Mechanical inventions of the ancients few in number--Ancient
and modern feats of strength--Feats of Eckeberg
particularly described--General explanation of them--Real
feats of strength performed by Thomas Topham--Remarkable
power of lifting heavy persons when the
lungs are inflated--Belzoni’s feat of sustaining pyramids
of men--Deception of walking along the ceiling in an
inverted position--Pneumatic apparatus in the foot of
the house-fly for enabling it to walk in opposition to
gravity--Description of the analogous apparatus employed
by the gecko lizard for the same purpose--Apparatus used
by the Echineis remora, or sucking-fish 244