Science in the 19th Century Periodical

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

Introductory Essay
Volume 11  (January to June 1828)
Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), facing [i].

Captain Clapperton. Clapperton, Hugh (1788–1827) ODNB
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From a Sketch by Mr. Manton Manton, Gildon (fl. 1829) NPG
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Genre:

Illustration

Relevant illustrations:

eng.

Illustrators:

Mr. Manton Manton, Gildon (fl. 1829) NPG
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Subjects:

Exploration

See also:

Anon, 'Memoir of the Late Captain Clapperton', Mirror of Literature, 11 (1828), i–viii


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), [iii]–iv.

Preface

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Anon

Genre:

Preface

Subjects:

Discovery, Periodicals, Utility


    Observes: 'In the "ARCANA OF SCIENCE" will be found Abstracts of the principal Discoveries of the past six months, together with a few valuable Documents or Paper on questions of contemporary interest; which, it is hoped, have been distinguished by their usefulness, as well as by their attractions for scientific inquirers' (iii–iv). Notes that the 'Architectural Series' is a 'proof of the Proprietors' anxiety to identify "THE MIRROR" Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction (1822–47) Mirror Monthly Magazine (1847–49) Waterloo Directory
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with the Novelties of Science and Art, as well as to render it an agreeable Miscellany of General Literature' (iv).



Section: The Contemporary Traveller

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 6–7.

Recent Excursion to Mount Vesuvius. (From a Correspondent, in Brewster's Brewster, Sir David (1781–1868) DSB ODNB
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Journal Edinburgh Journal of Science (1824–32) Waterloo Directory
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)

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

Edinburgh Journal of Science Edinburgh Journal of Science (1824–32) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Vulcanology, Feeling, Wonder, Aesthetics, Fear, Mineralogy, Collecting


Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 7–10.

Presentiments of Death

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Edinburgh Monthly Magazine (1817) Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1817–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Prognostication, Superstition, Natural Law


    Observes that to say that presentiments 'are produced by a latent taint of superstition, is to elude the question', and that such experiences have been 'confessed by men of the sternest intellect' (7). Argues that many 'visible presentiments rest upon authority so good as to be not a little troublesome to those who would explain them all implicitly on natural principles' (8). Documents numerous examples of presentiments of death.



Section: The Selector, and Literary Notices of New Works

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 10–11.

A Voyage Round the World. By James Montgomery Montgomery, James (1771–1854) ODNB
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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Poetry

Publications extracted:

Amulet Amulet (1826–36) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Exploration, Navigation, Physical Geography, Imperialism, Nationalism


    The imaginary journey round the world concludes: 'Britain, thou'rt my home—my rest; / —My own land, I love thee best' (11).



Section: Arcana of Science

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 12.

Climate

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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

William T Brande Brande, William Thomas (1788–1866) DSB
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Subjects:

Meteorology, Climatology, Heat


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 12.

Cotton Rope

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Anon

Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Invention, Industry, Patronage, Exhibitions


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 13.

The Ostrich

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

Jennings 1828 Jennings, James 1828. Ornithologia; or, The Birds: A Poem, in Two Parts with an Introduction to their Natural History; and Copious Notes, London: Poole and Edwards
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Subjects:

Ornithology, Error, Comparative Anatomy, Dissection, Lecturing

People mentioned:

Joshua Brookes Brookes, Joshua (1761–1833) ODNB
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Institutions mentioned:

Zoological Society Zoological Society of London
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 13.

Fossil Plants

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Anon

Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Discovery, Palaeontology


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 13.

Mining

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Anon

Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Mining, Physiology

Publications cited:

American Journal of Science and Arts American Journal of Science and Arts (1818–1900+) BUCOP
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    Reports that mules employed at 'the amalgamating mines in Mexico' are cut open after death and contain several pounds of silver in their stomachs.



Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 16.

Death's "Return" for 1827

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Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary

Subjects:

Death, Statistics, Publishing, Adulteration, Population


    Reports on the annual bill of mortality, observing that it takes the 'same form as the Ale and Porter Brewer's Return'. Comments: 'if Mr. Accum Accum, Friedrich Christian (1769–1838) DSB
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be right, there is more connexion between these two "Returns" than is generally supposed'. Considers that the 'Malthusians will rejoice to hear that the christenings exceed the burials, as heretofore, by 7,633'.



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 16.

Seasonable Counsels

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Publishing, Universities, Societies, Health


    Ridicules various 'trite remarks' on the preservation of health made in an almanac, 'dated from the Council-Room of a learned University and Society'. Concludes: 'We were not aware that the united labours of a "Society" were requisite to repeat what old Parr Parr, Thomas ('Old Parr') (d. 1635) ODNB
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and our grandmothers told us long ago'.



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Section: Arcana of Science

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 23.

Imagination

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Anon

Genre:

Extract

Publications extracted:

John Haslam Haslam, John (1764–1844) ODNB
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Subjects:

Psychology, Child Development, Education, Fear, Superstition


    Argues that infants are devoid of imagination, and that the fearful imaginings which harm them in their development are entirely attributable to parents or nurses.



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 23.

Economy of Steam

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Anon

Genre:

Extract; Afterword

Publications extracted:

William T Brande Brande, William Thomas (1788–1866) DSB
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Subjects:

Steam-power, Manufactories, Heat, Chemistry


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 24.

The Lemming

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Illustrators:

Bonner Sc Bonner, George Wilmot (1796–1836) ODNB
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Subjects:

Zoology, Instinct, Animal Behaviour

People mentioned:

Arthur de C Brooke Brooke, Sir Arthur de Capell, 2nd Baronet (1791–1858) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 24.

New Paper

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Domestic Economy


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 24.

Study of Nature

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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Humphry Davy Davy, Sir Humphry, Baronet (1778–1829) DSB ODNB
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Subjects:

Feeling, Wonder, Romanticism, Geology, Palaeontology, Design, Theology of Nature


    Urges that the 'grand monuments of nature, which mark the revolutions of the globe' should evoke a far greater sense of wonder than even 'the great remains of human works'. The establishment of 'order and harmony' and the production of 'a system of life and beauty' out of the 'chaos and death' manifested by geological phenomena proves 'the infinite power, wisdom, and goodness of the Great Cause of all Being!'.



Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 30.

A Few Opinions for 1828

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous, Drollery

Publications extracted:

[Morgan] 1828 [Morgan, Thomas Charles] 1828. 'Opinions for 1828', New Monthly Magazine, 22, 17–24
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Subjects:

Transport, Invention, Aeronautics, Engineering, Universities, Education, Commerce, Pharmaceuticals


    Records numerous spoof opinions, including: 'Opinion is much divided on the subject of travelling between the Aeropleustics and the Vallancey [possibly a reference to the Irish military engineer Charles Vallancey Vallancey, Charles (c. 1726–1812) ODNB
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] scheme. The plan of flying kites is, however, thought the most feasible in the city. The friends of the kite and the vacuum tube are each disposed to back their favourites for a large sum; but the odds are five to one "Teakettle against the field". When this question is decided, a suspension bridge over the Irish Channel, and a tunnel under the Straits of Dover will be immediately put in hand'. Records: 'The London university University of London
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is fifty per cent. better than at the last quotation. Mechanics' Institutions hold their own'. Reports: 'Mustard-seed is still the "sovereign'st thing in the world" for the digestion'.



Section: The Contemporary Traveller

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 30–31.

Narrative of the Proceedings of the Late Mission to Ava  [1/2]Anon, 'Narrative of the Proceedings of the Late Mission to Ava', Mirror of Literature, 11 (1828), 75–77

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Travelogue, Serial

Publications extracted:

Edinburgh Journal of Science Edinburgh Journal of Science (1824–32) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Exploration, Imperialism, Geology, Commerce, Steamships, Wonder


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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 39.

Manners & Customs of All Nations. Lingga

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Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Angelbeek 1826 Angelbeek, C. Van 1826. 'Korte Schets van het Eiland Lingga en Deszelfs Bewoners', Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap der Kunsten en Wetenschappen, 11, 3–62
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Subjects:

Exploration, Geology, Ethnography, Commerce, Minearlogy, Mining

Publications cited:

Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap der Kunsten en Wetenschappen Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap der Kunsten en Wetenschappen (1779–1900+) BUCOP
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Section: Anecedotal Portraits of Eminent Contemporaries

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 41.

Campbell Campbell, Thomas (1777–1844) ODNB
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the Poet

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Biography

Publications extracted:

Hunt 1828 Hunt, Leigh 1828. Lord Byron and Some of his Contemporaries: With Recollections of the Author's Life, and of his Visit to Italy, London: Colburn
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Subjects:

Universities, Phrenology


    Observes of Campbell that he betrays profoundly philanthropic feelings, though he seeks to efface them. Notes: 'Mr Campbell professes to be hopeless and sarcastic, and takes pains all the while to set up a university University of London
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'. Remarks: 'His skull was sharply cut and fine; with plenty, according to the phrenologists, both of the reflective and amative organs: and his poetry will bear them out'.



Section: Juvenalia for the Season

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 46–47.

Oranges

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Time's Telescope Time's Telescope (1814–34) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Horticulture, Commerce, Class, Acclimatization

Publications cited:

Phillips 1820, Phillips, Henry 1820. Pomarium Britannicum: An Historical and Botanical Account of Fruits Known in Great Britain, London: printed for the author
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Hughes 1750 Hughes, Griffith 1750. The Natural History of Barbados. In Ten Books, London: printed for the author
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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 47.

Up with the Sun and Down with the Sun

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Drollery

Publications extracted:

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Edinburgh Monthly Magazine (1817) Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1817–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Astronomy


    Argues against the practice described in the article title: 'Because an immense globe of fire, or luminous matter, of one kind or other, ever so many millions of miles off, chances to set at a given hour, is that any reason why you must set too, who are close at hand, and not of luminous matter? We hold that it is as reasonable to sit up with the stars, as to lie down with the sun [...] nothing like a general system of rules for the guidance of human life can be deduced from the motions of the heavenly bodies'.



Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 48.

Origin of the Colour and Fragrance of the Rose. By Dr. Booker Booker, Luke (1762–1835) ODNB
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Genre:

Anecdote, Drollery

Subjects:

Botany, Sex, Gender, Christianity


    The anecdote recounts Booker's humorous poetical explanation of the origin of scented and coloured roses, which relates them to the primeval flower's reaction to the kiss of Eve.



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Section: Arcana of Science

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 53.

Observations on the Potato

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Instructions

Publications extracted:

John Sinclair Sinclair, Sir John, 1st Baronet (1754–1835) ODNB
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Subjects:

Horticulture, Nutrition, Domestic Economy


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 54.

Squalls of Wind on the African Shores

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

D M Milnegraden Milnegraden, D M (fl. 1828) ML1/11/294a/2
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, New Monthly Magazine New Monthly Magazine (1814–81) New Monthly (1882–84) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Meteorology, Electricity


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 54.

Improved Clock

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

Revue Encyclopédique Revue Encyclopedique (1891–1900) BUCOP
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, Quarterly Journal of Science Journal of Science and the Arts (1816–19) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and the Arts (1819–27) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and Art (1827–30) Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain (1830–31) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Time, Instruments, Exhibitions


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 54.

Botany of the Sandwich Islands

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Anon

Genre:

Abstract, Paper

Publications abstracted:

M de Michel Michel, M de (fl. 1828) ML1/11/295a/4
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Subjects:

Botany, Geographical Distribution, Biblical Authority

People mentioned:

Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré, Gaudichaud-Beaupré, Charles (1789–1854) WBI
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Louis C de S de Freycinet Freycinet, Louis Claude de Saulces de (1779–1842) WBI
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Institutions mentioned:

Académie des Sciences, Paris Académie des Sciences, Paris
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 54–56.

Popular Superstitions. No. II. The Sea

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Vyvyan Vyvyan
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Genre:

Regular Feature, Essay

Subjects:

Superstition, Wonder, Fear, Feeling, Education, Class, Magic, Religion, Animal Behaviour, Prognostication, Meteorology

People mentioned:

William Scoresby Scoresby, William, Jr. (1789–1857) ODNB
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Publications cited:

Stavorinus 1798 Stavorinus, Johan Splinter 1798. Voyages to the East-Indies: The Whole Comprising a Full and Accurate Account of all the Present and Late Possessions of the Dutch in India, and at the Cape of Good Hope, trans. by Samuel Hull Wilcocke, 3 vols, London: G.G. and J. Robinson
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    Observes that the 'manner of life' of sailors, 'the frequent opportunities they have for reflection amidst the most elevating and sublime scenes in nature (for what can exceed the waste of waters), the constant and ceaseless dangers and perils to which they are exposed, combined with the deficiency of education (which is perhaps the most material point), all seem calculated to [...] render the mariner more superstitiously inclined than most men'. Considers that, on land, the general decline in superstition 'before the light of knowledge, affords a striking illustration of the "invaluable blessings which descend even to the lowest of the people, from the diffusion of the sound principles of philosophy"'. Reviews some past and present superstitions of sailors, and observes that 'If the sailor would accustom himself to reason on any matters out of the ordinary course of things [...] he would find that most of those apparently mysterious occurrences on the deep, could be explained, on the simplest principles, both natural and philosophical'. (55)



Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 64.

West London Infirmary West London Dispensary
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and Charing Cross Hospital Charing Cross Hospital
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Anon

Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Hospitals, Patronage, Class, Manufactories, Accidents

People mentioned:

Hugh Percy Percy, Hugh, 3rd Duke of Northumberland of the 3rd creation (1785–1847) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 65–68.

Bird's-Eye View of an Abattoir, or French Slaughter-House

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Subjects:

Architecture, Nutrition, Public Health, Cruelty, Government, Societies

Publications cited:

The Times The Times (1777–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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    Reports on the great advantages in terms of public health, animal welfare, and general convenience of the system of abattoirs adopted in Paris, and endorses the proposals of James Hakewill Hakewill, James (1778–1843) ODNB
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to introduce a similar scheme in London. Observes: 'Even the removal of that focus of filth and nauseating odours, Warwick Lane, would be no inconsiderable amelioration of that part of the city, as our good friends of Paternoster Row will allow; but the grave faculty of physicians Royal College of Physicians
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seem to have taken the alarm long since, for they have removed their sanctum to a splendid new college, in one of the most elevated and salubrious situations of the metropolis; while their dismal old temple in Warwick Lane is deserted' (68).



Section: Anecdotal Portraits

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 71–73.

