Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

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

Exploration, Race, Religion

    The narrator reports of Mr Smedley Jones, a solicitor with an old head on young shoulders, that he 'belongs to a society for converting Captain Parry's Parry, Sir William Edward (1790–1855) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >> Esquimaux, at the North Pole, from the errors of their ways' (14).

Genre:

Anecdote

Subjects:

Dissection, Religion

    The anecdote records what is said to be 'the first dissection on record', carried out by Democritus Democritus (late 5th century BC) DSB
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Instruments, Time, War

    The writer records that the first sun-dial was set up by the Romans, but that the use of clocks and watches was unknown to them, since, being preoccupied with 'military requirements', they had 'neither time nor leisure to cultivate the arts of peace'.

Genre:

Anecdote

Subjects:

Animal Behaviour, Wonder

Genre:

Anecdote

Subjects:

Engineering, Commerce

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

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

Instruments, Heat

    The article enumerates the characteristics of the height of summer in England. The writer observes: 'now old gentlemen look very earnestly at their thermometers, and find that they are within a few degrees of self-combustion, or at least of slow suffocation' (92). 'Now pump-handles are going all day long, like captain Sabine's Sabine, Edward (1788–1883) DSB
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Genre:

Extract

Publications extracted:

Paris 1826 Paris, John Ayrton 1826. A Treatise on Diet: With a View to Establish, on Practical Grounds, a System of Rules for the Prevention and Cure of the Diseases Incident to a Disordered State of the Digestive Functions, London: T. & G. Underwood
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Subjects:

Nutrition, Physiology

People mentioned:

Alexander P W Philip Philip, Alexander Philip Wilson (formerly Wilson, Alexander Philip) (1770?–1851?) ODNB
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    The extract discusses in physiological terms the digestibility of the foods served in modern meals.

Genre:

Instructions

Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Pharmaceuticals

People mentioned:

E Drapiez Drapiez, E (fl. 1826) ML1/8/210b/4
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Genre:

Instructions

Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Pharmaceuticals

Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Natural History, Pollution

    The article reports the death of large numbers of eels on the River Deben in Suffolk. The writer observes: 'No gas machinery, or any thing whatever connected with deleterious matter, exists near the course of the Deben'.

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Horticulture, Superstition, Electricity

Genre:

Drollery, Recipe

Subjects:

Pharmaceuticals

    The article gives a recipe for literary criticism in the form of a medical receipt, concluding: 'The same to be administered once a week, month, or quarter'.

Genre:

Essay, Extract

Publications extracted:

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

Medical Practitioners

    The writer observes that the 'true nature of a gift' is well illustrated by 'what is called giving a dinner', in which the 'first object is usually to captivate the good will of some individual' (137). Thus 'rising physicians' give dinners to apothecaries, and patients give dinners to their physicians 'thereby feloniously designing to sponge an opinion'. The writer reports that Robert Willan Willan, Robert (1757–1812) ODNB
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Genre:

Instroduction; Extract, Travelogue

Publications extracted:

Parry 1826 Parry, William Edward 1826. Journal of a Third Voyage for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific: Performed in the Years 1824–25, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Fury, Under the Orders of Captain William Edward Parry, London: John Murray
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Subjects:

Exploration, Amusement, Utility, Natural History, Animal Behaviour, Magnetism, Experiment

People mentioned:

Henry Foster Foster, Henry (1796–1831) ODNB
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Institutions mentioned:

HMS Hecla, HMS Hecla
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Publications cited:

Barlow 1823, Barlow, Peter 1823. 'Observations and Experiments on the Daily Variation of the Horizontal and Dipping Needles under a Reduced Directive Power', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 113 (1823), 326–41
Close   View the register entry >> Christie 1823 Christie, Samuel Hunter 1823. 'On the Diurnal Deviations of the Horizontal Needle when under the Influence of Magnets', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 113 (1823), 342–92
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    The introduction notes that Parry 1826 Parry, William Edward 1826. Journal of a Third Voyage for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific: Performed in the Years 1824–25, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Fury, Under the Orders of Captain William Edward Parry, London: John Murray
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See also:

