Phreno-mnemotechny: Or, The Art of Memory: the Series of Lectures, Explanatory of the Principles of the System, Delivered in New York and Philadelphia, in the Beginning of 1844

Wiley and Putnam, 1845 - Memory - 566 pages

Definition of Memory 19 Advantages of a good Memory 20 Varro 21 Didymus 21	21

Marcet 26 Cardinal Mezzofanti	27

Avicenna 34 George Vogan de Arrezo 34 Klopstock 34 Henry de Mesme 34 Thomas	34

tive Memory 40 Olfactive Memory 40 Contactive Memory	40

THIRD LECTURE	45

According to the Ancients	47

Mnemonics during the Middle Ages 58 Revival of Mnemonics 58 Raymond Lully 58	58

FIRST LECTURE PAGE	61

Explanation of Memoranda upon Page xv of Principles 172 Memorandum first upon the Transla	178

genic Equivalents 184 Anecdote of the Exquisite 186 Formulas of the Ratio 186 How	190

lected historical Dates 199 Formulas for the Selections from Sacred Chronology 201 Problem	219

Basis of the System 258 Difference in the Enunciation of an historical and a geographical Fact	262

Region of the Latitudes and Longitudes 267 The Diagram of the Regions explained 268 Con	271

las for the greatest Elevations 277 Formulas for the selected specific Gravities 278 Latitudes	286

Formation of the mnemotechnic Words 303 Napoleon 303 Alexander	303

Formulas of the Problem 310 Formulas by Succession	310

Result of Beveridges Remarks 63 Grey and his impracticable System 64 Greys	67

tal Basis 70 Progress of Mnemonics illustrated 72 Masso Finiguerra 73 Feinaigles Locali	82

Credit to Grey 87 Credit to Feinaigle 88 Mistake of Feinaigle 88 My primitive	89

My primitive Fundamental Basis 93 Fundamental Basis of Paris 93 My first	97

Preface to the Lectures	103

Reporters Introductory Remarks	109

The first Steamboat 115 Statue to St Charles Borromeo 116 Hebraic Origin of Greys	114

Quotation from Beveridge 118 First fundamental Basis 119 Synthetic Formula	120

Pedantic and irrational Analysis 122 Cacophonic Appellations 122 True Decomposition	126

Nomenclature of the Left Hand 130 General and fundamental Rules 131 Ad libitum Exceptions	135

Philosophical Decomposition of Language 141 Of the English Language particularly 142	142

Reporters Introductory Remarks	155

Historical Facts 160 Geographical Facts 160 Statistical Facts 161 Scientific Facts 161	161

Theological Facts 161 Legal Facts 161 Medicinal Facts 161 Literary Facts 161 Applica	170

Statistics of United States Census of 1840 315 Formulas for Deaths and Ages 316 Formulas	322

Preliminary Remarks	331

historical Nomenclatures 335 Principal Facts to be learned respecting each Sovereign 336 Ex	338

Experiment upon the Power of these Associations 346 Comparison with the Nomenclature	352

How to determine the Dates by each Formula 358 Insufficiency of one single	366

Formulas for Sovereigns of England 373375 Table of Personages 376 Explanatory Notes	395

Setting of the Sun 407410 Twilight 411 Approach of Darkness 411 The starry	406

Mercury 413 Venus 414416 Aspect of the Heavens 417 Mars 419423	419

Jupiter and his Satellites 424431 Saturn his Rings and Satellites 432440 Uranus 441443	441

Planetary View from Uranus 444 Immensity of Spacethe Music of the Spheres 445448 The	453

Discovery of the fifth fundamental Basis 471 Illustration of the Key to	484

Cybele or the Earth 510 Phrenomnemotechnic Biography of Cybele or the Earth 511	511

las for Mars 518 Biographical Sketch of Jupiter 519 Phrenomnemotechnic Biography	528

Opinions of the Press 538564	539

Title	Phreno-mnemotechny: Or, The Art of Memory: the Series of Lectures, Explanatory of the Principles of the System, Delivered in New York and Philadelphia, in the Beginning of 1844
Author	Francis Fauvel-Gouraud
Publisher	Wiley and Putnam, 1845
Original from	the University of Michigan
Digitized	30 Sep 2008
Length	566 pages

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