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- CURIOSITIES OF SCIENCE,
- A BOOK FOR OLD AND YOUNG.
- BY JOHN TIMBS, F.S.A.
- GENTLE READER,
- CONTENTS.
- PHYSICAL PHENOMENA 11-26
- SOUND AND LIGHT 27-53
- ASTRONOMY 54-103
- GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY 104-145
- METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA 146-169
- PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE SEA 170-192
- MAGNETISM AND ELECTRICITY 193-219
- THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH 220-228
- MISCELLANEA 229-241
- THE GREAT ROSSE TELESCOPE.
- SIR HUMPHRY DAVY’S OWN MODEL OF HIS SAFETY-LAMP.
- CURIOSITIES OF SCIENCE.
- SCIENCE OF THE ANCIENT WORLD.
- SCIENCE AT OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE.
- PLATO’S SURVEY OF THE SCIENCES.
- FOLLY OF ATHEISM.
- THE ART OF OBSERVATION.
- MUTUAL RELATIONS OF PHENOMENA.
- PRACTICAL RESULTS OF THEORETICAL SCIENCE.
- PERPETUITY OF IMPROVEMENT.
- THE EARLIEST ENGLISH SCIENTIFIC TREATISE.
- PHILOSOPHERS’ FALSE ESTIMATES OF THEIR OWN LABOURS.
- RELICS OF GENIUS.
- THE ROYAL SOCIETY: THE NATURAL AND SUPERNATURAL.
- THE PHILOSOPHER BOYLE.
- SIR ISAAC NEWTON’S ROOMS AND LABORATORY IN TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.
- NEWTON’S “APPLE-TREE.”
- NEWTON’S “PRINCIPIA.”
- DESCARTES’ LABOURS IN PHYSICS.
- CONIC SECTIONS.
- POWER OF COMPUTATION.
- ALL THE WORLD IN MOTION.
- THE AXIS OF ROTATION.
- THE EARTH’S ANNUAL MOTION.
- STABILITY OF THE OCEAN.
- COMPRESSION OF BODIES.
- THE WORLD IN A NUTSHELL.
- THE WORLD OF ATOMS.
- MINUTE ATOMS OF THE ELEMENTS: DIVISIBILITY OF MATTER.
- WEIGHT OF AIR.
- DURATION OF THE PYRAMID.
- INERTIA ILLUSTRATED.
- THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA.[7]
- EARLY PRESENTIMENTS OF CENTRIFUGAL FORCES.
- HEIGHT OF FALLS.
- RATE OF THE FALL OF BODIES.
- VARIETIES OF SPEED.
- LIFTING HEAVY PERSONS.
- NOTHING LOST IN THE MATERIAL WORLD.
- TIME AN ELEMENT OF FORCE.
- CALCULATION OF HEIGHTS AND DISTANCES.
- SAND IN THE HOUR-GLASS.
- FIGURE OF THE EARTH.
- HOW TO ASCERTAIN THE EARTH’S MAGNITUDE.
- MASS AND DENSITY OF THE EARTH.
- THE EARTH AND MAN COMPARED.
- MEAN TEMPERATURE OF THE EARTH’S SURFACE.
- TEMPERATURE OF THE EARTH STATIONARY.
- THEORY OF CRYSTALLISATION.
- IMMENSE CRYSTALS.
- VISIBLE CRYSTALLISATION.
- UNION OF MINERALOGY AND GEOMETRY.
- REPRODUCTIVE CRYSTALLISATION.
- GLASS BROKEN BY SAND.
- SOUNDING SAND.
- INTENSITY OF SOUND IN RAREFIED AIR.
- DISTANCE AT WHICH THE HUMAN VOICE MAY BE HEARD.
- THE ROAR OF NIAGARA.
- FIGURES PRODUCED BY SOUND.
- THE TUNING-FORK A FLUTE-PLAYER.
- THEORY OF THE JEW’S HARP.
- SOLAR AND ARTIFICIAL LIGHT COMPARED.
- SOURCE OF LIGHT.
- THE UNDULATORY SCALE OF LIGHT.
- VISIBILITY OF OBJECTS.
- THE SMALLEST BRIGHT BODIES.
- VELOCITY OF LIGHT.
- APPARATUS FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF LIGHT.
- HOW FIZEAU MEASURED THE VELOCITY OF LIGHT.