Lord Byron. (From 'Lord Byron and Some of his Contemporaries Hunt, Leigh 1828. Lord Byron and Some of his Contemporaries: With Recollections of the Author's Life, and of his Visit to Italy, London: Colburn
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, by Leigh Hunt Hunt, Leigh (James Henry Leigh) (1784–1859) ODNB
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)

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Anecdote, Biography

Publications extracted:

Hunt 1828 Hunt, Leigh 1828. Lord Byron and Some of his Contemporaries: With Recollections of the Author's Life, and of his Visit to Italy, London: Colburn
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[1] His Books

Subjects:

Reading

People mentioned:

Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin (1706–90) DSB
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    Observes: 'Franklin he liked. He respected him for his acquisition of wealth and power; and would have stood in awe, had he known him, of the refined worldliness of his character, and the influence it gave him. Franklin's works [...] were among his favourite reading' (72).




Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 74.

Domestic Inventions

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Jacobus Jacobus
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Genre:

Miscellaneous



[3] Bellows

Subjects:

Invention, Domestic Economy

People mentioned:

Edward D Clarke Clarke, Edward Daniel (1769–1822) DSB
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Publications cited:

Beckmann 1797 Beckmann, Johann 1797. A History of Inventions and Discoveries, trans. by William Johnston, 3 vols, London: J. Bell
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Section: The Contemporary Traveller

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 75–77.

Narrative of the Proceedings of the Late Mission to Ava  [2/2]Anon, 'Narrative of the Proceedings of the Late Mission to Ava', Mirror of Literature, 11 (1828), 30–31

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Travelogue, Serial

Publications extracted:

Edinburgh Journal of Science Edinburgh Journal of Science (1824–32) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Exploration, Imperialism


Section: Biographettes for the Month. January

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 77.

Jan. 11, 1752, died, Sir Hans Sloane Sloane, Sir Hans (1660–1753) DSB
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Pasche Pasche
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Genre:

Biography, Extract

Publications extracted:

Anon 1747–66 Anon. 1747–66. Biographia Britannica; or, The Lives of the Most Eminent Persons who have Flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, from the Earliest Ages, Down to the Present Times: Collected from the Best Authorities, both Printed and Manuscript, and Digested in the Manner of Mr. Bayle's Historical and Critical Dictionary, 6 vols, London: W. Innys [and 22 others]
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Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners, Medical Practitioners, Exploration, Botany, Collecting, Societies, Publishing, Museums, Patronage, Government

Institutions mentioned:

Royal Society, Royal Society of London
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Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Physicians
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British Museum, British Museum
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Society of Apothecaries—Chelsea Physic Garden Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London—Chelsea Physic Garden
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 77–78.

Jan. 14, 1741–2, died, Dr. Edmund Halley Halley, Edmond (1656?–1743) DSB
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, the celebrated astronomer

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Pasche Pasche
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Genre:

Biography, Extract

Publications extracted:

Anon 1747–66 Anon. 1747–66. Biographia Britannica; or, The Lives of the Most Eminent Persons who have Flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, from the Earliest Ages, Down to the Present Times: Collected from the Best Authorities, both Printed and Manuscript, and Digested in the Manner of Mr. Bayle's Historical and Critical Dictionary, 6 vols, London: W. Innys [and 22 others]
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Subjects:

Astronomy, Mathematics, Exploration, Publishing, Navigation, Hydrography

People mentioned:

Isaac Newton Newton, Sir Isaac (1642–1727) DSB
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Institutions mentioned:

University of Oxford, University of Oxford
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Royal Society Royal Society of London
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Publications cited:

Newton 1687 Newton, Isaac 1687. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, Londini: Jussu Societatis Regiae ac Typis Josephi Streater
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 79.

Jan. 20, 1790, died, John Howard Howard, John (1726?–90) ODNB
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Pasche Pasche
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Genre:

Biography, Extract

Publications extracted:

Aikin 1792 Aikin, John 1792. A View of the Character and Public Services of the Late John Howard Esq. LL.D. F.R.S, London: Joseph Johnson
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Subjects:

Hospitals, Epidemiology, Heroism


Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 79–80.

[Anecdotes of Military Bravery During Amputation]

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Anon

Genre:

Introduction; Extract, Anecdote

Publications extracted:

Hutchison 1816 Hutchison, Alexander Copland 1816. Some Practical Observations in Surgery: Illustrated by Cases, London: J. Callow; Edinburgh: A. Black; Dublin: Hodges and M'Arthur
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Subjects:

Surgery, Fear, Heroism, Anatomy, Physiology

People mentioned:

George J Guthrie Guthrie, George James (1785–1856) ODNB
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Institutions mentioned:

Deal Naval Hospital Deal Naval Hospital
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 82–83.

Ancient Carved Work at Manchester

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Samuel Hardman, Late Adjutant of the 10th Royal Hussars, No. 6, Charlotte-place, Kennington-Lane, Vauxhall.—London Hardman, Samuel (Late Adjutant of the 10th Royal Hussars, of 6 Charlotte Place, Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, London) (fl. 1828) ML1/11/297/1
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Genre:

Letter

Subjects:

Class, Eductaion, Astronomy, Astrology, Mathematics


    Relates that he comes from a long line of labourers, but that 'there are men among the labourers, some of whom have not, perhaps, second shirts to their backs, more perfect grammarians, astronomers, astrologers, and arithmeticians, than any other men in England; all of course self-taught' (83).



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 88.

The North Cape, As It Appears on Approaching It from Mageroe

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Travelogue

Publications extracted:

Brooke 1823 Brooke, Arthur de Capell 1823. Travels through Sweden, Norway, and Finmark to the North Cape, in the Summer of 1820, London: Rodwell and Martin
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Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Illustrators:

Bonner Sc Bonner, George Wilmot (1796–1836) ODNB
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Subjects:

Exploration


Section: The Editor's Album of Literature and the Fine Arts

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 91.

[Experiment with Jacob Perkins's Perkins, Jacob (1766–1849) CBD
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Steam Artillery]

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Anon

Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Military Technology, Steam-power, Government, Patronage, Invention, Cultural Geography


    'An experiment has already been made with Mr. Perkins' steam artillery, which he is constructing for the French government. Quere, what would be the odds on the inventer's [sic] head were he in Constantinople?'



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 91.

[Goldsworthy Gurney's Gurney, Sir Goldsworthy (1793–1875) ODNB
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Steam Carriage]

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Reportage

Subjects:

Steam-power, Transport, Invention


    'MR. GURNEY continues successful in his experiments with his new steam carriage.'



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 92.

[Vegetation on a Glacier]

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Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Foreign Review Foreign Review and Continental Miscellany (1827–30) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Botany, Geographical Distribution, Glaciology


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 92.

[Smallpox in the New World Before Vaccination]

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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Epidemiology, Race, Vaccination

People mentioned:

Prince Frederick Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763–1827) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 92.

[Metallic Alloy for Plating Iron]

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Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Invention, Metallurgy, Industry


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 92.

Cold Caves

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Anon

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Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Heat


Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 95–96.

Newspaper Sentiment

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Extract, Miscellaneous, Drollery

Publications extracted:

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Edinburgh Monthly Magazine (1817) Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1817–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Meteorology, Electricity, Disease, Veterinary Science, Physics, Anatomy


    Considers that the sentiment and language of country newspapers is much less denuded than that in the London newspapers. Country writers often prefer uncommon to common language. Thus: 'If a flash of lightning set a haystack in a blaze, or ring the bells of a steeple, the approved epithet is, "the electric fluid". If a dog bite a pig, the narrative teems with "virus", the "rabid animal", and the "latration" of the patient. Or, if a stage-coach running races meets its natural fate, the world are called to wonder at "centripetal force", "dire concussions", and "compound fractures of the tibia"' (95).



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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 99.

Signs of the Times

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William Palin Palin, William (fl. 1828) ML1/11/298/1, ML1/11/304/1
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Poetry, Drollery

Subjects:

Exploration, Natural History


    The poem concerns modern public houses. It begins: 'Of what use is a Denham Denham, Dixon (1786–1828) ODNB
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or Bruce Bruce, James (1730–94) ODNB
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, / A Clarke Clarke, Edward Daniel (1769–1822) DSB
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, or a Parry Parry, Sir William Edward (1790–1855) ODNB
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, or Hall Hall, Basil (1788–1844) ODNB
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; / When a walk will more wonders produce, / Than were travell'd for e'en by them all? / White, Red, Black, Golden Lions surround us! / Black Swans, and Swans with Two Necks! / Blue Boars and Green Dragons confound us— / And would they not Buffon Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de (1707–88) DSB
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perplex?'.



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 101.

Curiosities of France and Italy

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G W N N, G W
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Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Engineering, Government, Patronage

People mentioned:

King Louis XIV Louis XIV, King of France (1638–1715) CBD
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    Listed among the 'most remarkable curiosities of France' are the 'royal canal Canal Royal de Languedoc
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, or the canal of Languedoc'.



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 101–03.

Manners and Customs of All Nations. The Indian Penance of Gulwugty, or Churuk Pooja. From the Trans. of the Med. and Phys. Soc. of Calcutta

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Regular Feature, Extract

Publications extracted:

Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta (1823–45) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Ethnography, Religion, Medical Treatment, Miracle


Section: Arcana of Science

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 105.

Cure for a Stoop

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Extract, Anecdote, Drollery

Publications extracted:

Quarterly Journal of Science Journal of Science and the Arts (1816–19) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and the Arts (1819–27) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and Art (1827–30) Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain (1830–31) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Medical Treatment


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 105.

Coals

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Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Quarterly Journal of Science Journal of Science and the Arts (1816–19) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and the Arts (1819–27) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and Art (1827–30) Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain (1830–31) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Domestic Economy, Heat


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 105.

Mode of Keeping Apples

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Publications extracted:

Quarterly Journal of Science Journal of Science and the Arts (1816–19) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and the Arts (1819–27) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and Art (1827–30) Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain (1830–31) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Domestic Economy


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 105.

Destruction of an Oak by Lightning

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Publications extracted:

Bulletin Universel des Sciences et de l'Industrie Bulletin Universel des Sciences et de l'Industrie (1824–31) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Wonder, Electricity


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 105–06.

Effects of Light on Vegetation

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Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

American Journal of Science and Arts American Journal of Science and Arts (1818–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Botany, Light, Physiology, Geology, Mapping

People mentioned:

Amos Eaton Eaton, Amos (1776–1842) DSB
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 106.

Destruction of Snails by Common Salt

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Publications extracted:

Bulletin Universel des Sciences et de l'Industrie Bulletin Universel des Sciences et de l'Industrie (1824–31) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Horticulture


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 106.

Quick Method of Putting Insects to Death

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Extract, Instructions

Publications extracted:

Bulletin Universel des Sciences et de l'Industrie Bulletin Universel des Sciences et de l'Industrie (1824–31) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Natural History, Collecting


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 106.

Method of Dividing Glass by Friction

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Extract, Instructions

Publications extracted:

Robert Hare Hare, Robert (1781–1858) DSB
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, American Journal of Science and Arts American Journal of Science and Arts (1818–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Chemistry, Instruments


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 106.

Duration of the Effects of Light upon the Eye

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Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

Quarterly Journal of Science Journal of Science and the Arts (1816–19) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and the Arts (1819–27) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and Art (1827–30) Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain (1830–31) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Physiology, Light


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 106.

Hydrogen Gas from Salt Mines Employed for Producing Light, and for Fuel

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Genre:

Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

Edinburgh Journal of Science Edinburgh Journal of Science (1824–32) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Mining, Chemistry, Light, Domestic Economy


Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 107–08.

Points of the Compass

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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:

Gender, Climatology, Discovery, Serendipity, Engineering


    The narrator recounts the observation in Galt 1813 Galt, John 1813. Letters from the Levant: Containing Views of the State of Society, Manners, Opinions, and Commerce in Greece, and Several of the Principal Islands of the Archipelago, London: T. Cadell and W. Davies
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that women are treated less equably the further south one travels. Observes: 'It is not a little extraordinary how many of our most important discoveries owe their existence to chance. Every body knows the anecdote about Sir Isaac Newton Newton, Sir Isaac (1642–1727) DSB
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and the apple; Dr. Jenner Jenner, Edward (1749–1823) DSB
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and the milkmaid [...] &c. &c.'. The narrator describes his or her own serendipitous discovery of Galt's principle 'that women are operated upon topographically by the climate', and recounts the changing behaviour of his or her sister-in-law on moving to different addresses in London. Relates that in the south of the city the sister-in-law was utterly subordinate to her husband, and that she 'actually went the length of justifying the Thames Tunnel Thames Tunnel
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, Tom holding fifteen shares in that watery excavation'. (108) The narrator describes the wife's increasing dominance as the couple moved to progressively more northerly addresses in the city, and concludes: 'No married man for whom I have a value shall run his head against the North Pole if I can prevent it' (109).



Section: The Selector, and Literary Notices of New Works

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 108–11.

Discovery of America

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Publications extracted:

Irving 1828 Irving, Washington 1828. A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus, 3 vols, New York: G. & C. Carvill
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Subjects:

Exploration, Natural History, Ethnography, Heroism


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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 115.

Alfarabi al-Farabi, Abu Nasr Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Tarkhan ibn Awzalagh (c. 870–950) DSB
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T M M, T
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Genre:

Biography, Anecdote

Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 117.

The Valiant Doctor

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E L J J, E L
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Genre:

Epigram, Drollery

Subjects:

Medical Practitioners


    'From no man yet, you've ran away! / Doctor, that may be true,— / You've killed so many in your day, / Men mostly fly from you!'



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 122.

Pearl Fisheries

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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Natural History, Commerce, Religion, Superstition


Section: Biographettes for the Month. February

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 122.

Feb. 5, 1799, died, Lewis Galvani Galvani, Luigi (1737–98) DSB
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Pasche Pasche
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Genre:

Regular Feature, Biography, Extract

Publications extracted:

Aikin 1799–1815 Aikin, John 1799–1815. General Biography; or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most Eminent Persons of all Ages, Countries, Conditions, and Professions, Arranged According to Alphabetical Order, 10 vols, London: G. G. and J. Robinson [and 3 others]; Edinburgh: Bell and Bradfute
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Subjects:

Physiology, Electricity, Discovery, Serendipity


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 123.

Feb. 14, 1779, The Celebrated Navigator, Captain James Cook Cook, James (1728–79) DSB
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Pasche Pasche
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Genre:

Regular Feature, Biography, Extract

Publications extracted:

Anon 1747–66 Anon. 1747–66. Biographia Britannica; or, The Lives of the Most Eminent Persons who have Flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, from the Earliest Ages, Down to the Present Times: Collected from the Best Authorities, both Printed and Manuscript, and Digested in the Manner of Mr. Bayle's Historical and Critical Dictionary, 6 vols, London: W. Innys [and 22 others]
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Subjects:

Exploration, Hydrography, Astronomy, Government, Heroism

Institutions mentioned:

HMS Endeavour, HMS Endeavour
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HMS Resolution, HMS Resolution
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HMS Adventure, HMS Adventure
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HMS Discovery HMS Discovery
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Publications cited:

Hawkesworth 1773 Hawkesworth, John 1773. An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and Successively Performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: Drawn up from the Journals which were Kept by the Several Commanders, and from the Papers of Joseph Banks, 3 vols, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 125.

