Invention and Discovery: Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches. Anonymous

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       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.

      

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