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year, although it rises to more than twice that sum in certain 

 years. We do not know if Dalton so employed himself, cer- 

 tainly however his brother did so. 



A second circular issued by the Daltons in the following 

 year shews more fully the intentions of the school, and gives 

 us also an idea of the enlarged views of education which 

 Dalton took. * 



Kendal, July 5th, 1786. 

 "Jonathan & John Dalton take this method of returning 

 their acknowledgments to their friends and the public for the 

 encouragement they have received since their opening school; 

 and from their care and assiduity in the management of it 

 manifested in the improvement of the Youth under their care, 

 are induced to hope for a continuation of their favours. They 

 continue to teach on reasonable terms English, Latin, Greek, 

 and French ; 



Also, 

 Mensuration, Projections, 



Surveying, Dialling, 



Gauging, Optics, 



Algebra, Mechanics, 



Fluxions, Pneumatics, 



Conic Sections, Hydrostatics, 

 Astronomy, Hydraulics, &c. 



N.B. Persons desirous of being instructed in the use of 

 the globes, &c., will be waited upon any time out of school 

 hours. The Public may also be informed, that they could 

 conveniently teach a considerable number more than at pre- 

 sent. Those who send their children may depend upon their 

 being carefully instructed." 



Writing, 



Arithmetic, 



Merchant's Accounts, 



Geometry, 



Trigonometry, 



Navigation, 



Geography, 



To his usual instruction in school he added lectures. It is 

 certainly interesting to look over the syllabus published. We 

 see him as an ardent young man, filled with ideas from every 

 science, eager to tell them to others. We must remember 