Anon, 'Capt. Phipps' Voyage', Mirror of Literature, 2 (1823), 419–20 , Anon, 'Capt. Ross's Voyage', Mirror of Literature, 2 (1823), 420–21 , Anon, 'Capt. Parry's First Voyage', Mirror of Literature, 2 (1823), 422–26 , Anon, 'Capt. Parry's Last Voyage', Mirror of Literature, 2 (1823), 428–32 , Anon, 'Captain Parry's Journal [1] The Esquimaux of the Savage Islands [2] Seal Hunters and Seal Eaters [3] Esquimaux Female, Iligliuk', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 217–20 , W F, 'Captain Parry's Last Voyage', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 279–82 , Anon, 'Captain Parry, and his Last Voyage', Mirror of Literature, 6 (1825), 449–52 , Anon, 'Captn. W. E. Parry, R. N.', Mirror of Literature, 6 (1825), facing [i]

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

[Banim] 1825 [Banim, John] 1825. Tales, by the O'Hara Family: Containing Crohoore of the Bill-Hook, The Fetches, and John Doe, 3 vols, London: W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, and J. M'Creery
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Subjects:

Gender, Medical Treatment

    The extract contrasts the efficacy of the sexes in providing nursing care during sickness.

Genre:

Extract, Travelogue

Publications extracted:

Anderson 1826 Anderson, John 1826. Mission to the East Coast of Sumatra, in M.DCCC.XXIII, Under the Direction of the Government of Prince of Wales Island: Including Historical and Descriptive Sketches of the Country, an Account of the Commerce, Population, and the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants, and a Visit to the Batta Cannibal States in the Interior, Edinburgh: W. Blackwood
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Subjects:

Ethnography

Genre:

Instructions

Subjects:

Domestic Economy, Chemistry, Pharmaceuticals

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Botany, Mathematics

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Dynamics, Microbiology, Light, Astronomy

    The article consists of extracts and anecdotes relating to precision in various fields. It includes an assertion of the possibility of accurately ascertaining the motion communicated by a fly to the earth on its landing, observations on the number and size of animalcules, observations on the number of 'particles of light' issuing from a candle, and an anecdote relating to the precision of timing required in observing an eclipse.

Genre:

Extract, Recollections

Publications extracted:

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

Education, Electricity, Mathematics, Insanity

    The narrator recalls that Parr on one occasion made his pupils rise at 2am during a 'tremendous thunder-storm' and gave them 'a most interesting account of the facts and discoveries connected with electricity, Dr. Franklin's Franklin, Benjamin (1706–90) DSB
Close   View the register entry >> invention of conductors, &c., interspersed with amusing anecdotes, having reference to the same subject [...]. It was like listening to a disquisition upon lava, near the crater of Mount Vesuvius' (171). On another occasion, Parr dissuaded a friend from his intention of studying mathematics, advising him in the 'kindest tone' that he was 'almost an idiot' and that, if he were to study mathematics, he would consequently become 'a madman' (173).

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Otter 1824 Otter, William 1824. The Life and Remains of the Rev. Edward Daniel Clarke, LL.D. Professor of Mineralogy in the University of Cambridge, London: George Cowie and Co.
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Subjects:

Vulcanology

People mentioned:

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

Instructions

Subjects:

Gender, Physiology, Physics

    The writer gives advice on 'drawing milk from the breast in the absence of infantine action', using the vacuum as a warmed decanter cools.

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Botany, Physiology, Electricity

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Light, Astronomy, Aesthetics

Genre:

Extract, Letter, Fiction, Drollery

Publications extracted:

London Magazine London Magazine (1820–29) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Hydropathy

    A letter from Bridget Oozeley to Miss Fanny Stumps details the former's experiences since her arrival at Cheltenham from Cheapside, London. She observes: 'You will say, Fan, that I am grown very witty, but it is all the effect of Cheltenham water, that exilarates the spirits and expells ill umours' (186). It becomes apparent that she has been plied with strong spirits in the guise of the waters by a young man. She reports that, after only a week on the 'water-course', the 'fashionable rash' in her face has 'almost vanished', she has 'no further use for Rowland's Rowland, Alexander (fl. 1815–1860) WBI
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Genre:

