Science in the 19th Century Periodical

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

Introductory Essay
Volume 3  (January to June 1824)
Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), iii–iv.

Preface

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Anon

Genre:

Preface

Subjects:

Periodicals, Education, Textbooks, Class, Morality, Reading, Technology


    Professes pleasure at the increased circulation of the Mirror of Literature Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction (1822–47) Mirror Monthly Magazine (1847–49) Waterloo Directory
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, which is 'indicative of that spirit of inquiry, and love of literature, which are now so rapidly extending in this country'. Considers that there are sufficent public educational institutions to allow every child to learn to read, and that it has consequently become necessary 'to provide suitable works to be read'. Observes that 'in this respect the present age has much the advantage of any preceding one, and that the elementary treatises now in use in the several branches of education and science are truly excellent'. Noting the need for other 'stimulants to a love of reading', avers that the many and various literary journals of the present age are too expensive for 'general circulation'. Asserts that the Mirror of Literature was started to 'give the public at large a journal which, while it embracd the most ample range over the vast domain of English literature, should be published at a price that would place it within the reach of ALL'. Considers that its circulation and the response of critics indicates that it has succeeded in this. Notes the 'improvement in the printing of the MIRROR with a new type and on superior paper'. (iii)



Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 3–4.

The Advantages of Vocal Music

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Oculus Oculus
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Genre:

Extract, Essay

Subjects:

Music, Education, Class, Schools, Colleges, Agriculture, Popularization, Progress

People mentioned:

Johann H Pestalozzi, Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich (1746–1827) CBD
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Philipp E von Fellenberg, Fellenberg, Philipp Emanuel von (1771–1844) WBI
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Michael T Pfeiffer, Pfeiffer, Michael Traugott (1771–1849) WBI
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Hans G Nägeli Nägeli, Hans Georg (1773–1836) WBI
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Yverdon Pestalozzian school, Yverdon. Pestalozzian school
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Hofwyl agricultural college Hofwyl, Switzerland. agricultural college
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    Headed 'Translated from the Spanish for the Mirror', the essay begins by considering the beneficial effects of music, before urging that it should be taught to all social classes 'in primary schools, in conjunction with reading, writing, arithmetic, geometry and drawing' (3). Examines how singing has been incorporated into primary school education by a number of educational innovators. Observes that, in Switzerland, 'there are many elementary schools, in which the system of musical instruction has been reduced to practice, as laid down by Messrs. Pfeiffer Pfeiffer, Michael Traugott (1771–1849) WBI
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and Naegali Nägeli, Hans Georg (1773–1836) WBI
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, of Zurich'. Describes their method, which is 'no other thing than an application, directed to musical science, of the analytical and philosophical path, traced out by Bacon Bacon, Francis, 1st Viscount St Alban (1561–1626) DSB ODNB
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, Locke Locke, John (1632–1704) DSB
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, J. J. Rousseau Rousseau, Jean Jacques (1712–78) CBD
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, Condillac Condillac, Étienne B, Abbé de (1714–80) DSB
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, Destutt, Tracy Destutt de Tracy, Antoine Louis Claude, comte (1754–1836) WBI
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, Cabanis Cabanis, Pierre Jean Georges (1757–1808) DSB
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, &c.; the same which is now so successfully adopted in all arts and sciences to facilitate their study, and accelerate their progress'. (4)



Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 5–8.

The Sketch Book. No. XIV. Will Wizard and Tom Straddle. By Washington Irving, Esq.

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Anon

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Regular Feature, Extract, Short Fiction

Publications extracted:

Washington Irving Irving, Washington ('Geoffrey Crayon') (1783–1859) CBD
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Subjects:

Naturalists, Collecting, Dissection


    The narrator begins by likening his interest in human character to the naturalist's delight in studying plants or animals.



Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 14–15.

Select Biography. No. I. Captain Parry Parry, Sir William Edward (1790–1855) ODNB
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Anon

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Regular Feature, Biography, Extract

Publications extracted:

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

Exploration, Patronage, Heroism, Education, Astronomy, Hydrography

People mentioned:

William Cornwallis, Cornwallis, Sir William (1744–1819) ODNB
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John Ross, Ross, Sir John (1777–1856) ODNB
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Matthew J Liddon Liddon, Matthew John (fl. 1815–49) WBI
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Institutions mentioned:

Royal Navy, Royal Navy
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Admiralty, Admiralty
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HMS Ville de Paris, HMS Ville de Paris
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HMS Alexandria, HMS Alexandria
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HMS Alexander, HMS Alexander
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HMS Hecla, HMS Hecla
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HMS Griper HMS Griper
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Section: Useful Domestic Hints

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 15.

In Case of Danger Arising from Having Drank Water When Warm

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Anon

Genre:

Instructions

Subjects:

Medical Treatment


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 15.

Meltonian Recipe for Cleaning Boot-Tops

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Anon

Genre:

Instructions

Subjects:

Domestic Economy, Chemistry


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 15.

Best Way of Taking Castor Oil

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Anon

Genre:

Instructions

Subjects:

Pharmaceuticals, Medical Treatment


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 15.

James's Powder

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Anon

Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Pharmaceuticals, Analytical Chemistry

People mentioned:

Robert James, James, Robert (1703–76) ODNB
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Richard Phillips Phillips, Richard (1771–1851) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 16.

Dr. Mac.Culloch's Recipe for Paste

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Anon

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Instructions

Subjects:

Domestic Economy, Chemistry

People mentioned:

[John Macculloch?] Macculloch, John (1773–1835) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 16.

Acetic Acid, A Remedy for Warts and Corns

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Anon

Genre:

Instructions

Subjects:

Pharmaceuticals, Medical Treatment

People mentioned:

Andrew T Thomson Thomson, Anthony Todd (1778–1849) ODNB
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Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 16.

Bon Mot of Voltaire

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Anon

Genre:

Anecdote

Subjects:

Naturalists


    Anecdote relating to François M A de Voltaire's Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de (1694–1778) DSB
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high regard for Albrecht von Haller Haller, Albrecht von (Victor Albrecht von) (1708–77) DSB
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as a naturalist, poet, and 'man of universal attainments'.



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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 22–23.

On the Misletoe

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P T W, pseud.  [Peter T Westcott] Westcott, Peter Thomas (1782/3–1845) Gentleman's Magazine, n.s. 23 (1845), 328
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Timbs, John 1871.'My Autobiography: Incidental Notes and Personal Recollections', Leisure Hour (1871), 20–23, 85–88, 181–84, 212–15, 266–69, 293–95, 347–51, 394–98, 420–24, 469–72, 500–03, 596–600, 612–15, 644–48, 685–88, 692–96, 730–33, and 794–99
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Botany


Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 26–28.

Castle Builders  [1/2]Anon, 'Castle Builders', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 45–47

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Anon

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Extract, Miscellaneous, Serial

Publications extracted:

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

Engineering, Navigation, Exploration, Observatories, Education, Schools, Mathematics, Utility


    The narrator praises the restorative effect on the mind of building castles in the air. Remarks: 'Last night, after a series of complicated operations, and begging a question or two, I cut an excellent canal, from the Nicaragua lake into the Pacific ocean, communicating with the gulph of Nicoya. [...] I drew for money to carry on my work upon the sums allotted and expended for Northern expeditions, which I again collected into masses for my purpose, and found that I was possessed of ample funds; that Capt. Parry Parry, Sir William Edward (1790–1855) ODNB
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need labour no more among the Polar ice, that our merchants might ship goods to Panama via the gulph of Florida' (26). Describes another castle in the air, in which he purchased Fonthill Abbey and 'completed the edifice on its original model', including an observatory in the tower with 'a great telescope, to which Herschel's Herschel, Sir William (1738–1822) DSB ODNB
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at Slough, might serve as an eye-glass' (26–27). Describes setting up there a school for one hundred boys, arranging that the students 'should learn something more than to be tolerable classics and mathematicians—something adapted to fit them for the active purposes of life' in accordance with 'the state of modern discoveries and the present enlightened era' and eschewing 'past superstitions' (27).



Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 30–31.

Joseph's Lament

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Anon

Genre:

Introduction; Poetry, Drollery

Subjects:

Monstrosities, Display


    The poem is the supposed lament of the famous clown, Joseph Grimaldi Grimaldi, Joseph (1778–1837) ODNB
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, whose ill health precluded his performing in the season's pantomime at Covent Garden Theatre Covent Garden Theatre
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. Refers in particular to Grimaldi's famous construction on stage of a vegetable man that boxed with its creator 'Joe Frankenstein': 'Ne'er shall I build the wondrous verdant man, / Tall, turnip-headed,—carrot-finger'd, —lean;— / Ne'er shall I, on the very newest plan, / Cabbage a body;—old Joe Frankenstein' (30).



Section: Peter Pindarics; or, Joe Miller Versified

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 31.

[Fontenelle's Folly]

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Poetry, Drollery

Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners


    Relates an anecote concerning Bernard Le B de Fontenelle Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bouyer (or Bovier) de (1657–1757) DSB
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Section: Useful Domestic Hints

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 32.