- WHAT IS DONE BY POLARISATION OF LIGHT.
- MINUTENESS OF LIGHT.
- THE IMPORTANCE OF LIGHT.
- ACTION OF LIGHT ON MUSCULAR FIBRES.
- LIGHT NIGHTS.
- PHOSPHORESCENCE OF PLANTS.
- PHOSPHORESCENCE OF THE SEA.
- LIGHT FROM THE JUICE OF A PLANT.
- LIGHT FROM FUNGUS.
- LIGHT FROM BUTTONS.
- COLOURS OF SCRATCHES.
- MAGIC BUST.
- COLOURS HIT MOST FREQUENTLY DURING BATTLE.
- TRANSMUTATION OF TOPAZ.
- COLOURS AND TINTS.
- OBJECTS REALLY OF NO COLOUR.
- THE DIORAMA--WHY SO PERFECT AN ILLUSION.
- CURIOUS OPTICAL EFFECTS AT THE CAPE.
- THE TELESCOPE AND THE MICROSCOPE.
- INVENTION OF THE MICROSCOPE.
- HOW TO MAKE THE FISH-EYE MICROSCOPE.
- LEUWENHOECK’S MICROSCOPES.
- DIAMOND LENSES FOR MICROSCOPES.
- THE EYE AND THE BRAIN SEEN THROUGH A MICROSCOPE.
- MICROSCOPICAL EXAMINATION OF THE HAIR.
- THE MICROSCOPE AND THE SEA.
- USE OF THE MICROSCOPE TO MINERALOGISTS.
- FINE DOWN OF QUARTZ.
- MICROSCOPIC WRITING.
- HOW TO MAKE A MAGIC MIRROR.
- SIR DAVID BREWSTER’S KALEIDOSCOPE.
- THE KALEIDOSCOPE THOUGHT TO BE ANTICIPATED.
- MAGIC OF PHOTOGRAPHY.
- THE BEST SKY FOR PHOTOGRAPHY.
- PHOTOGRAPHIC EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING.
- PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEYING.
- THE STEREOSCOPE AND THE PHOTOGRAPH.
- THE STEREOSCOPE SIMPLIFIED.
- PHOTO-GALVANIC ENGRAVING.
- SCIENCE OF THE SOAP-BUBBLE.
- LIGHT FROM QUARTZ.
- CAN THE CAT SEE IN THE DARK?
- THE GREAT TRUTHS OF ASTRONOMY.
- ASTRONOMY AND DATES ON MONUMENTS.
- MUSIC OF THE SPHERES.
- WORLDS TO COME--ABODES OF THE BLEST.
- VELOCITY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
- NATURE OF THE SUN.
- STRUCTURE OF THE LUMINOUS DISC OF THE SUN.
- GREAT SIZE OF THE SUN ON THE HORIZON EXPLAINED.
- TRANSLATORY MOTION OF THE SUN.
- THE SUN’S LIGHT COMPARED WITH TERRESTRIAL LIGHTS.
- ACTINIC POWER OF THE SUN.
- HEATING POWER OF THE SUN.
- CAUSE OF DARK COLOUR OF THE SKIN.
- EXTREME SOLAR HEAT.
- HOW DR. WOLLASTON COMPARED THE LIGHT OF THE SUN AND THE FIXED STARS.
- THE SUN AND TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM.
- IS THE HEAT OF THE SUN DECREASING?
- UNIVERSAL SUN-DIAL.
- LENGTH OF DAYS AT THE POLES.
- HOW THE DISTANCE OF THE SUN IS ASCERTAINED BY THE YARD-MEASURE.
- HOW THE TIDES ARE PRODUCED BY THE SUN AND MOON.
- SPOTS ON THE SUN.
- HAS THE MOON AN ATMOSPHERE?
- LIGHT OF THE MOON.
- HEAT OF MOONLIGHT.
- SCENERY OF THE MOON.
- LIFE IN THE MOON.
- THE MOON SEEN THROUGH LORD ROSSE’S TELESCOPE.
- MOUNTAINS IN THE MOON.
- THE MOON AND THE WEATHER.
- THE MOON’S ATTRACTION.
- MEASURING THE EARTH BY THE MOON.
- CAUSE OF ECLIPSES.
- VAST NUMBERS IN THE UNIVERSE.
