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The wonders of the world

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A wide-ranging compendium assembles descriptive and pictorial accounts of extraordinary natural phenomena, scientific achievements, and architectural and technological curiosities. Organized into topical sections—mountains and glaciers, subterranean caverns, mines and gems, oceanic features, waterfalls, springs and lakes, atmospheric and seismic phenomena, buried cities, and monuments and engineering feats—it provides illustrated descriptions, explanatory notes, and accounts drawn from travelers and scientific authorities. Entries emphasize observable facts over sensational tales, summarize causes and notable examples, and aim to inform general readers and families while appealing to those interested in natural history, geography, and applied arts.

List of Illustrations.

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The Cordilleras, or Andes, near Quito 10
Crater of Mount Etna 16
The “Castano de Cento Cavilli,” or Great Chestnut Tree of Mount Etna 18
Mount Vesuvius 22
Mount Hecla and the Geysers 29
Mont Blanc and the Glaciers 38
The Peak of Teneriffe 59
Peter Botte’s Mountain 74
Bridge over the Wye 92
Source of the Jumna 109
St. Michael’s Volcano 122
Sabrina Island 125
Grotto of Antiparos 136
The Mammoth Cave 141
Diamond Washing in Brazil 171
Discovery of Silver in Peru 179
Silver Mine at Königsberg, Sweden 185
Gold Washing in California 188
Place where Gold was first discovered in Australia 190
Copper Mine in Cornwall 207
Thin Plates of Coal 213
Great Salt Mine of Cracow 225
Icebergs, or Ice-Islands 236
The Maelstrom 250
Niagara Falls 256
Niagara Falls on the American side 259
Suspension Bridge over Niagara River 265
Falls of Montmorenci 270
Catskill Falls 274
Dropping Well at Knaresborough, England 283
The Emigrant Family 293
Specter of the Brocken 320
Ship refracted in the Air 327
Waterspout on the Ocean 346
Temple of Isis at Pompeii 356
Papyri 361
Earthquake at Lisbon 394
Natural Bridge in Virginia 428
Skeleton of the Siberian Mammoth 456
The Sphinx and Pyramids 492
Entrance to one of the Pyramids of Gizeh 499
Entrance to the Tombs of Sakkara 507
Great Gallery of the Tombs of Sakkara 510
Cleopatra’s Needle 521
The Two Colossi 535
The Nilometer 565
African Birds-nest 568
Tower near Babylon 573
Colossal Winged Bull from Nineveh 584
Jacob’s Well 591
Church of the Holy Sepulcher 595
Mount Tabor 597
The Areopagus 608
Temple of Jupiter Olympius 609
Great Wall of China 615
Porcelain Tower at Nankin 617
Jupiter Pluvius, or the Apennine Jupiter 622
The Leaning Tower at Pisa 624
The Coliseum at Rome 629
Ancient Roman Aqueduct 638
The Arch of Titus 640
St. Peter’s as seen from the Tiber 643
The Eddystone Light-house 648
Stonehenge 653
The First Church in England 661
Strasburg Cathedral 666
The Crystal Palace in New York 697
The Capitol at Washington 712
The Smithsonian Institute 715
The Washington Monument 716
The Bunker-Hill Monument 720
Vergnais’s Herculean Bridge 725
The Britannia Tubular Bridge 728
The High Bridge at Harlem 733
The Boston Reservoir 735
Aqueduct on the Peat Forest Canal 736
Tunnel in Shakspeare’s Cliff 740
The Colossus of Rhodes 742
The Emperor Fountain 747
The Air Balloon 750
Early Navigation 756
The Launch of a Packet-Ship 757
Fulton’s First Steamboat 759
An Ocean Steamer 762
Chinese Junks 766
The Banyan-Tree 769
The Reindeer Sledge 772
The Prairie on Fire 775
The Date-Palm 779
The Bamboo-Tree 782
Continental Money 783
The Signal Telegraph 785
The Electro-Magnetic Telegraph 787
Faust taking First Proof from movable types 789
Franklin’s Printing-Press 790
Hoe’s Eight-Cylinder Power Press 792
The India-Rubber Tree 793
The Old Round Tower at Newport 795
Submarine or Diving Armor 796
Manner of working the Diving-Armor 797
Tree House in Caffraria 799
The Camphor-Tree 801
Tree Temple at Matibo in Piedmont 803
Ant-Hills of the White Ant 805
Huts in Kamtschatka 806
Taking a Whale 807
Landing of the Pilgrims 809
Plymouth Rock 810
Early Settlers of New England going to Church 811
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