Knowledge for the Time / A Manual of Reading, Reference, and Conversation on Subjects of Living Interest, Useful Curiosity, and Amusing Research

by John Timbs

[21] Liebig: Letters on Chemistry, p. 28.

[22] The Bishop has elsewhere observed, with respect to what he terms “the prescriptive rights of the Church,” that, “there always must be subjects upon which good men, from the mere natural law of the mind contemplating one side of a subject with greater interest than another, will arrive at different conclusions.”

[23] See Times, May 2nd and 5th, 1863.

[24]

“Atheist, use thine eyes;
And having view’d the order of the skies,
Think (if thou canst) that matter blindly hurl’d
Without a guide, should frame this wondrous world.”
Creech.

[25] In Blackfriars: originally the Palace of Bridewell, and subsequently a House of Correction.

[26] See the beautiful poem entitled, “Intimations of Immortality.”

INDEX.

• Accidents on Railways, [200].
• Accommodation Bill, never sign, [168].
• Adams, President, Ancestry of, [18].
• Advocate, Payment of, [109].
• Age of the People, [233].
• Air, Fresh, Worth of, [241].
• America, Discovery of, [79].
• Ancestors of Washington, [16].
• Ancestry of President Adams, [18].
• Anti-Corn Law League, Origin of, [37].
• Appellate Jurisdiction of the House of Lords, [108].
• Archæology and Manufactures, [229].
• Aristocracy, the word, [99].
• Armstrong, Sir W., on “Seeds of Invention,” [176].
• Arrest of the Body after Death, [133].
• Art, Good and Cheap, [230].
• Arts, False, advancing True, [247].
• Astronomy, Limitations of, [213].
• Atheism, Folly of, [276].
• Attorney, do not make your Son, [108].
• Augustine, St., Mission of, [77].
• Bacon, Roger, Science of, [173].
• Balloon Ascents, High Temperatures in, [218].
• Bank Failures, Losses by, [165].
• Bar, Success at, Secret of, [107].
• Barometer for Farmers, [222].
• Baronetcy, Expense of, [97].
• Bayonet, History of the, [228].
• Benefit of Clergy, [116].
• Bidder, Mr. George, C.E., [146].
• Blindness, on, [235].
• Bonaparte, the House of, [20].
• Border Marriages, [120].
• Bowyer, Sir George, on Public Executions, [143, 144].
• Brain Disease, Dr. Forbes Winslow on, [257].
• Brass, Antiquity of, [191].
• Bridewell of the City of London, [135].
• Britain, Great, on the World’s Map, [80].
• Britain, Roman Civilization of, [61].
• Brodie, Sir B., on Mind and Organization, [253].
• Brunswick, House of, and Casting Vote, [78].
• Burial of Sir John Moore, [15].
• Burying Gold and Silver, [155].
• Calculation, Mental, Precocious, [146].
• Cambridge Man, [76].
• Cancer, Remedies for, [245].
• Catholic Emancipation and Sir Robert Peel, [53].
• Castlereagh, Lord, at the Congress of Vienna, [33].
• Cato-street Conspiracy, the, [34].
• Cavour’s Estimate of Napoleon III., [51].
• Celtes, what are they? [60].
• Centre of the Earth, [206].
• Change of Surname, [102].
• Changes, a few of the World’s, [55].
• Chartists, the, in 1848, [41].
• Christmas, Past and Present, [266].
• Church, Compulsory Attendance at, [117].
• Civilization, the Lowest, [67].
• Civilization, true Source of, [66].
• Crown, the Imperial State, [93].
• Coal-mine, deepest in England, [188].
• Coal Resources, our, [185-189].
• Coal, Theory of, [185].
• Coburg, House of, [53].
• Cockfighting, Law against, [136].
• Coin, Counterfeit, [161].
• Coinage, Wear and Tear of, [161].
• Coleridge, Sir John, on Trial by Jury, [112].
• Colonial Empire, British, [82].
• Comfort, what is it? [69].
• Common Law, [104].
• Concrete not new, [190].
• Congregational Church, First in England, [276].
• Conscience, Liberty of, [281].
• Conscience, the National, [11].
• Consumption not hopeless, [238].
• Convicts, What is to be done with our, [138].
• Cooling of the Earth, [207].
• Copper-sheathing Ships’ bottoms, [190].
• Copper-smelting, [191].
• Copyright, the Law of, [124].
