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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 21, June 30 to July 31, 1832
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2025
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2025-10-07
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 a general-interest periodical supplement produced in the early 19th century. It gathers short articles, reviews, and reports on architecture, engineering, public health, social conditions, and cultural notices, all aimed at spreading practical, “useful” knowledge to a broad readership. This issue surveys new public works and current ideas alongside literary and biographical pieces. It opens with a detailed architectural account of the new Hungerford Market—its riverside fish-market, vast central hall with galleries, careful lighting and ventilation, and exact measurements—followed by a critique of The Village Poor-House that disputes its sweeping picture of rural misery and urges self-improvement over class resentment. A substantial review of C. Turner Thackrah’s study on occupations and health examines hazards from Sheffield grinding and filing to the indoor deprivations of shopkeepers, the anxieties of merchants, and the ennui of the idle, concluding with practical remedies—temperance, cleanliness, fresh air, exercise, cheerful recreation, and employer responsibility. Short notices describe the repurposed George IV’s Gate at Hyde Park Corner and present an extensive tour of the Liverpool docks, explaining wet, dry, and graving docks, their rapid expansion, facilities, and maintenance. The memoir of Felix Neff portrays a tireless Alpine pastor who combined religious teaching with practical reforms—chimneys, windows, irrigation, improved husbandry, schools, and winter teacher-training—using vivid, makeshift lessons in grammar, geography, and astronomy before his early death. The supplement closes with a note on a bronze statue of Major Cartwright and brief information on the magazine’s circulation and pricing. (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/77005
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