Feb. 25, 1723, died, Sir Christopher Wren Wren, Sir Christopher (1632–1723) DSB
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Pasche Pasche
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Genre:

Regular Feature, Biography, Extract

Publications extracted:

Anon 1747–66 Anon. 1747–66. Biographia Britannica; or, The Lives of the Most Eminent Persons who have Flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, from the Earliest Ages, Down to the Present Times: Collected from the Best Authorities, both Printed and Manuscript, and Digested in the Manner of Mr. Bayle's Historical and Critical Dictionary, 6 vols, London: W. Innys [and 22 others]
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Subjects:

Mathematics, Genius, Astronomy, Engineering


Section: Arcana of Science

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 125.

Printing Machine

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Publications extracted:

The Times The Times (1777–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Machinery, Invention

People mentioned:

Friedrich König, König, Friedrich (1774–1833) CBD
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Augustus Applegath Applegath, Augustus (1788–1871) CBD
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 125.

Gunpowder

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Publications extracted:

William T Brande Brande, William Thomas (1788–1866) DSB
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Subjects:

Chemistry, Industry, Accidents


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 125–26.

Portuguese Man-of-War Insect

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Anon

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Publications extracted:

Dr Tilosius Tilosius, Dr (fl. 1803–06) ML1/11/299b/7
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, North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Invertebrate Zoology, Exploration

People mentioned:

Adam J von Krusenstern Krusenstern, Adam Johann, Baron von (1770–1846) CBD
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 126.

Creation

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Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

[Anon] 1827a Anon. 1827a. Conversations on the Animal Economy, by a Physician, 2 vols, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green
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Subjects:

Physiology


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 126.

Mines in the Burmese Dominions

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Edinburgh Journal of Science Edinburgh Journal of Science (1824–32) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Mining, Mineralogy, Commerce


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 126–27.

Great Dryness in the Antilles in 1827

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Le Globe Globe, Le (1826–32) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Meteorology, Epidemiology

People mentioned:

Alexandre Moreau de Jonnes Moreau de Jonnès, Alexandre (1778–1870) WBI
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Institutions mentioned:

Académie des Sciences, Paris Académie des Sciences, Paris
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 127.

Auroræ Boreales observed in Roxburghshire in 1827

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Anon

Genre:

Notes, Reportage

Subjects:

Light, Electromagnetism


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 127.

Natural Gas Lights

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

Edinburgh Journal of Science Edinburgh Journal of Science (1824–32) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Exploration, Chemistry

People mentioned:

Basil Hall Hall, Basil (1788–1844) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 127.

Artificial Stone

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Anon

Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Invention, Engineering

People mentioned:

William Ranger Ranger, William (1799–1863) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 127.

Wild Man

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Anon

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Publications extracted:

Edinburgh Journal of Science Edinburgh Journal of Science (1824–32) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Human Species, Monstrosities, Exhibitions


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Section: The Selector; and Literary Notices of New Works

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 129–37.

Washington Irving's Irving, Washington ('Geoffrey Crayon') (1783–1859) CBD
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Life and Voyages of Columbus Columbus, Christopher (1451–1506) CBD
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Genre:

Extract, Biography

Publications extracted:

Irving 1828 Irving, Washington 1828. A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus, 3 vols, New York: G. & C. Carvill
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[1] Birth, Parentage, and Education of Columbus

Subjects:

Education, Mathematics, Physical Geography, Astronomy, Navigation, Genius


[3] Variation of the Needle

Subjects:

Magnetism, Discovery, Navigation, Natural Law, Superstition, Astronomy

People mentioned:

Nicholas Copernicus Copernicus, Nicholas (1473–1543) DSB
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[4] Discovery of Cuba

Subjects:

Exploration, Ethnography, Natural History, Aesthetics



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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 146.

Deaf and Dumb Asylum Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb Children of the Poor, Kent Road
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, Kent Road

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W H H H, W H
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Genre:

Letter, Reportage

Subjects:

Education, Disability, Lecturing, Display

People mentioned:

George Birkbeck, Birkbeck, George (1776–1841) ODNB
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Joseph Watson Watson, Joseph (1764/5–1829) ODNB
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Institutions mentioned:

London Mechanics Institution London Mechanics Institution
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 146–47.

Christ's Hospital Christ's Hospital
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W H H H, W H
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Genre:

Miescellaneous

Subjects:

Patronage, Hospitals


    Describes how the beneficence of King Edward VI Edward VI, King of England and Ireland (1537–53) ODNB
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in founding Christ's Hospital, inspired Richard Castell Castell (or Casteller), Richard (fl. c. 1553) ML1/11/301/2
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, a shoemaker, to bequeath his lands for that institution and also 'for the succour of the miserable sore and sicke harboured in the other hospitalls about London' (147).



Section: The Editor's Album

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 150.

[Mixing of Races]

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Genre:

Anecdote

Subjects:

Race, Heredity


    'The West Indian white cannot bear with temper to see the mixing of the offspring of a black and white illustrated by mixing a glass of port wine or claret with water, five several times, after which the mixture becomes to all appearance pure water'.



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 150.

[Natural History of Selborne]

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Genre:

Note

Subjects:

Publishing, Reading, Natural History


    'Gilbert White's White, Gilbert (1720–93) DSB
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"Natural History of Selborne"
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is one of the most delightful household books in the language, and we are surprised at the rarity of such works.'



Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 155–56.

A London Fog

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Anon

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Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

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

Meteorology


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 156–57.

The Bird Catcher. By Miss Mitford

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Short Fiction

Publications extracted:

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

Collecting, Natural History, Menageries, Commerce


Section: The Selector, and Literary Notices of New Works

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 157–58.

Native Indians

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Anon

Genre:

Extract

Publications extracted:

Heber 1828 Heber, Reginald 1828. Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India from Calcutta to Bombay 1824–25 (With Notes upon Ceylon): An Account of a Journey to Madras and the Southern Provinces, 1826, and Letters Written in India, 2 vols, London: John Murray
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Subjects:

Race, Ethnography, Religion, Climatology, Animal Breeding, Degeneration, Progress, Human Species


    Discusses differences in skin colour among the different races, attributing them to differences in climate. Suggests that other racial differences might be caused by differences in climate, given time. Suspects that the 'primitive complexion' of humans was that of the Indian, and that climate produced the 'negro' and European races by degeneration and improvement respectively, with the English at the pinnacle. Supports this by the analogy of coloration among wild and domestic animals.



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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 161–63.

New Brunswick Theatre New Brunswick Theatre
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, Goodman's Fields

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Anon

Genre:

Reportage, Abstract

Publications abstracted:

London Magazine London Magazine (1820–29) Waterloo Directory
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Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Subjects:

Accidents, Engineering

People mentioned:

William E Parry Parry, Sir William Edward (1790–1855) ODNB
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Section: Notes of a Reader

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 168.

Ice Sledges

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Anecdote

Publications extracted:

Quarterly Review Quarterly Review (1809–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Invention, Transport


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 168.

[Machinery for Cleaning Chimneys]

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Anon

Genre:

Literary Notice

Publications noticed:

[Anon] 1828a Anon. 1828a. Observations on the Cruelty of Employing Climbing Boys in Sweeping Chimneys: And on the Practicability of Effectually Cleansing Flues by Mechanical Means, with Extracts from the Evidence Before the House of Commons, &c. &c, London: Society for Superseding the Necessity of Climbing-Boys in Cleansing Chimneys
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Subjects:

Societies, Cruelty, Invention, Machinery

Institutions mentioned:

Society for Superseding the Necessity of Climbing-Boys in Cleansing Chimneys Society for Superseding the Necessity of Climbing-Boys in Cleansing Chimneys
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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 169–71.

Men and Candles

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous, Drollery

Publications extracted:

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

Scientific Practitioners, Chemistry, Death, Population, Political Economy

Institutions mentioned:

Select Committee on Emigration Select Committee on Emigration
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    Reflects humorously on a report in The Times The Times (1777–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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, 1 January 1828, that 'An able chemist and physician declares his conviction, that it would be possible to transmute dead bodies into CANDLES' (169). Suggests that this would be a suitable alternative to emigration as a remedy for over-population, especially in Ireland. Considers some of the possible outcomes of the procedure, noting: 'It would be grievous for a president of a Royal Society Royal Society of London
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to be crammed into a bottle, and placed in a back garret, to twinkle the hours away, until the tennant—some sans-culotte bricklayer's labourer—staggered home, and puffed the ex-president out. [...] Physicians and doctors would make but tolerable candles—they would always appear with "winding-sheets" in them. [...] We should not like to see [...] a modern Brummell Brummell, George Bryan ('Beau') (1778–1840) ODNB
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light his cigar at a Dr. Franklin Franklin, Benjamin (1706–90) DSB
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' (170).



Section: Arcana of Science

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 171.

Properties of Charcoal

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Extract, Lecture

Publications extracted:

William T Brande Brande, William Thomas (1788–1866) DSB
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, Lancet Lancet (1823–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Chemistry, Domestic Economy


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 171.

Composition for Washing in Sea Water

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Extract, Instructions

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London Journal of Arts and Sciences London Journal of Arts and Sciences (1820–54) Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences (1855–67) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Chemistry, Domestic Economy


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 171–72.

New Holland

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Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Quarterly Review Quarterly Review (1809–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Exploration, Physical Geography


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 172.

Bleaching Liquid

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Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

William T Brande Brande, William Thomas (1788–1866) DSB
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Subjects:

Chemistry, Industry


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 172.

Lime

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Genre:

Extract, Misellaneous

Publications extracted:

William T Brande
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Subjects:

Geology, Chemistry, Agriculture


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 172.

Indelible Writing Ink

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Extract, Instructions

Publications extracted:

Quarterly Journal of Science Journal of Science and the Arts (1816–19) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and the Arts (1819–27) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and Art (1827–30) Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain (1830–31) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Chemistry, Domestic Economy


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 172.

Soils

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Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Gardener's Magazine Gardener's Magazine (1825–44) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Agriculture, Heat

People mentioned:

Humphry Davy Davy, Sir Humphry, Baronet (1778–1829) DSB ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 172.

[Free Medical Treatment]

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Genre:

Anecdote

Subjects:

Accidents, Medical Treatment


    'Tacitus relates the fall of a Roman Theatre, by which not less than 50,000 persons were killed or maimed. The Grandees of Rome, on this occasion, threw open their doors, ordered medicines to be distributed, and the physicians attended with assiduity in every quarter.'



Section: The Selector, and Literary Notices of New Works

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 173–74.

Quacks

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Genre:

Extract, Anecdote, Drollery

Publications extracted:

Angelo 1828–30 Angelo, Henry 1828–30. Reminiscences of Henry Angelo: With Memoirs of his Late Father and Friends, Including Numerous Original Anecdotes and Curious Traits of the Most Celebrated Characters that have Flourished During the Past Eighty Years, 2 vols, London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley
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Subjects:

Quackery, Medical Treatment, Display, Animal Behaviour

People mentioned:

Dr Bossy Bossy, Dr (fl. c. 1788) ML1/11/302d/13
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 174–76.

Discovery of Hispaniola

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Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Irving 1828 Irving, Washington 1828. A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus, 3 vols, New York: G. & C. Carvill
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Subjects:

Exploration, Religion


Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 176.

Dead March

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Anecdote, Drollery

Subjects:

Medical Practitioners


    'On the evening before Dr. Clubbe Clubbe, John (c. 1703–73) ODNB
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died, his physician feeling his pulse with much gravity, and observing that it beat more even than upon his last visit; "My dear friend," said he, "if you don't already know, or have not a technical expression, for it, I will tell you what it beats—it beats the dead march."'



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 176.

Iron Roof

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Reportage

Subjects:

Engineering


    Reports that the roof of the new Palais de la Bourse Palais de la Bourse, Paris
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, Paris, pictured in the previous number 'is of wrought iron', an allusion to the recent collapse of an iron roof at the new Brunswick Theatre Brunswick Theatre
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, with much loss of life.



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 176.

[Arcana of Science and Art Arcana of Science and Art (1828–38) Yearbook of Facts in Science and Art (1838–80) Waterloo Directory
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]

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Genre:

Advertisement

Subjects:

Periodicals


    'The ARCANA of SCIENCE and THE USEFUL ARTS, containing ONE THOUSAND INVENTIONS and IMPROVEMENTS of the past year,—will be published on the 13th instant.'



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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 180–81.

Mirabilia Naturæ

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W H H H, W H
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Wonder, Mineralogy, Mining, Chemistry, Accidents, Design, Palaeontology, Museums, Geology, Biblical Authority


    Describes various curious resemblances in stones and minerals. Describes chemical phenomena in Benwell Colliery Benwell Colliery, near Newcastle-upon Tyne
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near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, as a result of which the roof takes the imprint of pit props. Argues for a 'plastic spirit' in nature by which matter is 'modified into the form and shapes of the bodies of flies, insects, &c.' (180). Discusses the history and origins of 'formed stones', relating them to the Noachian deluge and the 'division of waters' in the first creation narrative of Genesis.



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 181.

French Charade

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T S A A, T S
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Genre:

Letter, Introduction; Extract, Poetry

Publications extracted:

Ladies Diary Ladies' Diary (1703–1840) Ladies' and Gentleman's Diary (1841–70) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Mathematics


    Introduces a French riddle, and its translation: 'My first in Euclid Euclid (fl. 295 BC) DSB
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holds distinguish'd place; / My second rolls incessantly through space: / My whole, 'tis said, is rich, and rules the sea; But wine they drink there, is too dear for me'; suggests that the answer is 'Angleterre'.



Section: Arcana of Science

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 185.

Printing Machinery

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Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Machinery, Invention, Progress

People mentioned:

Charles Stanhope (3rd Earl Stanhope), Stanhope, Charles, 3rd Earl Stanhope (1753–1816) ODNB
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William Nicholson, Nicholson, William (1753–1815) DSB
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Friedrich König, König, Friedrich (1774–1833) CBD
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Bryan Donkin, Donkin, Bryan (1768–1855) ODNB
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Augustus Applegath Applegath, Augustus (1788–1871) CBD
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    Reports the substance of Edward Cowper's Cowper, Edward (1790–1852) ODNB
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lecture delivered on 22 February at the Royal Institution Royal Institution of Great Britain
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concerning recent improvements in the art of printing.



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 185.

Principal Tunnels in England

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Jacobus Jacobus
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Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Engineering

People mentioned:

Francis Egerton (3rd Duke of Bridgewater) Egerton, Francis, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater (1736–1803) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 185–86.