- FOR WHAT PURPOSE WERE THE STARS CREATED?
- NUMBER OF STARS.
- STARS THAT HAVE DISAPPEARED.
- THE POLE-STAR FOUR THOUSAND YEARS AGO.
- THE PLEIADES.
- CHANGE OF COLOUR IN THE STARS.
- DISTANCE OF THE NEAREST FIXED STAR FROM THE EARTH.
- LIGHT OF A STAR SIXTEENFOLD THAT OF THE SUN.
- DIVERSITIES OF THE PLANETS.
- GRAND RESULTS OF THE DISCOVERY OF JUPITER’S SATELLITES.
- WAS SATURN’S RING KNOWN TO THE ANCIENTS?
- TEMPERATURE OF THE PLANET MERCURY.
- SPECULATIONS ON VESTA AND PALLAS.
- IS THE PLANET MARS INHABITED?
- DISCOVERY OF THE PLANET NEPTUNE.
- MAGNITUDE OF COMETS.
- COMETS VISIBLE IN SUNSHINE--THE GREAT COMET OF 1843.
- THE MILKY WAY UNFATHOMABLE.
- DISTANCES OF NEBULÆ.
- INFINITE SPACE.
- ORIGIN OF OUR PLANETARY SYSTEM. THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS.[22]
- ORIGIN OF HEAT IN OUR SYSTEM.
- AN ASTRONOMER’S DREAM VERIFIED.
- FIRE-BALLS AND SHOOTING STARS.
- THEORY AND EXPERIENCE.
- METEORITES FROM THE MOON.
- VAST SHOWER OF METEORS.
- IMMENSE METEORITE.
- NO FOSSIL METEORIC STONES.
- THE END OF OUR SYSTEM.
- BENEFITS OF GLASS TO MAN.
- THE GALILEAN TELESCOPE.
- WHAT GALILEO FIRST SAW WITH HIS TELESCOPE.
- ANTIQUITY OF TELESCOPES.
- NEWTON’S FIRST REFLECTING TELESCOPE.
- SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL’S GREAT TELESCOPE AT SLOUGH.
- THE EARL OF ROSSE’S GREAT REFLECTING TELESCOPE.
- GIGANTIC TELESCOPES PROPOSED.
- LATE INVENTION OF OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS.
- A TRIAD OF CONTEMPORARY ASTRONOMERS.
- A PEASANT ASTRONOMER.
- SHIRBURN-CASTLE OBSERVATORY.
- LACAILLE’S OBSERVATORY.
- NICETY REQUIRED IN ASTRONOMICAL CALCULATIONS.
- CAN STARS BE SEEN BY DAYLIGHT?
- LOST HEAT OF THE SUN.
- THE LONDON MONUMENT USED AS AN OBSERVATORY.
- IDENTITY OF ASTRONOMY AND GEOLOGY.
- THE GEOLOGY OF ENGLAND
- PROBABLE ORIGIN OF THE ENGLISH CHANNEL.
- HOW BOULDERS ARE TRANSPORTED TO GREAT HEIGHTS.
- WHY SEA-SHELLS ARE FOUND AT GREAT HEIGHTS.
- SAND OF THE SEA AND DESERT.
- PEBBLES.
- ELEVATION OF MOUNTAIN-CHAINS.
- THE CHALK FORMATION.
- WEAR OF BUILDING-STONES.
- PHENOMENA OF GLACIERS ILLUSTRATED.
- ANTIQUITY OF GLACIERS.
- FLOW OF THE MER DE GLACE.
- THE ALLUVIAL LAND OF EGYPT: ANCIENT POTTERY.
- SUCCESSIVE CHANGES OF THE TEMPLE OF SERAPIS.
- THE GROTTO DEL CANE.
- THE WATERS OF THE GLOBE GRADUALLY DECREASING.
- THE SALT LAKE OF UTAH.
- FORCE OF RUNNING WATER.
- THE ARTESIAN WELL OF GRENELLE AT PARIS.
- HOW THE GULF-STREAM REGULATES THE TEMPERATURE OF LONDON.
- SOLVENT ACTION OF COMMON SALT AT HIGH TEMPERATURES.
- FREEZING CAVERN IN RUSSIA.
- INTERIOR TEMPERATURE OF THE EARTH: CENTRAL HEAT.
