The book of curiosities; or, wonders of the great world: containing an account of whatever is most remarkable in nature and art, science and literature / [John Platts].

  • John Platts
Date:
[1822]
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Credit: The book of curiosities; or, wonders of the great world: containing an account of whatever is most remarkable in nature and art, science and literature / [John Platts]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. Abderites, or inhabitants of Abdera, curious account of, 45 Abstinence, wonders of, 67 Act of faith, 638 Adansonia; or, African calabash tree, 378 Agnesi, Maria Gaetana, account of, 120 Agrigentum, in Sicily, ruins of, 540 Air, its pressure and elasticity, 839 Alarm bird, 243 Alexandria, buildings and library of, 549 Alhambra, 559 Alligators, 164 American natural history, 182 Anagrams, 450 Andes, 415 Androides, 701 Anger, surprising effects of, 82 Animalcules, 357 Animal generation, curiosities respecting, Animals, formation of, 142 Animals, preservation of, 144 Animals, destruction of, 150 Animal reproductions, 154 Animals and plants, winter sleep of, 808 Animals, remarkable strength of affection xn, 184 Animals, surprising instances of socialitv _ in, 185 J Animals, unaccountable faculties possessed by some, 187 Animals, remarkable instances of fasting- in, 189 8 Animal flower, 392 Anthropophagi,or men-eaters, account of,75 Ants, curiosities of, 290 Ants, green, 311 Ants, white, or termites, 301 Ant, lion, 312 Ants, visiting, 312 Aphis, curiosities respecting, 331 Aqueducts, remarkable, 795 Arc, Joan of, 927 Ark of Noah, 582 Artificer, unfortunate, 745 Artificial figure to light a candle, 830 Asbestos, 402 Athos, mount, 423 Attraction, examples of, 837 Augsburg, curiosities of, 576 Aurora borealis, 684 Automaton, description of, 700 B Babylon, 557 Bacon flitch, custom at Dunmow, Essex 605 ' Balbeck, ancient ruins of, 538 Bannian tree, 374 Baptism, a curious one, 642 Baratier, John Philip, premature genius of, Barometer, rules for predicting the wea¬ ther by it, 864 Beards, remarks concerning, 31 Beaver, description of, 156 Beavers, habitations of the, 158 Bee, the honey, 265 Bees, wild, curiosities of, Clothier Bee, Carpenter Bee, Mason Bee, Uphol¬ sterer Bee, Leaf-cutter Bee, 277. 278, 279, 280 * Bees, account of an idiot-boy and, 283 Bees, Mr. Wildman’s curious exhibitions of, explained, 283 Bells, baptism of, 639 tv ?fGler8y> orig*a and history of, 623 Bird of Paradise, 230 Bird, singular account of one inhabiting a volcano in Guadalope, 246 Bird-catching fish, 196 Bird-catching, curious method of, 260 Birds, method of preserving-, 865 Birds, hydraulic, 713 Birds, song of, 261 Birds’ nests, 251 Bisset, Samuel, the noted animal instruc¬ tor, 124 Bletonism, 95 Blind clergyman of Wales, 903 Blind persons, astonishing acquisitions made by some, 46 Blind Jack of Knaresborough, 900 Blood, circulation of, 24 Blunders, book of, 761 Boa Constrictor, 217 Boat-fly, 342 Body, human, curiosities of the, 13 Bolea, Monte, 418 Books, curious account of the scarcity of, Borrowdale, 458, Bottles, to uncork, 836 Boverick’s curiosities, 713 Bowthorpe oak, 382 Bread-fruit tree, 372 Bread, old, curious account of, 807 Brine, to ascertain the strength of, 839 Brown, Simon, and his curious dedication to queen Caroline, 108 Bunzlau curiosities, 714 Buonaparte, principal events in the life of 126 Burning spring in Kentucky, 493 Burning and hot springs, 494,495,496, 497 Burning, extraordinary cures by, 792 Burning-glasses, 717
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