Invention and
Invention and Discovery: Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches
作者：Anonymous
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共 188 题- INVENTION AND DISCOVERY:
- CONTENTS.
- NOTE.
- INVENTION AND DISCOVERY.
- POETIC PROPHECIES.
- CONSTRUCTION OF THE THAMES TUNNEL.
- VAST SPOT ON THE SUN.
- DEATH OF SIR HUMPHRY DAVY.
- HOMAGE TO CUVIER.
- FALSE ESTIMATE OF RAILWAY SPEED.
- THE CRAWSHAYS OF MERTHYR TYDVIL.
- WEIGHING MACHINE AT THE BANK OF ENGLAND.
- CHILDHOOD OF PASCAL.
- THE DISCOVERER OF GUTTA PERCHA.
- SIR ISAAC NEWTON'S MAGNET.
- CUVIER AND NAPOLEON.
- LAST MOMENTS OF LEIBNITZ.
- FRANKLIN'S DISCOVERIES.
- CARNÔT, WHEN A CHILD.
- SMEATON'S INDEPENDENCE.
- CHILDHOOD OF CUVIER.
- HOW PASCAL WEIGHED THE ATMOSPHERE.
- THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA.[2]
- HOLDING A "CRAWS' COURT."
- ALPINE PERILS.
- PHILOSOPHICAL ENTHUSIASM.
- TRAVELS OF VOLCANIC DUST.
- EARLY LIFE OF ALEXANDER BRONGNIART.
- SMEATON'S REPROOF OF GAMING.
- INVENTION OF GUN-COTTON.
- SIR JOSEPH BANKS'S "BALANCE."
- BUCKINGHAM PALACE GATES.
- EARTHQUAKES IN CHILE.
- CUVIER IN LONDON.
- THE FIRST CUP OF TEA DRUNK IN ENGLAND.
- BENEFIT OF A WIFE TO AN AUTHOR.
- THE WORLD IN A DROP OF WATER.
- ORIGIN OF POST-PAID ENVELOPES.
- CHARACTER IN WORKS.
- BRINDLEY, THE ENGINEER.
- REASON FOR SILENCE.
- ASCENT OF THE JUNGFRAU ALP.
- ANCIENT OBSERVATORY IN PERSIA.
- LONDON AS A PORT.
- FOURDRINIER'S PAPER-MAKING MACHINERY.
- THE COCOA-NUT CRAB.
- DESCARTES' WOODEN DAUGHTER.
- ASTRONOMICAL SHOEMAKER.
- DECLINE OF SCIENCE.
- VARIABLE CLIMATE OF TEBREEZ.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- BALLOON VOYAGE FROM LONDON TO NASSAU.
- ANTIQUITY OF REFINED SUGAR.
- INTRODUCTION OF THE POTATO.
- FARADAY, AS A LECTURER.
- THE RAILWAY SYSTEM SUGGESTED.
- LORD BROUGHAM'S BLUNDERS.
- 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.
- LONGEVITY OF THE BEETLE.
- TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.
- THE DIVING-BELL.
- RATE OF BALLOON TRAVELLING.
- SAFE DESCENT IN A PARACHUTE.
- MELTING OF A WATCH BY LIGHTNING.
- THE INDIAN JUGGLERS' SECRET.
- THE ART OF STEREOTYPE.
- 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.
- THE DEATH OF DR. BLACK.
- ORIGIN OF THE TELEGRAPH.
- NECESSITY THE MOTHER OF INVENTION.
- A "DRY-MAKING" IN HOLLAND.
- A SCIENTIFIC PILGRIM.
- THE BURNING MIRRORS OF ARCHIMEDES.
- NAVIGATION BEFORE THE COMPASS.
- A WRENCH TO OLD ST. PAUL'S.
- SNOW SPECTACLES.
- A SELF-TAUGHT MECHANIST.
- THE AMSTERDAM PILE.
- THE PERILS OF EXPERIMENT.
- THE SIBERIAN MAMMOTH REMAINS.
- VELOCITY OF ELECTRICITY.
- MONOCHROMATIC PAINTING.
- THE MARINER'S COMPASS.
- THE DISCOVERY OF LITHOGRAPHY.
- THE END.
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- CURIOUS FACTS AND CHARACTERISTIC SKETCHES.
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- OMENS AND SUPERSTITIONS.
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