- DISAPPEARANCE OF VOLCANIC ISLANDS.
- PERPETUAL FIRE.
- ARTESIAN FIRE-SPRINGS IN CHINA.
- VOLCANIC ACTION THE GREAT AGENT OF GEOLOGICAL CHANGE.
- THE SNOW-CAPPED VOLCANO.
- TRAVELS OF VOLCANIC DUST.
- GREAT ERUPTIONS OF VESUVIUS.
- EARTH-WAVES.
- RUMBLINGS OF EARTHQUAKES.
- HOW TO MEASURE AN EARTHQUAKE-SHOCK.
- EARTHQUAKES AND THE MOON.
- THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE OF LISBON.
- GEOLOGICAL AGE OF THE DIAMOND.
- WHAT WAS ADAMANT?
- WHAT IS COAL?
- TORBANE-HILL COAL.
- HOW MALACHITE IS FORMED.
- LUMPS OF GOLD IN SIBERIA.
- SIR ISAAC NEWTON UPON BURNET’S THEORY OF THE EARTH.
- DISCOVERIES OF M. AGASSIZ.[34]
- SUCCESSION OF LIFE IN TIME.
- PRIMITIVE DIVERSITY AND NUMBERS OF ANIMALS IN GEOLOGICAL TIMES.
- ENGLAND IN THE EOCENE PERIOD.
- FOOD OF THE IGUANODON.
- THE PTERODACTYL--THE FLYING DRAGON.
- MAMMALIA IN SECONDARY ROCKS.
- FOSSIL HUMAN BONES.
- THE MOST ANCIENT FISHES.
- EXTINCT CARNIVOROUS ANIMALS OF BRITAIN.
- THE GREAT CAVE TIGER OR LION OF BRITAIN.
- THE MAMMOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES.
- THE RHINOCEROS AND HIPPOPOTAMUS OF ENGLAND.
- THE ELEPHANT AND TORTOISE.
- COEXISTENCE OF MAN AND THE MASTODON.
- HABITS OF THE MEGATHERIUM.
- THE DINOTHERIUM, OR TERRIBLE BEAST.
- THE GLYPTODON.
- INMATES OF AN AUSTRALIAN CAVERN.
- THE POUCH-LION OF AUSTRALIA.
- THE CONEY OF SCRIPTURE.
- A THREE-HOOFED HORSE.
- TWO MONSTER CARNIVORES OF FRANCE.
- GEOLOGY OF THE SHEEP.
- THE TRILOBITE.
- PROFITABLE SCIENCE.
- EXTINCT GIGANTIC BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND.
- NO FOSSIL ROSE.
- CHANGES ON THE EARTH’S SURFACE.
- GEOLOGICAL TIME.
- CURIOUS CAUSE OF CHANGE OF LEVEL.
- THE OUTLINES OF CONTINENTS NOT FIXED.
- THE ATMOSPHERE.
- UNIVERSALITY OF THE ATMOSPHERE.
- THE HEIGHT OF THE ATMOSPHERE.
- COLOURS OF THE ATMOSPHERE.
- BEAUTY OF TWILIGHT.
- HOW PASCAL WEIGHED THE ATMOSPHERE.
- VARIATIONS OF CLIMATE.
- AVERAGE CLIMATES.
- THE FINEST CLIMATE IN THE WORLD.
- THE PUREST ATMOSPHERES.
- SEA-BREEZES AND LAND-BREEZES ILLUSTRATED.
- SUPERIOR SALUBRITY OF THE WEST.
- FERTILISATION OF CLOUDS.
- BAROMETRIC MEASUREMENT.
- GIGANTIC BAROMETER.
- THE ATMOSPHERE COMPARED TO A STEAM-ENGINE.
- THE PHILOSOPHY OF RAIN.
- INORDINATE RAINY CLIMATE.
- HOW DOES THE NORTH WIND DRIVE AWAY RAIN?
- SIZE OF RAIN-DROPS.
- RAINLESS DISTRICTS.
- ALL THE RAIN IN THE WORLD.
- AN INCH OF RAIN ON THE ATLANTIC.
- THE EQUATORIAL CLOUD-RING.
- BEAUTY OF THE DEW-DROP.
- FALL OF DEW IN ONE YEAR.
- GRADUATED SUPPLY OF DEW TO VEGETATION.
