Description: The Penny Magazine July 6, 1839 Bremen Erie Canal ultramarine Sir Isaac Newton & Woolsthorpe This is a weekly London paper which is over 180 years old!. It is printed in a small format, measuring 7.5 by 11 in size, and is 8 pages long. The issue came from a bound volume and has typical minor disbinding marks at the spine; and some moderate age browning along its edges (see photos) but otherwise the paper is in excellent condition. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The paper's lead article is on BREMEN, which features a nice wood engraving on the front page of Town-hall, Bremen. The accompanying text takes up the remainder of the page and 3/4ths of the next page. It gives details about the city's commerce, manufacturing, and people. It begins: Bremen, on the Weser, is one of the old Hanseatic towns whose history is connected with the commerce of that period of the middle ages when a solitary vessel scarcely dared yet to enture on the unprotected seas. . . . Etc. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Following this is a page and a quarter titled ON ULTRAMARINE. This is 185 lines of text which begins: This substance is one of the most beautiful and most costly colours which ever came into the hands of the artist. The blue is of an intensely vivid character, and possesses the valuable property of being almost unalterable by time. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * An article on THE ERIE CANAL is a page and a half long, about 225 lines of text. It sketches some history of the Canal, and its current condition, commenting: . . . the region of country through which this canal passes is, on the whole, rather level than otherwise, yet there are some particular localities which required an immense outlay of labour and expenses to overcome the difficulties that presented themselves, and that none but an enterprising people would have ventured to cope with. . . . those of the greatest magnitude were the pier at Black-rock, and the Deep-cut and locks near the site of the present town of Lockport. . . . Etc. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Other articles include almost a full page on THE ECONOMY OF AN ENGLISH WORKHOUSE, and over two pages on WOOLSTHORPE MANOR-HOUSE, which is illustrated with two charming engravings, of Sir Isaac Newton's Birthplace, and The Room in which Sir Isaac Newton was Born. ************************** Background on this publication: The Penny Magazine was a weekly 8-page paper put out by Londons Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Throughout the 1830s, an American edition was very popular in the United States, only to dwindle into extinction during the following decade. The paper did not cover the current news of the day, and carried no advertising. Instead, the Penny Magazine provided excellent essays on a wide array of subjects, such as architecture, science, geography and natural history. The paper was compact in size and usually illustrated with several fine woodcut engravings. 466 [p3272] _gsrx_vers_1680 (GS 9.8.3 (1680))
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