Paris Flower-Market in the Month of January

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Genre:

Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

Literary Gazette Literary Gazette (1817–62) Parthenon (1863) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Horticulture


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 186.

To Destroy Red Spiders in Hot-houses

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Anon

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Extract, Instructions

Publications extracted:

Gardener's Magazine Gardener's Magazine (1825–44) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Horticulture, Chemistry


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 186.

Garden Walls

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Extract, Instructions

Publications extracted:

Gardener's Magazine Gardener's Magazine (1825–44) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Horticulture


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 186.

English Oaks

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Extract, Instructions

Publications extracted:

Gardener's Magazine Gardener's Magazine (1825–44) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Horticulture


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 186.

Botany

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Genre:

Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

Edinburgh Journal of Science Edinburgh Journal of Science (1824–32) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Exploration, Botany, Natural Imperialism

People mentioned:

George C Wallich Wallich, George Charles (1815–99) DSB
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 187.

The Adhesion of Screw Nails

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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Philosophical Magazine Philosophical Magazine (1798–1832) London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine (1832–40) London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine (1840–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Mechanics


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 187.

African Elephant

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Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Zoological Journal Zoological Journal (1824–34) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Zoology, Exhibitions, Animal Behaviour

People mentioned:

Georges Cuvier, Cuvier, Georges (1769–1832) DSB
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Mehemet Ali Mehemet Ali (also known as Muhammad 'Ali), Viceroy of Egypt (c. 1769–1849) CBD
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Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 192.

[Books on Mineralogy]

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Genre:

Anecdote, Drollery

Subjects:

Mineralogy, Publishing


    'A person inquired at a punning bookseller's, the other day, if there was any recent work on mineralogy. "I don't know," replied the witty bibliopole: "if there is any thing of the kind it must be Feldspar (Field's Parr)."'



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 192.

[Arcana of Science and Art Arcana of Science and Art (1828–38) Yearbook of Facts in Science and Art (1838–80) Waterloo Directory
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]

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Genre:

Advertisement

Subjects:

Periodicals, Publishing


    'Just Published. ARCANA of SCIENCE and ART, or One Thousand Inventions, Improvements, and New Facts of 1827, with many Engravings, price 4s. 6d. in cloth'.



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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 196–97.

London Lions

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William Palin Palin, William (fl. 1828) ML1/11/298/1, ML1/11/304/1
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Genre:

Poetry, Drollery

Subjects:

Pollution, Menageries, Machinery, Steam-power, Steamships, Engineering

People mentioned:

Jacob Perkins Perkins, Jacob (1766–1849) CBD
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    Bemoans the smoke in London, suggesting 'a gigantic consumer / Be plac'd on the top of St. Paul's' and enquiring: 'Why can't the gas-company burn it, / 'Twould save them a fortune in coals!'. Lists among London's notable attractions 'Mr. Cross's Cross, Edward (1774?–1854) ODNB
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tame wild beasts, and all / Cross's crosser untameable flock, / [...] Lighted clocks, that the charleys may doze, / Nor hazard miscalling the hours; / [...] Steam printing, steam coaching, and cooking, / Steam-brewing, and boating, and guns; / [...] The Tow'r, the Thames tunnel, and docks, / Canals, gas and water works, fires' (197).



Section: Vernal Notes

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 203–04.

[Introduction]

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Genre:

Introduction

Subjects:

Natural History, Amusement, Education, Popularization


    Notes that 'Vernal Notes' does not constitute a series, 'but will consist of a few details of some of the most interesting phenomena of the natural history of the season, interspersed with slips from the Floral Calendar of the month, with poetical illustrations, so as may revive the recollections of the country' in residents of London. Hopes also to 'aid the recreative studies of Natural History, by familiarizing the general reader with a few of its most popular facts, and thus become the means of drawing his attention to a more scientific examination of its several branches' (204).



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 204.

Phenomena of Frost

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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

[Ogg] 1826 [Ogg, —] 1826. Heat, Library of Useful Knowledge, London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy
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Subjects:

Heat, Meteorology, Crystallography

People mentioned:

Erasmus Darwin Darwin, Erasmus (1731–1802) DSB
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 204–07.

Early Flowers

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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Botany, Horticulture

Institutions mentioned:

Horticultural Society Royal Horticultural Society
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Publications cited:

[Forster] 1828 [Forster, Thomas Ignatius Maria] 1828. Circle of the Seasons, and Perpetual Key to the Calendar and Almanack: To which is Added the Circle of the Hours, and the History of the Days of the Week; Being a Compendious Illustration of the History, Antiquities, and Natural Phenomena, of Each Day in the Year, London: Thomas Hookham
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Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 208.

"A Friend in Need", &c.

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Genre:

Anecdote

Subjects:

Medical Practitioners


    Relates how Richard Mead Mead, Richard (1673–1754) ODNB
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secured the release from prison of John Freind Freind, John (1675–1728) DSB
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.



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Section: Scientific Recreations

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 214.

Astronomy

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Brougham 1826 Brougham, Henry Peter 1826. Objects, Advantages, and Pleasures of Science, Library of Useful Knowledge, London: [Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy]
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Subjects:

Astronomy

People mentioned:

Isaac Newton Newton, Sir Isaac (1642–1727) DSB
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 214–15.

Comparative Pleasures of Science

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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Brougham 1826 Brougham, Henry Peter 1826. Objects, Advantages, and Pleasures of Science, Library of Useful Knowledge, London: [Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy]
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Subjects:

Wonder, Mechanics, Light, Chemistry, Astronomy, Electricity, Amusement, Gas Chemistry


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 215.

The Atmosphere

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Brougham 1826 Brougham, Henry Peter 1826. Objects, Advantages, and Pleasures of Science, Library of Useful Knowledge, London: [Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy]
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Subjects:

Physics, Steam-power, Machinery


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 215–16.

Eyes of Birds

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Brougham 1826 Brougham, Henry Peter 1826. Objects, Advantages, and Pleasures of Science, Library of Useful Knowledge, London: [Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy]
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Subjects:

Ornithology, Anatomy, Light


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 216.

Fecundation of Vegetables

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Brougham 1826 Brougham, Henry Peter 1826. Objects, Advantages, and Pleasures of Science, Library of Useful Knowledge, London: [Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy]
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Subjects:

Botany, Sex, Breeding

People mentioned:

Thomas A Knight Knight, Thomas Andrew (1759–1838) ODNB
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Section: Retrospective Gleanings

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 216–17.

Old Customs and Manners. By John Aubrey, 1678

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C F E E, C F
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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

John Aubrey Aubrey, John (1626–97) ODNB
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Subjects:

Education, Gender, Medical Practitioners


    Observes that 'there were very few free schools in England before the reformation', and that 'young women had their education [...] at nunneries, where they learnt needle-work, confectionery, surgery, physic, (apothecaries and surgeons being at that time very rare,) writing, drawing, &c.' (216).



Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 218.

Port Wine

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Genre:

Extract, Reminiscences, Drollery

Publications extracted:

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

Temperance, Epidemiology


    Relates an argument on the medical effects of drinking port-wine, between a port-wine drinker and a temperance advocate. The former gives as his clinching argument the fact that port-wine has 'kept the plague and the sweating-sickness out of England', nothing of the kind having occurred there since the Methuen trade treaty with Portugal (1703).



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 218–19.

Beefsteak Club

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Genre:

Extract, Reminiscences, Drollery

Publications extracted:

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

Crime, Medical Practitioners


    Relates an anecdote of the club containing the following: 'Brougham Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778–1868) ODNB
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was putting hypothetically the case of a man convicted of felony, and duly hanged according to law, but restored to life by medical appliances; and asked what would be the man's defence if again brought to trial' (218–19).



Section: Notes of a Reader

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 219–20.

Language of Flowers

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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Foreign Quarterly Review Foreign Quarterly Review (1827–47) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Vaccination


    Mentions that Lady Mary W Montagu Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley (née Lady Mary Pierrepont) (1689–1762) ODNB
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introduced the practice of inoculation into Europe from Turkey.



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 221.

Cruelty to Animals

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Extract, Anecdote, Drollery

Publications extracted:

New Edinburgh Review Edinburgh Monthly Review (1819–21) New Edinburgh Review (1821–23) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Cruelty, Microscopy


    Relates an anecdote of a man who took his dislike of cruelty to what the narrator considered ridiculous lengths, refusing to kill mice and spiders. The narrator argued with him that on this principle the 'insect' responsible for the bloom on a plum or for fermenting vinegar should not be destroyed.



Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 224.

March of Mind

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Anon

Genre:

Anecdote, Drollery

Subjects:

Chemistry, Gender


    'While a ventriloquist was describing the nature of gas, a blue stocking lady clamorously inquired of a gentleman near her, what he meant by oxy-gin and hydro-gin, or what was the difference? "very little, madam," said he; "by oxy-gin, we mean pure gin, and by hydro-gin, gin and water"'.



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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 225.

East Gate, Regent's Park Regent's Park
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Illustrators:

Bonner Sc. Bonner, George Wilmot (1796–1836) ODNB
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Subjects:

Alchemy, Horticulture, Acclimatization, Transport


    Introducing the illustration, asserts that 'Building, parking, and disparking are the order of the present day'. Observes: '"All the talents" write on landscape-gardening; and men who have given up the search of the philosopher's stone, and left "all meaner things" to larger numbers [...] are at length convinced of our earthy origin, and accordingly betake themselves to theories of transplantation and papers on agriculture and gardening'. Notes that both people and trees have been found to be 'improved by being transplanted'. Observing that trees are now transplanted with more care than formerly, suggests that a similar transformation has been wrought in human transport.



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 227–29.

The Man of Promise

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C C
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Genre:

Introduction; Short Fiction; Afterword

Subjects:

Genius, Providence, Endeavour, Education, Schools, Mathematics, Physiognomy


    Considers that differences in intellectual ability, while to some degree dependent on variations in native ability, are much less so than generally supposed. Suggests reasons why many do not more effectually improve their intellectual faculties. Argues that, nevertheless, 'Real genius [...] accompanied by good sense, will break through the trammels of circumstance, undismayed by privations, unchecked by obstacles'. Expounds the powers of such genius, suggesting that its 'knowledge of things appears to be gained by intuition'. (227) Discusses the vanity of genius and pretenders to genius. Narrates a story of one such pretender, Thraso, who was considered a 'prodigy of skill' at 'a public school in the north' because he could 'solve a question in Double Position by the rule of Algebra' (228). Seeking to maintain such appearances in the wider world, Thraso frequently made a fool of himself: 'If the subject of physiognomy be introduced, and whether the visage be a true index of the mind, Thraso [...] remarks that it is not as one of the Latin poets, he thinks Sallust Sallust (Gaius Sallustius Crispus) (86–34BC) CBD
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, decides the question by saying, Fronti nulla fides'. In an afterword, argues that real merit would be better distinguished from superficial pretension, if the rising generation were given 'a better grounded, and more solid, but less extended education'. (229)



Section: Notes of a Reader

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 235.

[Weather in Europe]

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Genre:

Note, Extract

Publications extracted:

Quarterly Review Quarterly Review (1809–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Meteorology


    'It appears that, in nine instances out of ten, the character of the seasons is, throughout the greater part of Europe, very nearly uniform'.



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 235.

[Travels in North America]

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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Natural History, Steamships

People mentioned:

Giacomo C Beltrami Beltrami, Giacomo Costantino (1779–1855) WBI
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 236.

[Experimental Farm]

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Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

Foreign Quarterly Review Foreign Quarterly Review (1827–47) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Agriculture, Animal Husbandry


    'The celebrated M. de Pradt Pradt, Dominique Georges Frédéric de Riom de Prolhiac de Fourt de (1759–1837) WBI
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is forming an experimental farm as a school of practical husbandry for a part of central France.'



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 236–37.

Cure for Modern Conceit

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Publications extracted:

Quarterly Review Quarterly Review (1809–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Transport, Steamships, Commerce, Progress


    Seeks to correct the view that 'the familiar intercourse of nations is a thing of modern growth, and that turnpike-roads and mail-coaches, canals and steam-boats, are the only methods by which we can bring together distant lands, dissociabiles terras' (236–37), pointing to the great fairs of Europe in evidence.



Section: Spirit of the Public Journal

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 237–39.

Habits of Drinking

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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Edinburgh Monthly Magazine (1817) Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1817–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Class, Temperance, Physiology, Education, Physics


    Argues that there are not whole classes who have an innate propensity to drunkenness. Urges that manual labourers should be worked hard, paid moderately, and carefully overseen, and that under such circumstances 'Their rigidity of fibre, and flow of animal spirits, will [...] keep them from the ale-house and the gin-shop' (237). Considers the comments on drinking-clubs in MacNish 1827 MacNish, Robert 1827. The Anatomy of Drunkenness, Glasgow: W R M'Phun
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too harsh, asking: 'Would he have people to gather together round one large, long, or round table, or several smaller ones, lean upon their elbows, stare into each other's face, and discuss the Mechanical Forces, the Tides, the Prism, and the Pleasures of Knowledge? And all this, without either pipe or tumbler?'. Conjures a picture of a typical small town, where the inhabitants are mostly 'well to do', but have 'no turn for knowledge or literature, except, perhaps, so far as to set up a Mechanics' Institution', arguing that drunkenness prevails more there than in the larger cities. (238)



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 239.

Blue Stockings over the Border

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Genre:

Extract, Poetry, Drollery

Publications extracted:

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Edinburgh Monthly Magazine (1817) Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1817–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Education, Universities, Gender, Cultural Geography, Mathematics, Medical Practitioners, Nomenclature, Steam-power, Machinery, Phrenology, Astronomy, Geology, Natural History, Chemistry, Steamships, Alchemy


    Warns University of Oxford University of Oxford
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and University of Cambridge University of Cambridge
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men to attend to their studies, in advance of an invasion of blue stockings from Scotland. The bluestockings will beat them at solving problems in Euclid Euclid (fl. 295 BC) DSB
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and will soon probe the depths of medical science. 'Their clack is resounding, / With hard words abounding; / Steam-guns are their weapons, which cause great disorder. / By Gas they're enlighten'd— / By nothing they're frighten'd'. They excel in every department, including phenology, and have a predominant 'organ of Prying'. They will surpass astronomers, geologists, conchologists, chemists, and steam-boat inventors. ''Tis said they've discover'd perpetual motion, / Attach'd to their tongues, 'twill be henceforth their own'. Counsels the reader not to believe the enemy who claims their heads are 'vacuum engines' and that 'Watt's Watt, James (1736–1819) DSB
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Steamer teaches / The plan of their speeches, / Beginning in noise, and concluding in smoke'.



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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 245.

