The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-26 00:00:00

MODERN INVENTIONS AND DISCO VERIES.

Yrs.
Mariners' Compass .. 1300

Gunpowder .. .. .. .. .. .. 1250

Paper .. •• .• •• •• •• • . 1270
____

Spectacles • • • •.• •• • •
.. 1290
Cannon •• . • • 1300
• • • • • .
• •

Printing

•• •• •• .• •• .. 1440

Diving Bell .. .. • . .. . • .. 1550

Air Gun 1600
Thermometer, by Galileo .. .. .. .. 1603

Telescope, by Galileo

•• 1609
•• •• ••

Microscope, by Galileo .. .. .. .. 1610

Logarithens, by Napier .. .. .. .. 1614
Circulation of the blood. by Harvey .. .. 1620
Barometer, by Torricelli .. .. • . • . 1645
Air Pump, by Otto Guericke: .. .. .. 1650
Law of Gravitation, by Newton .. .. .. 1665
Phosphorus, by Brandt .. .. .. .. 1663
Watch-spring, by Huyghens .. .. .. 1675

Ruins of Pompeii .. ..
Steam Engine, by Newcombe

Blowpipe

Achromatic Telescope, by James Dollond

Spinning Jenny, by Hargreaves ..
Spinning Machine, by Arkwright
Balloons, by the Montgolfiers
Bramah Lock

Argand Lamp •• • •
Life Boat, by Greathead ..

Stereotyping

Jacquard Loom

Safety Lamp, by Davy

Kaleidescope, by Brewster ..

Calculating Machine, by Babbage..

Steel Pens .. .. .. ..
Steam Gun, by Perkins .. ..
Locomotive, by George* Stephenson

1689
1705

1740

1759

1760
1769
1782
1784

1787
1789

1800

150 G

3816

1817

1822

1825
1825
1529

[*Mr. Cates, p. 126, puts it by a strange lapsus Robert
Stephenson.]

Lucifer Matches .. 1830
Screw Propeller, by Smith and Ericsson 183 G
Electric Telegraph
.. 1837
Stereoscope, by Wheatstone 1838
Lenticular Stereoscope, by Brewster .. 1849
Electrotype • 6 • • • • • • • • 1839

Daguerreotype .. ..
Steam Hammer, by Nasmyth
Gun Cotton .. .. ..

Revolver, by Colt ..

is .. 1839
.. .. 1842
.. .. 1846

1850

Chloroform, by Simpson .. .. 1850
Spectral analysis, by Kirchof and Bunsen .. 1860
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THE CHAMOIS•HUNTER, Mr. Charles Boner, has
started on a tour through Transylvania, the wild sports of
which country will give full occupation to his gun, as the
little known manners and customs will serve to employ WO
pen.
WATERLOO CLARK"—that is Mr. John Clark, so
called from his " Scenes from the Battle of Waterloo,''
sketched by him on the field itself immediately after the
battle—died a few days ago at Edinburgh in his 92d year.
THE CONCERTS OF MR. HENRY LESLIE'S CHOII4
will begin on the 4th (being the anniversary of Mendel'
sohn's death), with a Mendelssohn Evening.
" THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT."—Thi3
Spectator laughs good-humouredly at the Hon. 11'
Winter Davis, of Baltimore, who revels in the idea of Advai-
ral Dupont sending his " bombshells over the dome of St.
Paul's, and the ruins of London-bridge tumbling into the
streambelow I" Evidently, says our contemporary, gr'
Davis wishes to play into the hands of Lord MacaulaP
"Maori," who from his broken arch will paint the picture.
while Admiral Dupont realises it. Bat if the shells are l°
flyver the dome of St. Paul's the elevation of the mortal's
will be somewhat unpractical, like that of Mr.. Winter
Davis's oratorical artillery.
THE LYCEUM THEATRE, after extensive Altera'
tione,
will open on the 31st inst with "Bel Demonic. (I%ll'
Fechter as the hero), when we believe Mr. G. F. Neville. 11
Young actor of great promise and provincial reputation, Or
make his first how to a London audience. He is a youngei
brother of the talented H. Neville, who has made hirasel
famous in the " Ticket-of-Leave Man."
The news of the meeting of German Ministers at Nureni;
berg was a surprise, and no pleasant one, to the Prussie,,,
Government, whose diplomatic agents are not generaloUt
renowned for correctness and rapidity of information—noi
very surprising, if we consider the way in which some
them are appointed. We hear that Gen. Wtllison, /41 se°,,
projected appointment to Turin caused so much contrece7ot
and was finally sent to Rome, is about to return hornet
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having been found adequate to the duties of the sitilati,,„
It is added that he is not to be reinstated in the post he
ld
merly held at Court, and which it was understood v'° :n.
for a certain time be kept open for him. The sing,
pears, lately wished to appoint one of his aides-de"-_(,17;
Minister at the Hague, that post being vacant, but Ny,,,of
Bismark positively objected to a persistence in the P
converting respectable generals into bad ministers PlenlY
tentiary.