Invention and Discovery: Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches. Anonymous

       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.

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