Introduction; Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Hayter 1826 Hayter, Charles 1826. A New Practical Treatise on the Three Primitive Colours: Assumed as a Perfect System of Rudimental Information [...] with Some Practical Rules for Reflections; and Sir Isaac Newton's Distribution of the Colours in the Rainbow, London: J. Booth
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Subjects:

Light

People mentioned:

Isaac Newton, Newton, Sir Isaac (1642–1727) DSB
Close   View the register entry >> Thomas Young Young, Thomas (1773–1829) DSB
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    The editor introduces the extract with the observation that it is a 'very clever work', which he or she has 'recently read, with much pleasure', and 'which is to the artist a desideratum'.

Genre:

Extract, Essay

Publications extracted:

[Channing] 1826 [Channing, William E.] 1826. Remarks on the Character and Writings of John Milton: Occasioned by the Publication of his Lately Discovered 'Treatise on Christian Doctrine'. From the Christian Examiner, vol. iii, no. i, London: Edward Rainford
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Subjects:

Progress, Imagination, Romanticism, Feeling, Piety, Truth, Utilitarianism

    In the extract, Channing's main thesis is that 'In an intellectual nature, framed for progress and for higher modes of being, there must be creative energies, powers of original and ever growing thought; and poetry is the form in which these energies are chiefly manifested' (188). Although poetry finds its elements in the world of experience, it 'imparts to material objects life, and sentiment, and emotion, and invests the mind with the powers and splendours of the outward creation' (188–89). Poetry obeys laws higher than those of mere logic, namely, 'the laws of the immortal intellect'. It is one of the 'great instruments' of the 'refinement and exaltation' of society, and its fictions 'are often the vehicles of the sublimest verities'. (189) Poetry is needed 'to counteract the tendency of physical science, which being now sought, not as formerly for intellectual gratification, but for multiplying bodily comforts, requires a new development of imagination, taste, and poetry, to preserve men from sinking into an earthly, material, epicurean life'.

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Waterton 1825 Waterton, Charles 1825. Wanderings in South America, the North-West of the United States, and the Antilles, in 1812, 1816, 1820 and 1824: With Original Instructions for the Preservation of Birds, &c. for Cabinets of Natural History, London: J. Mawman
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Subjects:

Natural History, Collecting

Genre:

Anecdote

Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners, Music

People mentioned:

Jean A Deluc Deluc, Jean André (1727–1817) DSB
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Genre:

Anecdote, Drollery

Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners

People mentioned:

Roger Long Long, Roger (1680–1770) ODNB
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Genre:

Anecdote

Subjects:

Mathematics

    An anecdote of a gentleman of Magdalene College, Cambridge Magdalene College, Cambridge
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Genre:

Anecdote, Drollery

Subjects:

Mathematics

    It is reported of Samuel Vince Vince, Samuel (1749–1821) ODNB
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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

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

Ethnography, Medical Practitioners, Medical Treatment

    The writer reports: 'There are about fifty druggists' shops in the city, but no physician; the practitioners are all ignorant of the science, and when any medical professor comes along with the merchants from Pashawer or other places, he is held in very high estimation' (104). Some details of medical treatment are given, and the conduct of medical practitioners is described.

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Head 1826 Head, Francis Bond 1826. Rough Notes Taken During Some Rapid Journeys Across the Pampas and Among the Andes, London: John Murray
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Subjects:

Natural History, Hunting

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous, Drollery

Publications extracted:

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

Physiology, Experiment, Vivisection, Naturalists, Menageries

    In a quizzical disquisition on Greenwich pensioners, the writer observes: 'We have all read of crabs being despoiled of their claws, locusts of their entrails, and turtles of their brains, receiving in lieu thereof a pellet of cotton, and yet retaining life, and appearing, in the words of the experimentalizing and soft-hearted naturalist "very lively and comfortable." Now, the real Greenwich pensioner distances all these; he is, indeed, an enigma; nature knows not what to make of him' (218). Reflecting that 'a Greenwich pensioner fresh from the sea' is out of place on dry land, the writer remarks: 'Compare him to a hippopotamus in a gentleman's park, and he would tell you, he had in his day seen a hippopotamus, and then [...] acquiesce in the resemblance' (220).