"Men and Candles"

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Quæsitor Quæsitor
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Genre:

Letter, Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Death, Chemistry


    Reports that during the French revolution the Cimetière des Innocens Cimetière des Innocens, Paris
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in Paris was cleared, during which process 'a sort of spermaceti was discovered, occasioned by the action of water on some of the dead bodies', out of which candles were made.


See also:

Anon, 'Men and Candles', Mirror of Literature, 11 (1828), 169–71


Section: Vernal Notes

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 247.

Sap in Trees

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Quarterly Review Quarterly Review (1809–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Botany, Physiology, Nutrition


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 247–48.

Bird's Nests. (By M. Chateaubriand Chateaubriand, François René, vicomte de (1768–1848) CBD
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)

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Anon

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Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Time's Telescope Time's Telescope (1814–34) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Ornithology, Design, Piety, Sex


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 248–49.

Salmon Fisheries

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Anon

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Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Quarterly Review Quarterly Review (1809–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Zoology, Sex


Section: Arcana of Science

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 249–52.

Recent Improvements in Printing, by Mr. Cowper Cowper, Edward (1790–1852) ODNB
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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Edward Cowper Cowper, Edward (1790–1852) ODNB
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, Quarterly Journal of Science Journal of Science and the Arts (1816–19) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and the Arts (1819–27) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and Art (1827–30) Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain (1830–31) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Invention, Machinery, Progress, Patents

People mentioned:

Charles Stanhope (3rd Earl Stanhope), Stanhope, Charles, 3rd Earl Stanhope (1753–1816) ODNB
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William Clowes, Clowes, William, the elder (1779–1847) ODNB
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William Nicholson, Nicholson, William (1753–1815) DSB
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Friedrich König, König, Friedrich (1774–1833) CBD
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Thomas Bensley, Bensley, Thomas (bap. 1759–1833) ODNB
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Richard Taylor, Taylor, Richard (1781–1858) ODNB
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Bryan Donkin, Donkin, Bryan (1768–1855) ODNB
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Augustus Applegath Applegath, Augustus (1788–1871) CBD
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Institutions mentioned:

University of Cambridge—Press, University of Cambridge—Press
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Bank of England Bank of England
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Publications cited:

Dibdin 1817, Dibdin, Thomas Frognall 1817. The Bibliographical Decameron; or, Ten Days Pleasant Discourse upon Illuminated Manuscripts, and Subjects Connected with Early Engraving, Typography, and Bibliography, 3 vols, London: printed for the author
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The Times The Times (1777–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Anon, 'Printing Machine', Mirror of Literature, 11 (1828), 125, Anon, 'Printing Machinery', Mirror of Literature, 11 (1828), 185


Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 252–53.

My Partner

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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:

Meteorology, Gender, Geology, Botany, Chemistry, Instruments


    The poem is headed by an extract from the British Almanac British Almanac (1828–1900+) BUCOP
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on the 'universal interest' of meteorology. The male poetic narrator recounts his attempt to engage in conversation 'old Sir Geoffrey's daughter', whose only subject was the weather. He tried several subjects: 'Was she a Blue?—I put my trust / In strata, petals, gases' (252). Finally he concluded that the man who married her might as well 'marry a Barometer, / And hang himself beside it!' (253).



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 253–54.

Bottle Companions

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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Edinburgh Monthly Magazine (1817) Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1817–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Temperance, Medical Practitioners, Education


    Invokes the reader to consider the many who drink themselves to death. Observes: 'perhaps you may remember more than one—ay half a dozen medical students—as they were called—who after spending in the slips of theatres, and the boxes of taverns, and worse haunts, the means furnished for their education by parents who had meanwhile denied themselves even the necessaries of life—vanished from the streets, as they said either truly or falsely, for berths on board Whalers. Home-returning in poverty, they got unsettled in small rural villages, unable to support a howdie', until some disgraceful end overtook them (254).



Section: Notes of a Reader

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 254.

[Sir Henry Steuart's Steuart, Sir Henry Seton (1759–1836) ODNB
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Art of Transplantation]

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Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Quarterly Review Quarterly Review (1809–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Horticulture, Botany, Physiology


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 255.

[Cuvier's Cuvier, Georges (1769–1832) DSB
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Natural History of Fishes Cuvier, Georges and Valneciennes, Achille 1828–49. Histoire naturelle des poissons, 22 vols, Paris: Chez F. G. Levrault [...]
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]

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Genre:

Literary Gossip

Subjects:

Natural History, Monographs


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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 261.

Writing Ink

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Jacobus Jacobus
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Letter, Instructions

Subjects:

Chemistry, Domestic Economy

People mentioned:

M Ribancourt Ribancourt, M (fl. 1828) ML1/11/308/1
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 261–63.

The Sketch-Book. The Pleasure Hunter. A Fragment

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Genre:

Regular Feature—Introduction; Extract, Novel

Publications extracted:

[Beazley] 1828 [Beazley, Samuel] 1828. The Roué, 3 vols, London: H. Colburn
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Subjects:

Death, Medical Practitioners, Medical Treatment, Narcotics


    The narrator is the eponymous roué, who is dying. He protests that he is not, and that his physicians 'judge by their own emaciated, fragile bodies; they have no idea how much such a firm-knit, athletic frame' as his can suffer (261). He considers the physicians fools, reporting that they insisted that he should sleep and gave him a 'cursed' potion. His sleep was filled with monstrous nightmares, and he observes 'I would rather invent some machine to prop my eyes open, than take their cursed opiates to damn me before my time'. (262)



Section: Notes of a Reader

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 264.

Travels

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Genre:

Miscellaneous, Extract

Publications extracted:

Quarterly Review Quarterly Review (1809–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Exploration, Authorship, Publishing

People mentioned:

Marco Polo, Polo, Marco (1254–1324) CBD
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John Bell, Bell, John (1691–1780) ODNB
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Juan F G Carreri, Carreri, Juan Francisco Gemelli (1645–1700) WBI
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Mungo Park, Park, Mungo (1771–1806) ODNB
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Bryan Edwards, Edwards, Bryan (1743–1800) ODNB
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Giovanni B Belzoni, Belzoni, Giovanni Battista (1778–1823) CBD
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François le Vaillant Vaillant, François le (1753–1824) WBI
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    Gives examples to show that '[t]here is nothing very new in books of travels being written by persons who never travelled'.



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 265.

Modern Trade

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Anon

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Miscellaneous, Extract

Publications extracted:

Quarterly Review Quarterly Review (1809–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Political Economy, Commerce, Industry, Population


Section: Arcana of Science

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 266–67.

Comparative Population of the Ancient and Modern World  [1/2]Anon, 'Comparative Population of the Ancient and Modern World', Mirror of Literature, 11 (1828), 372–75

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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous, Serial

Publications extracted:

Quarterly Journal of Science Journal of Science and the Arts (1816–19) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and the Arts (1819–27) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and Art (1827–30) Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain (1830–31) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Population, Race, Degeneration


Section: Fine Arts

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 270–71.

National Repository

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Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Exhibitions, Machinery, Societies, Government, Patronage, Invention


    Reports: 'an establishment for the exhibition of national productions in arts, mechanics, manufactures, &c. is now in progress, under the patronage and auspices of Mr. Agar Ellis Ellis, George James Welbore Agar-, 1st Baron Dover (1797–1833) ODNB
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'. Relates that the society 'will be framed on the plan of the Société pour l'encouragement de l'industrie nationale Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale, Paris
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', and describes the activities of that society. (270)



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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 274–75.

Men and Candles—Adipocere

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S I B B, S I
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Genre:

Letter

Subjects:

Chemistry, Physiology, Death, Putrefaction

People mentioned:

Antoine F de Fourcroy, Fourcroy, Antoine François de (1755–1809) DSB
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George S Gibbes Gibbes, Sir George Smith (1771–1851) ODNB
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Institutions mentioned:

Cimetiere des Innocens, Paris Cimetière des Innocens, Paris
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Publications cited:

Annales de Chimie, Annales de Chimie (1789–1900+) BUCOP
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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See also:

Anon, 'Men and Candles', Mirror of Literature, 11 (1828), 169–71


Section: Arcana of Science

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 282–83.

Transplanting Trees

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Instructions

Publications extracted:

Quarterly Review Quarterly Review (1809–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Horticulture

People mentioned:

Henry S Steuart Steuart, Sir Henry Seton (1759–1836) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 283–84.

Process of Removing and Replanting Trees, as Practiced by Sir Henry Steuart Steuart, Sir Henry Seton (1759–1836) ODNB
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, at Allanton, in Lancaster

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Anon

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Extract, Instructions

Publications extracted:

Quarterly Review Quarterly Review (1809–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Horticulture


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 284.

Metallic Caissons

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Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Invention, Engineering

People mentioned:

Edward B Deeble Deeble, Edward Barnard (fl. 1827) RLIN
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Publications cited:

Deeble 1827 Deeble, Edward Barnard 1827. Plan for the Introduction of the Patent Metallic Caisson in Forming Piers, Harbours, Breakwaters, etc., London: Ridgway
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 284.

Steel

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Anon

Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Discovery, Industry


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 284.

Cure for Stammering

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Instructions

Publications extracted:

Literary Gazette Literary Gazette (1817–62) Parthenon (1863) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Disability, Medical Treatment


Subsection: Useful Domestic Hints

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 284–85.

[Useful Domestic Hints]

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G W N N, G W
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Genre:

Letter, Instructions



[1] Infallible Cure for Asthma

Subjects:

Pharmaceuticals, Medical Treatment


[2] Recipe for a Consumption

Subjects:

Pharmaceuticals, Medical Treatment


[3] Cure for the Jaundice

Subjects:

Pharmaceuticals, Medical Treatment



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 285.

[Useful Domestic Hints]

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S S T T, S S
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Genre:

Letter, Instructions, Extract

Publications extracted:

Anon 1716 Anon. 1716. Secrets Concernant les Arts et Metiers, Paris: Jombert
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[1] Water Which Takes out Stains or Spots Upon Silk, Without Injuring their Colour

Subjects:

Chemistry, Domestic Economy


[2] Grease Spots Upon Silk

Subjects:

Chemistry, Domestic Economy


[3] Stains of Oil Upon Satin, Stuffs, or Paper

Subjects:

Chemistry, Domestic Economy


[4] To Clean Bottles Infected With Bad Smells

Subjects:

Domestic Economy


[5] To Destroy Caterpillars

Subjects:

Chemistry, Horticulture


[6] To Make the Oil in Lamps Last Longer, and to Remove the Thick Smoke Which is so Disagreeable and Hurtful to the Lungs

Subjects:

Chemistry, Domestic Economy



Section: The Selector; and Literary Notices of New Works

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 286.

Anecdotes of Bonaparte Napoleon I, Emperor of France (1769–1821) CBD
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and Cromwell Cromwell, Oliver (1599–1658) ODNB
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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Anecdote

Publications extracted:

Hazlitt 1828–30 Hazlitt, William 1828–30. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, 4 vols, London: Hunt and Clarke
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Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners, Government


    Relating an anecdote in which Napoleon had suffered a carriage accident, reports that in the evening he had 'Laplace Laplace, Pierre-Simon, marquis de (1749–1827) DSB
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, Monge Monge, Gaspard (1746–1818) DSB
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, and Berthollet Berthollet, Claude Louis (1748–1822) DSB
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to dine with him'. Relates that he was attended by Jean N Corvisart Corvisart, Jean-Nicolas (1755–1821) DSB
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.



Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 288.

Flourishing Trade

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Anon

Genre:

Anecdote

Subjects:

Transport, Accidents, Medical Practitioners


    'A GENTLEMAN being asked what business he intended to bring up his son to? answered, "If I thought the rage for gigs, whiskies, tandems, &c. would continue, I should bring him up to the profession of a surgeon"'.



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 288.

Wine and Physic

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Anon

Genre:

Anecdote

Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Temperance


    Concerns a physician who refused to take his own advice of giving up wine as a cure for 'a constant rheum in his eyes', observing 'I love wine better than my eyes'.



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 288.

A Pair of Plagues

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Anon

Genre:

Epigram, Drollery

Subjects:

Disease


    'BETWEEN love and gout, Sir, / What miseries men find, / For gout makes them lame, Sir, / And love makes them blind'.



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Section: Notes of a Reader

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 298.

[Grenville on the Sinking Fund]

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Anon

Genre:

Extract

Publications extracted:

Grenville 1828 Grenville, William Wyndham 1828. Essay on the Supposed Advantages of a Sinking Fund, London: John Murray
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Subjects:

Political Economy


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 299.

[Human Fecundity]

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

London Weekly Review London Weekly Review (1827–29) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Population


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 299.

[Davy's Salmonia]

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Anon

Genre:

Literary Gossip

Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners, Authorship

Publications cited:

[Davy] 1828 [Davy, Humphry] 1828. Salmonia; or, Days of Fly Fishing, in a Series of Conversations: With Some Account of the Habits of Fishes Belonging to the Genus Salmo, London: John Murray
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 299.

[Varieties of Potato]

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Anon

Genre:

Anecdote

Subjects:

Horticulture

People mentioned:

John Sinclair Sinclair, Sir John, 1st Baronet (1754–1835) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 299–300.

Early Spanish Discoveries

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Anon

Genre:

Abstract, Miscellaneous

Publications abstracted:

Foreign Review Foreign Review and Continental Miscellany (1827–30) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Invention, Machinery, Navigation, Steamships, Accidents, Chemistry, Exploration

People mentioned:

Blasco de Garay, Garay, Blasco de (fl. 1539) WBI
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Pedro F de Quiros Quiros, Pedro Fernandez de (1565–1615) WBI
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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 300–01.

Clio Grub at Brighton

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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:

Medical Treatment, Hydropathy, Medical Practitioners, Race


    The eponymous hero is a hack writer suffering from rheumatism, who goes to Brighton for his health. He is treated at the Turkish baths, but is only cured when, on falling down a well, he drinks a smugglers' stash of gin.



Section: Biographettes for the Month. April

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 301–02.

April 4, 1774, died, Oliver Goldsmith Goldsmith, Oliver (1728?–74) ODNB
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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Biography

Publications extracted:

Goldsmith 1801 Goldsmith, Oliver 1801. The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: To Which is Prefixed, Some Account of his Life and Writings, new edn, 4 vols, London: J. Johnson [and 15 others]
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Subjects:

Natural History, Authorship

Publications cited:

Goldsmith 1774 Goldsmith, Oliver 1774. An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature, London: J. Norse
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 302.

April 9, 1626, died, Francis Bacon Bacon, Francis, 1st Viscount St Alban (1561–1626) DSB ODNB
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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Biography

Publications extracted:

Anon 1747–66 Anon. 1747–66. Biographia Britannica; or, The Lives of the Most Eminent Persons who have Flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, from the Earliest Ages, Down to the Present Times: Collected from the Best Authorities, both Printed and Manuscript, and Digested in the Manner of Mr. Bayle's Historical and Critical Dictionary, 6 vols, London: W. Innys [and 22 others]
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Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners

Institutions mentioned:

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College, Cambridge
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 303.

