Clarke C. C., C. C. Clarke

A Hundred Wonders of the Modern World and of the Three Kingdoms of Nature

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Produktbeschreibung

Sir Richard Phillips (1767-1840) was a London-born author and publisher of educational textbooks who used a vast array of pseudonyms, including that of Reverend C. C. Clarke. Phillips' marketing techniques - the systematic borrowing of famous (living or deceased) authors' names for his textbooks, along with the multiplication of easy to produce related educational products - were key to his success. No doubt meant as an accessible encyclopaedia, this 40th edition of 1834 - attributed to Phillips himself - is a surprisingly vast and heterogeneous survey, which compiles natural and man-made curiosities across the world. The Himalayas and Mont Blanc share a chapter with the Peak of Derbyshire; famous rivers lead to mysterious subterranean forests; and Stonehenge is closely followed by St Paul's cathedral. Halfway between reference book and textbook, this richly illustrated volume is a fascinating catalogue of the world's wonders as perceived in the early nineteenth century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 816
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 1006g
• ISBN-13: 9781108017534
• ISBN-10: 1108017533
• Artikelnr.: 30363927

Inhaltsangabe

1. Mountains of the Andes, in South America
2. Chimborazo
3. Cotopaxi
4. Pichincha
5. Mount Etna, in the Island of Sicily
6. Mount Vesuvius, near Naples
7. Mount Hecla, in Iceland
8. The Geysers
9. Mont Blanc, in Switerland
10. The Peak of Teneriffe
11. The Souffriere Mountain, in the Island of St. Vincent
12. The Peak of Derbyshire
13. British mountains
14. Stromboli
15. The Himalaya Mountains, in the East Indies
16. Sabrina Island, near St. Michael's, one of the Azores
17. The Great Kentucky Cavern
18. Grotto of Antiparos
19. Grant Staffa Cavern, or Fingal's Cave
20. The Yanar, or Perpetual Fire
21. Herculaneum
22. Pompeii
23. The Great Earthquake of 1755
24. The Giant's Causeway
25. Natural bridges of Icononzo
26. Rock bridge, in Virginia
27. Bessely Gaut
28. Extraneous fossils
29. Subterraneous forests
30. Coral reefs and islands
31. Wide and inhospitable deserts
32. Sands of the desert
33. Diamond mines
34. Gold and silver mines
35. Quicksilver mines
36. Ice islands
37. Icebergs
38. River of the Amazons
39. The Apurimac
40. The Oroonoko
41. The Ganges
42. The Indus
43. The Nile
44. Lake Superior
45. Lake Huron
46. Lake Asphaltites
47. The Caspian Sea
48. Falls of Niagara
49. Falls of the Montmorenci
50. Cataracts of the Nile
51. Saint Winifred's Well
52. Dropping well at Knaresborough
53. Pitch lake of Trinidad
54. Mud lake of Java
55. Meteors
56. Aerolites
57. Spectre of the Broken
58. The Miage
59. Fata Morgana
60. Remarkable thunderstorms
61. Hail storms
62. Hurricanes
63. Monsoons
64. Whirlwinds and waterspouts
65. The great serpent, called the boa constrictor
66. The sea serpent
67. The elephant
68. The orang outang
69. The termintes
70. The Banian tree
71. The upas, or poison tree
72. Pyramids of Egypt
73. Cryptae, or catacombs of Alexandria
74. Ruins of Palmyra and Balbec
75. Ruins of Babylon
76. Ruins of Persepolis
77. Athens
78. Temples of elephants
79. Temples of Salsette
80. Great Wall of China
81. Porcelain Tower, at Nankin
82. The Coliseum, at Rome
83. Trajan's Palace
84. The Pont du Gard
85. St. Peter's, of Rome
86. Eddystone light-house
87. Bell Rock light-house
88. Stonehenge
89. St. Paul's Cathedral
90. Westminster Abbey
91. The Tower of London
92. The Bank of England
93. General Post-Office
94. The Monument
95. The Louvre
96. The British Museum
97. The Linwood Gallery, Leicester Square
98. Bullock's Museum, Piccadilly
99. Dr. Herschel's Grand Telescope
100. The steam engine.