

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Louis J Magee Magee, Louis J (b. 1862) WBI
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, Engineering Magazine Engineering Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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National Efficiency, Declinism, Industry, Electricity, Commerce, Technology, Machinery


    Points out that while many Americans still view 'the Kaiser's Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (1859–1941) CBD
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realm as an "effete monarchy"', in fact 'Germans have excelled in steam engines, boilers, electrical machinery, storage batteries, underground cables, chemical processes, and throughout their magnificent iron and steel industry, as well as in the electro-technical industry'.



Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 467.

Heat Without Fuel. Hitching Our Chariot to the Sun

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Chauncey M'Govern M'Govern, Chauncey (b. 1873) RLIN
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, Pearson's Magazine Pearson's Magazine (1896–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Wonder, Energy, Electricity, Hydrography, Dynamics, Heat


    Comments that 'After Marconi's Marconi, Guglielmo (1874–1937) DSB
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feats of wireless telegraphy incredulity seems to have no foothold left in the regions of electrical and mechanical science', and consequently urges readers to 'dismiss the scepticism which rises unbidden' at the attempts of Nikola Tesla Tesla, Nikola (1856–1943) DSB
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, 'the Wizard of the West', to 'dispense with fuel and use concentrated sunlight instead'.



Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 468.

To March Stooping, Not Erect

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Edmund H Verney Verney, Sir Edmund Hope, 3rd Baronet (1838–1910) ODNB
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, Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Physiology, Health, War

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Regnault [1898] Regnault, Félix [1898]. Comment on marche: des divers modes de progression de la supériorité du mode en flexion, Paris: Charles-Lavauzelle
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Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 474–75.

The Nineteenth Century

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James T Knowles Knowles, Sir James Thomas (1831–1908) ODNB
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Telegraphy, Psychical Research

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Guglielmo Marconi Marconi, Guglielmo (1874–1937) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 3–16.

Has War Become Impossible? A Conversation with M. Bloch

W T Stead Stead, William Thomas (1849–1912) ODNB
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War, Military Technology, Aeronautics, Dynamics, Industrial Chemistry, Invention

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Jan Bloch Bloch, Jan (or Iwan) (1836–1902) WBI
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Bloch 1899 Bloch, Jan 1899. Is War Now Impossible? Being an Abridgement of "The War of the Future in Its Technical, Economic and Political Relations". With a Prefatory Conversation with the Author by W. T. Stead, Russian Library 2, London: Grant Richards
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Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 553–54.

Inventive Korea

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Homer B Hulbert Hulbert, Homer Bezallel (b. 1863) WBI
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, Harper's New Monthly Magazine Harper's New Monthly Magazine (1850–99) Harper's Monthly Magazine (1899–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Invention, Technology


    Expresses astonishment that 'the Hermit Kingdom' was 'the birthplace of such remarkable inventions as those of moveable metal type, the ironclad war-ship, the suspension-bridge, the bomb and mortar, and a pure phonetic alphabet' (553).



Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 554.

Bacteria in Tobacco: The Cause of Its Flavour!

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G Clarke Nuttall Nuttall, G Clarke (fl. 1897) RLIN
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, Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Bacteriology


Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 561.

Wireless Telegraphy. Signor Marconi on His Invention

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Guglielmo Marconi Marconi, Guglielmo (1874–1937) DSB
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, John A Fleming Fleming, Sir John Ambrose (1849–1945) DSB ODNB
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, North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Telegraphy, Electromagnetism, Physics, Ether, Invention, Military Technology


Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 562.

The Athletic Woman a Degenerate

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Arabella Kenealy Kenealy, Arabella Madonna (1858–1938) ODNB
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Breeding, Gender, Health, Evolution, Degeneration, Controversy

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Laura O Chant Chant (née Dibbin), Laura Ormiston (1848–1923) ODNB
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Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 567.

The Y-Rays: The Latest Fairy Tale of Science

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R N Mere Mere, R N (fl. 1899) RR1/19/6a/5
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, Pearson's Magazine Pearson's Magazine (1896–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Light, Electromagnetism, Ether, Physics, Military Technology, Mesmerism


    Describes the 'marvellous invention' of Alex Orloff Orloff, Alex (Swedish inventor) (fl. 1899) RR1/19/6a/5
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who has 'discovered a new form of X-rays, which he has successfully applied to the steering of torpedoes without the use of connecting wires. The light-rays are transmitted through the air from a radiator on shipboard, on the shore, or in a balloon [...] to a receiving apparatus attached to the torpedo', which is 'as it were mesmerised and remains under the control of its sender'.



Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 567.

["Talks to Teachers on Psychology"]

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William James James, William (1842–1910) DSB
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, Atlantic Monthly Magazine Atlantic Monthly Magazine (1857–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Psychology


Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  19 (1899), 580.

The Revue Des Deux Mondes

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Franck A J Dastre Dastre, Franck Albert Jules (1844–1917) WBI
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, Revue des Deux Mondes Revue des Deux Mondes (1831–1900+) BUCOP
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Telegraphy, Electromagnetism, Physics, Ether, Invention, Military Technology

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Guglielmo Marconi Marconi, Guglielmo (1874–1937) DSB
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