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100 1 _aKnight, Charles,
_d1791-1873
245 1 0 _aMonthly supplement of the penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, issue 16, May 31 to June 30, 1832
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2025-09-15
508 _aSteven desJardins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Monthly supplement of the penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of…" is an illustrated periodical miscellany produced in the early 19th century. It presents short, readable articles and reviews spanning architecture, machinery and industry, natural history, public monuments, travel writing, and contemporary literature, aimed at popular education and curiosity. The contents range widely. It opens with a report on the Abbey of St. Alban’s—its ancient history, mixed Roman and Norman fabric, recent storm damage, and a public appeal for repairs—followed by a lucid review of Charles Babbage’s “Economy of Machinery and Manufactures,” highlighting the logic of mechanization and memorable examples such as caterpillar-made “lace” and the steam-driven workflow of a London daily paper. A Zoological Society report documents the birth of puma cubs and feeding experiments showing carnivores thrive on one daily meal. A note on Chantrey’s bronze statue of William Pitt precedes “Gleanings in Natural History,” with lively scenes of deer-taking in Richmond Park. Further pieces assess American institutions and finance and describe the booming gold mines of the southern United States; sketch the Calabrias, contrasting their rich resources with social misery; introduce William Cullen Bryant’s poetry (with “To a Waterfowl”) as a refined American voice; and recount Captain Mundy’s Indian tour, mixing camp life, close shaves with thieves, and dramatic hunts involving lions, tigers, and remarkably wise elephants. The supplement closes with publication notices for this affordable, instructive series. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cLondon: Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1832
653 _aEnglish periodicals
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76875
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