[Recipe for Paint]

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Anon

Genre:

Introduction; Extract, Instructions

Subjects:

Domestic Economy, Chemistry


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 32.

To Improve Water for Drinking

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Anon

Genre:

Instructions

Subjects:

Domestic Economy, Chemistry


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 32.

To Render Water Peculiar Wholesome and Palatable

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Anon

Genre:

Instructions

Subjects:

Domestic Economy, Chemistry


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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 38.

The Tread Mill

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Jacob Jones Esq of the Inner Temple Jones, Jacob (of the Inner Temple) (fl. 1824) ML1/3/66/1
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Genre:

Poetry

Subjects:

Machinery, Crime


Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 42–45.

Panaceas for Poverty

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Essay

Publications extracted:

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

Nutrition, Domestic Economy, Class, Pharmaceuticals, Adulteration, Scientific Practitioners

People mentioned:

Edward Cocker, Cocker, Edward (1631/2–76) ODNB
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William Kitchiner Kitchiner, William (1778–1827) ODNB
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Publications cited:

Rumford 1796–[1812] Rumford, Benjamin Thompson, Count von 1796–[1812]. Essays, Political, Economical, and Philosophical, 4 vols, London: T.Cadell Jun. & W.Davies
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    The essay addresses the different classes of Job's comforters. Observes that the poor 'seem really to have been set up as a sort of target for ingenuity to try its hand upon; and, from Papin Papin, Denis (1647–c.1712) DSB
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, the Bone Digester, down to Cobbett Cobbett, William (1763–1835) ODNB
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, the Bone Grubber,—from Wesley Wesley, John (1703–91) ODNB
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, who made cheap physic, and added to every prescription "a quart of cold water," to Hunt who sells roasted wheat (vice coffee) five hundred per cent above its cost—an absolute army of projectors, and old women has, from time to time, been popping at them'. Criticizes Benjamin Thompson (Count von Rumford) Thompson, Sir Benjamin, Count von Rumford (1753–1814) ODNB
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at length for his writings on how to feed the poor at the cheapest rate.



Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 45–47.

Castle Builders  [2/2]Anon, 'Castle Builders', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 26–28

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous, Serial

Publications extracted:

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

Scientific Practitioners, Genius, Extra-Terrestrial Life, Imagination, Amusement, Reasoning, Endeavour, Discovery


    Describes Bernard Le B de Fontenelle Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bouyer (or Bovier) de (1657–1757) DSB
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as one of those 'great geniuses' who was a notorious castle builder. Relates: 'He got at one time among the stars, found them peopled, and began to study the laws, manners, and dispositions of the inhabitants of worlds many million times farther from the earth than thrice to "th' utmost pole"'. Describes Fontenelle's abstraction from ordinary affairs. Observes: 'Perhaps Fontenelle and Newton Newton, Sir Isaac (1642–1727) DSB
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may illustrate the difference between the profound thinking of the scholar, and the amusement of which we are treating. Newton directed all of his faculties into one focus upon a single object, proceeding by line and rule to develope the mystery which it was his desire to unravel'. (45) Contrasts this 'wearying' mental discipline with the 'wayward fancies' of the castle builder (45–46).



Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 48.

An Irish Bull

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Clavis Clavis
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Genre:

Poetry, Drollery

Subjects:

Instruments


    Concerns an Irish baronet who had 'a fam'd telescope in his possession', and foolishly claimed that it was so powerful it could help him hear the organ play in a distant church.



Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 48.

Epigram on the Late Lord Galloway Stewart, John, 7th Earl of Galloway (1736–1806) WBI
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and His Cook

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Anon

Genre:

Epigram, Poetry

Subjects:

Temperance, Medical Practitioners, Health


    States: 'Physicians, they say, once a month, do allow / A man for his health, to get drunk—as a sow'.



Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 48.

To Correspondents

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Anon

Genre:

Editorial Reply

Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners, Exploration


    States: 'H. H. C.'s anecote of Dr. Young Young, Thomas (1773–1829) DSB
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, which he thinks has never been in print, is in every jest-book. [...] Will R. S. turn to page 428 of our last volume, and he will find a full account of Capt. Parry's Parry, Sir William Edward (1790–1855) ODNB
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second voyage.'


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Anon, 'Capt. Parry's Last Voyage', Mirror of Literature, 2 (1823), 428–32


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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 53.

On the Month of January

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P T W, pseud.  [Peter T Westcott] Westcott, Peter Thomas (1782/3–1845) Gentleman's Magazine, n.s. 23 (1845), 328
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Timbs, John 1871.'My Autobiography: Incidental Notes and Personal Recollections', Leisure Hour (1871), 20–23, 85–88, 181–84, 212–15, 266–69, 293–95, 347–51, 394–98, 420–24, 469–72, 500–03, 596–600, 612–15, 644–48, 685–88, 692–96, 730–33, and 794–99
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Natural History, Climatology, Agriculture

Publications cited:

Ray 1670 Ray, John 1670. A Collection of English Proverbs Digested into a Convenient Method for the Speedy Finding Any One upon Occasion; with Short Annotations. Whereunto are Added Local Proverbs with their Explications, Old Proverbial Rhythmes, Less Known or Exotick Proverbial Sentences, and Scottish Proverbs, Cambridge: W. Morden
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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 53–54.

The Shortest Day

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M T T, M
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Genre:

Letter

Subjects:

Astronomy, Time, Periodicals


    Asks for an explanation of why the almanacs for the present year give the shortest day on 22 rather than 21 December.



Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 54.

The Tread Mill

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

[Robertson and Byerley] 1823–24 [Robertson, Joseph Clinton] and [Byerley, Thomas] 1823–24. London; or, Interesting Memorials of its Rise, Progress and Present State, 3 vols, The Percy Histories; or, Interesting Memorials of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of all the Capitals of Europe, [1], London: T. Boys
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Subjects:

Crime, Machinery, Invention

People mentioned:

John C Hippisley Hippisley, Sir John Coxe, 1st Baronet (1745/6–1825) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 59–60.

Beards and Barbers  [2/2]

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P T W, pseud.  [Peter T Westcott] Westcott, Peter Thomas (1782/3–1845) Gentleman's Magazine, n.s. 23 (1845), 328
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Timbs, John 1871.'My Autobiography: Incidental Notes and Personal Recollections', Leisure Hour (1871), 20–23, 85–88, 181–84, 212–15, 266–69, 293–95, 347–51, 394–98, 420–24, 469–72, 500–03, 596–600, 612–15, 644–48, 685–88, 692–96, 730–33, and 794–99
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Genre:

Essay, Serial



[1] Barbers

Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Dissection, Display


    Gives an account of the role of barber surgeons in letting blood, and of the history of the Company of Barber Surgeons Worshipful Company of Barber Surgeons
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and the Royal College of Surgeons Royal College of Surgeons
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.



[2] Hair Cutting

Subjects:

Anatomy, Microscopy



Section: Useful Domestic Hints

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 63.

Cheap and Wholesome Beverage

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Health, Nutrition, Machinery

People mentioned:

Friedrich Hoffmann Hoffmann, Friedrich (1660–1762) DSB
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    On the health benefits of drinking water.



Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 63.

Preventative of Rust

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Industrial Chemistry


Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 64.

Theatrical Fires

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Rover Rover
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Genre:

Letter

Subjects:

Chemistry, Amusement, Periodicals


    Asks for instructions as to how to make 'the red and blue Fires used in conflagrations at theatres', having previously seen them given in newspapers and forgotten which.



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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 66–67.

Physiognomy. A Translation from the German, by the Late B. Thompson, Esq. Thompson, B, Esq. (d. before 1824) ML1/3/68/1
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Anon

Genre:

Extract—Introduction; Anecdote

Subjects:

Physiognomy, Error


    Presents an anecodote of a virtuous individual with a 'forbidding countenance', asserting that it is 'such a pointed exception to the rules laid down for this science by Lavater Lavater, Johann Kaspar (1741–1801) CBD
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, as at once to render every rule doubtful' (66).



Section: Miscellanies

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 78.

Fruits, &c. First Brought to England

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Horticulture, Acclimatization


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 78–79.

Geneva

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Botany, Lecturing, Illustration, Gender, Amateurism, Cultural Geography


    Notes that a 'simplicity, solidity, and a preference of domestic enjoyments over all others' is characteristic of Geneva, especially since the French Revolution. Relates an anecdote of Augustin P de Candolle Candolle, Augustin-Pyramus de (1778–1841) DSB
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, who borrowed a collection of American plants from a Spanish botanist and used them in his lectures. When they were unexpectedly needing to be returned, the entire collection was drawn and coloured in a week by '114 female artists', exhibiting the universal taste in the city for the arts and knowledge. (78)



Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 80.

To Correspondents

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Anon

Genre:

Editorial Reply

Subjects:

Astronomy, Time, Periodicals, Error


    'Sam Felix Felix, Sam (fl. 1824) ML1/3/68/4
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, in reply to a letter in the Mirror Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction (1822–47) Mirror Monthly Magazine (1847–49) Waterloo Directory
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, observes, that "if the Printer of the Almanack has made the 22d day of December the shortest day, he has committed an error"'.


