Invention and Discovery: Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches - Anonymous

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The Necromancer 117 Descartes' "Wooden Daughter" 51 Descent in a Diving-Bell, A 92 Diamonds, Celebrated 114 Discoveries Anticipated 54 Diving-Bell, First Use of the 103 Drummond Light, The 62 Drying Wood for Violins 69 Drymaking in Holland, A 137 Early Incitements (Humboldt's) to Study of Nature 72 Earthquakes, in Chile 38 Earthquakes, How to Measure 62 Electricity, The Velocity of 155 Electrifying Machine in Persia, An 60 El Dorado of Sir Walter Raleigh 65 Elgin Marbles, The 58 Experiments with an Electric Eel 79 False Anticipations of Railway Speed 14 Faraday as a Lecturer 88 Female Mathematician, A French 56 Ferguson, The Wife of James 92 Fire-proof House on Putney Heath 109 "Fossil Rain" 104 Fourdrinier's Paper-making Machinery 48 Fourier's Independence 56 Franklin's Discoveries 22 Gold in Siberia 83 Gutta-percha, Discovery of 20 Herschel's Love of Music 59 Herschel, his First Telescope 75 Herschel, his Sister 94 Holding a "Craw's Court" 30 Hyena, A Tame 107 India Rubber 150 Years Since 85 Indian Jugglers' Secret, The 105 Invention of Gun Cotton 35 Invention of the Diving-Bell 78 Invention of the Hand Gear 130 Invisible Despatch, The 107

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