- WARMTH OF SNOW IN ARCTIC LATITUDES.
- IMPURITY OF SNOW.
- SNOW PHENOMENON.
- ABSENCE OF SNOW IN SIBERIA.
- ACCURACY OF THE CHINESE AS OBSERVERS.
- PROTECTION AGAINST HAIL AND STORMS.
- TERRIFIC HAILSTORM.
- HOW WATERSPOUTS ARE FORMED IN THE JAVA SEA.
- COLD IN HUDSON’S BAY.
- PURITY OF WENHAM-LAKE ICE.
- ARCTIC TEMPERATURES.
- DR. RAE’S ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS.
- PHENOMENA OF THE ARCTIC CLIMATE.
- INTENSE HEAT AND COLD OF THE DESERT.
- TRANSPORTING POWER OF WINDS.
- EXHILARATION IN ASCENDING MOUNTAINS.
- TO TELL THE APPROACH OF STORMS.
- REVOLVING STORMS.
- IMPETUS OF A STORM.
- HOW TO MAKE A STORM-GLASS.
- SPLENDOUR OF THE AURORA BOREALIS.
- VARIETIES OF LIGHTNING.
- WHAT IS SHEET-LIGHTNING?
- PRODUCTION OF LIGHTNING BY RAIN.
- SERVICE OF LIGHTNING-CONDUCTORS.
- ANCIENT LIGHTNING-CONDUCTOR.
- THE TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM PROTECTED FROM LIGHTNING.
- HOW ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL IS PROTECTED FROM LIGHTNING.
- VARIOUS EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING.
- A THUNDERSTORM SEEN FROM A BALLOON.
- REMARKABLE AERONAUTIC VOYAGE.
- Physical Geography of the Sea.[40]
- CLIMATES OF THE SEA.
- THE CIRCULATION OF THE SEA.
- TEMPERATURE OF THE SEA.
- TRANSPARENCY OF THE OCEAN.
- THE BASIN OF THE ATLANTIC.
- GALES OF THE ATLANTIC.
- SOLITUDE AT SEA.
- BOTTLES AND CURRENTS AT SEA.
- INVENTION OF THE LOG.
- LIFE OF THE SEA-DEEPS.
- DEPTHS OF OCEAN AND AIR UNKNOWN.
- GREATEST ASCERTAINED DEPTH OF THE SEA.
- RELATIVE LEVELS OF THE RED SEA AND MEDITERRANEAN.
- THE DEPTH OF THE MEDITERRANEAN.
- COLOUR OF THE RED SEA.
- WHAT IS SEA-MILK?
- THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA A BURIAL-PLACE.
- WHY IS THE SEA SALT?
- HOW TO ASCERTAIN THE SALTNESS OF THE SEA.
- ALL THE SALT IN THE SEA.
- PROPERTIES OF SEA-WATER.
- SCENERY AND LIFE OF THE ARCTIC REGIONS.
- ICEBERG OF THE POLAR SEAS.
- IMMENSITY OF POLAR ICE.
- OPEN SEA AT THE POLE.
- RIVER-WATER ON THE OCEAN.
- THE THAMES AND ITS SALT-WATER BED.
- FRESH SPRINGS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN.
- GREAT CATARACT IN INDIA.
- CAUSE OF WAVES.
- RATE AT WHICH WAVES TRAVEL.
- OCEAN-HIGHWAYS: HOW SEA-ROUTES HAVE BEEN SHORTENED.
- ERROR UPON ERROR.
- THE LENGTH OF THE DAY AND THE HEAT OF THE EARTH.
- NICE MEASUREMENT OF HEAT.
- EXPENDITURE OF HEAT BY THE SUN.
- DISTINCTIONS OF HEAT.
- LATENT HEAT.
- HEAT AND EVAPORATION.
- HEAT AND MECHANICAL POWER.
- HEAT OF MINES.
- VIBRATION OF HEATED METALS.
- EXPANSION OF SPIRITS.
- HEAT PASSING THROUGH GLASS.
- HEAT FROM GAS-LIGHTING.
- HEAT BY FRICTION.
- HEAT BY FRICTION FROM ICE.
- WARMING WITH ICE.
- REPULSION BY HEAT.
- PROTECTION FROM INTENSE HEAT.