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M T, 'The Shortest Day', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 53–54


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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 87–88.

The New Street

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C D D, C
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Engineering, Progress

People mentioned:

John Nash, Nash, John (1752–1835) ODNB
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George L Taylor, Taylor, George Ledwell (1788–1873) ODNB
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Edward Cresy Cresy, Edward (1792–1858) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 99.

On the Month of February

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P T W, pseud.  [Peter T Westcott] Westcott, Peter Thomas (1782/3–1845) Gentleman's Magazine, n.s. 23 (1845), 328
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Timbs, John 1871.'My Autobiography: Incidental Notes and Personal Recollections', Leisure Hour (1871), 20–23, 85–88, 181–84, 212–15, 266–69, 293–95, 347–51, 394–98, 420–24, 469–72, 500–03, 596–600, 612–15, 644–48, 685–88, 692–96, 730–33, and 794–99
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Natural History, Meteorology

People mentioned:

John Aikin Aikin, John (1747–1822) ODNB
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Publications cited:

Ray 1670 Ray, John 1670. A Collection of English Proverbs Digested into a Convenient Method for the Speedy Finding Any One upon Occasion; with Short Annotations. Whereunto are Added Local Proverbs with their Explications, Old Proverbial Rhythmes, Less Known or Exotick Proverbial Sentences, and Scottish Proverbs, Cambridge: W. Morden
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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 103–04.

Corpulence

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Essay

Publications extracted:

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

Health, Physiology, Nutrition, Disease, Ancient Authorities

People mentioned:

François Quesnay, Quesnay, François (1694–1774) CBD
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Hippocrates of Cos, Hippocrates of Cos (460–370 BC) DSB
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Aulus C Celsus, Celsus, Aulus Cornelius (fl. c. 25) DSB
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Santorio Santorio, Santorio, Santorio (Sanctorius) (1561–1636) DSB
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Hermann Boerhaave, Boerhaave, Hermann (1668–1738) DSB
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Albrecht von Haller Haller, Albrecht von (Victor Albrecht von) (1708–77) DSB
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Section: Miscellanies

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 111.

Red and Green Fire

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Clavis Clavis
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Genre:

Instructions

Subjects:

Chemistry


    Responds to a request for information in an earlier article.


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Rover, 'Theatrical Fires', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 64


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 111.

Blue Fire

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An Old Subscriber Old Subscriber, An
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Genre:

Instructions

Subjects:

Chemistry


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Rover, 'Theatrical Fires', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 64


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 111–12.

The Probabilities of human Life

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Genre:

Miscellaneous, Table

Subjects:

Statistics, Death

People mentioned:

Jean P E Dupré de Saint-Maur, Dupré de Saint-Maur, Jean Pierre Emile (1772–1854) WBI
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Antoine de Parcieux Parcieux, Antoine de (1753–99) WBI
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Section: The Selector; or, Choice Extracts from New Works

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 118–20.

English Martyrs

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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Southey 1824 Southey, Robert 1824. The Book of the Church, 2 vols, London: John Murray
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Subjects:

Miracles, Physiology


    Describes one martyr who felt no pain as his body was burned, and notes that this does not require a miraculous explanation: 'Nature is more merciful to us than man to man; this was a case in which excess of pain had destroyed the power of suffering; no other bodily feeling was left but that of ease after torture' (119).



Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 122–23.

The Sketch Book. No. XVIII. The Public House

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Genre:

Regular Feature, Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Botany, Naturalists, Amusement


    Claims that one of the 'enemies' of the declining public house is 'the enthusiast, who worships nature on Primrose-hill [then on the outskirts of London]'. Observes that 'They who study botany on their leads, or rusticate at Camberwell, consider a public-house as the seat of vice and ignorance'. (122)



Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 124–25.

Sneezing

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Extract, Essay

Publications extracted:

New Monthly Magazine New Monthly Magazine (1814–81) New Monthly (1882–84) Waterloo Directory
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Physiology, Ancient Authorities

People mentioned:

Aristotle Aristotle (384–322 BC) DSB
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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 125–27.

Punning

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Beta Beta
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Essay

Subjects:

Aeronautics


    Reports of a punster: 'on seeing a man who went up with Mr. Green Green, Charles (1785–1870) ODNB
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in his balloon, fall down, he pronounced him a descendant of that famous Aeronaut'.



Section: Useful Domestic Hints

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 127.

Substitute for Hops

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F S S, F
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Instructions

Subjects:

Domestic Economy


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 127.

Receipt for a Cough

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Anon

Genre:

Recipe

Subjects:

Pharmaceuticals


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 127.

[Error in Prescribing Camphor]

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A Constant Reader Constant Reader, A
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Rejoinder, Instructions

Subjects:

Pharmaceuticals, Error

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Anon, 'In Case of Danger Arising from Having Drank Water When Warm', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 15


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 127–28.

Russian Mode of Making Butter

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Agricola Agricola
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Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Domestic Economy, Invention, Patents, Microbiology


    Begins: 'Observing in a monthly scientific journal, an article on the subject of making butter in winter, I beg leave to furnish a few particulars on that subject, as practised in Russia'. Describes a process recently invented by 'a Russian nobleman', which involves simmering the milk for fifteen minutes. (127) Comments that the milk 'is possessed of almost the same value for ordinary purposes, and by some was considered more healthy, as they supposed the boiling or scalding to destroy whetever animalculae it may have contained' (128).



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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 131–32.

The Good Woman

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F R—y R—y, F
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Gender, Disability


    Discusses the origins of the sign often seen at oil shops depicting a headless woman. In passing, mentions a well attested case, reported to the Royal Society Royal Society of London
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in 1707, of a woman without a tongue who could nonetheless speak well.



Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 132–33.

Theatrical Fire

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A Chemical Student Chemical Student, A
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Rejoinder, Instructions

Subjects:

Chemistry, Accidents

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Clavis, 'Red and Green Fire', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 111


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 135–36.

Leap Year

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Anon

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Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Astronomy, Time, Government

People mentioned:

Julius Caesar, Caesar, Julius (Gaius Julius) (100–44 BC) ODNB
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Pope Gregory XIII Gregory XIII, Ugo Buoncompagni, Pope (1502–85) CBD
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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 136.

Signs of Rain; An Excuse for Not Accepting the Invitation of a Friend to Make an Excursion with Him. An Original Poem, by the Late Dr. Jenner Jenner, Edward (1749–1823) DSB
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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Poetry

Publications extracted:

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

Meteorology, Prognostication, Scientific Practitioners


Section: Miscellanies

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 143.

The Dandies

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Genre:

Poetry, Drollery

Subjects:

Exploration


    Asks in regard to the male dandy: 'Whence has that mockery of man been ship't? / Have Ross Ross, Sir John (1777–1856) ODNB
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or Parry Parry, Sir William Edward (1790–1855) ODNB
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brought him to console / The Quidnuncs for the passage to the Pole? / While on her iceberg howls some Greenland squaw / Robb'd of her pretty monster—till next thaw?'.



Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 143–44.

Historical Account of Lambeth Church St Mary's Church, Lambeth
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G L I I, G L
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Naturalists, Collecting, Botany, Horticulture, Patronage, Travel, Museums

People mentioned:

John Tradescant the elder, Tradescant, John, the elder (c. 1570–1638) DSB
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John Tradescant the younger, Tradescant, John, the younger (1608–62) DSB
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King Charles I, Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland (1600–49) ODNB
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Elias Ashmole Ashmole, Elias (1617–92) ODNB
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Institutions mentioned:

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 147–50.

Instructions for the Deaf and Dumb

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A Friend to the Unfortunate Friend to the Unfortunate, A
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Essay

Subjects:

Disability, Education, Encyclopaedias

People mentioned:

Charles M de l'Epée, Epée, Charles Michel, abbé de l' (1712–89) CBD
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Roch A C Sicard, Sicard, Roch Ambroise Cucurron (1742–1822) WBI
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Joseph Watson Watson, Joseph (1764/5–1829) ODNB
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    Defends Charles M De L'Epée's reputation against the supposed injustice done to it by his pupil Roch A C Sicard and others.


See also:

Anon A Friend to the Unfortunate, 'Manual Alphabet for the Deaf and Dumb', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 161–62


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 150–51.

Apophthegms, Maxims, &c.

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T Brown Brown, T (fl. 1824) ML1/3/73/2
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Genre:

Epigram, List

Subjects:

Progress, Discovery


    'Philosophers assert, that nature is unlimited in her operations; that she has inexhaustible treasures in reserve; that knowledge will always be progressive; and that all future generations will continue to make discoveries, of which we have not the least idea' (151).



Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 151.

