THE 



YEAR-BOOK OF FACTS 



Science antr art: 



EXHIBITING 



THE MOST IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS 

 OF THE PAST TEAR ; 



IN MECHANICS AND THE USEFUL ARTS ; NATURAL PHILOSOPHY ; 

 ELECTRICITY; CHEMISTRY; ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY; GEOLOGY 

 AND MINERALOGY ; METEOROLOGY AND ASTRONOMY. 



By JOHN TIMES, E.S.A. 



AUTHOR OF "cCKlioSITlES OF SCIENCE," ETC. 



" Marvels, indeed, thcyarc ; but they are also mysteries, the unravelling of 

 which tasks to the utmost the highest order of human intelligence." — Address 

 of Lord Wrottesley, l'resident of the British Assoeiation t at Oxford, 1860. 



The University New Museum, Oxford.— (See page 13.) 



LONDON: 

 W. KENT AND CO., PATERNOSTEE ROW. 



MDCCCLXI. 



