Observations on Hanover and Stade in Hamburg Elbe region
The account outlines Hanover's irregular boundaries and small, fertile yet barren lands, Stade's Elbe port town layout, ramparts, and public life. It notes convicts policing Elbe tolls, local markets, tea gardens, and Sunday leisure, plus a traveler’s anecdote about Timbuktu exploration and a perilous Christian voyage.
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Hamburgh
Elbe
Crick
Thames
Barking
Bissex
Stade
Ufanover
Thin Place
Vauhan
Muller
Haseteen
Umae
Pater
Saude
Germany
Bagfang
Timbuctoo and Mungo Park Tale From Glasgow
A Glasgow message describes a desertion of a concealed leader and names several gentlemen linked to Mediterranean affairs. The narrative concerns a traveler from Tangiers to Genoa on June 1, 1820, with Hagi Mahomet Alibabi and eight Moore as companions, part of a group of 25 adventurers seeking Moroccan gold and silver.
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Glasgow
Guifior Aw
Tro
Mediterranean
Tangiers
Genoa
Hagi Mahomet Alibabi
Tisabugian Chenisk
Moore
Morocco
Fez Fur 'Nimbudov
Edinburgh School for Mechanics Attracts Over Two Hundred Students
The Edinburgh school for mechanics drew upwards of two hundred students seeking professional improvement. Glasgow philosophers proposed illuminating city steeple dials after sunset, and magistrates approved an experimental setup on the Iron steeple. The apparatus, a No. Argand burner in a heliopherical lantern with a parabolic reflector, lit the dial so sunlike visibility is achieved at distance. A simple mechanism shuts the light at dawn, extinguishing the flame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
Glasgow Philosophical Society
Board of Police
Glaxson Gas Light Company
Rstix
Seed Wheat Treated With Vitriol Aims to Fight Smut
A long letter from Sir John Sinclair in the Gaylish Farmer's Journal describes using a vitriol solution to soak seed wheat before sowing to prevent smut and strengthen plants. It details copper sulfate and chamberlain methods, drying, and drilling or broadcasting the seed, urging farmers to try the experiment. A second note from Cowglen, Renfrewshire, reports a farmer successfully applying copper sulfate to seed wheat with good yields and no smut on two acres.
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John Sinclair
Gaylish Farmer's Journal
Sir John
Walihve
Dibtin
Femalk Oruhan House
Mm Thoraday
Rrhaa
Conyogham
Mayerty
Cowglen
Renfrewshire
Walliam Wilson
Irmér
Chamberley
Froma
Swat
Price of corn and prospects of the farm
The text discusses volatile corn prices driven by weather and market expectations. It argues that corn laws cause sharp swings, with imports raising and depressing prices, and asserts free trade would yield a steadier average level. It notes fear of insufficient crops amid uncertain weather and market manipulation.
Protection vs Foreign Grain Costs and Farmer Profits
The passage argues that shielding farmers from foreign competition with tariffs leads to constant price fluctuations, harming profits. It explains how import restrictions raise wheat prices, but abundant or scarce harvests still cause cycles, benefiting neither farmers nor merchants. It concludes free trade stabilizes prices and sustains steady profits for landowners.
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Fliagland
France
England
Medhant
Kingland
Moyland
Tau Wat
Haunted Mansion Near Worthing Sparks Village Tales
Reports of haunting activity at a two mile from Worthing home stir villagers. Lights at night and strange knocks disturb the family living there as skeptical servants and neighbors debate whether a ghost walks the old rooms. A grog shared with the narrator ends with a strange wall-knock echo. The tale echoes local legends of the Cock Lane ghost but is deemed harmless by some witnesses.
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England
Edward Ity
Xinum
Laoving
Worthing
Sussex
Westion
Cba
Anghosly
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Aples
Hhis Chirout
Sore
Park
Methen
Bia
Moat
Justin
Che Mle Yeberian
Chanbreton
Ashrert
Timbuctoo and
Mungo Park
Blackwood
Agriculture
Both
Hia
Kor
Pomora
United Kingdom
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