Of Ears, Ear-Rings, and Ear-Picks

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P T W, pseud.  [Peter T Westcott] Westcott, Peter Thomas (1782/3–1845) Gentleman's Magazine, n.s. 23 (1845), 328
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Timbs, John 1871.'My Autobiography: Incidental Notes and Personal Recollections', Leisure Hour (1871), 20–23, 85–88, 181–84, 212–15, 266–69, 293–95, 347–51, 394–98, 420–24, 469–72, 500–03, 596–600, 612–15, 644–48, 685–88, 692–96, 730–33, and 794–99
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Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Disability


    Reports: 'Several naturalists and physicians have held, that cutting off the ear rendered persons barren and unprolific'. Relates Hans Sloane's Sloane, Sir Hans (1660–1753) DSB
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findings, published in the Philosophical Transactions Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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, concerning the role of ear-picks in causing deafness.



Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 153.

The Comet

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Alpheus Alpheus
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Poetry, Drollery

Subjects:

Astronomy, Gender


    Chiefly concerns the supposed effects of the comet. The final two stanzas relate to the reactions of a maiden to the comet: 'How clear, how bright, I see it move, / 'Tis more than I'd expected, / Yon radiant star? that's Venus, love, / Your own fair self reflected'.



Section: Miscellanies

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 158.

Stoop! Stoop!

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Anon

Genre:

Anecdote

Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners

People mentioned:

Benjamin Franklin, Franklin, Benjamin (1706–90) DSB
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Cotton Mather Mather, Cotton (1663–1723) CBD
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Section: Useful Domestic Hints

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 159.

Indelible, or Permanent Ink

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Anon

Genre:

Instructions

Subjects:

Domestic Economy, Chemistry


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 159.

Recipe for Sinking Spirits

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Anon

Genre:

Instructions

Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Pharmaceuticals


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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 161–62.

Manual Alphabet for the Deaf and Dumb

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A Friend to the Unfortunate U Friend to the Unfortunate, A
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Introduction / Letter

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wdct.

Subjects:

Disability, Education

People mentioned:

John Wallis Wallis, John (1616–1703) DSB
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See also:

A Friend to the Unfortunate, 'Instructions for the Deaf and Dumb', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 147–50


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 163–64.

Lithography

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X Z Z, X
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Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Technology, Invention

People mentioned:

Alois Senefelder Senefelder, Alois (also known as Johann Aloys Sennefelder) (1771–1834) WBI
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    Begins: 'The great progress which this art is making in this country, and the curiosity it has excited, has induced me to lay the above sketch for your inspection, hoping you will give it room in your valuable miscellany as soon as possible' (164).



Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 164–65.

Indian Customs

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Historicus, Bermondsey Historicus (of Bermondsey)
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Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Ethnography


Section: Miscellanies

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 175–76.

Parental Affection

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Anon

Genre:

Introduction; Extract, Anecdote

Publications extracted:

Phipps 1774 Phipps, Constantine John 1774. The Journal of a Voyage Undertaken by Order of His Present Majesty, for Making Discoveries Towards the North Pole, by the Hon. Commodore Phipps and Captain Lutwidge, in His Majesty's Sloops Racehorse and Carcase: To Which is Prefixed an Account of the Several Voyages Undertaken for the Discovery of a North-East Passage to China and Japan, London: F. Newbery
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Subjects:

Exploration, Natural History, Hunting, Animal Behaviour


Section: Useful Domestic Hints

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 176.

Remedy for Deafness

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Anon

Genre:

Instructions

Subjects:

Disability, Medical Treatment, Pharmaceuticals


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 176.

[Cure for a Stomach-Cough]

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Anon

Genre:

Instructions

Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Pharmaceuticals


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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 181–82.

Dervishes

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Genre:

Extract, Travelogue

Publications extracted:

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

Ethnography, Religion


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 182–83.

Fast of Ramadan—Turkish Mosques

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Genre:

Extract, Travelogue

Publications extracted:

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

Ethnography, Religion


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 183.

Turkish Women

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Genre:

Extract, Travelogue

Publications extracted:

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

Ethnography


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 183.

Opium Eaters

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Travelogue

Publications extracted:

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

Ethnography


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 186–87.

Scientific Amusements. No. I. Arithmetical Instruments

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Genre:

Regular Feature, Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Mathematics, Amusement, Instruments, Machinery, Invention

People mentioned:

Plato, Plato (428–348/7 BC) DSB
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Samuel Morland, Morland, Sir Samuel, 1st Baronet (1625–95) DSB
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Humphrey Adamson, Adamson, Humphrey (fl. 1668–76) Clifton 1993
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Charles Stanhope (3rd Earl Stanhope) Stanhope, Charles, 3rd Earl Stanhope (1753–1816) ODNB
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Publications cited:

Morland 1673 Morland, Samuel 1673. The Description and Use of Two Arithmetick Instruments: Together with a Short Treatise, Explaining and Demonstrating the Ordinary Operations of Arithmetick; As Likewise, a Perpetual Almanack, and Several Useful Tables, London: M. Pitt
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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 194–95.

The Invention and Progress of Printing

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D K L L, D K
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Invention, Machinery, Progress

People mentioned:

Laurens J Coster, Coster, Laurens Jansz (c. 1370–1439) WBI
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William Caxton Caxton, William ([1415–22]–1492) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 195–97.

Instructions for the Deaf and Dumb

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A Friend to the Unfortunate U Friend to the Unfortunate, A
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Genre:

Introduction; Extract, Instructions / Letter

Publications extracted:

John Wallis Wallis, John (1616–1703) DSB
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Subjects:

Disability, Education, Schools

Institutions mentioned:

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

Millar ed. 1827, Millar, James, ed. 1827. Encyclopædia Edinensis; or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature, Including All the Modern Improvements to the Present Time, 6 vols, Edinburgh: John Anderson, Jun.; London: Cowie, Low, & Co; York: Richard Burdekin; and Dublin: William Curry, Jun. & Co.
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Quarterly Review Quarterly Review (1809–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Arrowsmith 1819 Arrowsmith, John Pauncefort 1819. The Art of Instructing the Infant Deaf and Dumb; To which is Annexed The Method of Educating Mutes of a More Mature Age, Which Has Been Practised With So Much Success on the Continent by the Abbé de l'Epée, London: Taylor and Hessey
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See also:

A Friend to the Unfortunate, 'Instructions for the Deaf and Dumb', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 147–50, Anon A Friend to the Unfortunate, 'Manual Alphabet for the Deaf and Dumb', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 161–62


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 199–201.

On Church Bells

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Genre:

Miscellaneous; Table

Subjects:

Instrument Makers, Music


    Observes: 'In England the practice of ringing is reduced to a science, and peals have been composed which bear the names of the inventors. Some of the most celebrated peals (tunes) now known were composed upwards of fifty years ago by one Patrick Patrick, John (fl. 1686–1722) Clifton 1993
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: this man was a maker of barometers; in his advertisements he styled himself Toricellion operator, from Torricelli Torricelli, Evangelista (1608–47) DSB
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, who invented instruments of this kind' (200).



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

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 203–04.

Tribes of the Caucasus

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Freygang 1823 Freygang, Friederike von 1823. Letters from the Caucasus and Georgia: to which Are Added, the Account of a Journey into Persia in 1812, and an Abridged History of Persia Since the Time of Nadir Shah, Translanted from the French, and Illustrated with Maps and Engraving London: John Murray
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Subjects:

Ethnography


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 208.

To Correspondents

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Anon

Genre:

Editorial Reply

Subjects:

Natural History


    'The Marble Ponds of Persia and the Cascade in Buckinghamshire, "copied from a MS. collection", appear in the same juxtaposition in the "Cabinet of Curiosities" Taylor, Joseph 1807. A Cabinet of Curiosities; or, Repository of Entertainment. Being a Selection of Extraordinary Legends, Original and Singularly Curious Letters, Whimiscal Inscriptions, Ludicrous Bills, Authentic and Remarkable Anecdotes, Brilliant Bon Mots, Ingenious Calculations, Witty Petitions, and a Variety of Other Eccentric Matter [...], London: Lackington, Allen & Co.
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, as did the article on the Fecundity of Fish, sent by the same correspondent.--O! fie Jacobus'. Jacobus
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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 209–10.

The Celebrated Clock of Strasburg

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Subjects:

Instruments, Time, Astronomy

People mentioned:

Pacificus, Pacificus (Archdeacon of Verona) (d. 846) ML1/3/77/1
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Christiaan Huygens, Huygens, Christiaan (1629–95) DSB
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Cunradus Dasypodius, Dasypodius, Cunradus (c. 1530–1600) DSB
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David Wolkenstein Wolkenstein, David (1534–92) WBI
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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 211.

Origin of Chess

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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Mathematics


    Attributes the origin of chess to a Brahmin, Sissa, who designed it to teach an arrogant Indian prince the dependence of kings on their subjects. Relates that, when offered his choice of reward, the Brahmin suggested a rate of recompense which exploited the surprising rate of exponential increase to produce a fortune, using the subterfuge to demonstrate the importance of being on guard.



Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 212–13.

On the Revivification of Animals

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Lislett Liolett
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Natural History, Physiology, Collecting


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 216–17.