April 17, 1790, died, Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin (1706–90) DSB
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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Biography

Publications extracted:

Franklin 1793 Franklin, Benjamin 1793. Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of his Life Written by Himself, Together with Essays, Humorous, Moral & Literary, Chiefly in the Manner of "The Spectator", London: G. G. J. and J. Robinson
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Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners, Electricity, Schools, Hospitals

Institutions mentioned:

Royal Society Royal Society of London
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Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 304.

Swiftiana

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Jonathan Swift Swift, Jonathan (1667–1745) ODNB
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Subjects:

Supernaturalism, Mental Illness | Pharmaceuticals, Medical Practitioners


    Gives as an argument to prove that 'the common relations of ghosts and spectres are generally false' the fact that they usually only appear to one person at a time, noting that 'it seldom happens to above one person in a company to be possessed with any high degree of spleen or melancholy'. Observes: 'Apollo was held the god of physic, and sender of diseases. Both were originally the same trade, and still continue'.



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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 307–08.

Love of Nature

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The Author of the Promenade Round Dorking, pseud.  [John Timbs] Timbs, John (1801–75) ODNB
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Genre:

Anecdote

Subjects:

Botany, Fieldwork, Aesthetics, Amusement

Publications cited:

[Timbs] 1822 [Timbs, John] 1822. A Picturesque Promenade Round Dorking in Surrey, London: J. Warren
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    Relates that at Mickleham, Surrey, there is an inn 'much frequented by botanists, for the beauty of the surrounding scenery, and the rare plants to be found in the neighbourhood'. One of the last acts of the dying proprietor, himself a botanist, was to send his daughter to see if a particular species was in flower. 'This is a beautiful illustration of the love of nature, and the exhaustless delight to be derived from her studies'. (308)



Section: Arcana of Science

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 315–16.

Effects of Lightning on a Ship at Sea

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

Edinburgh Journal of Science Edinburgh Journal of Science (1824–32) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Meteorology, Electricity, Magnetism, Medical Treatment


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 316.

Cloth Fabricated by Insects

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Edinburgh Journal of Science Edinburgh Journal of Science (1824–32) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Entomology

Institutions mentioned:

Académie des Sciences, Paris Académie des Sciences, Paris
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 316.

The Fisheries

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Fleming 1828 Fleming, John 1828. A History of British Animals: Exhibiting the Descriptive Characters and Sytematical Arrangement of the Genera and Species of Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom. Including the Indigenous, Extirpated, and Extinct Kinds, Together with Periodical and Occasional Visitants, Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute; London: J. Duncan
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Subjects:

Zoology, Hunting, Government


Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 316–17.

A Chapter of Ifs

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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:

Artisans, Education, Institutions | Narcotics | Technology, Commerce


    Among the 'ifs' are the following: 'If ruin'd men were fond of Quod [i.e. prison], / Mechanics of the loom, / A schoolboy might admire the rod, / And North [presumably a reference to 'Christopher North' (i.e. John Wilson Wilson, John ('Christopher North') (1785–1854) ODNB
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) of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Edinburgh Monthly Magazine (1817) Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1817–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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] might flatter Brougham Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778–1868) ODNB
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[...] If laudanum were a lively thing, / A sermon might amuse [...] If gas contractors kept their words, / We'd pension off the sun' (316).



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 317.

Pleasures of Disputation

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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:

Societies


    Bemoans the endless debating in clubs of rules and regulations. Observes: 'I have known a philosophical club to be dispersed the first night of meeting by an intemperate debate, whether coffee or negus were to be handed about for refreshment'. Describes the debating clubs once common at the 'Crown and Rolls Rooms in Chancery-Lane', including the 'Academics'—apparently a reference to the Academical Society Academical Society, Chancery Lane
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.



Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 319.

Cats

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Zoology, Heredity


    'In Loudon's Loudon, John Claudius (1783–1843) ODNB
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Magazine of Natural History Magazine of Natural History (1828–40) Waterloo DirectoryCOPAC
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, a correspondent states that white cats with blue eyes are always deaf. "This," says he, " is a very remarkable fact, and I believe not generally known." Let the tabbies look to it.'



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 320.

Certain Benefit

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Anon

Genre:

Anecdote, Drollery

Subjects:

Pharmaceuticals

People mentioned:

Samuel Garth Garth, Sir Samuel (1660/1–1719) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 320.

Personal Vanity

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Medicus Medicus
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Genre:

Anecdote, Drollery

Subjects:

Narcotics, Death, Medical Treatment

People mentioned:

Astley P Cooper Cooper, Sir Astley Paston, 1st Baronet (1768–1841) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 325.

Egyptian Mummy

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W G C C, W G
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Genre:

Letter, Reportage

Subjects:

Archaeology, Museums

People mentioned:

John Bloyds Bloyds, John (Esq, of Leeds) (fl. 1828) ML1/11/312/1
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Institutions mentioned:

Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society
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Section: Calendar of Nature

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 325–26.

May and June

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Magazine of Natural History Magazine of Natural History (1828–40) Waterloo DirectoryCOPAC
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Subjects:

Meteorology, Natural History, Hunting, Ornithology, Entomology, Botany

People mentioned:

Joseph Banks Banks, Sir Joseph (1743–1820) DSB ODNB
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Section: The Anecdote Gallery

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 326–27.

Robert Burns Burns, Robert (1759–96) ODNB
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. New Year's Letter, Addressed by Burns to Mrs. Dunlop

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Letter

Publications extracted:

Robert Burns Burns, Robert (1759–96) ODNB
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Subjects:

Botany, Ornithology, Feeling, Machinery, Natural Theology, Immaterialism, Immortality


    Burns relates that certain flowers and birds evoke strong feelings in him. Observes: 'Are we are a piece of machinery, which, like the Æolian harp, passive, takes the impression of the passing accident? Or do these workings argue something within us above the trodden clay? I own myself partial to such proofs of those awful and important realities—a God that made all things—man's immaterial and immortal nature—and a world of weal or woe beyond death and the grave' (327).



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 327–29.

Allan Cunningham's Cunningham, Allan (1784–1842) ODNB
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Recollections of Burns Burns, Robert (1759–96) ODNB
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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Reminiscences

Publications extracted:

Lockhart 1828 Lockhart, John Gibson 1828. Life of Robert Burns, Constable's Miscellany, 23, Edinburgh: Constable and Co; London: Hurst, Chance and Co.
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Subjects:

Agriculture, Progress, Chemistry


    Observes of Burns that his agricultural methods were undeveloped: 'He plodded on in the regular slothful routine of his ancestors; he rooted out no bushes, he dug up no stones; he drained not, neither did he enclose; and weeds obtained their full share of the dung and the lime, which he bestowed more like a medicine than a meal on his soil' (328).



Section: Notes of a Reader

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 329.

[Fashions in Diseases]

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Genre:

Extract, Drollery

Publications extracted:

William Wadd Wadd, William (1776–1829) ODNB
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Subjects:

Disease, Pharmaceuticals

People mentioned:

Henry R Reynolds Reynolds, Henry Revell (1745–1811) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 329.

Coffee

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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Natural Imperialism, Botanical Gardens, Acclimatization, Commerce


    Describes how 'a distinguished French botanist' introduced coffee into the West Indies from the Jardin des Plantes
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in Paris.



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 329–30.

Wine-Drinking

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

[MacNish 1827] MacNish, Robert 1827. The Anatomy of Drunkenness, Glasgow: W R M'Phun
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Subjects:

Physiology, Temperance


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 330.

[Sadler Sadler, Michael Thomas (1780–1835) ODNB
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on the Alleged Overpopulation in Ireland]

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Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Sadler 1828 Sadler, Michael Thomas 1828. Ireland; Its Evils and their Remedies: Being a Refutation of the Errors of the Emigration Committee and Others, Touching that Country; to Which is Prefixed a Synopsis of an Original Treatise, about to be Published, on the Law of Population, Developing the Real Principle on which it is Universally Regulated, London: John Murray
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Subjects:

Population, Political Economy


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 330.

[Arsenic Poisoning]

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

William T Brande Brande, William Thomas (1788–1866) DSB
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Subjects:

Physiology, Death


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 330.

[Muscular Power of Fish]

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Zoology


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 330.

Switzerland

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Anon

Genre:

Reportage, Extract

Publications extracted:

Walter 1828 Walter, Weever 1828. Letters from the Continent: Containing Sketches of Foreign Scenery and Manners; with Hints as to the Different Modes of Travelling, Expense of Living, etc., Edinburgh: William Blackwood ; London: T. Cadell
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Subjects:

Steamships, Travel


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 330.

Mineral Waters

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

William T Brande Brande, William Thomas (1788–1866) DSB
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Subjects:

Hydropathy, Chemistry


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 331.

[Preserving Valuable Fruit Trees by Transfusing Sap]

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Anon

Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Horticulture, Physiology


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 331.

Malaria

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

[Macculloch 1828] Macculloch, John 1828. An Essay on the Remittent and Intermittent Diseases, Including Generically, Marsh Fever and Neuralgia: Comprising under the Former, Various Anomalies, Obscurities, and Consequences, and, Under a New Systematic View of the Latter, Treating of Tic Douloureux, Sciatica, Headach, Ophthalmia, Toothach, Palsy and Many Other Modes and Consequences of this Generic Disease, 2 vols, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green
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Subjects:

Public Health, Epidemiology


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 331.

[Cold Punch]

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

MacNish 1827 MacNish, Robert 1827. The Anatomy of Drunkenness, Glasgow: W R M'Phun
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Subjects:

Temperance, Physiology


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 331.

[Presentation of Telescope]

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Anon

Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Instruments, Universities, Patronage, Astronomy

People mentioned:

John Ross Ross, Sir John (1777–1856) ODNB
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Institutions mentioned:

University of London University of London
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 331.

The Earwig

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Quarterly Journal of Science Journal of Science and the Arts (1816–19) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and the Arts (1819–27) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and Art (1827–30) Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain (1830–31) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Entomology, Fear


Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 331–35.

The Man with the Mouth

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Short Fiction, Drollery

Publications extracted:

A Modern Pythagorean Modern Pythagorean, A
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Edinburgh Monthly Magazine (1817) Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1817–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Magnetism, Feeling, Wonder, Phrenology


    The narrator is astonished by the size of the mouth possessed by a man sitting opposite him in the Advocate's Library in Edinburgh. For a spell, his attention oscillates between it and an interesting article in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Edinburgh Monthly Magazine (1817) Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1817–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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. He observes: 'Each possessed a magnetic property; and my mind was, like a piece of iron, reciprocally acted upon by a couple of powerful loadstones' (331). The mouth evokes strong feelings of wonder and delight in the narrator, who questions why it should have so strong an effect upon him. However, 'being neither casuist nor phrenologist', he has to drop the subject as being too much for his powers (332). When the man with the mouth yawns, the narrator thinks that it would 'rival the loudest yawn ever uttered by luckless wight, while luxuriating in the recondite pages of that profound philosopher, Dr. Black Black, Joseph (1728–99) DSB
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' (333).



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 335.

Ode on the Distant Prospect of a Good Dinner

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Genre:

Extract, Poetry, Drollery

Publications extracted:

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Edinburgh Monthly Magazine (1817) Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1817–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Nutrition, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Practitioners, Disease


    The poem reflects on the consequences for health of overindulgence. Begins: 'Ye distant dishes, sideboards blest / With Halford's [possibly a reference to Henry Halford Halford (formerly Vaughan), Sir Henry (1766–1844) ODNB
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] peptic pill / Where grateful gourmands still attest / Illustrious Robert's skill'. The imagined gourmands eat 'regardless of their doom', 'Yet see how all around them press, / Th'attendants of each night's excess; / Fell Indigestion's followers vile: / Ah! show them where the hateful crew / Scoff calomel and pills of blue, / Ah! tell them they have bile'.



Section: Arcana of Science

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 335.

Cure for the Small Pox

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Jacobus Jacobus
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Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Medical Treatment

People mentioned:

M Valpean Valpean, M (fl. 1828) ML1/11/312e/20
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Institutions mentioned:

Académie Royale de Médécine, Paris Académie Royale de Médécine, Paris
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 335.

Ancient Cannon Raised from the Sea

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

Journal des Débats Journal des Debats (1789–1900+) COPAC
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Subjects:

Archaeology, Chemistry

People mentioned:

M De Rheims De Rheims, M (fl. 1828) ML1/11/312e/21
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 336.

Assamese Method of Blasting Rocks

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

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

Mining, Technology


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 336.

Purification of Alcohol

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

Bulletin Universel des Sciences et de l'Industrie Bulletin Universel des Sciences et de l'Industrie (1824–31) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Patronage, Chemistry

People mentioned:

Pierre J Hensmans Hensmans, Pierre Joseph (1802–62) WBI
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Institutions mentioned:

Académie des Sciences de Belgique Académie des Sciences de Belgique
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 336.

Method of Obtaining the Figure of a Plant

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Genre:

Extract, Instructions

Publications extracted:

Bulletin Universel des Sciences et de l'Industrie Bulletin Universel des Sciences et de l'Industrie (1824–31) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Botany, Collecting, Illustration


Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 336.

Swiftiana

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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous, Drollery

Publications extracted:

Jonathan Swift Swift, Jonathan (1667–1745) ODNB
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Subjects:

Astronomy, Astrology, Superstition


    'Old men and comets have been reverenced for the same reason; their long bears, and pretences to foretell events'.



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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 340–41.

Discovery of Gas-Lighting

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T Hatchard Hatchard, T (fl. 1828) ML1/11/313/1
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Genre:

Letter, Rejoinder

Subjects:

Discovery, Chemistry, Technology, Light, Navigation, Steam-power

People mentioned:

William Murdoch, Murdoch, William (1754–1839) ODNB
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Archibald Cochrane (9th Earl of Dundonald), Cochrane, Archibald, 9th Earl of Dundonald (1749–1831) DSB
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Mr Campion, Campion, Mr (b. c. 1709) ML1/11/313/1
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Frederick A Winsor Winsor, Frederick Albert (1763–1830) ODNB
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Institutions mentioned:

Trinity House Trinity House
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    Claims to have been the first to use coal-gas lighting, but to have been unsuccessful in attempting to apply the process commercially.


See also:

Anon, 'Outline of the History of Gas Lighting', Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 449–52


Section: Arcana of Science

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 344.

Distances at which Sounds are Heard

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Reminiscences

Publications extracted:

Edinburgh Philosophical Journal Edinburgh Philosophical Journal (1819–26) Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1826–64) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Sound, Wonder


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 344.

