The Silent Revolution: Or the Future Effects of Steam and Electricity Upon the Condition of Mankind (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

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Sir Reginald Scott's definition of witchcraft. James I.; his book against witches - Ranulf Hi den - Mean notions of the Devil and his sub or ate spirits - The methods of capturing and subjugating devils: labours enjoined them: their usual reward. - Terrible consequences of the belief in witchcraft.-number of persons exe cuted for that crime. - Witch-finders. - Hopkins; his ractical dilemma - Savage spirit of the law. E Witch Act - National recognition of a lie. - Effects upon the Opular mind - Brutality of the people. Dreadful incident at Tring in l75l. - Recent instances of sorcery a proof that it is passing away. - Domestic habits of the peo Ie. - Erasmus's account of an English interior. Arbarous profusion of the 11 per classes. Queen Elizabeth's breakfast. - }lord Goring's sup er. - Houses of the common peo le. - Food. Lothing. - Sleeping. - Sports. - E ects of de fective mtercommumcation upon industry.

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Excerpt from The Silent Revolution: Or the Future Effects of Steam and Electricity Upon the Condition of Mankind

"Pater ipse Colendi
Haud facilem esse viam voluit primusq. per artem
Movit agros, curis acuens mortalia corda
Nec torpere gravi passus sua regna veterno."

Introduction. New epoch in the history of man. - Intellectual activities and their objects. - Practical tendencies of the age. - Achievements of science: the power it bestows upon mankind. - Illustrations of the energy and adaptation of steam in subserving human purposes: its applications and benefits. - Locomotion by steam: its effects in developing enterprise. - Power of the imponderable elements. - Electricity: its probable destination as a channel of intelligence: general ideas of its power as an agent of communication. - The electric telegraph: its wonderful properties; annihilates time; unaffected by position. - The land telegraph. - The submarine telegraph. - Mind the prime mover of all physical forces: its character: necessity of its study in order to a right idea of human progress. - The past our surest guide in conjecturing the future.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.