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| Alchemists, The Last of the | 110 |
| Alpine Perils—Professor Forbes on | 30 |
| Amber an Article of International Trade | 66 |
| Amsterdam Pile, The | 150 |
| Antiquity of Lightning Conductors | 67 |
| Antiquity of Refined Sugar | 87 |
| Arkwright's Spinning Frame | 128 |
| Art of Stereotype, The | 105 |
| Artesian Well of Grenelle, The | 132 |
| Ascent of the Jungfrau Alp, by Forbes, &c. | 44 |
| Astronomical Shoemaker, An | 51 |
| Babbage's Calculating Machine | 59 |
| Balloon Travelling, Rate of | 103 |
| Balloon Voyage from London to Nassau | 86 |
| Banks', Sir Joseph, Balance | 37 |
| Benefit of a Wife to an Author | 40 |
| Black, Dr., The Death of | 133 |
| Brindley the Engineer | 43 |
| Brongniart's Early Life | 33 |
| Brougham's, Lord, Scientific Blunders | 90 |
| Buckingham Palace Gates | 37 |
| Burning Mirrors of Archimedes, The | 140 |
| Carnot when a Child | 23 |
| Catching Electric Eels | 74 |
| Character of Engineers in their Works | 43 |
| Clearness of the Sky at the Cape of Good Hope | 88 |
| Coal Gas in Balloons, Use of | 21 |
| Cocoa-Nut Crab, The | 50 |
| Coffee-Tree, Transportation of the | 127 |
| Columbus' own Ship-Journal | 70 |
| Crawshays of Merthyr Tydvil, The | 15 |
| Cuvier and Napoleon | 21 |
| Cuvier, Childhood of | 25 |
| Cuvier, Homage to | 14 |
| Cuvier in London | 39 |
| Davy, Sir Humphry, Death of | 13 |
| Davy, Sir Humphry, as an Angler | 93 |
| Deaf, The, How they may Hear | 68 |
| Decline of Science, The | 52 |
| Dee, Dr., The Necromancer | 117 |
| Descartes' "Wooden Daughter" | 51 |
| Descent in a Diving-Bell, A | 92 |
| Diamonds, Celebrated | 114 |
| Discoveries Anticipated | 54 |
| Diving-Bell, First Use of the | 103 |
| Drummond Light, The | 62 |
| Drying Wood for Violins | 69 |
| Drymaking in Holland, A | 137 |
| Early Incitements (Humboldt's) to Study of Nature | 72 |
| Earthquakes, in Chile | 38 |
| Earthquakes, How to Measure | 62 |
| Electricity, The Velocity of | 155 |
| Electrifying Machine in Persia, An | 60 |
| El Dorado of Sir Walter Raleigh | 65 |
| Elgin Marbles, The | 58 |
| Experiments with an Electric Eel | 79 |
| False Anticipations of Railway Speed | 14 |
| Faraday as a Lecturer | 88 |
| Female Mathematician, A French | 56 |
| Ferguson, The Wife of James | 92 |
| Fire-proof House on Putney Heath | 109 |
| "Fossil Rain" | 104 |
| Fourdrinier's Paper-making Machinery | 48 |
| Fourier's Independence | 56 |
| Franklin's Discoveries | 22 |
| Gold in Siberia | 83 |
| Gutta-percha, Discovery of | 20 |
| Herschel's Love of Music | 59 |
| Herschel, his First Telescope | 75 |
| Herschel, his Sister | 94 |
| Holding a "Craw's Court" | 30 |
| Hyena, A Tame | 107 |
| India Rubber 150 Years Since | 85 |
| Indian Jugglers' Secret, The | 105 |
| Invention of Gun Cotton | 35 |
| Invention of the Diving-Bell | 78 |
| Invention of the Hand Gear | 130 |
| Invisible Despatch, The | 107 |
| Jesuit's Bark, The First Use of | 51 |
| Kaleidoscope, Combinations of the | 84 |
| Kaleidoscope, Sir D. Brewster's | 120 |
