-Mountain arm stretches out
through the air over land below and over the sea--THE GREAT
CATARACT--Upper City built on Suspended Mountain--The Middle and
Lower Cities built on indent and foot of mountain--PAST
CATASTROPHES--Threatened dangers--Terrible consequences--Principle
of preventing evils--Stupendous work undertaken--The wonder of
Montalluyah
X.--THE MOUNTAIN SUPPORTER.
Dimensions--Thickness of walls--Interior area--How utilised--Means
of ascending and descending--Stages constructed at different
heights to facilitate works during progress--Materials, provisions,
&c., raised by electric power--HUGE HEAVY BLOCKS LIGHTENED BY
ELECTRICITY--Ornamentation of the Tower--Ravine-metal--Episodes of
the Narrator's reign--Ascent and descent--Great difference of
atmosphere above and below--Peculiarity in Electric
Telegraph--Colour of atmosphere at different heights--Animalculae
and ova--Grandeur of the Mountain Supporter---Curious effect when
viewed from a distance
XI--ELECTRICITY IN MONTALLUYAH.
Important facts formerly unknown--One electricity only supposed to
exist--Not then utilised for locomotion, &c.--Paucity of
contrivance for collecting electricities--How the scientific men
supported their theory--Like causes produce like effects--Many
kinds of electricity--Means of drawing out and concentrating
electricities discovered--Man, beasts, birds, &c., possess an
electricity of their own--All differ--Huge fish--Docks for
extracting electricity from--Electric store-house--Non-conducting
pouches--The attracting electricity adapted to each body is well
known--MODE OF CATCHING WILD BIRDS
XII.--THE PAIN-LULLER.
Means formerly employed--Vivisection and surgical operations
painless--Nerves of sensation only, affected by the luller--Energy
of the functions considered essential--Pain-luller, how
discovered--The Nebo bird and the child--The broken limbs and
absence of pain--Discovery
XIII.--THE MICROSCOPE.
Properties of optical instruments increased by electricity--
CONCENTRATED LIGHT--The illuminated worm--Light attracted by the
enticer-machine--Concentrated light in Music--Human voice and
musical instruments--Union between the soul and perishable portions
of man--Concentrated light within us--Similarity of terms applied
to the
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