Footnotes
[1] Hence the term employed by Liebig and his followers, eremacausis, or slow-burning.
[2] "The colorless, fresh-cut surfaces of a potato, of a turnip, or of an apple, when exposed to the air, soon become brown. In all such substances, the presence of a certain quantity of water, by which the molecules are enabled to move freely on one another, is a condition necessary to the production, by temporary contact with air, of a change in form and composition, a resolving of the original body into new products, which continues uninterrupted till no part of the original compound is left. This process has been distinguished by the name of putrefaction."—Liebig.
[3] The flour and biscuit which are taken out to sea in the British navy are packed in casks of wrought-iron. These were formerly painted, to prevent rust, and also to make them water-tight; but the paint was found to give a bad taste to the flour, &c., and they are now coated outside with a waterproof composition of caoutchouc, black resin, and Venice turpentine.
[4] Hereafter the subject of Perspective will be fully treated of; before Perspective can be mastered, it is absolutely necessary that the pupil should be able to sketch by the assistance of the eye.
[5] Anoonk, a star.
[6] The Indians of some tribes loose a bird over the grave of a friend, laden with caresses, which they believe will be borne to the departed one.
[7] The moving rays of the northern lights are supposed by them to be the souls of their people in glory.
[8] Succannesset, Indian name of Falmouth.
[9] Entered according to Act of Congress, by T. B. PETERSON, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
[10] Dr. Faraday found that, by first exhausting the lungs by several deep exhalations, so as to expel the carbonic acid, and then taking a deep inspiration of fresh air, he was able to hold his breath for two minutes and a half.
[11] Sterne's Sermons.
TRANSCRIBER NOTES:
P. [486]. 'Novado' changed to 'Novada'.
P. [501]. 'toffe' changed to 'toffee'
P. [506]. 'com' changed to 'come'.
P. [507]. 'mocassin' changed to 'moccasin'.
P. [561]. 'nna' changed to 'Anna'.
Fixed various punctuation.