| Kaleidoscope, The First | 91 |
| Leaning Tower of Pisa, The | 29 |
| Leibnitz's Last Moments | 21 |
| Lifting Heavy Persons | 124 |
| Lighthouses, Reflecting, The Origin of | 123 |
| Lion Eaten as Food, The | 101 |
| Lithography, The Discovery of | 159 |
| London as a Port | 48 |
| Longevity of the Beetle | 102 |
| Magnetic Correspondence in the 17th Century | 142 |
| Mariner's Compass, The | 156 |
| Marvels of the Alchemists | 129 |
| "Means to the End," The | 84 |
| Mechanical Triumphs | 57 |
| Monochromatic Painting | 156 |
| Moon Seen through Lord Rosse's Telescope, The | 101 |
| Mythology of Science, The | 64 |
| Navigation before the Compass | 144 |
| Necessity the Mother of Invention | 136 |
| Newton's Finger-Magnet | 20 |
| Nice Robbery, A | 55 |
| Observatory, Ancient, in Persia | 47 |
| Old St. Paul's, A Wrench to | 146 |
| Origin of Post Paid Envelopes | 42 |
| Ostrich, Enemies of the | 108 |
| Parachute Descent, A Safe | 104 |
| Pascal's Childhood | 18 |
| Pascal, How He Weighed the Atmosphere | 28 |
| Perils of Chemical Experiment | 151 |
| Philosophical Enthusiasm | 31 |
| Poetic Prophecies of Darwin and Milton | 9 |
| Poker across the Fire, The | 130 |
| Potato, Introduction of the, into France | 88 |
| Power of the Lever | 59 |
| Railway System Suggested, The | 89 |
| "Raining Trees" at the Cape | 106 |
| Raleigh, Sir Walter, a Chemist | 58 |
| Rapid Manufacture of a Coat | 54 |
| Reason for Silence, Fontaine's | 44 |
| Rosse's, Lord, Telescope | 121 |
| Rust, Protection by | 100 |
| St. Pierre's "Paul and Virginia" | 62 |
| Scientific Pilgrim, A | 139 |
| Self-taught Mechanist, A | 149 |
| Semaphore v. Electric Telegraph | 146 |
| "Shepherd to the King of England for Scotland" | 32 |
| Siberian Mammoth Remains, The | 152 |
| Smeaton's Independence, | 23 |
| Smeaton, his Reproof of Gaming | 34 |
| Snow Spectacles of the Esquimaux | 148 |
| Society of Arts, Origin of the | 125 |
| Spinning Feats | 128 |
| Steam-Gun in the 15th Century | 46 |
| Strychnine a Remedy for Paralysis | 54 |
| Sun, Total Eclipse of the, at Cuba, | 102 |
| Sun, Vast Spot on the | 12 |
| Talent and Opportunity | 80 |
| Tea, Identity of Black and Green, | 99 |
| Tea, The First Cup of, Drunk in England | 40 |
| Tebreez, Variable Climate of | 52 |
| Telegraph, Origin of the Electric | 134 |
| Telescope, Invention of the | 97 |
| Thames Tunnel, Construction of the | 10 |
| Travelling Carriage, A Novel | 108 |
| Travelling in the Himalaya Mountains | 82 |
| Travels of Volcanic Dust | 33 |
| Tropical Delights, Sydney Smith's | 79 |
| Tycho Brahe, Credulity of | 97 |
| Vast Mirrors Made in Russia | 127 |
| Vicissitudes of Mining in Mexico | 79 |
| Voyages of Manufactures | 119 |
| Waste of Human Life | 123 |
| Watch Melted by Lightning, A | 105 |
| Watt's Discovery of the Composition of Water | 26 |
| Weighing-Machine at the Bank of England | 17 |
| "Wet the Ropes!" | 131 |
| Whitebait, The Rights of | 73 |
| Who First Doubled the Cape? | 91 |
| Wonders of Australia, Sydney Smith on the | 76 |
| World in a Drop of Water, The | 42 |
