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The Daguerreotype: Periscopic Lens

This beautiful instrument, destined, ultimately, we believe, to be the companion of every man of taste, particularly in his travels,...

H. G. Wells Delivers a Speech

Mr. H. G. Wells, the author of The Wheels of Chance, the clever bicycling romance recently published by the Macmillan...

The Abaza Tribe, Burials

THE Abaza (a Circassian tribe) have a strange way of burying their Beys. They put the body in a coffin...

Revolution in Photography

The Paris correspondent of the London Photographic News says:-" Another revolution in photography! The honor of achieving this result is...

Gertrude Kasebier

Mrs. Gertrude Kasebier has probably done more than any other American woman to lift pictorial photography to the high plane...

The effect of Whitney's Cotton-Gin

In 1793, the year of the invention, the whole cotton crop of the United States was 5,000,000 lbs., and the...

Photographs of Ghosts

The London Review, in an article on the tendency in modern literature to the revival of ghost stories, suggests to...

Living in Spain

Preface: The following article is from an American periodical called "The American Farmer" from 1826. This concise article focuses on...

Paul Laurence Dunbar

A few years ago, when Mr. Thomas Nelson Page's first volume of dialect stories was being reviewed by the press,...

Dupont's Powder Mill Explodes

Mr. Dupont's powder mill on the Brandywine, exploded at about past 9 o'clock, on Thursday last. The shock was felt...

Notice of the Letters of Robert Morris

The volume containing Mr. Morris's public letters is, we believe, a gratuitous addition to the work made by Mr. Sparks,...

Photographic Invention

Mr. Niepce St. Victor has laid before the Academy of Sciences of Paris, photographic designs on paper, which are in...

Ezekiel Starr

In this city, on the 6th instant, of erysipelas, in the 45th year of his age, EZEKIEL STARR, of the...

A gratifying American Reception vs. The Farce of Ceremony

Preface: The following article is a snippet from the book "Men and Manners in America," which was first published in...

Philosophy in an Eggshell

A correspondent recently asked you the reason why sugar strikes fire when two lumps are struck together after the fashion...

Photogenic Paper

The paper is to be dipped in a solution of salt-in water, in the proportion of half an ounce of...

Morse Telegraph In France

A commission appointed in France to consider the claims of Professor Morse, for remuneration, because his telegraph was employed in...

Daguerreotype, a General Description

The following is a general description of the art of the Daguerreotype, as practised by its distinguished inventor: A plate...

Proper Method of Eating Eggs

Preface: The following article is a snippet from the book "Men and Manners in America," which was first published in...

Alexander's Electric Telegraph

A model to illustrate the nature and powers of this machine, was exhibited on Wednesday evening at the Society of...

Swimming Life Preserver

The saving of human life, whether from fire or water, and the prevention of accident generally, is a noble and...

Egg Philosophy

We have heard of "philosophy in a nut-shell " and "philosophy in an egg," and many persons may suppose that...

Photographs of War Prisoners

The question is asked, "why don't our officers in service take a cheap photograph of those prisoners who are allowed...

Photographs for Wood Engraving

All wood engravings have hitherto been first drawn by hand on wooden blocks for the engraver, who cuts them for...

Indian Convention

We learn with pleasure, that a convention of delegates from the Indian tribes in the states of New-York, Michigan, and...

The Bloomer Costume

We See by Amelia Bloomer's neat little paper, the Lily. that her new custome has not yet lost its advocate,...

Cotton Gin, Labor Saving Machinery

TO THE EDITORS OF THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.

Your paper of the 13th January contains a statement, under...

Catharine Weed Barnes

THIS is a generation of bright women, and in science, art, literature, or business we are constantly finding charming, womanly...

Superiority of American Photograph

It is a well-known fact that the photographs produced in this country are superior, both in point of distinctness in...

Experiments in Photography

M. Niepce de St. Victor, in making some experiments in photography, finds that if a sheet of paper ors which...

Elizabeth Brownell, Photographer

A comparatively new worker in photography. Mrs. Brownell is meeting with great success in the rich but hitherto almost untouched...

The War Steamer "Merrimac" Raised and Converted Into a Battering Ram

The "Merrimac" as a Rebel Battering Ram. The accompanying engraving of the Herrunac is from a sketch furnished by a...

Sewing Machine

A most ingenious piece of mechanism lies lately been made known to the public in France, the inventor of which...

Adoption of Children by Labor Unions

A peculiar feature of trade unionism which has come to light in connection with the recent agitation in North Carolina...

First Brick Chewing Gum Factory Built in the United States

Curtis & Son Company. Through the above concern Portland is noted for the manufacture of chewing gum, as the history...

Wonders of Photography

H Garbanati, in an article on this subject in the American Journal of Photography, tells us the following:—"I was recently...

Thomas Hamilton, Men and Manners in America, 1833

Eggs, One nasty custom I must notice

Preface: The following article is a snippet from the book "Men and Manners in America," which was first published in...

Jacob Perkins Steam Machinery

AFTER all that has been conjectured, and insinuated, and surmised, and written about Mr. Perkins's modifications and improvements of steam...

Photography Applied to the Ornamenting of Silk Stuffs

M, Persoz, professor of chemistry at the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers, of Paris, says the London Engineer, has just...

Display of Decadent Books

Our readers will remember that in our July number we described a Stevenson window in Mr. Doxey's book - shop...

How We Eat An Egg is a Reflection Upon Our Intelligence

Preface:This is an extract from an article in "The Critic" from 1893. I accidentally ran across this "egg article" while...

Daguerreotype, Interesting Experiments

Noticing an article touching some interesting experiments detailed before the French Academy of Science, at a recent sitting, illustrative of...

Napoleon Bonaparte at Breakfast

Preface: The following is an article is a snippet from the book Memoirs of the Interior of the Palace, and...

Mormon Trials

On the 21st ult. the trial of per-sons charged with the murder of Hiram and Joe Smith, commenced at Carthage,...

John Qunicy Adams Receives Bachelor of Arts Degree

BOSTON, July 20. Last Wednesday being the anniversary or Commencement at the university at Cambridge, about 11 o'clock in the...