• Correlation of Physical Forces, [180].
• Coup d’Etat Predictions, [44].
• Cross, Mark of the, [118].
• Crowns, English, [93].
• Curiosities of the Exchequer, [151].
• Curiosities of the Statute Law, [105].
• “Custom, the Queen of the World,” [74].
• Death-bed of the Doubting, [269].
• Death-Warrants, [140].
• Deodands, Law of, [132].
• Despot deceived, [66].
• Deville, the Phrenologist, [254].
• Diamond, Brilliancy of, [191].
• “Dieu et mon Droit,” [91].
• Distances measured, [149].
• Discoverers, not Inventors, [172].
• Doubt, our Age of, [270].
• Doubt about Religion, [267].
• Druids, and their Healing Art, [245].
• Earth, Cooling of the, [207].
• Earth and Man compared, [206].
• Earth, how it was peopled, [57].
• Earth, Centre of the, [206].
• Earth, Distance of, from the Sun, [215].
• Earth’s Surface, Inequalities of, [210].
• Earth, why presumed to be Solid, [206].
• Education, Christian, [283].
• Egyptology, what is it? [271].
• Eloquence of the Day, [6].
• Employment, giving, [168].
• Enamel, French, [232].
• Enghien, the Duke of, [24].
• English People, the, [84].
• English, what they owe to Naturalized Foreigners, [203].
• Evidence, what is it? [110].
• Exchequer, Curiosities of, [151].
• Executions, Public, [142].
• Feasts, Moveable, [266].
• Fees, Ecclesiastical, [153].
• Field-Marshal, the rank, [101].
• Fitzroy, Admiral, on the Weather, [218].
• Flint, use of, in Pottery, [197].
• Foot, the Roman, [147].
• “Fourth Estate, the,” [5].
• Fractured Leg, how restored, [246].
• Freedom, Love of, [65].
• Free-speaking, Whately on, [9].
• French Emperorship, Revival of, [43].
• Friendly Societies’ Laws, [166].
• Game Laws, the, [139].
• Gardens, Law of, [131].
• Gavelkind Customs, [126].
• Geology, Revelations of, [58].
• George III., what drove him mad, [27].
• Gibbet, the Last in England, [141].
• Glory of the Past, [72].
• Gold and Silver, burying, [155-15]7.
• Gold seeking, Results of, [157].
• Gold, Standard, [162].
• “Great Events from Little Causes spring,” [76].
• Gretna Green Marriages, [120].
• Growth, Geological, [204].
• Guilds, Ancient and Modern Benefit Clubs, [75].
• Gunpowder, Philosophy of, [192].
• Gustavus III. of Sweden, [38].
• Hair suddenly changing Colour, [237].
• Half-mad, the, [258].
• Hands, why do we shake? [67].
• Head, Sir F., on Public Executions, [142].
• Hearing, Sense of, [234].
• Heart, the Human, [234].
• Heat and Motion, Identity of, [208].
• Heat, Universal Source of, [209].
• Heir to the British Throne always in Opposition, [4].
• Heralds’ College, [86].
• Heraldry, Worth of, [85].
• Hoarding Money, [157].
• Holding over after Lease, [125].
• Hop Duty, Abolition of, [125].
• Horse-power, calculation of, [198].
• Horses, Value of, [166].
• Icebergs and the Weather, [223].
• Ignorance and Irresponsibility, [137].
• Imitative Gold Chains, [232].
• Imperial State Crown, the, [93].
• “Implements in the Drift,” [205].
• “In the Beginning,” [279].
• Innate Ideas and Pre-existence of Souls, [277].
• Insanity, Causes of, [256].
• Insurance, Origin of, [163].
• Insurance Policies, [130].
• Invasion of England, [47].
• Invasion of England projected by Napoleon I., [21].
• Invasions and Railways, [202].
• Inventions and Discoveries, contemporary, [227].
• Irish, the, and Potatoes, [81].
• Irish-speaking Population, [81].
• Irish Titles of Honour, [87].
• Irish Union, the, [19].
• Iron as a Building Material, [189].
• Jerusalem and Nimroud, [272].
• Jewellery, Imitative, [231].
• Job, the Book of, [285].
• Judge’s Black Cap, origin of, [141].
• Judgments, Awful, [282].
• Jurors, Attendance of, [113].
• Justice, Cupar and Jedburgh, [138].
• Jury, Trial by, [111].
• King’s-Book, the, [116].
• King and Queen, [89].
• Knighthood, Expense of, [97].
• Law, Statute and Common, [104].
• Legal Hints, [129].
• Legitimacy and Government, [5].
• Lenses, Burning, [182].