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners, Exploration

    The writer reflects on the arrest of a gentleman for 'cutting his initials on the seat in Hyde Park', observing that this has been the practice of 'some of the brightest ornaments of science and literature in all ages of the world'. He gives as an example the 'hosts of names' carved on the pyramids of Egypt, including that of Joseph P de Tournefort Tournefort, Joseph Pitton de (1656–1708) DSB
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Genre:

Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

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

Light, Machinery, Engineering

    The writer reports the observation of Mr Mackintosh Mackintosh, Mr (contractor for the government works at Stonehouse Point, Devon) (fl. 1826) ML1/8/217b/9, ML1/12/343b/10
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Genre:

Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

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

Invention

    The report describes the improvements to fireworks invented by M Vaillant Vaillant, M (of Boulogne) (fl. 1826) ML1/8/217b/10
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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

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

Palaeontology, Discovery

    The article describes some recent discoveries of giant saurians by William Buckland Buckland, William (1784–1856) DSB
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Sound

Publications cited:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665–1900+) Waterloo Directory
Close   View the register entry >> Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences (1816–1900+) BUCOP
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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

London Magazine London Magazine (1820–29) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Medical Practitioners

    The article extends a medical metaphor for the profession of a fencing master: 'He is a duel doctor, and professes to help nature by art, and his prescriptions, like those of other doctors, destroy as many as they preserve'.

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Burnet 1826 Burnet, Richard 1826. A Word to the Members of the Mechanics' Institutes, Devonport: J. Johns
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Subjects:

Mineralogy, Botany, Industry

Publications cited:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Burnet 1826 Burnet, Richard 1826. A Word to the Members of the Mechanics' Institutes, Devonport: J. Johns
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Subjects:

Entomology, Botany, Industry, Industrial Chemistry, Manufactories, Naturalists

People mentioned:

Henry Monteith Monteith, Henry (1764–1848) WBI
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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Burnet 1826 Burnet, Richard 1826. A Word to the Members of the Mechanics' Institutes, Devonport: J. Johns
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Subjects:

Invertebrate Zoology

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Burnet 1826 Burnet, Richard 1826. A Word to the Members of the Mechanics' Institutes, Devonport: J. Johns
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Subjects:

Zoology

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Burnet 1826 Burnet, Richard 1826. A Word to the Members of the Mechanics' Institutes, Devonport: J. Johns
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Subjects:

Zoology, Human Species

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Burnet 1826 Burnet, Richard 1826. A Word to the Members of the Mechanics' Institutes, Devonport: J. Johns
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Subjects:

Zoology

Genre:

Instructions

Subjects:

Horticulture

Genre:

Instructions

Subjects:

Inorganic Chemistry

Genre:

Instructions

Subjects:

Pharmaceuticals

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Correspondance Astronomique Correspondance Astronomique (1818–26) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Astronomy, Imperialism

People mentioned:

Franz X von Zach Zach, Franz Xaver von (1754–1832) DSB
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    The article abstracts a calculation according to which 'the Russian empire exceeds the terra firma in the moon by 123,885 square leagues' (238).

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Zoology

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

[Eaton] 1826 [Eaton, Charlotte Ann] 1826. Continental Adventures. A Novel, 3 vols, London: Hurst, Robinson
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Subjects:

Glaciology

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Botany, Climatology

    A brief note records the estimation of a 'learned botanist' of the numbers of species of plant in several hot and cold countries.

