The London Athenoeum remarks that the necessity of calling in all the aids of science is shown by the reports of the colliery inspectors for 1871, just published. They give the number of male ...

Propagation of Heat in Liquids ON September 14, 1839, the Athenœum said: “The experiment of M. Despretz concerning the propagation of heat in liquids has been attended with the most ...

ON September 7, 1839, the Athenœum said: “The Birmingham Session of the British Association closed its peaceful labours on Saturday, and the many distinguished persons who had there met in ...

Monier Williams writes to the London Athenoeum as follows: "A remarkable demonstration has recently taken place at Bombay. A number of educated natives in high position have been seized by a kind ...

ALL manner of things may be learned from old diaries — not only matters of definite record, but odds and ends of miscellaneous lore. A single instance, possibly not at all surprising to others ...

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A popular macabre story that is frequently shared around the Halloween holiday involves Mary Shelley, the author of gothic novels such as "Frankenstein," her late husband Percy Bysshe Shelley, a ...