• Leonard’s, St., Lord, his Handy-Book, [129].
• Leopold, King of the Belgians, [54].
• Libel, the Law of, [113].
• Libel, Propagation of, [115].
• Liberty of Conscience, [281].
• Life, Periods and Conditions of, [233].
• Life, Uncertainty of, [262].
• Life, What do we know of it, [70].
• Light, Velocity of, how measured, [216].
• Lightning, Death by, [226].
• Lightning, Force of, [226].
• Lime, Phosphate of, what is it? [194].
• London, Ancient and Modern, [81].
• London, the See of, [96].
• Loot, derivation of, [229].
• Lottery, the First, [160].
• Louis Philippe, Fall of, [40].
• Lucifer Match, Safety, [195].
• Luxury, what is it? [70].
• Machiavelism, [9].
• Majesty, title of, [90].
• Marriage Fines, [119].
• Marriage Law of England, [118].
• Marriage, Solemnization of, [123].
• Marriages, Irregular, [120].
• Martyrs, Religious, Last, in England, [281].
• May Fair Marriages, [120].
• Mechanical Arts, the, [178].
• Mechanical Effects, Imposing, [197].
• Medicine, brief History of, [248].
• Medicine, what has Science done for it? [249].
• Melbourne, Lord, Statesmanship of, [44].
• Metals, Precious, What becomes of, [158].
• Meteorological Observations, Value of, [218].
• Methylated Spirit, [193].
• Militia, what it can do, [48].
• Mind and Organization, Relations of, [253].
• Mineralogy, Uses of, [185].
• Mining, Vicissitudes of, [183]-185.
• Ministries, Whig and Tory, [2].
• Money, Interest of, [162], [163].
• Money Panic of 1832, [36].
• Moonlight and Blindness, [227].
• Moonlight, Effect of, on Vegetation, [227].
• Moore, Sir John, Burial of, [15].
• Moveable Feasts, [266].
• Mutiny at the Nore, [52].
• Napoleon I., Downfal of, predicted, [29].
• Napoleon III., Estimate of, by Count Cavour, [51].
• Napoleon III., early Life of, [43].
• “Nation of Shopkeepers,” [12].
• National Conscience, [11].
• Nature’s Ventilation, [240].
• Naval Heroes, [50].
• Northwick, Lord, his Pictures, [133].
• Numbers descriptive of Distance, [146].
• Observance, Ungraceful, [45].
• Oil, Effect of, in stilling Waves, [180].
• Opinion, Popular, Worth of, [8].
• Over-Speculation, [165].
• Oxford, Bishop of, on Rationalism, [273].
• Oxford, Bishop of, on Religious Doubt, [267]-270.
• Oxford Man and Cambridge Man, [75].
• Pardon, Queen’s, [140].
• Parliament, Placemen in, [99].
• Parliament, Precedence in, [99].
• Parliament, Seats in, sold, [99].
• Parliament, Speakers of, [10].
• Partition of Poland, [46].
• Past, the Guide for the Present, [79].
• Patents, Object of, [177].
• Patriot, the truest, the greatest Hero, [71].
• Peace Statesmanship, [15].
• Pear-flavouring, New, [192].
• Peel, Sir Robert, and Catholic Emancipation, [53].
• Peers, New, [100].
• Pensions, Noteworthy, [56].
• Perfumes, Nature of, [239].
• Perspective, what is it? [181].
• Philosopher and Historian, the, [1].
• Philosophers, the old, [71].
• Physic, Element of, in Medical Practice, [250].
• Physician, the best, [260].
• Physicians’ Fees, [251].
• Pillory, the, in England, [139].
• Pitt, Mr., Last Moments of, [25].
• Pitting in Small-pox prevented, [251].
• Poisoning, Remedy for, [259].
• Poland, the Partition of, [46].
• Political Cunning, [100].
• Politics not yet a Science, [1].
• Popular Opinion, Worth of, [8].
• Potatoes the national food of the Irish, [81].
• Pottery, Manufacture of, [196].
• Precedence of Dublin and Edinburgh, [287].
• Preferment, Church, [15].
• Press, Power of the, [6].
• Press, Writing for the, [6].
• Principal and Agent, [129].
• Protectionist Party, [4].
• Psalms, the Book of, [283].
• Punishment, Baron Alderson on, [145].
• Queen Anne’s Bounty, [154].
• Queen’s Messengers, [95].
• Queen’s Serjeants, Queen’s Counsel, and Serjeants-at-Law, [107].
• Queen, Presents and Letters to, [95].
• Queen’s State Crown, [93].
• Quietus and Bodkin, [153].
• Quipus, the Peruvian, [148].
• Railway Accidents, [200].