- MAGNETIC HYPOTHESES.
- THE CHINESE AND THE MAGNETIC NEEDLE.
- KIRCHER’S “MAGNETISM.”
- MINUTE MEASUREMENT OF TIME.
- POWER OF A MAGNET.
- HOW ARTIFICIAL MAGNETS ARE MADE.
- POWER OF THE SUN’S RAYS IN INCREASING THE STRENGTH OF MAGNETS.
- COLOUR OF A BODY AND ITS MAGNETIC PROPERTIES.
- THE ONION AND MAGNETISM.
- DECLINATION OF THE NEEDLE--THE EARTH A MAGNET.
- THE AURORA BOREALIS.
- EFFECT OF LIGHT ON THE MAGNET.
- MAGNETO-ELECTRICITY.
- ELECTRO-MAGNETS OF THE HORSE-SHOE FORM
- ROTATION-MAGNETISM.
- INFLUENCE OF PENDULUMS ON EACH OTHER.
- WEIGHT OF THE EARTH ASCERTAINED BY THE PENDULUM.
- ORIGIN OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM.
- THE NORTH AND SOUTH MAGNETIC POLES.
- MAGNETIC STORMS.
- FAMILIAR GALVANIC EFFECTS.
- THE SIAMESE TWINS GALVANISED.
- MINUTE AND VAST BATTERIES.
- ELECTRIC INCANDESCENCE OF CHARCOAL POINTS.
- VOLTAIC ELECTRICITY.
- THE VOLTAIC BATTERY AND THE GYMNOTUS.
- VOLTAIC CURRENTS IN MINES.
- GERMS OF ELECTRIC KNOWLEDGE.
- TEMPERATURE AND ELECTRICITY.
- VAST ARRANGEMENT OF ELECTRICITY.
- DECOMPOSITION OF WATER BY ELECTRICITY.
- ELECTRICITY IN BREWING.
- ELECTRIC PAPER.
- DURATION OF THE ELECTRIC SPARK.
- VELOCITY OF ELECTRIC LIGHT.
- IDENTITY OF ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC ATTRACTION.
- THEORY OF THE ELECTRO-MAGNETIC ENGINE.
- MAGNETIC CLOCK AND WATCH.
- WHEATSTONE’S ELECTRO-MAGNETIC CLOCK.
- HOW TO MAKE A COMMON CLOCK ELECTRIC.
- DR. FRANKLIN’S ELECTRICAL KITE.
- FATAL EXPERIMENT WITH LIGHTNING.
- FARADAY’S ELECTRICAL ILLUSTRATIONS.
- ORIGIN OF THE LEYDEN JAR.
- DANGER TO GUNPOWDER MAGAZINES.
- ARTIFICIAL CRYSTALS AND MINERALS.--“THE CROSSE MITE.”
- ANTICIPATIONS OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
- ELECTRIC GIRDLE FOR THE EARTH.
- CONSUMPTION OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
- TIME LOST IN ELECTRIC MESSAGES.
- THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH IN ASTRONOMY AND THE DETERMINATION OF LONGITUDE.
- NON-INTERFERENCE OF GALVANIC WAVES ON THE SAME WIRE.
- EFFECT OF LIGHTNING UPON THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
- ELECTRO-TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGE TO THE STARS.
- THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.
- HOW MARINE CHRONOMETERS ARE RATED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, GREENWICH.
- GEOMETRY OF SHELLS.
- HYDRAULIC THEORY OF SHELLS.
- SERVICES OF SEA-SHELLS AND ANIMALCULES.
- DEPTH OF THE PRIMEVAL SEAS.
- NATURAL WATER-PURIFIERS.
- HOW TO IMITATE SEA-WATER.
- VELOCITY OF IMPRESSIONS TRANSMITTED TO THE BRAIN.
- PHOTOGRAPHS ON THE RETINA.
- DIRECT EXPLORATION OF THE INTERIOR OF THE EYE.
- NATURE OF THE CANDLE-FLAME.
- M. Volger has subjected this Flame to a new analysis.
- HOW SOON A CORPSE DECAYS.
- MUSKET-BALLS FOUND IN IVORY.
- NATURE OF THE SUN.
- PLANETOIDS.
- THE COMET OF DONATI.
- FOOTNOTES:
- GENERAL INDEX
- Transcriber’s Notes