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Entomology, Animal Behaviour, Climatology, Prognostication

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

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

Ethnography

Genre:

Introduction; Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Young 1826 Young, John Radford 1826. A Concise Exposition of the Method of Instructing the Deaf and Dumb in the Knowledge of a Written Language upon Simple and Rational Principles, London: J. Souter
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Subjects:

Disability, Education, Scientific Practitioners

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, Anon A Friend to the Unfortunate, 'Instructions for the Deaf and Dumb', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 195–97, S G, 'Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb', Mirror of Literature, 5 (1825), 262–63

Genre:

Introduction; Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

La Beaume 1826 La Beaume, M. 1826. On Galvanism: With Observations on its Chymical Properties and Medical Efficacy in Chronic Diseases with Practical Illustrations; Also Remarks on some Auxiliary Remedies, London: Highley
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Subjects:

Electricty, Electrochemistry, Discovery, Accidents, Physiology, Chemistry, Genius, Medical Treatment

People mentioned:

Luigi Galvani, Galvani, Luigi (1737–98) DSB
Close   View the register entry >> Alessandro G A A Volta, Volta, Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio (1745–1827) DSB
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Close   View the register entry >> Anthony Carlisle, Carlisle, Sir Anthony (1768–1840) DSB ODNB
Close   View the register entry >> William Nicholson, Nicholson, William (1753–1815) DSB
Close   View the register entry >> William Cruickshank, Cruickshank, William (d. 1810/11) ODNB
Close   View the register entry >> William Henry, Henry, William (1774–1836) DSB
Close   View the register entry >> Humphry Davy, Davy, Sir Humphry, Baronet (1778–1829) DSB ODNB
Close   View the register entry >> George Children Children, George (1742–1818) ODNB
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Institutions mentioned:

Royal Society, Royal Society of London
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    The editor introduces Michael La Beaume's La Beaume, Michael (fl. 1818–26) RLIN
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Natural History, Animal Behaviour

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous, Drollery

Publications extracted:

London Magazine London Magazine (1820–29) Waterloo Directory
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[2] An Ambitious Man

Genre:

Biography

Subjects:

Disease, Nutrition

    The author gives an account of Janet M'Leod M'Leod, Janet (fl. 1733–1793) ML1/8/222b/3
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Medical Treatment

Publications cited:

Transactions of the Society, Instituted at London, for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce Transactions of the Society, Instituted at London, for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (1783–1850) BUCOP
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    The article describes the new treatment for tooth decay originated by Mr Fay Fay, Mr (fl. 1826) ML1/8/222b/4
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Animal Behaviour

Publications cited:

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

Anecdote

Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners

    The writer relates the celebrity, and the 'utter aversion to society' of Abraham de Moivre Moivre, Abraham de (1667–1754) DSB
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Medical Treatment

    The writer reports that, following the amputation of a limb in Tripoli, the surgeons dip the stump in hot pitch, rather than tying up the arteries to stop the bleeding.

Genre:

Extract, Anecdote

Publications extracted:

Murray 1826 Murray, Lindley 1826. Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Lindley Murray, In a Series of Letters, Written by Himself: With a Preface, and a Continuation of the Memoirs by Elizabeth Frank, York: Thomas Wilson and Sons; London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, and Harvey and Darton
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Subjects:

Animal Behaviour, Menageries

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Cuvier 1827–35 Cuvier, Georges 1827–35. The Animal Kingdom: Arranged in Conformity with its Organization, with Additional Descriptions of All the Species Hitherto Named, and of Many Not before Noticed, by Edward Griffith [...] and Others, 16 vols, London: G. B. Whittaker
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Subjects:

Nutrition

Genre:

Extract. Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Dick 1823 Dick, Thomas 1823. The Christian Philosopher; or, The Connection of Science and Philosophy with Religion, Glasgow: William Collins; London: Whittaker & Co.
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Subjects:

Physiology

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:

Ornithology, Anthropomorphism, Animal Behaviour, Instinct, Superstition

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Mitford 1824–32 Mitford, Mary Russell 1824–32. Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery, 5 vols, London : G. and W.B. Whittaker
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Subjects:

Entomology

    The extract likens the growth of the 'country lass' from a baby to that of a butterfly from a caterpillar.

