Invention and Discovery: Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches. Anonymous
STRYCHNINE A REMEDY FOR PARALYSIS.
THE FIRST USE OF JESUIT'S BARK.
MR. BABBAGE'S CALCULATING MACHINE.
AN ELECTRIFYING MACHINE IN PERSIA.
HOW TO MEASURE THE SHOCK OF AN EARTHQUAKE.
ST. PIERRE'S "PAUL AND VIRGINIA."
EL DORADO OF SIR WALTER RALEIGH.
AMBER, A SOURCE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE.
ANTIQUITY OF LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS.
EARLY INCITEMENTS TO A SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF NATURE.
SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL'S FIRST TELESCOPE.
EXPERIMENTS WITH AN ELECTRIC EEL.
TRAVELLING IN THE HIMALEH MOUNTAINS.
COMBINATIONS OF THE KALEIDOSCOPE.
INDIA RUBBER, A CENTURY AND A HALF SINCE.
BALLOON VOYAGE FROM LONDON TO NASSAU.
CLEARNESS OF THE SKY AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
WHO FIRST DOUBLED THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE?
MISS CAROLINE LUCRETIA HERSCHEL.
INVENTION OF THE TELESCOPE, AND EARLY DISCOVERIES WITH IT.