Scientific Amusements. No. II

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Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Instructions



[1] A Lamp Without Flame

Subjects:

Chemistry, Discovery, Technology, Invention, Light

People mentioned:

Humphry Davy, Davy, Sir Humphry, Baronet (1778–1829) DSB ODNB
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Thomas Gill Gill, Thomas (fl. 1803–18) RSCSP
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[2] To Render Bodies Luminous in the Dark, So as to Give a Sufficient Light to Show the Hour on the Dial of a Watch, at Night

Subjects:

Chemistry, Domestic Economy


[3] Easy Method of Breaking Glass in Any Required Direction

Subjects:

Chemistry, Heat, Domestic Economy


[4] To Set a Combustible Body on Fire by the Contact of Cold Water

Subjects:

Chemistry


[5] Vivid Combustion of Three Metals When Brought into Contact with Each Other

Subjects:

Chemistry


[6] Illustration of the Production of Gas-Lights

Subjects:

Gas Chemistry



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

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 217–20.

Captain Parry's Journal

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Anon

Genre:

Introduction; Extract, Travelogue

Publications extracted:

Parry 1824 Parry, William Edward 1824. Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-west Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific: Performed in the Years 1821-22-23, in His Majesty's Ships Fury and Hecla Under the Orders of Captain William Edward Parry, London: John Murray
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[1] The Esquimaux of the Savage Islands

Subjects:

Exploration, Ethnography, Morality

Institutions mentioned:

HMS Hecla HMS Hecla
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[2] Seal Hunters and Seal Eaters

Subjects:

Exploration, Ethnography, Hunting, Instruments


[3] Esquimaux Female, Iligliuk

Subjects:

Exploration, Ethnography, Mapping, Gender


See also:

Anon Anon Anon Anon Anon Anon Anon Anon, 'Supplementary Number Chart of the Discoveries, of Capts. Parry, Ross & Franklin, from 1818 to 1823 History of North Polar Expeditions Early Voyages Towards the North Pole Capt. Phipps' Voyage Capt. Ross's Voyage Capt. Parry's First Voyage Captain Franklin's Expedition Capt. Parry's Last Voyage', Mirror of Literature Mirror of Literature Mirror of Literature Mirror of Literature Mirror of Literature Mirror of Literature Mirror of Literature Mirror of Literature, 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 (1823) (1823) (1823) (1823) (1823) (1823) (1823) (1823), facing 417 417 417–19 419–20 420–21 422–26 426–28 428–32


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 221–22.

Sagacity of Wolves

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Genre:

Extract, Travelogue

Publications extracted:

Franklin 1823 Franklin, John 1823. Narrative of a Journey to the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819–20–21–22, London: J. Murray
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Subjects:

Exploration, Animal Behaviour

People mentioned:

John Richardson Richardson, Sir John (1787–1865) ODNB
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Section: Useful Domestic Hints

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 223.

Remedy for the Gout

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Genre:

Recipe

Subjects:

Pharmaceuticals, Medical Treatment


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 223–24.

On Making Butter

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A Native of Devonshire Native of Devonshire, A
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Genre:

Rejoinder

Subjects:

Domestic Economy

See also:

Agricola, 'Russian Mode of Making Butter', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 127–28


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 224.

Cure for Deafness

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Anon

Genre:

Instructions

Subjects:

Medical Treatment


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 224.

Effectual Method of Curing the Stings of Bees and Wasps

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I J L L, I J
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Genre:

Instructions

Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Pharmaceuticals


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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 228–29.

The Introduction of the Use of Silks

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S S
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Machinery, Invention, Manufactures, Museums

People mentioned:

Thomas Lombe Lombe, Sir Thomas (1685–1739) ODNB
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Institutions mentioned:

Tower of London Tower of London
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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 229–30.

Geographical Garden

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Anon

Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Government, Botanical Gardens, Physical Geography, Education, Utility

People mentioned:

Gerardus Mercator Mercator, Gerardus (or Gerhard Kremer) (1512–94) DSB
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    Reports: 'A NOVEL proposition has been made to the American Congress Congress, United States
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, in a memorial of Ira Hill Hill, Ira (fl. 1824) ML1/3/78/2
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, of Baltimore, for a grant of ten acres of land and ten thousand dollars capital, to enable him to construct in the city of Washington a geographical garden'.



Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 230.

Loss of the Abeona Abeona, ship
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Transport

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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Accidents, Gas Chemistry, Technology


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 231.

Select Biography. No. VI. Constantia Grierson Grierson (née Crawley), Constantia (1704/5–32) ODNB
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Genre:

Regular Feature, Biography

Subjects:

Gender, Class, Education, Mathematics, Medical Practitioners, Genius, Endeavour

People mentioned:

Laetitia Pilkington Pilkington (née van Lewen), Laetitia (c. 1709–50) ODNB
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Section: The Selector; or, Choice Extracts from New Works

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 232–34.

Anecdotes of the British Navy Royal Navy
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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Brenton 1823–25 Brenton, Edward Pelham 1823–25. The Naval History of Great Britain, From the Year MDCCLXXXIII to MDCCCXXII, 5 vols, London: C. Rice
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[1] Death of Nelson Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson (1758–1805) ODNB
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Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Death, Heroism

People mentioned:

William Beatty Beatty, Sir William (d. 1842) ODNB
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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 238.

Catch from the German

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Subjects:

Astronomy


    Asserts that Jean D Cassini Cassini, Jean Dominique (Cassini IV) (1748–1845) DSB
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cannot find new stars because he does not drink wine. The narrator of the poem finds that, after he drinks, he sees new stars and also sees old ones double.



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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 242.

Nugæ Canoræ

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Bardulus Bardulus
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Letter; Poetry, Drollery

Subjects:

Cruelty, Government

People mentioned:

Richard Martin Martin, Richard ('Humanity') (1754–1834) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 243–44.

On Negroes and the Slave Trade

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P T W, pseud.  [Peter T Westcott] Westcott, Peter Thomas (1782/3–1845) Gentleman's Magazine, n.s. 23 (1845), 328
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Timbs, John 1871.'My Autobiography: Incidental Notes and Personal Recollections', Leisure Hour (1871), 20–23, 85–88, 181–84, 212–15, 266–69, 293–95, 347–51, 394–98, 420–24, 469–72, 500–03, 596–600, 612–15, 644–48, 685–88, 692–96, 730–33, and 794–99
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Genre:

Essay

Subjects:

Race, Ethnology, Scientific Practitioners, Mathematics, Societies, Universities

People mentioned:

Jean B Lislet-Geoffroy, Lislet-Geoffroy, Jean Baptiste (1755–1836) WBI
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Thomas Fuller, Fuller, Thomas (1710–90) Mathematicians of the African Diaspora
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Jacobus E J Capitein, Capitein, Jacobus Eliza Joannes (1717–45) WBI
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Anton W Amo, Amo, Anton Wilhelm (1703–53) WBI
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Johann F Blumenbach, Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich (1752–1840) DSB
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Mungo Park, Park, Mungo (1771–1806) ODNB
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John Barrow Barrow, Sir John, 1st Baronet (1764–1848) ODNB
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    Begins: 'WHATEVER (says an eminent writer) may be the general character and disposition of the negroes in their own country, they are influenced in a considerable degree, as we may naturally imagine, by their condition in a state of slavery, a circumstance that soon effaces the native, original impression, which distinguishes one nation from another in negroes new imported, and creates a similitude of manners, and an uniformity of character throughout the whole body'. Discusses the characteristics of black Africans in Africa and in slavery. Provides examples which demonstrate the 'capacity of the negroes for the mathematical and physical sciences' and other branches of European learning. (243) Celebrates the abolition of the slave trade by the British Parliament Houses of Parliament
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.



Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 245.

Morocco Etiquette

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Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Ethnography


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 246.

The Month of April

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P T W, pseud.  [Peter T Westcott] Westcott, Peter Thomas (1782/3–1845) Gentleman's Magazine, n.s. 23 (1845), 328
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Timbs, John 1871.'My Autobiography: Incidental Notes and Personal Recollections', Leisure Hour (1871), 20–23, 85–88, 181–84, 212–15, 266–69, 293–95, 347–51, 394–98, 420–24, 469–72, 500–03, 596–600, 612–15, 644–48, 685–88, 692–96, 730–33, and 794–99
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Natural History, Meteorology, Prognostication

People mentioned:

John Aikin Aikin, John (1747–1822) ODNB
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Section: The Selector; or, Choice Extracts from New Works

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 248–49.

The Royal Exchange Royal Exchange
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.—A Well-Known Lady

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Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Anon 1824 Anon. 1824. Aureus; or, The Life and Opinions of a Sovereign. Written by Himself, London: G. Wightman
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Subjects:

Commerce, Invention, Medical Practitioners


    Describes the 'placards and advertisements of all descriptions' around the interior of the piazza, including those for a fire escape and a life preserver. Observes: 'Here is a facetius nota bene from Van Butchel Van Butchell, Mr, the younger (fl. 1824) ML1/3/79a/5
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the younger, and there a modest notification from the knight of the Medical Board'. (248)



Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 249.

