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Anonymous. Invention and Discovery: Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches
Invention and Discovery: Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches
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INVENTION AND DISCOVERY. CURIOUS FACTS AND ILLUSTRATIVE SKETCHES
POETIC PROPHECIES
CONSTRUCTION OF THE THAMES TUNNEL
VAST SPOT ON THE SUN
DEATH OF SIR HUMPHRY DAVY
HOMAGE TO CUVIER
FALSE ESTIMATE OF RAILWAY SPEED
THE CRAWSHAYS OF MERTHYR TYDVIL
WEIGHING MACHINE AT THE BANK OF ENGLAND
CHILDHOOD OF PASCAL
THE DISCOVERER OF GUTTA PERCHA
SIR ISAAC NEWTON'S MAGNET
COAL GAS in BALLOONS
CUVIER AND NAPOLEON
LAST MOMENTS OF LEIBNITZ
FRANKLIN'S DISCOVERIES
CARNÔT, WHEN A CHILD
SMEATON'S INDEPENDENCE
CHILDHOOD OF CUVIER
WATT'S DISCOVERY OF THE COMPOSITION. OF WATER
HOW PASCAL WEIGHED THE ATMOSPHERE
THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA.[2]
HOLDING A "CRAWS' COURT."
ALPINE PERILS
PHILOSOPHICAL ENTHUSIASM
"SHEPHERD TO THE KING OF ENGLAND FOR SCOTLAND."
TRAVELS OF VOLCANIC DUST
EARLY LIFE OF ALEXANDER BRONGNIART
SMEATON'S REPROOF OF GAMING
INVENTION OF GUN-COTTON
SIR JOSEPH BANKS'S "BALANCE."
BUCKINGHAM PALACE GATES
EARTHQUAKES IN CHILE
CUVIER IN LONDON
THE FIRST CUP OF TEA DRUNK IN ENGLAND
BENEFIT OF A WIFE TO AN AUTHOR
THE WORLD IN A DROP OF WATER
ORIGIN OF POST-PAID ENVELOPES
CHARACTER IN WORKS
BRINDLEY, THE ENGINEER
REASON FOR SILENCE
ASCENT OF THE JUNGFRAU ALP
THE STEAM-GUN IN THE FIFTEENTH. CENTURY
ANCIENT OBSERVATORY IN PERSIA
LONDON AS A PORT
FOURDRINIER'S PAPER-MAKING MACHINERY
THE COCOA-NUT CRAB
DESCARTES' WOODEN DAUGHTER
ASTRONOMICAL SHOEMAKER
DECLINE OF SCIENCE
VARIABLE CLIMATE OF TEBREEZ
STRYCHNINE A REMEDY FOR PARALYSIS
RAPID MANUFACTURE
DISCOVERIES ANTICIPATED
THE FIRST USE OF JESUIT'S BARK
NICE ROBBERY
FEMALE MATHEMATICIAN
FOURIER'S INDEPENDENCE
MECHANICAL TRIUMPHS
THE ELGIN MARBLES
RALEIGH A CHEMIST
MR. BABBAGE'S CALCULATING MACHINE
HERSCHEL'S LOVE OF MUSIC
POWER OF THE LEVER
AN ELECTRIFYING MACHINE IN PERSIA
HOW TO MEASURE THE SHOCK OF AN. EARTHQUAKE
THE DRUMMOND LIGHT
ST. PIERRE'S "PAUL AND VIRGINIA."
MYTHOLOGY OF SCIENCE
EL DORADO OF SIR WALTER RALEIGH
AMBER, A SOURCE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
ANTIQUITY OF LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS
HOW THE DEAF MAY HEAR
DRYING WOOD FOR VIOLINS
COLUMBUS'S OWN SHIP JOURNAL
EARLY INCITEMENTS TO A SCIENTIFIC STUDY. OF NATURE
THE RIGHTS OF WHITEBAIT
CATCHING ELECTRIC EELS
SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL'S FIRST TELESCOPE
WONDERS OF AUSTRALIA
VICISSITUDES OF MINING
TROPICAL DELIGHTS
INVENTION OF THE DIVING-BELL
EXPERIMENTS WITH AN ELECTRIC EEL
TALENT AND OPPORTUNITY
TRAVELLING IN THE HIMALEH MOUNTAINS
GOLD IN SIBERIA
COMBINATIONS OF THE KALEIDOSCOPE
"THE MEANS TO THE END."