Magnificent Achromatic Telescope Executed at Paris

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

Edinburgh Journal of Science Edinburgh Journal of Science (1824–32) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Instruments, Nationalism

People mentioned:

Noël J Lerebours, Lerebours, Noël Jean (1762–1840) WBI
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Louis Guinand Guinand, Louis (c. 1745–1825) WBI
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 344.

Ancient Armour

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Anon

Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Archaeology


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 344.

Chinese Paper

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Industrial Chemistry


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 345–46.

The Imperial Bee-Hive

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Anon

Genre:

Reportage; Miscellaneous

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Subjects:

Entomology, Invention, Horticulture, Sex, Wonder

Institutions mentioned:

Messrs. Lawes and Co. Lawes and Co. (Messrs)
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Publications cited:

Bevan 1827, Bevan, Edward 1827. The Honey Bee: Its Natural History, Physiology and Management, London: Baldwin, Craddock and Joy
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Brougham 1826 Brougham, Henry Peter 1826. Objects, Advantages, and Pleasures of Science, Library of Useful Knowledge, London: [Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy]
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 346.

Filtering Cisterns

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Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary

Subjects:

Government, Pollution, Public Health, Invention, Patronage

People mentioned:

William T Brande, Brande, William Thomas (1788–1866) DSB
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Joseph Hume Hume, Joseph (1756–1846) WBI
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 346.

The Clarence Bridge

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Anon

Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Engineering, Transport, Periodicals


    Relates the details of the planned bridge from a prospectus sent by a correspondent. Discusses the recently completed Hammersmith Bridge Hammersmith Bridge
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, quoting the opinion of the 'Editor Timbs, John (1801–75) ODNB
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of the Arcana of Science Arcana of Science and Art (1828–38) Yearbook of Facts in Science and Art (1838–80) Waterloo Directory
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'. A footnote states: 'A second edition of this valuable little work is, at the suggestion of the public, now publishing in parts. It has been pronounced to be one of the best assemblages of the Scientific Improvements of the past year; and with the above facility, we hope its circulation will be proportionate to the importance of its contents'.



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 346.

Disease of Silk-Worms and its Cure

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Genre:

Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

Bulletin Universel des Sciences et de l'Industrie Bulletin Universel des Sciences et de l'Industrie (1824–31) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Entomology, Agriculture, Disease, Veterinary Science

People mentioned:

Joseph S F Eysséric Eysséric, Joseph Siffrein François (1745–1822) WBI
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 346–47.

Temperature Below the Earth's Surface

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Proceedings

Publications extracted:

Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall (1818–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Geology, Heat

People mentioned:

Robert W Fox Fox, Robert Were (1789–1877) ODNB
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Institutions mentioned:

Barclay, Perkins and Co. Barclay and Perkins, firm
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 347.

Extraordinary Instances of Fall of Rain

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

Annales de Chimie Annales de Chimie (1789–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Meteorology

People mentioned:

Jean P Tardy de Labrossy-Montravel Tardy de Labrossy-Montravel, Jean Philippe (1751–1851) WBI Poggendorff 1863
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 369.

The Old Clock-House at Westminster

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Anon

Genre:

Introduction

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Illustrators:

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

Instruments, Time


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 369–70.

History of Clocks and Watches  [1/2]George Smeeton, 'History of Clocks and Watches', Mirror of Literature, 11 (1828), 434–37

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[George Smeeton] Smeeton, George (fl. 1800–28) ODNB
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Genre:

Serial—Miscellaneous; Afterword

Subjects:

History of Science, Instruments, Time

See also:

W F, 'Hogarth's Masquerade Clock', Mirror of Literature, 11 (1828), 377


Section: Arcana of Science

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 372–75.

Comparative Population of the Ancient and Modern World  [2/2]Anon, 'Comparative Population of the Ancient and Modern World', Mirror of Literature, 11 (1828), 266–67

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Anon

Genre:

Serial—Extract, Miscellaneous; Afterword

Publications extracted:

Quarterly Journal of Science Journal of Science and the Arts (1816–19) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and the Arts (1819–27) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and Art (1827–30) Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain (1830–31) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Population, Race, Progress, Degeneration, Statistics, Periodicals, Popularization

People mentioned:

David Hume, Hume, David (1711–76) DSB
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Gerard J Vossius, Vossius, Gerard Jan (1577–1649) CBD
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Charles L de Secondat, Secondat, Charles Louis de, Baron de la Brède et de Montesquieu (1689–1755) DSB
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Edward Gibbon Gibbon, Edward (1737–94) ODNB
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    The afterword explains that the extract is from the Quarterly Journal of Science Journal of Science and the Arts (1816–19) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and the Arts (1819–27) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and Art (1827–30) Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain (1830–31) Waterloo Directory
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, observing: 'something more than a single linear acknowledgement is due from us to that valuable work for our occasional levies on its pages. The New Series [...] has done more than any similar journal to popularize science and art' (375).



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 377.

Hogarth's Hogarth, William (1697–1764) ODNB
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Masquerade Clock

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W F F, W
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Genre:

Letter

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Subjects:

Instruments, Time


Section: Notes of a Reader

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 378.

Geographical Society

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Anon

Genre:

Introduction; Extract

Publications extracted:

Société de Géographie Société de Géographie, Paris
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Subjects:

Physical Geography, Societies, Internationalism, Patronage, Exploration


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 378.

Agriculture

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Anon

Genre:

Extract

Publications extracted:

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Edinburgh Monthly Magazine (1817) Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1817–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Agriculture, Population


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 378.

[The Emu]

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Zoology, Hunting


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 378.

Classical Education

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Anon

Genre:

Literary Notice

Publications noticed:

Maude 1828 Maude, Thomas 1828. An Apology for the System of Public and Classical Education, London: J. Hatchard and Son
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Subjects:

Education, Schools, Mathematics, Gender


    Observes: 'In these days of sines and tangents, it may become the fashion to scoff at the ever-living languages; but we agree with Mr. Maude Maude, Thomas (1801–65) WBI
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, "take away this chief corner-stone, and the temple of our future glories will be a slovenly, unregulated pile, devoid of grace, and devoted to oblivion"'. Notes that the 'conductresses of female education seem to have better sense than to question the utility of the classics'.



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 378.

[The Population of Great Britain]

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Genre:

Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

Jacob 1828 Jacob, William 1828. Tracts Relating to the Corn Trade and Corn Laws: Including the Second Report Ordered to be Printed by the Two Houses of Parliament, London: John Murray
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Subjects:

Population, Statistics


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 379.

Voyage in a Balloon

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Genre:

Extract, Poetry, Drollery

Publications extracted:

Mordaunt 1827 Mordaunt, H. 1827. Peace; A Comedy, by Aristophanes, Freely Imitated in English Verse, [publisher unknown]
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Subjects:

Aeronautics, Astronomy

Publications cited:

[Russell] 1809 [Russell, William], ed. 1809. The Lunar Planispheres, Engraved by the late John Russell, from his Original Drawings. With a Description, London: [n. pub.]
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 379.

[The Population of Europe]

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Genre:

Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

Jacob 1828 Jacob, William 1828. Tracts Relating to the Corn Trade and Corn Laws: Including the Second Report Ordered to be Printed by the Two Houses of Parliament, London: John Murray
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Subjects:

Population, Statistics


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 379–80.

The Great Western Canal Great Western Canal, USA
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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Quarterly Journal of Science Journal of Science and the Arts (1816–19) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and the Arts (1819–27) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and Art (1827–30) Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain (1830–31) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Engineering, Transport


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 380–81.

Anthropophagi

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

William Wadd Wadd, William (1776–1829) ODNB
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Subjects:

Physiology, Nutrition, Ethnography, Exploration

People mentioned:

John [i.e. William] Marriott, Marriott, William (John, Ben; 'The Great Eater of Graye's Inn') (d. 1653) ODNB
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John Anderson Anderson, John (1795–1845) ODNB
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Publications cited:

Journal de Perpignan et des Pyrénées-Orientales Journal de Perpignan et des Pyrénées-Orientale (1819–30) Bibliothèque Nationale
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 387–88.

Supply of Water in London (From the Report, Printed by Order of the House of Commons)

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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous, Table

Publications extracted:

Report of the Royal Commission on the Supply of Water in the Metropolis Report of the Royal Commission on the Supply of Water in the Metropolis: Report of the Commissioners Appointed by His Majesty to Inquire into the State of the Supply of Water in the Metropolis, House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, Session 1828 (267), 9, 53–207
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Subjects:

Government, Public Health

Institutions mentioned:

New River Company, New River Company
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East London Water Works, East London Water Works
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West Middlesex Water Works, West Middlesex Water Works
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Chelsea Water Works, Chelsea Water Works
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Grand Junction Waterworks Company, Grand Junction Waterworks Company
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Lambeth Water Works Company, Lambeth Water Works Company
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Vauxhall Water Company, Vauxhall Water Company
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Southwark Water Works Southwark Water Works
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 389.

Receipt for Scouring Drops. Addressed to a Lady

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G C C, G
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Genre:

Poetry

Subjects:

Chemistry, Domestic Economy


    'FROM the pine that once flourished on Norway's bleak hills, / The skill of the chemist a spirit distills; / From the lemon that grew in some grove in Navarre, / His art too an essence or oil can prepare; / Of the first, dearest Harriet, an ounce you may take, / Of the latter, two drams, and you'll Scouring Drops make'.



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 389.

Origin of Music and the Lyre

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W G C C, W G
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners, Invention, Serendipity, Religion


    'The Hermes Hermes Trismegistus () DSB
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, or Mercury, of the Egyptians, surnamed Trismegistus, or Three Illustrious, who was, according to Sir Isaac Newton Newton, Sir Isaac (1642–1727) DSB
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, the secretary of Osiris, is reported to have been the inventor of music'. Details the circumstances under which this is supposed to have occurred. Observes: 'There is something beautiful in this allegory which leads us into a conception of the energetic powers of the human mind in the early ages of the world, thus directed to discovery of the capabilities of nature by the finger of Omnipotence in the form of accident'.



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 389–90.

Character of Charles II Charles II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland (1630–85) ODNB
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Philo Philo
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Genre:

Introduction; Extract; Afterword

Publications extracted:

Bray, ed. 1818 Bray, William, ed. 1818. Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn: Comprising his Diary, from the Year 1641 to 1705–6, and a Selection of his Familiar Letters. To which is Subjoined, the Private Correspondence Between King Charles I and his Secretary of State, Sir Edward Nicholas, Whilst his Majesty was in Scotland, 1641, and at Other Times During the Civil War; also Between Sir Edward Hyde, Afterwards Earl of Clarendon, and Sir Richard Browne Ambassador to the Court of France. The Whole Now First Published, from the Original Mss., 2 vols, London: Henry Colburn
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Subjects:

Laboratories, Pharmaceuticals, Mathematics, Mechanics


    Relates that he was 'a lover of the sea, and skilful in shipping; not affecting other studies, yet he had a laboratory, and knew of many empirical medicines, and the easier mechanical mathematics' (390).



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 390–91.

The Effects of Light upon Animals, Vegetables, and Minerals

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Jacobus Jacobus
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Light, Chemistry, Physiology, Botany, Gas Chemistry, Zoology, Mineralogy, Crystallography

People mentioned:

John Canton, Canton, John (1718–72) DSB
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Wilhelm Homberg Homberg, Wilhelm (or Guillaume) (1652–1715) DSB
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 391–93.

Popular Superstitions. Witchcraft

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Vyvyan Vyvyan
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Genre:

Regular Feature, Essay

Subjects:

Magic, Superstition, Education, Progress, Religion, Medical Practitioners


    Asserts that 'though the "march of mind" is making sad inroads on the "wisdom of our ancestors," yet [...] a belief in witchcraft still prevails amongst the peasantry of our native country to a considerable extent'. Nevertheless maintains that the 'progress of intellect in the human race towards perfection, during the last century, has certainly been much more rapid than could have been expected', and that 'philosophy' has broken the power of superstition. Traces the history of witchcraft. Observes that formerly 'the most eminent men and philosophers (Sir Thomas Browne Browne, Sir Thomas (1605–82) DSB ODNB
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for instance) were not proof against the prevailing opinions'. (391) Relates that in 1634 the reprieved Pendle witches were sent to London, where they were 'viewed and examined by his majesty's physicians and surgeons' (392).


See also:

Vyvyan, 'Popular Superstitions. No. II. The Sea', Mirror of Literature, 11 (1828), 54–56


Section: The Anecdote Gallery

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 393–94.

Fat Folks

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

William Wadd Wadd, William (1776–1829) ODNB
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, Quarterly Journal of Science Journal of Science and the Arts (1816–19) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and the Arts (1819–27) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and Art (1827–30) Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain (1830–31) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Physiology, Chemistry


Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 396–97.

A Few Londonisms

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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous, Drollery

Publications extracted:

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

Natural History, Sex, Botany, Zoology, Universities, Exploration, Aeronautics

Institutions mentioned:

University of London University of London
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    Repudiates the pleasures of nature in favour of those of Metropolitan life. Observes that no-one 'that has a soul in him' could care about 'the billet-doux which the bee carries from the male ash to the female; the leers and loving looks of a couple of jacks, or gudgeons, or red mullets [...]. Put a hook in the jaws of the rascals; drag them out; bring them to London; send them to school at Bleadon's [possibly an inn or hotel], or to the professor at the proper London University in St. James's-street [possibly a reference to one of the clubs for which that street was celebrated], till they be fit for appearing in genteel-company' (396–97). Advises: 'course over every land; sail over every sea; be frozen with Parry Parry, Sir William Edward (1790–1855) ODNB
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, roasted with Clapperton Clapperton, Hugh (1788–1827) ODNB
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[...]; be a traveller who has more glory than name; go up in balloons—down in diving-bells; fly over the Alps, or tunnel it under the Atlantic;—why, what do you get by that? Pain—sheer unmingled pain—without an atom of pleasure' (397).



Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 400.

[Suicide of Aristotle]

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G H C C, G H
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Genre:

Anecdote

Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners


    'The Gulf of Negropont, in Greece, ebbs and flows seven times a day. Aristotle Aristotle (384–322 BC) DSB
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not being able to give any rational account of this phenomenon, drowned himself therein, saying, "If I cannot understand thee, thou shalt take me"'.



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Section: Notes of a Reader

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 405.

Gold Coinage

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

William T Brande Brande, William Thomas (1788–1866) DSB
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Subjects:

Metallurgy


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 406.

Zinc Roofs

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Metallurgy


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 407.