Scylla

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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Smyth 1824 Smyth, William Henry 1824. Memoir Descriptive of the Resources, Inhabitants, and Hydrography, of Sicily and its Islands, London: John Murray
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Subjects:

Hydrography, Ancient Authorities, Surgery


    Observes of Homer Homer (8th century BC) CBD
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that, while he is 'frequently dragged forth as an authority in history, theology, surgery, and geography, [he] ought, in justice, to be read only as a poet'.



Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 249.

Charybdis

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Publications extracted:

Smyth 1824 Smyth, William Henry 1824. Memoir Descriptive of the Resources, Inhabitants, and Hydrography, of Sicily and its Islands, London: John Murray
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Subjects:

Hydrography


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 249–51.

The Novelist. No. LI. The Blasted Tree

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Genre:

Regular Feature, Short Fiction

Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Dissection, Crime, Superstition


    A traveller is believed to have disappeared, and a woodman is suspected. When some bones are found in a blasted tree and identified as the parts of a human skeleton, the woodman is brought to trial. However, he is able to show that the bones had been placed there by a vengeful physician, and had 'for many years decked a corner of his study' (251).



Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 251–52.

The Sherwahray Hills in India

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Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

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

Physical geography, Mapping, Ethnography, Natural History


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 252.

Scientific Amusements. No. III

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Genre:

Regular Feature—Instructions; Extract, Instructions

Publications extracted:

[Griffin] 1823 [Griffin, John Joseph] 1823. Chemical Recreations: A Series of Amusing and Instructive Experiments [...] to which are Prefixed, First Lines of Chemistry, Glasgow: Richard Griffin & Co.
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[1] To Produce Coloured Flames, Which, in the Dark, Are Very Curiously Reflected by the Faces of the Spectators

Subjects:

Chemistry, Display


[2] A Metal Which Bursts into Flame when Thrown upon Cold Water

Subjects:

Chemistry


[3] Spoons Which Melt in Hot Water

Subjects:

Chemistry


[4] To Melt a Piece of Metal in a Nutshell

Subjects:

Chemistry


[5] To Make Cinders, or Little Wicker-Baskets, Appear as if They Were Crystallized

Subjects:

Chemistry



Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 253.

Wonderful Utility of an African Tree

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Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Botany, Manufactures


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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 257–60.

The Car of Juggernaut

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Miscellaneous

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Subjects:

Ethnography, Religion

People mentioned:

Claudius Buchanan Buchanan, Claudius (1766–1815) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 260–61.

On The Revivification of Animals

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Liolett Liolett
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Natural History, Physiology, Microbiology, Disease, Agriculture, Microscopy, Experiment, Design

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Liolett, 'On the Revivification of Animals', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 212–13


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 262–63.

The Clock and Clock-House at Strasburg

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Ed, pseud.  [Thomas Byerley] Byerley, Thomas (1789–1826) ODNB
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/ Anon

Genre:

Introduction / Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Instruments, Time, Astronomy

People mentioned:

Cunradus Dasypodius, Dasypodius, Cunradus (c. 1530–1600) DSB
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David Wolkenstein Wolkenstein, David (1534–92) WBI
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Anon, 'The Celebrated Clock of Strasburg', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 209–10


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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 274.

Nugæ Canoræ

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Bardulus Bardulus
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Genre:

Letter, Rejoinder; Poetry, Drollery

Subjects:

Cruelty, Government

People mentioned:

Richard Martin Martin, Richard ('Humanity') (1754–1834) ODNB
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Bardulus, 'Nugæ Canoræ', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 242


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 274–76.

Spring.—The Vegetable Creation

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P T W, pseud.  [Peter T Westcott] Westcott, Peter Thomas (1782/3–1845) Gentleman's Magazine, n.s. 23 (1845), 328
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Timbs, John 1871.'My Autobiography: Incidental Notes and Personal Recollections', Leisure Hour (1871), 20–23, 85–88, 181–84, 212–15, 266–69, 293–95, 347–51, 394–98, 420–24, 469–72, 500–03, 596–600, 612–15, 644–48, 685–88, 692–96, 730–33, and 794–99
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Botany, Chemistry, Experiment, Design, Plenitude

People mentioned:

Pliny, Pliny (Gaius Plinius Secundus) (c. 23–79) DSB
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Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus (or von Linné), Carl (1707–78) DSB
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Silvio Boccone Boccone, Silvio (also Paolo) (1633–1704) WBI
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Publications cited:

Byfield 1687 Byfield, Timothy 1687. A Short and Plain Account of the Late-Found Balsamick Wells at Hoxdon. And of Their Excellent Virtues above Other Mineral Waters; which Make 'Em Effectually Cure Most Diseases, both Inward and Outward. With Directions How to Use 'Em, London: Christopher Wilkinson, Thomas Fox, and John Harris
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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 277–78.

The Discovery and Use of Coals

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Mining

People mentioned:

William Chapman Chapman, William (1749–1832) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 278–79.

New and Interesting Projects

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous, Drollery

Publications extracted:

Literary Chronicle Literary Chronicle (1819–28) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Commerce, Engineering, Steam-power, Adulteration, Natural Imperialism, Geology


    In response to the commercial speculation of the age, makes suggestions for a number of spoof companies: one to convert 'our granite pavements into dust, whereby persons will be compelled to stay at home'; another for 'milking cows, docking horses, and cropping two-legged puppies, by means of a steam-engine' (278); and a third for erecting a basin on the River Thames, where the water 'may at once be converted into porter, without the unnecessary process of passing through certain buildings called breweries'. A further plan is proposed 'for blowing up and dissolving the ice in the Arctic Ocean' in order to create a small block on which a colony might be established. 'A promise has already been made to the celebrated Captain Symmes Symmes, John Cleves (1780–1829) WBI
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, not to approach within thirty feet of the opening at the pole, to the centre of the earth, which he claims as the first discoverer'. (279)



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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 279–82.

Captain Parry's Parry, Sir William Edward (1790–1855) ODNB
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Last Voyage

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W F F, W
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Genre:

Letter, Introduction; Extract, Travelogue

Publications extracted:

Parry 1824

Subjects:

Exploration, Hydrography, Zoology, Hunting, Collecting, Magnetism, Electricity, Instruments, Light, Astronomy, Observation, Botany, Ethnography, Patronage

People mentioned:

George F Lyon, Lyon, George Francis (1795–1832) ODNB
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George Fisher, Fisher, George (1794–1873) ODNB
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King George IV George IV, King of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover (1762–1830) ODNB
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Institutions mentioned:

HMS Fury, HMS Fury
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HMS Hecla HMS Hecla
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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 282–84.

Entertainments in Chili

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Travelogue

Publications extracted:

Hall 1824 Hall, Basil 1824. Extracts from a Journal: Written on the Coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico, in the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 2 vols, Edinburgh: A. Constable and Co.
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Subjects:

Vulcanology


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 284.

Scientific Amusements. No. IV

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Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Instructions



[1] The Frosted Branch

Subjects:

Chemistry


[2] Arbor Martis, or Iron Tree

Subjects:

Chemistry


[3] The Silver Tree, in a Glass Frame

Subjects:

Chemistry


[4] Luminous Bottle, or Watch Light

Subjects:

Chemistry, Light


[5] Curious Percussion Experiment

Subjects:

Mechanics



Section: Useful Domestic Hints

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 287–88.

Precautions to be Taken in a Thunder Storm

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J A C C, J A
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Genre:

Extract, Instructions

Publications extracted:

Ferguson 1770 Ferguson, James 1770. An Introduction to Electricity. In Six Sections, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell
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Subjects:

Electricty, Meteorology, Accidents


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 288.

Recipe for Burns and Scalds

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Henri Henri
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Genre:

Recipe

Subjects:

Pharmaceuticals, Medical Treatment


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 288.

To Distinguish a Solution of Epsom Salts from a Solution of Oxalic Acid

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Instructions

Publications extracted:

[Griffin] 1823 [Griffin, John Joseph] 1823. Chemical Recreations: A Series of Amusing and Instructive Experiments [...] to which are Prefixed, First Lines of Chemistry, Glasgow: Richard Griffin & Co.
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Subjects:

Chemistry, Domestic Economy


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 288.

For a Cough

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Anon

Genre:

Recipe

Subjects:

Pharmaceuticals, Medical Treatment


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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 303–04.

Proposed Chain Bridge over the Thames

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Anon

Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Engineering

People mentioned:

James Walker, Walker, James (1781–1862) ODNB
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Samuel Brown Brown, Sir Samuel (1776–1852) ODNB
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Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 304.

Sagacity of the Dog

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Vyvyan Vyvyan
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Genre:

Anecdote

Subjects:

Animal Behaviour


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 304.

A Pleasant Climate

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Anon

Genre:

Notes

Subjects:

Climatology


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 304.

Human Life Estimated by Pulsation

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Anon

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Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Physiology, Health


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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 306.

