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■nhcreby the extent of view, and also gLiss, may also be used as the lower tub* 



ilie magnifying power, may be \aried to ol a longer telescope, and thereby ex- 



a greater degree than by the inslriiuieuts 

 of this sort now used; and telescopes 

 constructed upon this principle may be 

 used in the tiicatres or other public 

 places as opera glasses; and the addi- 

 tional glass is to be so placed in one of 

 the tubes as to be at or about tiie centre 

 of the instrument when all the tubes of 

 which it is composed are drawn out. 

 This additional or intermediate glass 

 must be a magnifying glass, properly 

 adapted to the focus of the object glass; 

 and it may be either double convex, plane 

 convex, or concave convex. 



For viewing prospects, or very distant 

 objects, all the tubes arc to be drawn 

 out to a length suited to the eye-sight 

 *nd the distance of the object. When 

 this telescope is used as an opera glass, 

 the tube in wiiicli the said additional or 

 intermediate glass is fixed is not to be 

 drawn out from the largest tube, or thut 

 which contains tlie object glass; nor, iii 

 case the instrument consists of more 

 than three tubes, arc any of those to be 

 drawn out which are between the tube 

 containing the said additional glass and 

 the tube containing tiie object glass. 



The whole length when all the tubes 

 arc drawn out may be about six or seven 

 inches. 



The largest tube of this instrument 

 being that which contains the object 



pense will be saved to such persons as 

 may choose to pMrchase both. 



Other Patents latehj gnmteif,. of which ice 

 solicit the Specifications. 



George Dodgson, of .St. Paul, Shad- 

 well, Rliddlesex, pump and engine manii- 

 farttirer; for a method of siniphfying and 

 improving the construction of extinguish, 

 ini; engines, and forcing pumps.— -May 27. 



Isaac Haoley REDOEr., of Orange- 

 court, Leicester-square, Middlesex, engi- 

 neer; for certain inipiovemenls m or on the 

 means of ligliting the interior of offices, 

 tlieatres, buildings, bouses, or any ptaca 

 where lifjlit may be required. — May U7. 



Robert Ke.iip, jnn. of Cork, smith and 

 brass foimder; for iin improvement or im- 

 provements in the makiiu; or manufacturing 

 locks and keys. — May 'J7. 



John Heathcote, of Longhborongh, 

 Lcircstersliiic, lace manufacturer; forcer- 

 fain improvements upon a machine or nut- 

 cliinery ahcady in use for making hosiery 

 or fraiue-work knitted, commonly called a 

 stocking frame. — Rlay ."50. 



James Ransome, of Ipswrich, Suffolk^ 

 iroiuuonger; fur certain improvements 09 

 ploughs.— June 1. 



William Siiand, of Villiers-strcet, 

 .Strand, Middlesex, artificial limb maker; 

 for certain improvements in the construc- 

 tion of artificial legs and feet, made of lea- 

 ther and wood, acting by a lever and spiral 

 spring. — June 1. 



PROCEEDINGS OF PUBLIC SOCIETIES. 



COMMITTEE of the HOUSE of COMMONS 

 OH EDUCATION. 



WE have been favoured with a copy 

 of the Report of the Parliamen- 

 tary Committee for enquiring into the 

 state of education among the labouring 

 classes in the metropolis. The princi- 

 ples it developes arc highly interesting 

 to the jjliilosopher ; the facts it contains 

 merit the deep attention of the political 

 economLst ; and the prospects of im- 

 provcm.:nt it holds out cannot fail to 

 gratify the philanthropist. If the energy 

 and intelligence of ^fr. Bhougham, the 

 chairman of the Committee, did not 

 warrant the expectation that he will ren- 

 der still moic splendid sen ices to his 

 country, we should .say, that, in origi- 

 nating and conducting this enquiry, he 

 has established a claim to its lasting 

 {irratitudc; ami has ac(|uircd, in the eye 

 of reason, more true glory thnn any mi- 

 litary butcher of tiMJ age, howevtr wide 

 Djuy bine been his devastations, or how- 



ever bloody the fields on which he has 

 laid claim to victory. If, by wiser coun- 

 cils it should be the fortune of England 

 to rise out of the diflicultics created by 

 the operation of folly on ignorance, wo 

 entertain no doubt but these enqulrjeg 

 will lead to improved and elFective ap- 

 plications of the opulent funds, which, 

 for this i)uri)ose, already pervade every 

 district of the country ; and that the 

 final result will be, the education of the 

 whole population in the fust elements 

 of knowledge. Of cour.se^ no ]^rcatcr 

 social Ixmelit can be performed than to 

 render the popidation of a country vir- 

 tuous, asthc cllect of early habits; Icarne'cl 

 enough to road the written laws of (!oii 

 and man ; and intelligent enough to 

 be able to protect themselves against 

 the artilices of weak or wicked states- 

 men. 



The Select Committee appointed to in- 



quire into the Education of tiie lower 



Orders, 