• Railway, Social Effect of the, [200].
• Railways, British, and Roman Roads, [62].
• Railways and Invasions, [202].
• Rain, and St. Swithun, [224].
• Rainfall in London, [225].
• Rainy Saints’ Days, [225].
• Rationalism, what is it? [273].
• Rats and Ratting, Political, [4].
• Recreations of the People, [244].
• Rector, Induction of, [115].
• Religion, Doubt about, [267]-270.
• Religious Forebodings, [275].
• Rent, Origin of, [150].
• Republic, Worth of a, [14].
• Revenue, Public, what becomes of, [153].
• Revolutions, Great Sufferer by, [37].
• Revolutions, Results of, [13].
• Roman Civilization of Britain, [61].
• Roman Roads and British Railways, [62].
• Russell Family, the, [100].
• Russia, how bound to Germany, [50].
• Sabbath for Professional Men, [278].
• “Safe Men” for Office, [14].
• Safety Match, the, [195].
• Salutation, Various Modes of, [68].
• “Sangrado, Dr.,” original of, [247].
• Sanitary Hints, [242].
• Saxons, Domestic Life of, [64].
• Sceptics, Hint to, [271].
• Science, the One, [174].
• Science, Practical, [178].
• Science, Social, Changes in, [171].
• Science, what has it accomplished? [171].
• Scotch Thistle, [88].
• Sea, Chemistry of, [212].
• Seas, Heavy, and Large Vessels, [199].
• Sea, its Perils, [213].
• “Seeds of Invention,” [176].
• “Seeing is believing,” [255].
• Servants’ Characters, [131].
• Shamrock, the, [87].
• Ships, Sheathing with Copper, [190].
• Shorthand Writers, [7].
• Shyness, how it spoils Enjoyment, [73].
• Sky, Beauty of the, [217].
• Sky, Blue Colour of, [216].
• Sleeping and Dreaming, [236].
• Sleeping, Position in, [237].
• Souls, Pre-existence of, [277].
• Sovereign, Coinage of, [160].
• Speakers of the Houses of Parliament, [10].
• Special Pleading, what was it? [110].
• Spectacles, How to wear, [183].
• Spirit, Methylated, [193].
• Spontaneous Generation, [181].
• “Star-spangled Banner” of the United States, [18].
• Statute Law, [104].
• Steam-boat, the First, [198].
• Stereoscope, the, [182].
• Stockbrokers, [164].
• Stone Age, the, [59], [205].
• Storm Glass, [223].
• Sudden Deaths, various, [262]-265.
• Suicides, Motives for, [259].
• Sun-force, on, [175].
• Sun, Distance of, from the Earth, [215].
• Surgery, Improved, [246].
• Surname, Change of, [102].
• Swithun, St., his true history, [224].
• Tally, antiquity of the, [152].
• Teeth, Care of the, [234].
• Telegram, Origin of, [229].
• Theology, what is it? [274].
• Theory and Practice, [177].
• Thistle, the Scotch, [88].
• Ticket-of-Leave Men, [137].
• Tory Ministry, [2].
• Town and Country Air, [243].
• Treasure-Trove, Usage of, [126]-129.
• Trial, what is it? [111].
• Trial by Jury, [111].
• Tribute-money, [159].
• Trinity High-Water Mark, [150].
• Underneath the Skin, [253].
• Union, the Irish, [19].
• Union-Jack, the, [101].
• Utter-Barristers, [109].
• Ventilation, Artificial, [241].
• Victoria, [92].
• Vienna Congress, Lord Castlereagh at, [33].
• Vitiating a Sale, [130].
• Votes, memorable, [78].
• Wages heightened by Machinery, [167].
• Wales, Prince of, his Plume and Motto, [91].
• Wars by trivial Causes, [77].
• Washington, Ancestors of, [16].
• Water, Running Force of, [180].
• Waterloo, Battle of, [31], 32.
• Waterloo, Prince of, [96].
• Watt and Telford compared, [177].
• “We,” the Royal, [90].
• Weather Signs, various, [220]-222.
• Weights and Measures, Uniformity of, [149].
• Wellington’s Defence of the Waterloo Campaign, [32].
• Wellington’s Military Administration, [38].
• Wellington predicts the Peninsular Campaign, [30].
• Whig and Tory Ministries, [2].
• Whiteboys, [49].
• Wild Oats, [73].
• Will, Duty of Making, [133].
• Will, Don’t make your own, [134].
• Wills, making of, [170].
• Wills, a Year’s, [169].
• Wood, how long will it last? [194].
• Wood, what is it? [194].
• Wounds, Compensation for, [260].
• Wounds, New Remedy for, [260].
• Yellow Fever, Cure for, [240].

THE END.