Calorescence and the Nature of Light in Tyndall Work
The text describes converting invisible calorific rays into visible light by calorescence, noting most electric light rays are heat, and highlights Tyndall's experiments. It cites using radiant heat to investigate and the chemical decomposition of vapours with electric beams to form artificial clouds, aiding cometary science.
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Tyndall
Middlemarch praised as a superior, unified novel by George Eliot
The review lauds Middlemarch as a major achievement surpassing Eliot’s earlier works. It praises Dorothea as a noble, religious, and generous figure, profiles Bulstrode’s powerful moral portrait, and notes the book’s moral depth, restrained artistry, and unique place in fiction. It also critiques some faults and concludes it as the era’s greatest literary success.
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George Eliot
Adam Bede
Dorothea
Lydgate
Bulstrode
Prentice
Punyan
Middlemarch
Raffles
Will
Rosamond
Ladislaw
Theresa
Antigone
Alexander
Completes Christmas Book: Doré and Jerrold’s London Scenes
The completed illustrated volume combines Gustave Doré’s engravings with Jerrold’s vivid descriptions of London life. It features about two hundred engravings including fifty full pages, with scenes from Both grand and humble settings such as Holland House, the Guildhall Ball, Riverside Street, and street life.
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London
Gustave Doré
Jerrold
M. Doré
Holland House
Guildhall
London books of travel art and fiction from 19th century catalog
A catalog listing multiple works with authors and publishers. It includes Gustave Doré and Blanchard Jerrold's London a Pilgrimage, A Picture Gallery of Sacred Art, and British Art, Sunday Chats for Sensible Children, Moray a Tale of Highland Life, The Romance of the Streets by A London Rambler, Lily Hope and Her Friends by Herty Bowman, The Cottagers of Glenburnie by Mrs Hamilton, New Encyclopedia of Illustrative Anecdote, In the Golden Shell a Story of Palermo by Jane Maguire, and Scenes in Old London by the author of Fuel for Our Fires.
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London
Gustave Dore
Blanchard Jerrold
Grant and Co
Sampson Low, Marston and Co
Cassell, Potter, and Co
Moray
Nisbet and Co
London Rambler
Hodder and Stoughton
Lily Hope
Herty Bowman
Elsie Ellis
Johnstone, Hunter, and Co
Glenburnie
Mrs. Hamilton
Donald Maclepp
Her
EK. Stock
Palermo
Jane Maguire
Macmillan
Old
Religious Tract Society