Answer of the Egyptian Mummy, to the Verses Addressed to it

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Mummius Mummius
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Genre:

Poetry, Drollery

Subjects:

Human Species, Exploration, Technology, Invention, Ancient Authorities


    The mummy observes of Homer Homer (8th century BC) CBD
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: 'One question I can fairly set at rest / He says that men were once more big and bony, / Than now—which is a falsehood at the best; / I'll just refer you to my friend, Belzoni Belzoni, Giovanni Battista (1778–1823) CBD
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, / The resurrection-man, a stately figure; / Now look at me, and tell me, am I bigger?'. Concerning the use of gas-lights in the pyramids, observes 'Aye! gas-lights! mock me not; we men of yore, / Were up to all the knowledge you can mention; / Who hath not heard of Egypt's peerless lore; / Her patient toil, acuteness of invention?'.



Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 306–07.

Tests for Oxalic Acid

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Clavis Clavis
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Genre:

Rejoinder, Instructions

Subjects:

Chemistry, Accidents, Crime, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Treatment

See also:

Anon, 'To Distinguish a Solution of Epsom Salts from a Solution of Oxalic Acid', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 288


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 308–09.

Lambeth

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R M M, R
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Genre:

Poetry

Subjects:

Naturalists, Travel, Collecting, Acclimatization, Horticulture, Disease, Epidemiology


    Observes of St Mary's Church, Lambeth St Mary's Church, Lambeth
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: 'Here sire Tradescant, John, the elder (c. 1570–1638) DSB
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and son Tradescant, John, the younger (1608–62) DSB
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—botanic Tradescants lie. / Much useful knowledge England owes to ye, / And many a beauteous flower / And useful plant to us unknown before'. A footnote to a poetic claim that superstition originated in Egypt notes that Richard Mead Mead, Richard (1673–1754) ODNB
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considered the 'filth of Cairo' to be one of the causes of the plague. (309)



Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 311–14.

The Ashantees  [1/2]Anon, 'The Ashantees', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 327–30

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Anon

Genre:

Serial—Miscellaneous; Extract

Publications extracted:

Bowdich 1819 Bowdich, T. Edward 1819. Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee, with a Statistical Account of that Kingdom, and Geographical Notices of Other Parts of the Interior of Africa, London: John Murray
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Subjects:

Ethnography, Imperialism


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 320.

To Correspondents

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Anon

Genre:

Editorial Reply

Subjects:

Periodicals, Amusement


    ' H. R. R, H
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is informed that contributions for our Scientific Amusements will be acceptable.'



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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 321–23.

Tunnel Under the River Thames

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Anon

Genre:

Reportage

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Subjects:

Engineering

People mentioned:

Ralph Dodd Dodd, Ralph (1756?-1822), (1756?–1822) ODNB
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Institutions mentioned:

Thames Tunnel Thames Tunnel
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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 325–26.

History of Arithmetic

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Jacobus Jacobus
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

History of Science, Mathematics

People mentioned:

Euclid, Euclid (fl. 295 BC) DSB
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Proclus, Proclus (410?–85) DSB
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Pythagoras of Samos, Pythagoras of Samos (c. 560–c. 480 BC) DSB
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Archimedes, Archimedes (c. 287–212 BC) DSB
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John Wallis, Wallis, John (1616–1703) DSB
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Ptolemy, Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolomaeus) (c. 100–c.170) DSB
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Maximus Planudes, Planudes, Maximus (c. 1255–1305) DSB
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Jordanus de Nemore, Jordanus de Nemore (fl. c. 1220) DSB
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Johannes Regiomontanus, Regiomontanus, Johannes (1436–76) DSB
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Simon Stevin, Stevin, Simon (1548–c. 1620) DSB
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John Napier Napier, John (1550–1617) DSB
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Institutions mentioned:

University of Oxford—Bodleian Library University of Oxford—Bodleian Library
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Publications cited:

Hutton 1795, Hutton, Charles 1795. A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary: Containing an Explanation of the Terms, and an Account of the Several Subjects, Comprized under the Heads Mathematics, Astronomy, and Philosophy both Natural and Experimental; with an Historical Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of these Sciences; also Memoirs of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Authors, Both Ancient and Modern, who by their Discoveries or Improvements Have Contributed to the Advancement of them, 2 vols, London: J. Johnson and G. G. and J. Robinson
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Barlow 1814, Barlow, Peter 1814. A New Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary: Comprising an Explanation of the Terms and Principles of Pure and Mixed Mathematics, and Such Branches of Natural Philosophy as are Susceptible of Mathematical Investigation. With Historical Sketches of the Rise, Progress and Present State of the Several Departments of these Sciences, and an Account of the Discoveries and Writings of the Most Celebrated Authors, both Ancient and Modern, London: G. and S. Robinson [etc.]
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Chambers 1728, Chambers, Ephraim 1728. Cyclopædia; or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Containing the Definitions of the Terms, and Accounts of the Things Signify'd Thereby, in the Several Arts, Both Liberal and Mechanical, and the Several Sciences, Human and Divine, 2 vols, London: James and John Knapton [and 19 others]
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Briggs 1624, Briggs, Henry 1624. Arithmetica logarithmica, sive logarithmorum chiliades triginta, pro numeris naturali serie crescentibus ab unitate ad 20,000 et a 90,000 ad 100,000. Quorum ope multa perficiuntur arithmetica problemata et geometrica. Hos numeros primus invenit clarissimus vir Iohannes Neperus baro Merchistonij. Eos autem ex eiusdem sententia mutavit, eorumque ortum et usum illustravit Henricus Briggius. Deus nobis usuream vitae dedit et ingenii, tanquam pecuniae, nulla praestituta die, London: Gulielmus Iones
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Hawkins, ed. 1678, Hawkins, John, ed. 1678. Cocker's Arithmetick: Being a Plain and Familiar Method Suitable to the Meanest Capacity for the Full Understanding of that Incomparable Art, London: T. Passinger and T. Lacy
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Wingate 1630 Wingate, Edmund. Arithmetique Made Easie: In Tvvo Bookes. The Former, of Naturall Arithmetique: Containing a Perfect Method for the True Knowledge and Practice of Arithmetique, According to the Ancient Vulgar Way, Without Dependance Vpon any Other Author for the Grounds Thereof. The Other of Artificiall Arithmetique, Discovering how to Resolve all Questions of Arithmetique by Addition and Subtraction. Together with an Appendix, Resolving Likewise by Addition and Subtraction all Questions, that Concerne Equation of Time, Interest of Money, and Valuation of Purchases, Leases, Annuities, and the Like, London: Phil. Stephens and Chr. Meredith
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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 327–30.

The Ashantees  [2/2]Anon, 'The Ashantees', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 311–14

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Anon

Genre:

Serial, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Bowdich 1819 Bowdich, T. Edward 1819. Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee, with a Statistical Account of that Kingdom, and Geographical Notices of Other Parts of the Interior of Africa, London: John Murray
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Subjects:

Ethnography, Imperialism

People mentioned:

King Osei Tutu Kwame Osei Tutu Kwame, King of Asante (1779–1823) WBI
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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 356.

Providential Care

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P T W, pseud.  [Peter T Westcott] Westcott, Peter Thomas (1782/3–1845) Gentleman's Magazine, n.s. 23 (1845), 328
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Timbs, John 1871.'My Autobiography: Incidental Notes and Personal Recollections', Leisure Hour (1871), 20–23, 85–88, 181–84, 212–15, 266–69, 293–95, 347–51, 394–98, 420–24, 469–72, 500–03, 596–600, 612–15, 644–48, 685–88, 692–96, 730–33, and 794–99
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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Mark Catesby Catesby, Mark (1683–1749) DSB
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Subjects:

Natural History, Animal Behaviour, Providence


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 356.

Emigration of the Stork

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P T W, pseud.  [Peter T Westcott] Westcott, Peter Thomas (1782/3–1845) Gentleman's Magazine, n.s. 23 (1845), 328
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Timbs, John 1871.'My Autobiography: Incidental Notes and Personal Recollections', Leisure Hour (1871), 20–23, 85–88, 181–84, 212–15, 266–69, 293–95, 347–51, 394–98, 420–24, 469–72, 500–03, 596–600, 612–15, 644–48, 685–88, 692–96, 730–33, and 794–99
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Natural History, Animal Behaviour

People mentioned:

George Shaw Shaw, George (1751–1813) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 362.

Scientific Amusements. No. V. Lightning—Aurora Borealis

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

Regular Feature, Instructions

Subjects:

Display, Chemistry, Light

Publications cited:

Wilson 1775 Wilson, Benjamin 1775. A Series of Experiments Relating to Phosphori and the Prismatic Colours they are Found to Exhibit in the Dark; Together with a Translation of Two Memoirs, from the Bologna Acts, upon the Same Subject by J. B. Beccari, London: J. Dodsley [and 4 others]
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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 362–64.

Pompeii

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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:

Vulcanology


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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 370–71.

The Tunnel Under the Thames: A Conversation between the Thames and the Medway

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W D D, W
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Genre:

Poetry, Drollery

Subjects:

Engineering, Accidents

People mentioned:

Ralph Dodd Dodd, Ralph (1756?-1822), (1756?–1822) ODNB
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    The Thames and the Medway plan to 'throw cold water' on the plans for the Thames Tunnel Thames Tunnel
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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 372–73.

