THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.--A "WONDERFUL PHENOMENON."--"THE INCOMBUSTIBLE
SPANIARD, SENOR LIONETTO," 1803.--JOSEPHINE GIRARDELLI, 1814.--JOHN
BROOKS, 1817.--W. C. HOUGHTON, 1832.--J. A. B. CHYLINSKI,
1841.--CHAMOUNI, THE RUSSIAN SALAMANDER, 1869.--PROFESSOR REL MAEUB,
1876.--RIVALLI (died 1900).
In the nineteenth century by far the most distinguished heat-resister
was Chabert, who deserves and shall have a chapter to himself. He
commenced exhibiting about 1818, but even earlier in the century
certain obscurer performers had anticipated some of his best effects.
Among my clippings, for instance, I find the following. I regret that
I cannot give the date, but it is evident from the long form of the
letters that it was quite early. This is the first mention I have
found of the hot-oven effect afterwards made famous by Chabert.