ABSTRACT
The Greeks invented them. All manner of people in the European Middle Ages used them, often with creative and brilliant effect. Victorian schoolmasters in England almost buried them and the pupils who had to cram facts parrot-fashion. Originally published in 1972, this title brought mnemonics back into focus with a new collection designed for current use.
A mnemonic is anything that gets your memory working. When in the month does the third quarter-day fall? What order have the planets from the sun? Are you sure about the kings and queens of England? People nowadays have so much to remember that even those quite happy with √2 = 1.414 may prefer to chant ‘I wish I know the root of two’ and remind themselves in that way.
Although some entries are very much of their time, this title reminds us that mnemonics are still a useful tool in a world where technology means most people feel they have little need to remember.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
letter |3 pages
A
entry |1 pages
Acids, amino
entry |1 pages
Acids, di-carboxylic
entry |1 pages
Algebra
entry |1 pages
Arteries in frog
entry |1 pages
Atom, model of
letter |3 pages
B
entry |1 pages
Battles, dates of
entry |1 pages
Bile
entry |1 pages
Blood
entry |1 pages
Bones
letter |6 pages
C
entry |1 pages
Caesar, battles won by
entry |1 pages
Camels
entry |1 pages
Carbohydrates, monosaccharides
entry |1 pages
Cataloguing
entry |1 pages
Cedars
entry |1 pages
Cell division
entry |1 pages
Children
entry |1 pages
Circle
entry |1 pages
Circuit
entry |1 pages
Classification
entry |1 pages
Classification
letter |2 pages
D
entry |1 pages
Days in month
entry |1 pages
Drink
letter |3 pages
E
entry |1 pages
Electrochemical series
entry |1 pages
Emperors, Roman
entry |1 pages
Enzymes
entry |1 pages
Excretion
letter |4 pages
F
entry |1 pages
Filters, colour
entry |1 pages
Fleming's rule
entry |1 pages
Fossils, zonal index
entry |1 pages
Fractions
entry |1 pages
French grammar
letter |3 pages
G
entry |1 pages
Glass, fracturing of
entry |1 pages
Greek
entry |1 pages
Greek prepositions
entry |1 pages
Greek verbs
letter |2 pages
H
entry |1 pages
Harmonice, simple
entry |1 pages
Henry VIII
entry |1 pages
Houses, Royal
entry |1 pages
Inertia matrix
letter |1 pages
I
entry |1 pages
Insects
entry |1 pages
Integration
letter |2 pages
K
entry |1 pages
Kings and Queens
entry |1 pages
Kirchhoff's laws
letter |6 pages
L
entry |1 pages
Lakes, the Great
entry |1 pages
Latin
entry |1 pages
Latin gender rhymes
entry |2 pages
Latin jingles
entry |1 pages
Latin verbs
entry |1 pages
Liberal arts, the seven
entry |1 pages
Living things
entry |1 pages
Logarithms, Naperian
letter |8 pages
M
entry |1 pages
Machines
entry |1 pages
Maxwell equations
entry |1 pages
Metre, classical
entry |1 pages
Metric weights and measures
entry |1 pages
Minerals
entry |1 pages
MOH, scale of
entry |1 pages
Momentum
entry |1 pages
Month, first days of
entry |1 pages
Moon
entry |2 pages
Morse code
letter |4 pages
N
entry |1 pages
Navigation
entry |1 pages
Navigation lights, colour
entry |1 pages
Nerves
entry |1 pages
Nones, Ides
entry |1 pages
Notes, musical
entry |1 pages
Numerals, Roman
entry |1 pages
Nutrition
letter |5 pages
O
entry |1 pages
Ohm
entry |1 pages
Ohm's law
entry |1 pages
Old Testament
entry |1 pages
Optics
entry |1 pages
Orbitals
entry |1 pages
Orders, military
entry |1 pages
Organic chemistry
letter |7 pages
P
entry |1 pages
Pascal's triangle
entry |2 pages
Periodic table
entry |1 pages
Phenols
entry |1 pages
Pi[π]
entry |1 pages
Plagues, of Egypt
entry |1 pages
Planets
entry |1 pages
Poisson formula
letter |1 pages
Q
entry |1 pages
Quarter days
letter |2 pages
R
entry |1 pages
Rahukalam
entry |1 pages
Redox
entry |1 pages
Roads, British
entry |1 pages
Rome, Seven Hills of
letter |12 pages
S
entry |1 pages
Salesmanship
entry |1 pages
Sharps and flats, musical
entry |1 pages
Simpson's rule
entry |2 pages
Sine, cosine, tangent
entry |1 pages
Soil
entry |1 pages
Spectrum
entry |1 pages
Square roots
entry |1 pages
Stars
entry |1 pages
Statistics
entry |1 pages
Stave, musica
entry |1 pages
Stings, insect
entry |1 pages
Sulphuric acid, dilution
entry |1 pages
Summertime, British
entry |1 pages
Syllogistic moods
entry |1 pages
Symbols
letter |2 pages
T
entry |1 pages
Thermocouples
entry |1 pages
Titles
entry |1 pages
Toluene, halogenation
entry |1 pages
Treaty of Alliance (1672)
letter |1 pages
U
entry |1 pages
Units
letter |1 pages
V
entry |1 pages
Vitamins
letter |1 pages
W
entry |1 pages
Wars of the Roses
letter |1 pages
Z
entry |1 pages
Zodiac, signs of
