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Invention and Discovery: Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches

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Anonymous
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Produced by Chris Curnow, Terrie Westman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
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English
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Inventions
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46644
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August 21, 2014
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Contents

  1. 1.INVENTION AND DISCOVERY: — CONTENTS. — NOTE. — INVENTION AND DISCOVERY. CURIOUS FACTS AND ILLUSTRATIVE SKETCHES.
  2. 2.POETIC PROPHECIES.
  3. 3.CONSTRUCTION OF THE THAMES TUNNEL.
  4. 4.VAST SPOT ON THE SUN.
  5. 5.DEATH OF SIR HUMPHRY DAVY.
  6. 6.HOMAGE TO CUVIER.
  7. 7.FALSE ESTIMATE OF RAILWAY SPEED.
  8. 8.THE CRAWSHAYS OF MERTHYR TYDVIL.
  9. 9.WEIGHING MACHINE AT THE BANK OF ENGLAND.
  10. 10.CHILDHOOD OF PASCAL.
  11. 11.THE DISCOVERER OF GUTTA PERCHA.
  12. 12.SIR ISAAC NEWTON'S MAGNET.
  13. 13.COAL GAS in BALLOONS.
  14. 14.CUVIER AND NAPOLEON.
  15. 15.LAST MOMENTS OF LEIBNITZ.
  16. 16.FRANKLIN'S DISCOVERIES.
  17. 17.CARNÔT, WHEN A CHILD.
  18. 18.SMEATON'S INDEPENDENCE.
  19. 19.CHILDHOOD OF CUVIER.
  20. 20.WATT'S DISCOVERY OF THE COMPOSITION OF WATER.
  21. 21.HOW PASCAL WEIGHED THE ATMOSPHERE.
  22. 22.THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA. [2]
  23. 23.HOLDING A "CRAWS' COURT."
  24. 24.ALPINE PERILS.
  25. 25.PHILOSOPHICAL ENTHUSIASM.
  26. 26."SHEPHERD TO THE KING OF ENGLAND FOR SCOTLAND."
  27. 27.TRAVELS OF VOLCANIC DUST.
  28. 28.EARLY LIFE OF ALEXANDER BRONGNIART.
  29. 29.SMEATON'S REPROOF OF GAMING.
  30. 30.INVENTION OF GUN-COTTON.
  31. 31.SIR JOSEPH BANKS'S "BALANCE."
  32. 32.BUCKINGHAM PALACE GATES.
  33. 33.EARTHQUAKES IN CHILE.
  34. 34.CUVIER IN LONDON.
  35. 35.THE FIRST CUP OF TEA DRUNK IN ENGLAND.
  36. 36.BENEFIT OF A WIFE TO AN AUTHOR.
  37. 37.THE WORLD IN A DROP OF WATER.
  38. 38.ORIGIN OF POST-PAID ENVELOPES.
  39. 39.CHARACTER IN WORKS.
  40. 40.BRINDLEY, THE ENGINEER.
  41. 41.REASON FOR SILENCE.
  42. 42.ASCENT OF THE JUNGFRAU ALP.
  43. 43.THE STEAM-GUN IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.
  44. 44.ANCIENT OBSERVATORY IN PERSIA.
  45. 45.LONDON AS A PORT.
  46. 46.FOURDRINIER'S PAPER-MAKING MACHINERY.
  47. 47.THE COCOA-NUT CRAB.
  48. 48.DESCARTES' WOODEN DAUGHTER.
  49. 49.ASTRONOMICAL SHOEMAKER.
  50. 50.DECLINE OF SCIENCE.
  51. 51.VARIABLE CLIMATE OF TEBREEZ.
  52. 52.STRYCHNINE A REMEDY FOR PARALYSIS.
  53. 53.RAPID MANUFACTURE.
  54. 54.DISCOVERIES ANTICIPATED.
  55. 55.THE FIRST USE OF JESUIT'S BARK.
  56. 56.NICE ROBBERY.
  57. 57.FEMALE MATHEMATICIAN.
  58. 58.FOURIER'S INDEPENDENCE.
  59. 59.MECHANICAL TRIUMPHS.
  60. 60.THE ELGIN MARBLES.
  61. 61.RALEIGH A CHEMIST.
  62. 62.MR. BABBAGE'S CALCULATING MACHINE.
  63. 63.HERSCHEL'S LOVE OF MUSIC.
  64. 64.POWER OF THE LEVER.
  65. 65.AN ELECTRIFYING MACHINE IN PERSIA.
  66. 66.HOW TO MEASURE THE SHOCK OF AN EARTHQUAKE.
  67. 67.THE DRUMMOND LIGHT.
  68. 68.ST. PIERRE'S "PAUL AND VIRGINIA."
  69. 69.MYTHOLOGY OF SCIENCE.
  70. 70.EL DORADO OF SIR WALTER RALEIGH.
  71. 71.AMBER, A SOURCE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE.
  72. 72.ANTIQUITY OF LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS.
  73. 73.HOW THE DEAF MAY HEAR.
  74. 74.DRYING WOOD FOR VIOLINS.
  75. 75.COLUMBUS'S OWN SHIP JOURNAL.