INDIA RUBBER, A CENTURY AND A HALF. SINCE
BALLOON VOYAGE FROM LONDON TO NASSAU
ANTIQUITY OF REFINED SUGAR
CLEARNESS OF THE SKY AT THE CAPE OF. GOOD HOPE
INTRODUCTION OF THE POTATO
FARADAY, AS A LECTURER
THE RAILWAY SYSTEM SUGGESTED
LORD BROUGHAM'S BLUNDERS
WHO FIRST DOUBLED THE CAPE OF GOOD. HOPE?
THE FIRST KALEIDOSCOPE
FERGUSON AND HIS WIFE
A DESCENT IN A DIVING-BELL
SIR HUMPHRY DAVY AN ANGLER
MISS CAROLINE LUCRETIA HERSCHEL
TYCHO BRAHE'S CREDULITY
INVENTION OF THE TELESCOPE, AND EARLY DISCOVERIES WITH IT
IDENTITY OF BLACK AND GREEN TEA
PROTECTION BY RUST
THE LION EATEN AS FOOD
THE MOON SEEN THROUGH LORD ROSSE'S. TELESCOPE
LONGEVITY OF THE BEETLE
TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN
THE DIVING-BELL
RATE OF BALLOON TRAVELLING
SAFE DESCENT IN A PARACHUTE
"FOSSIL RAIN."
MELTING OF A WATCH BY LIGHTNING
THE INDIAN JUGGLERS' SECRET
THE ART OF STEREOTYPE
"RAINING TREES."
THE INVISIBLE DISPATCH
TAME HYÆNA
NOVEL TRAVELLING CARRIAGE
ENEMIES OF THE OSTRICH
FIRE-PROOF HOUSE ON PUTNEY HEATH
THE LAST OF THE ALCHEMISTS
CELEBRATED DIAMONDS
DR. DEE, THE NECROMANCER
VOYAGE OF MANUFACTURE
SIR DAVID BREWSTER'S KALEIDOSCOPE
LORD ROSSE'S LEVIATHAN TELESCOPE
ORIGIN OF REFLECTING LIGHTHOUSES
WASTE OF HUMAN LIFE
LIFTING HEAVY PERSONS
ORIGIN OF THE SOCIETY OF ARTS
VAST MIRRORS
TRANSPORTATION OF THE COFFEE-TREE
ARKWRIGHT'S SPINNING FRAME
SPINNING FEATS
MARVELS OF THE ALCHEMISTS
INVENTION OF THE HAND GEAR
POKER ACROSS THE FIRE
THE ARTESIAN WELL OF GRENELLE, AT PARIS
"WET THE ROPES."
THE DEATH OF DR. BLACK
ORIGIN OF THE TELEGRAPH
NECESSITY THE MOTHER OF INVENTION
A "DRY-MAKING" IN HOLLAND
A SCIENTIFIC PILGRIM
THE BURNING MIRRORS OF ARCHIMEDES
MAGNETIC CORRESPONDENCE IN THE. SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
NAVIGATION BEFORE THE COMPASS
SEMAPHORE v. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH
A WRENCH TO OLD ST. PAUL'S
SNOW SPECTACLES
A SELF-TAUGHT MECHANIST
THE AMSTERDAM PILE
THE PERILS OF EXPERIMENT
THE SIBERIAN MAMMOTH REMAINS
VELOCITY OF ELECTRICITY
MONOCHROMATIC PAINTING
THE MARINER'S COMPASS
THE DISCOVERY OF LITHOGRAPHY