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Curtis 1817 Curtis, John Harrison 1817. A Treatise on the Physiology and Diseases of the Ear: Containing a Comparative View of its Structure and Functions, and of its Various Diseases, Arranged According to the Anatomy of the Organ, or as they Affect the External, the Intermediate, and the Internal Ear, London: Sherwood, Neely, & Jones
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Subjects:

Physiology, Sound, Comparative Anatomy

People mentioned:

John Hunter, Hunter, John (1728–93) DSB
Close   View the register entry >> Alexander Monro Monro, Alexander, 'Secundus' (1733–1817) DSB
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Light, Wonder

Genre:

Fiction, Extract

Publications extracted:

Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin (1706–90) DSB
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Subjects:

Morality, Endeavour, Education

    A moral tale about Amergus, a 'gentleman of good estate' who wasted his life until he came to reflect on the 'number of beings' sacrificed 'to support his carcass' during his adult life. Thereupon he resolved to 'change his whole course of life, to break off his follies at once, and to apply himself to gain some useful knowledge'.

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Acclimatization, Horticulture

Publications cited:

Phillips 1820 Phillips, Henry 1820. Pomarium Britannicum: An Historical and Botanical Account of Fruits Known in Great Britain, London: printed for the author
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Population

Genre:

Extract, Travelogue

Publications extracted:

Time's Telescope Time's Telescope (1814–34) Waterloo Directory
Close   View the register entry >> Spix and Martius 1824 Spix, Johann Baptist von and Martius, Karl Friedrich Philipp von 1824. Travels in Brazil, in the Years 1817–1820: Undertaken by Command of His Majesty the King of Bavaria, 2 Vols, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green
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Subjects:

Aesthetics, Exploration, Natural History, Wonder, Feeling

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

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

Meteorology, Superstition, Ancient Authorities

Genre:

Introduction; Extract

Publications extracted:

Timbs 1826 Timbs, John 1826. Laconics; or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, London: T. Boys
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Subjects:

Death, Physiological Chemistry

    The writer introduces this compilation as 'a most meritorious and useful little publication' (380–81). One of the extracts, taken from Henry Kett Kett, Henry (1761–1825) ODNB
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Genre:

Table

Subjects:

Meteorology

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Armstrong 1825 Armstrong, Robert Archibald 1825. A Gaelic Dictionary in Two Parts: I. Gaelic and English. II. English and Gaelic; In which the Words in their Different Acceptations are Illustrated by Quotations from the Best Gaelic Writers, and their Affinities Traced in Most of the Languages of Ancient and Modern Times. With a Short Historical Appendix of Ancient Names Deduced from the Authority of Ossian and Other Poets, to which is Prefixed a New Gaelic Grammar, London: J. Duncan
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Subjects:

Pharmaceuticals, Natural History, Oceanography

Genre:

Anecdote, Drollery

Subjects:

Menageries, Acclimatization

    The anecdote relates to the treatment of a dromedary at the menagerie at Versailles Palace de Versailles, Paris—Menagerie
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Genre:

Letter

Subjects:

Entomology, Wonder

People mentioned:

Denis B Quatremère D'Isjonval Quatremère D'Isjonval (or Disjonval), Denis Bernard (1754–1830) WBI
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Publications cited:

Journal de Physique, Journal de Physique Théoretique et appliquée (1872–1900+) BUCOP
Close   View the register entry >> Philosophical Magazine Philosophical Magazine (1798–1832) London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine (1832–40) London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine (1840–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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    The article discusses the manner in which spiders create their webs. It is prefaced by some introductory remarks on the 'wonderful skill and exquisite performances' of the diminutive works of creation, and the fact that 'the works of many insects have puzzled our greatest naturalists'.

Genre:

Extract, Short Fiction

Publications extracted:

[Gillies] 1826 [Gillies, Robert Pearse] 1826. Tales of a Voyager to the Arctic Ocean, 3 vols, London: Henry Colburn
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Subjects:

Superstition, Supernaturalism, Menageries

    The narrator is a naval man, who takes charge of a merchant vessel at port in London which has a reputation of being haunted. Repeatedly disturbed in his sleep by what seems to be the ghost of a former mate, he confronts the spectre, which is dragon-like and appears to be a devil. He wrestles with the 'tendency in the human mind to foster and encourage fancies of supernatural agency', and reports that, but for 'an innate disbelief of the existence of goblins', he would probably have spoken to the creature. In the event, he scares it away sufficiently to retreat to safety, but learns in the morning that it was a pet 'Cobra de Capello' which had been bought of some jugglers in India by the former mate.

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Botany