  76. 76.EARLY INCITEMENTS TO A SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF NATURE.
  77. 77.THE RIGHTS OF WHITEBAIT.
  78. 78.CATCHING ELECTRIC EELS.
  79. 79.SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL'S FIRST TELESCOPE.
  80. 80.WONDERS OF AUSTRALIA.
  81. 81.VICISSITUDES OF MINING.
  82. 82.TROPICAL DELIGHTS.
  83. 83.INVENTION OF THE DIVING-BELL.
  84. 84.EXPERIMENTS WITH AN ELECTRIC EEL.
  85. 85.TALENT AND OPPORTUNITY.
  86. 86.TRAVELLING IN THE HIMALEH MOUNTAINS.
  87. 87.GOLD IN SIBERIA.
  88. 88.COMBINATIONS OF THE KALEIDOSCOPE.
  89. 89."THE MEANS TO THE END."
  90. 90.INDIA RUBBER, A CENTURY AND A HALF SINCE.
  91. 91.BALLOON VOYAGE FROM LONDON TO NASSAU.
  92. 92.ANTIQUITY OF REFINED SUGAR.
  93. 93.CLEARNESS OF THE SKY AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
  94. 94.INTRODUCTION OF THE POTATO.
  95. 95.FARADAY, AS A LECTURER.
  96. 96.THE RAILWAY SYSTEM SUGGESTED.
  97. 97.LORD BROUGHAM'S BLUNDERS.
  98. 98.WHO FIRST DOUBLED THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE?
  99. 99.THE FIRST KALEIDOSCOPE.
  100. 100.FERGUSON AND HIS WIFE.
  101. 101.A DESCENT IN A DIVING-BELL.
  102. 102.SIR HUMPHRY DAVY AN ANGLER.
  103. 103.MISS CAROLINE LUCRETIA HERSCHEL.
  104. 104.TYCHO BRAHE'S CREDULITY.
  105. 105.INVENTION OF THE TELESCOPE, AND EARLY DISCOVERIES WITH IT.
  106. 106.IDENTITY OF BLACK AND GREEN TEA.
  107. 107.PROTECTION BY RUST.
  108. 108.THE LION EATEN AS FOOD.
  109. 109.THE MOON SEEN THROUGH LORD ROSSE'S TELESCOPE.
  110. 110.LONGEVITY OF THE BEETLE.
  111. 111.TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.
  112. 112.THE DIVING-BELL.
  113. 113.RATE OF BALLOON TRAVELLING.
  114. 114.SAFE DESCENT IN A PARACHUTE.
  115. 115."FOSSIL RAIN."
  116. 116.MELTING OF A WATCH BY LIGHTNING.
  117. 117.THE INDIAN JUGGLERS' SECRET.
  118. 118.THE ART OF STEREOTYPE.
  119. 119."RAINING TREES."
  120. 120.THE INVISIBLE DISPATCH.
  121. 121.TAME HYÆNA.
  122. 122.NOVEL TRAVELLING CARRIAGE.
  123. 123.ENEMIES OF THE OSTRICH.
  124. 124.FIRE-PROOF HOUSE ON PUTNEY HEATH.
  125. 125.THE LAST OF THE ALCHEMISTS.
  126. 126.CELEBRATED DIAMONDS.
  127. 127.DR. DEE, THE NECROMANCER.
  128. 128.VOYAGE OF MANUFACTURE.
  129. 129.SIR DAVID BREWSTER'S KALEIDOSCOPE.
  130. 130.LORD ROSSE'S LEVIATHAN TELESCOPE.
  131. 131.ORIGIN OF REFLECTING LIGHTHOUSES.
  132. 132.WASTE OF HUMAN LIFE.
  133. 133.LIFTING HEAVY PERSONS.
  134. 134.ORIGIN OF THE SOCIETY OF ARTS.
  135. 135.VAST MIRRORS.
  136. 136.TRANSPORTATION OF THE COFFEE-TREE.
  137. 137.ARKWRIGHT'S SPINNING FRAME.
  138. 138.SPINNING FEATS.
  139. 139.MARVELS OF THE ALCHEMISTS.
  140. 140.INVENTION OF THE HAND GEAR.
  141. 141.POKER ACROSS THE FIRE.
  142. 142.THE ARTESIAN WELL OF GRENELLE, AT PARIS.
  143. 143."WET THE ROPES."
  144. 144.THE DEATH OF DR. BLACK.
  145. 145.ORIGIN OF THE TELEGRAPH.
  146. 146.NECESSITY THE MOTHER OF INVENTION.
  147. 147.A "DRY-MAKING" IN HOLLAND.
  148. 148.A SCIENTIFIC PILGRIM.
  149. 149.THE BURNING MIRRORS OF ARCHIMEDES.
  150. 150.MAGNETIC CORRESPONDENCE IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
  151. 151.NAVIGATION BEFORE THE COMPASS.
  152. 152.SEMAPHORE v. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
  153. 153.A WRENCH TO OLD ST. PAUL'S.
  154. 154.SNOW SPECTACLES.
  155. 155.A SELF-TAUGHT MECHANIST.
  156. 156.THE AMSTERDAM PILE.
  157. 157.THE PERILS OF EXPERIMENT.
  158. 158.THE SIBERIAN MAMMOTH REMAINS.
  159. 159.VELOCITY OF ELECTRICITY.
  160. 160.MONOCHROMATIC PAINTING.
  161. 161.THE MARINER'S COMPASS.
  162. 162.THE DISCOVERY OF LITHOGRAPHY.

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