Travelling

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous, Drollery

Subjects:

Exploration, Endeavour, Human Development


    Asserts: 'CHILDREN, destined by their parents to be travellers, should be thrown into a pail of ice the moment they are born, and then transferred for half an hour to the kitchen fire; they may have to swim across frozen rivers, and run a race in the torrid zone, more than once before they die:—they should be often fed on bread and water, and sometimes not at all; in the deserts of Arabia there is seldom any of either:—they should be clad thinly; the brigands of Terracina frequently strip their victims:—they should know how to go naked on emergencies; tailors are not to be had in the wilderness'.



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 407.

Water

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Chemistry, Public Health


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 407.

[Population of Brussels]

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Anon

Genre:

Fragment

Subjects:

Population, Statistics


Section: Arcana of Science

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 412–13.

Society of Arts Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
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Anon

Genre:

Proceedings

Subjects:

Societies, Patronage, Invention, Machinery, Industry, Animal Husbandry, Acclimatization, Gender

People mentioned:

C T Tower Tower, C T, Esq (of Weald Hall, Essex) (fl. 1828) ML1/11/317b/6
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 413.

Zoological Society Zoological Society of London
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Anon

Genre:

Proceedings

Subjects:

Societies, Zoological Gardens

Institutions mentioned:

Zoological Society—Gardens Zoological Society of London —Gardens
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 413.

Meteorological Prognostication Observed in the Shetland Isles

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Annales de Chimie Annales de Chimie (1789–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Meteorology, Prognostication, Electricity

People mentioned:

William Scott Scott, William (1800–54) NSTC
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 413.

Fall of Aërolites

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Genre:

Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

Sankt-Peterburgskie Vedomosti Sankt-Peterburgskie Vedomosti (1728–1859) COPAC
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Subjects:

Meteorology


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 413.

Manures

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

John C Loudon Loudon, John Claudius (1783–1843) ODNB
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Subjects:

Agriculture, Chemistry

People mentioned:

Humphry Davy Davy, Sir Humphry, Baronet (1778–1829) DSB ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 413–14.

Ornamental Gardening

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

John C Loudon Loudon, John Claudius (1783–1843) ODNB
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Subjects:

Horticulture


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 414.

To Keep the Common Blue Plum

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Instructions

Publications extracted:

Gardener's Magazine Gardener's Magazine (1825–44) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Horticulture


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 414.

To Keep Pears

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Instructions

Publications extracted:

Gardener's Magazine Gardener's Magazine (1825–44) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Horticulture


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 414.

Protecting Vines from Spring Frost

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Instructions

Publications extracted:

Gardener's Magazine Gardener's Magazine (1825–44) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Horticulture


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 414.

Dung Without Straw

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Gardener's Magazine Gardener's Magazine (1825–44) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Horticulture

Publications cited:

Journal de Connaissances Usuelles et Pratiques Journal de Connaissances Usuelles et Pratiques (1825–43) BUCOP
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 414.

Sugar from the Beet Root

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Reportage

Subjects:

Horticulture, Industry


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 414.

The Lady-Bird

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

Gardener's Magazine Gardener's Magazine (1825–44) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Horticulture, Entomology


Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 416.

[Endymion the Originator of Astronomy]

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Astronomy, Ancient Authorities


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 416.

The Awkward Confession

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Jacobus Jacobus
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Genre:

Poetry, Drollery

Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Commerce


    A poetic tale of a woman with a 'doctor' who, once called in, was reluctant to discharge his patient: 'But medical gents, Sir, as well you and I know, / Can't hastily leave, when there's plenty of rhino; / While the purse is in health the disorder is slow, / The lighter your pocket the sooner they go'.



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 416.

[Arcana of Science and Art Arcana of Science and Art (1828–38) Yearbook of Facts in Science and Art (1838–80) Waterloo Directory
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]

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Genre:

Advertisment

Subjects:

Periodicals


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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 419.

Origin of Gas Lighting

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John Davy Davy, John (1790–1868) DSB
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Genre:

Letter—Rejoinder; Extract, Paper

Publications extracted:

Clayton 1739 Clayton, John 1739. 'An Experiment Concerning the Spirit of Coals, Being Part of a Letter to the Hon. Rob. Boyle, Esq.', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 41 (1739), 59–61
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Subjects:

Invention, Discovery, Gas Chemistry, Light, Technology

People mentioned:

T Hatchard, Hatchard, T (fl. 1828) ML1/11/313/1
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William Murdoch Murdoch, William (1754–1839) ODNB
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    The author attributes the discovery of coal-gas to John Clayton Clayton, John (fl. 1739) Clayton 1739
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, as evidenced by an extracted paper on the subject.


See also:

T Hatchard, 'Discovery of Gas-Lighting', Mirror of Literature, 11 (1828), 340–41


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 419–20.

Note

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[John Timbs] Timbs, John (1801–75) ODNB
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Genre:

Editorial Reply

Subjects:

Discovery, Gas Chemistry, Light, Technology, Controversy


    On the grounds that it would introduce controversy, the editor declines to include in the journal a letter signed 'Verax' Verax
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, which disputes the claims of an earlier letter on the invention of coal-gas lighting. He nevertheless summarises its contents. Referring to the preceding article [John Davy, 'Origin of Gas Lighting', Mirror of Literature, 11 (1828), 419], he observes that it has been included in full 'on account of the record which our correspondent has therein copied from the "Philosophical Transactions Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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," which, whether considered in connexion with the origin of gas-lighting, or as an interesting experimental research, will, we are persuaded, be acceptable to the reader' (420).


See also:

T Hatchard, 'Discovery of Gas-Lighting', Mirror of Literature, 11 (1828), 340–41


Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 423–27.

Snatches of Sentiment. (From a Midsummer Day's Dream)

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Genre:

Introduction; Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Edinburgh Monthly Magazine (1817) Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1817–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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[1] [London]

Subjects:

Astronomy, Navigation


    Noting the naval supremacy of London, observes: 'The ocean obeys the "meteor-flag of England," even as its ebbing and flowing obeys the planet' (423).



[3] Pride of Scotland

Subjects:

Universities, Nationalism, Philosophy


    'A high philosophy has gone out from the sages of thy cities into the loneliest recesses of the hills. The student sits by the ingle of his father's straw-roofed shed [...] and pores and meditates over the pages of Reid Reid, Thomas (1710–96) ODNB
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, and Fergusson Ferguson, Adam (1723–1816) ODNB
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, and Stewart Stewart, Dugald (1753–1828) ODNB
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, and Brown Brown, Thomas (1778–1820) ODNB
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, wise benefactors of the race' (424)



[5] A Leith Smack

Subjects:

Steamships, Fear


[10] Philosophy

Subjects:

Natural Philosophy, Piety, Feeling, Metaphysics


    While the 'study of physics is sublime, for the student feels as if mounting the lower steps of the ladder leading up to God in the skies', the study of metaphysics is sublimer still, 'when reason is her own object' (426).




Section: Scientific Recreations

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 427.

Migration of Fishes

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Quarterly Review Quarterly Review (1809–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Zoology, Animal Behaviour


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 427–28.

Weight of the Atmosphere

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Brougham 1826 Brougham, Henry Peter 1826. Objects, Advantages, and Pleasures of Science, Library of Useful Knowledge, London: [Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy]
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Subjects:

Physics, Entomology, Zoology

People mentioned:

Everard Home Home, Sir Everard, 1st Baronet (1756–1832) DSB ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 428.

Discoveries in the Arctic Regions

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Quarterly Review Quarterly Review (1809–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Exploration, Physical Geography, Progress

People mentioned:

James Burney, Burney, James (1750–1821) ODNB
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John Franklin Franklin, Sir John (1786–1847) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 428.

Progress of Discovery

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Brougham 1826 Brougham, Henry Peter 1826. Objects, Advantages, and Pleasures of Science, Library of Useful Knowledge, London: [Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy]
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Subjects:

Progress, Discovery, Serendipity, Steam-power, Expertise, Endeavour, Invention, Machinery, Chemistry

People mentioned:

James Watt, Watt, James (1736–1819) DSB
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Richard Arkwright, Arkwright, Sir Richard (1732–92) ODNB
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Humphry Davy, Davy, Sir Humphry, Baronet (1778–1829) DSB ODNB
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Edward C Howard Howard, Edward Charles (1774–1816) WBI
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Section: The Selector; and Literary Notices of New Works

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 428–29.

Hajji Baba (again!)

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Novel, Drollery

Publications extracted:

[Morier 1828] [Morier, James Justinian] 1828. The Adventures of Hajji Baba, of Ispahan, in England, 2 vols, London: John Murray
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Subjects:

Instruments, Steam-power, Steamships


    The narrator is giving an 'account of the wonders of Frangistan (London)' at 'an audience with the shah at Ispahan'. The shah is interested to know if he has seen the 'miraculous spying-glass' (telescope) of which he has heard. He is incredulous when the narrator describes a steam-ship.



Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 432.

Tobacco

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Pollution, Health

Publications cited:

[King James I] 1604 [James I, King of England and Scotland] 1604. A Counterblaste to Tobacco, London: R[obert] B[arker]
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 433–34.

The New Corn Exchange Corn Exchange
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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Subjects:

Statistics, Political Economy, Institutions, Architecture


    Describing the Greek Doric architecture of the new Corn Exchange, observes: 'Indeed, the accuracy of its details almost corresponds with the fora of the ancients, except that its halls are appropriated to the Philosophy of Statistics, or of those provoking items £. s. d.—and its speculations restricted to the Smiths Smith, Adam (1723–90) ODNB
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and the Malthuses Malthus, Thomas Robert (1766–1834) DSB
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of our days' (433).



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 434–37.

History of Clocks and Watches  [2/2][George Smeeton], 'History of Clocks and Watches', Mirror of Literature, 11 (1828), 369–70

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George Smeeton Smeeton, George (fl. 1800–28) ODNB
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Genre:

Miscellaneous, Serial

Subjects:

History of Science, Instruments, Time, Instrument-makers, Astronomy, Patronage

People mentioned:

Jacopo de'Dondi, Dondi, Jacopo de' (1290–1359) CBD
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Richard of Wallingford, Richard of Wallingford (c. 1292–1336) DSB
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Peter Courtenay, Courtenay, Peter (1432?–1492) ODNB
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Ptolemy, Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolomaeus) (c. 100–c.170) DSB
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Thomas Tompion, Tompion, Thomas (1639–1713) ODNB
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Humphry Gainsborough, Gainsborough, Humphry (1710/11–1785) WBI, ML1/11/319/2
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William Kennedy, Kennedy, William (b. 1768) WBI
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Christiaan Huygens, Huygens, Christiaan (1629–95) DSB
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Edward Barlow [i.e. Booth], Booth (alias Barlow), Edward (1638–1719) ODNB
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Daniel Quare, Quare, Daniel (1648/9–1724) ODNB
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King James II James II and VII, King of England, Scotland and Ireland (1633–1701) ODNB
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Publications cited:

Derham 1796 D[erham], W[illiam] 1796. The Artificial Clock-Maker: A Treatise of Watch, and Clock-Work, Wherein the Art of Calculating Numbers for Most Sorts of Movements is Explained to the Capacity of the Unlearned. Also the History of Clock-Work, Both Ancient and Modern with Other Useful Matters Never Before Published, London: James Knapton
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See also:

Anon, 'The Celebrated Clock of Strasburg', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 209–10, Thomas Byerley Anon, 'The Clock and Clock-House at Strasburg', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 262–63


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 438–39.

Natural History of the Salmon

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal Edinburgh Philosophical Journal (1819–26) Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1826–64) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Zoology, Sex, Animal Behaviour

People mentioned:

John Fleming Fleming, John (1785–1857) DSB
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Section: Notes of a Reader

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 440.

Hot Springs

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Vulcanology

People mentioned:

Jöns J Berzelius Berzelius, Jöns Jacob (1779–1848) DSB
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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 441.

Mineral Waters of Carlsbad

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Quarterly Journal of Science Journal of Science and the Arts (1816–19) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and the Arts (1819–27) Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and Art (1827–30) Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain (1830–31) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Hydropathy, Geology, Chemistry

People mentioned:

Jöns J Berzelius Berzelius, Jöns Jacob (1779–1848) DSB
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Section: Arcana of Science

Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 443.

Eqrthquakes in 1827

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

Annales de Chimie Annales de Chimie (1789–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Vulcanology


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 443.

Weather in Paris

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Table

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Annales de Chimie Annales de Chimie (1789–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Meteorology


Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 443–44.

Useful Hints

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Anon

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Extract, Reportage, Instructions

Publications extracted:

Monthly Gazette of Health Monthly Gazette of Health (1816–32) Waterloo Directory
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[1] Corns

Subjects:

Medical Treatment


[2] Tobacco

Subjects:

Medical Treatment


[3] The Royal Italian Blacking, Much Used in Italy and France

Subjects:

Domestic Economy, Chemistry



Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 444–48.

The Sketch Book. The Sexton of Cologne

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Genre:

Regular Feature, Extract, Short Fiction

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

Death, Putrefaction, Superstition, Supernaturalism, Fear, Disease


    Narrates the burial in a trance of a rich burgomaster's wife, and her revival after her coffin was opened by the sexton. When the sexton came to rob the coffin, he fancied that he smelt 'the pestilential breath of decay, though it was full early for corruption to have begun is work' (446). The supposed corpse seizing his hand, he fled; he trembled all over 'as if shaken by an ague-fit' (447).



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Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), i–viii.

Memoir of the Late Captain Clapperton Clapperton, Hugh (1788–1827) ODNB
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Genre:

Obituary

Subjects:

Exploration, Progress, Heroism, Education, Mathematics, Government, Disease, Medical Practitioners, Publishing

People mentioned:

Mungo Park, Park, Mungo (1771–1806) ODNB
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Walter Oudney, Oudney, Walter (1790–1824) ODNB
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Henry Bathurst (3rd Earl Bathurst), Bathurst, Henry, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762–1834) ODNB
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Dixon Denham, Denham, Dixon (1786–1828) ODNB
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Alexander G Laing, Laing, Alexander Gordon (1794–1826) ODNB
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Richard L Lander Lander, Richard Lemon (1804–34) ODNB
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Publications cited:

Lander 1830 Lander, Richard Lemon 1830. Records of Captain Clapperton's Last Expedition to Africa: With the Subsequent Adventures of the Author, 2 vols, London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley
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    Details Clapperton's life and travels. Reports that during Clapperton's first African journey, Sultan Bello Muhammad Bello, Sultan of Sokoto (fl. 1817–37) CBE
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of Sokoto [in modern Nigeria] requested him 'to send from England some Arabic books and a map of the world; and, in recompense, promised his protection to as many of our learned men as chose to visit his dominions' (v). The sultan also repeatedly expressed a desire for a British consul and physician to be resident at Sokoto. Describes as underhand the dealings of the sultan on Clapperton's return to Sokoto with the requested presents.


See also:

Anon, 'Captain Clapperton. From a Sketch by Mr. Manton', Mirror of Literature, 11 (1828), facing [i]


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