THE

GALLERY

OF

NATURE AND ART;

OR,

A TOUR THROUGH CREATION AND SCIENCE.

VOL. VI.

BY THE REV. EDWARD POLEHAMPTΟΝ,
FELLOW OF KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE;

Assisted by Distinguished Writers in the various Departments of the Works

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IV. Aerostation: including the Principles, History,

and Management of Balloons

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SECT. i. Principles of Aerostation

ii. History of Aerostation

iii. Construction of Balloons

V. Gass Lights

SECT. i. Introductory Remarks

Purposes

VI. Phosphorus of Kunckel

SECT. i. Solar Phosphori

ii. Application of the Gass from Coal to Economical

Phosphoric Bottles and Matches

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VII. Pneumatic, or Touchwood Tinder-box

VIII. Phosphorescence: or Spontaneous Illumination,

Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral

ii. Calorized Phosphori

iii. Animal and Vegetable Phosphori

IX. Spontaneous Combustion

X. Chemical Affinity

XI. On Crystallography

XII. Manufacture of Glass

SECT, i. History of the Discovery

ii. Properties of Glass

iii. Manufacture of Glass

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