The World's Encyclopedia of Wonders and Curiosities

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Temperance and Intemperance: John

Hair, ancient and modern opinions respecting the, 29 Halo, or corona, and similar appearances, 680 Hand-fasting, Harmattan, 511 Heat, diminished by evaporation, 867 Hecla, 442 Heidelberg clock, 705 Heinecken, Christian Henry, account of, 114 Hell, opinions respecting, 812 Henly, John, singular character of, 107 Herculaneum and Pompeii, 536 Herschel's grand telescope, 713 Hessian fly. 339 Hobnails, origin of the sheriff's counting, 622 Holland, North, curious practice in, 630 Honour, extraordinary instances of, 80 Literary labour and perseverance, 756 Lizard, imbedded in coal, 225 Locusts and their uses in the creation, 349 London, compendious description of, 813 London, intellectual improvement in, 761 Longevity, extraordinary instances of, 96 Louse, 328 Love-letter, and answer, curious, 774 Luminous insects, 319 M Maelstrom, 489 Magdalen's hermitage, 575 Magic oracle, 873 Magical bottle, 879 Magical drum, 806 Magnetism, 693.

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