Phenomena of the Atmosphere

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F R—y R—y, F
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Genre:

Introduction; Extract, Travelogue

Publications extracted:

Salt 1814, Salt, Henry 1814. A Voyage to Abyssinia, and Travels into the Interior of that Country, Executed under the Orders of the British Government, in the Years 1809 and 1810; in which are Included, an Account of the Portugese Settlements on the East Coast of Africa, Visited in the Course of the Voyage; and a Concise Narrative of Late Events in Arabia Felix. And Some Particulars Respecting the Aboriginal African Tribes, Extending from Mosambique to the Borders of Egypt; Together with Vocabularies of their Respective Languages, London: F. C. and J. Rivington
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Chandler 1775 Chandler, Richard 1775. Travels in Asia Minor; or, An Account of a Tour Made at the Expense of the Society of Dilettanti, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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Subjects:

Meteorology, Light, Astronomy, Observation, Instruments, Ancient Authorities

People mentioned:

Agatharchides of Cnidus Agatharchides of Cnidus (fl. 2nd century) WBI
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Anon, 'Fairy Castles', Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 441–42


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 374.

The Madagascar Bat

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Natural History


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 375.

Advantages of Temperance

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

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Health, Nutrition, Physiology, Temperance, Ancient Authorities, Scientific Practitioners, Endeavour, Population

People mentioned:

Pythagoras of Samos, Pythagoras of Samos (c. 560–c. 480 BC) DSB
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Isaac Newton, Newton, Sir Isaac (1642–1727) DSB
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Hermann Boerhaave, Boerhaave, Hermann (1668–1738) DSB
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Johann G Ritter von Zimmermann, Zimmermann, Johann Georg, Ritter von (1728–95) CBD
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Thomas R Malthus Malthus, Thomas Robert (1766–1834) DSB
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Section: The Selector; or, Choice Extracts from New Works

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 379–80.

Esquimaux Traffic

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Travelogue

Publications extracted:

Lyon 1824 Lyon, George Francis 1824. The Private Journal of Captain G. F. Lyon, of H.M.S. Hecla, During the Recent Voyage of Discovery Under Captain Parry, London: John Murray
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Subjects:

Exploration, Ethnography


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 380–81.

The Audience and the Visit

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Anon

Genre:

Introduction; Extract, Short Fiction

Publications extracted:

No Me Olvides No Me Olvides (1824–27) Roldán Vera 2003
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, Literary Chronicle Literary Chronicle (1819–28) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Engineering, Government, Patronage, Intellectual Property, Commerce


Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 381–82.

Great Cavern in North America

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

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

Geology, Physical Geography, Discovery


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 382.

Spurzheim Spurzheim, Johann Christoph (1776–1832) DSB
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versus Lavater Lavater, Johann Kaspar (1741–1801) CBD
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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Poetry, Drollery

Publications extracted:

R E E, R
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Monthly Magazine Monthly Magazine (1796–1843) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Phrenology, Physiognomy, Controversy

People mentioned:

Franz J Gall Gall, Franz Joseph (1758–1828) DSB
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Section: Miscellanies

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 383.

Minute Ingenuity

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P T W, pseud.  [Peter T Westcott] Westcott, Peter Thomas (1782/3–1845) Gentleman's Magazine, n.s. 23 (1845), 328
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Timbs, John 1871.'My Autobiography: Incidental Notes and Personal Recollections', Leisure Hour (1871), 20–23, 85–88, 181–84, 212–15, 266–69, 293–95, 347–51, 394–98, 420–24, 469–72, 500–03, 596–600, 612–15, 644–48, 685–88, 692–96, 730–33, and 794–99
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Manufactures, Metallurgy, Physical Chemistry

People mentioned:

René A F de Réaumur Réaumur, René-Antoine Ferchault de (1683–1757) 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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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 383–84.

Jasmine

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Anon

Genre:

Anecdote

Subjects:

Acclimatization, Horticulture


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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 388.

On Vegetable Revivification

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Liolett Liolett
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Botany, Physiology, Piety

See also:

Liolett, 'On the Revivification of Animals', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 212–13, Liolett, 'On The Revivification of Animals', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 260–61, Peter T Westcott, 'The Rose of Jericho', Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 5–6


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 388–89.

Arithmetic

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Lector Speculi Speculi, Lector
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Genre:

Rejoinder

Subjects:

Mathematics, History of Science

People mentioned:

Johannes Regiomontanus, Regiomontanus, Johannes (1436–76) DSB
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William Buckley, Buckley, William (1518/19–71) ODNB
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Simon Stevin Stevin, Simon (1548–c. 1620) DSB
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Jacobus, 'History of Arithmetic', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 325–26


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 389–90.

The Man in the Moon

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Incompru Incompru
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Genre:

Poetry, Drollery

Subjects:

Astronomy, Technology, Light, Invention, Accidents, Government


    Concerns a supposed scheme to light the moon continuously by gaslight.



Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 391–93.

Balloons

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Anon

Genre:

Introduction; Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

[Robertson] and [Byerley] 1821-23 [Robertson, Joseph Clinton] and [Byerley, Thomas] 1821–23. The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, by Sholto and Reuben Percy, Brothers of the Benedictine Monastery, Mont Benger, 20 vols, London: T. Boys
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Subjects:

Aeronautics, Commerce, Accidents, Scientific Practitioners, Physics, Gas Chemistry, Heroism, Meteorology, Utility

People mentioned:

Mr Harris, Harris, Mr (d. 1824) ML1/3/88/4, ML1/3/89/1
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George Graham, Graham, George (fl. 1823–51) Rolt 1966
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Joseph Galien, Galien, Joseph (1699–1762) WBI
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Etienne J de Montgolfier, Montgolfier, Étienne Jacques de (1745–99) DSB
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Michel J de Montgolfier, Montgolfier, Michel Joseph de (1740–1810) DSB
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Jean F Pilatre de Rozier, Pilatre de Rozier, Jean François (1754–85) DSB
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François L, Marquis d'Arlandes, Arlandes, François Laurent, marquis d' (1742–1809) WBI
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Pierre Testu-Brissy Testu-Brissy, Pierre (1770?–1829) http://www.ballong.org/peter/jesper/cia/report.php?period=02&title=Part%202,%201786-1800
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F R—y, 'On Balloons and Parachutes', Mirror of Literature, 2 (1823), 259–61


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 393–94.

Select Biography. No. X. The Marquis of Worcester Somerset, Edward, 6th Earl and 2nd Marquess of Worcester and titular Earl of Glamorgan (1601–67) ODNB
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F R—y R—y, F
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Genre:

Regular Feature, Biography

Subjects:

Invention, Steam-power, Scientific Practitioners, Genius, Patronage, Government

Publications cited:

Somerset 1663 Somerset, Edward 1663. A Century of the Names and Scantlings of Such Inventions as at Present I Can Call to Mind to Have Tried and Perfected, Which (My Former Notes Being Lost) I Have, at the Instance of a Powerful Friend, Endeavoured Now in the Year 1655 to Set These Down in Such a Way As May Sufficiently Instruct Me to Put Any of Them In Practice, etc. (An Exact and True Definition of the Most Stupendious Water-Commanding Engine, Invented by [...] Edward Somerset, Lord Marquess of Worcester, etc), London: J. Grismond
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Anon, 'The First Steam Engine', Mirror of Literature, 2 (1823), 289–90


Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 394–95.

Scientific Amusements. No. V

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Genre:

Regular Feature, Instructions, Extract

Publications extracted:

[Griffin] 1823 [Griffin, John Joseph] 1823. Chemical Recreations: A Series of Amusing and Instructive Experiments [...] to which are Prefixed, First Lines of Chemistry, Glasgow: Richard Griffin & Co.
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[1] Intoxicating Power of Nitrous Oxide Gas

Subjects:

Gas Chemistry, Physiology

People mentioned:

Josiah Wedgwood Wedgwood, Josiah (1730–95) ODNB
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[2] To Cause Water to Boil on the Surface of Ice

Subjects:

Physics


[3] A Metal which Bursts into Flame when Thrown upon Cold Water

Subjects:

Chemistry


[4] To Make Waves of Fire on the Surface of Water

Subjects:

Chemistry


[5] To Make Faces and Hands Luminous; so that, in the Dark, they Appear as if on Fire

Subjects:

Chemistry



Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 398–99.

The Ghost

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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

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

Supernaturalism, Natural Law, Medical Practitioners


    Relates how a widely believed account of a ghostly apparition arose from the negligence of a nurse, who allowed her patient to wander in a state of delerium on the night on which he died.



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Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 402–03.

On Aerial Travelling

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Janet Janet
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Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Aeronautics, Heroism, Meteorology, Accidents, Gender, Amusement, Utility, Travel, Steamships

People mentioned:

George Graham, Graham, George (fl. 1823–51) Rolt 1966
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Margaret Graham, Graham, Margaret (fl. 1836–53) Rolt 1966
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Mr Harris Harris, Mr (d. 1824) ML1/3/88/4, ML1/3/89/1
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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 411–12.

London Bridge London Bridge
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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Gentleman's Magazine Gentleman's Magazine (1731–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Engineering, Wonder


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