31. Critical Obsej-va/ions on the Morgantc Maggiore. [Aug. 1 , 



bron total in Italy ; but lie di-iiionftratcs 

 that this neither was norcoiilrl iiavc hecn 

 the cafe, iVoni the diameters of the Sun 

 Aw\ Moon wliich are in iny Tallies. C'ir- 

 cunifiances were as unfavourahlc for the 

 obfervalion in Italy as in France. 



M. ( jccolini has made a ufcfnl addi- 

 tion to the refleeiiiiii-circle. lie has 

 formed the poftcrior part of that infiru- 

 irient into a quarter of a circle, the radius 

 of wiiieh is the diameter of the inftru- 

 mcnt, and with a perpendicular and the 

 telefcope of the fame circle he can af- 

 ccrtain in half a minute of time, within 

 half a def;ree, the altitude of the ftar, 

 and at the fame time the degi-ec at 

 which the glafs of the telefcope ilioiild 

 be placed lor taking; the obfervalion. In 

 this manner you avoid the difairrecuble 

 neceffity of f^rojiing with the fingers in 

 ohlcrvations of altitudes, the inconveni- 

 ence of wliicli has alreatly been acknow- 

 ledged by aftronomers and mariners of 

 high diflin<!-ti(>n. With this method the 

 teleirope may be nmtle to magnifv more 

 than ufual, which would be exceedingly 

 advantageous in- obforvations of this 

 kind. 



M. Lenoir has likewifc made at Paris 

 a pcdellal with which one fingle ohfervcr 

 may make ufe of the repeatin^-circle. 



M. Aiiszulius Pi<!"lct, of (Tcneva, has 

 difcovcred a method of olifer\iiig tranlits 

 of the meridian hy means of the rctle^t- 

 ing-fextants ufed at fea. Yw this pur- 

 pofe it is fiiffieient to fix, dueweli, aglafs 

 vhich fiiull be exaCtly 90° from every 

 point of tiie meridian. 



AI. Julian Ortiz Canclas, fon-in-law of 

 the dcceafed 'J'ofino, and director of the 

 (Jlifervatory of Spain, has fent us Ohlcr- 

 vations made at the lUand of i.eon from 

 1708 to 1801. 



M. Tifcar has fent us Obfei"vations of 

 Fcli])fes, and exaft calculations for dedu- 

 cing the longitudes from them. 



M. de Ferrers, a Spanilh otbcer on bis 

 travels in America, has fent us the OL- 

 feivalionof the F.clipfc of the 20lh June, 

 1805, which could not be feen in Eu- 

 rope. He made it at New-York, in la- 

 titude 40° 4-2', bh. G to the well of Pa- 

 ris. It beganat 6li. 50' IC. I concluded 

 that the conjunttion took place at Pa- 

 ris at 111). 24' 42", and the error in the 

 Tables 40" ; but as this embraces the 

 fuppofition of the latitude of the Moon, 

 it misiht he fomething lefs. IM. de Fer- 

 r<'rs accompanies it with the pofitions of 

 New -York and Albany, and feveral other 

 obfervatious. — ]To if continued.'] 



For the Monlhhj MfiL'osine. 



KEiMAllKS on the MOROANTE MAGOIOBE o/* 

 I MCI I'lLCI. 



ORLANDO, in the courfe of the ex- 

 pedition that we have been relating, 

 met two fquires or valets fighting near a 

 ibunlain. One of thefe, upon inquiry, 

 turned out to he a meflfenger fent by lli- 

 naldo of Montauban in queft of his wan- 

 dering coufin ; the other, an afl'irflin diP 

 patched by Gano of Poitiers to murder 

 liim. Asfoon as this difco very was made, 

 thefe two gentlemen experienced, of 

 couife, very different treatment. The 

 one had a finilbing ftroke jiut to his career 

 by Morgante's club ; the other was 

 treatcfl with great courtefy, aiul dif- 

 miiTcd on his return to Paris with allu- 

 raiiccs of the Count's unnberable affec- 

 tion for his family and kindre<l, notwith- 

 flanding his molt firm and inflexible refo- 

 lution to continue bis travels, and tempt 

 no more the deceitful favour of princes. 



C'onfcjous how difagreeable fuch a re- 

 fult of his embaffy would prove to his 

 mafler, he appeared at the French Court 

 with downcaft eyes ai'd a dejected coun- 

 tenance, infonmch that Rinaldo and all 

 the Paladins concluded from his air and 

 manner that the objci^t of their folicitude 

 was no more. Their lamentations on the 

 occalion are affetliiicr, though premature. 

 " Ciiro Ciig'tn niio," exclaims the Ixjrd of 

 Montauban, with as pathetic an addrefs 

 a.s that of Montefinos to his dying coulin 

 Durandarte, — 



" CaroCiigin mio, 

 Poiche tu fei da qiiclla vita iifcito, 

 Scnza te, laflo, the farci piii lo ?" 

 To proceed with our flory. The ec- 

 clairciffemcnt was accompanied by a tale 

 Jiot much to the credit of the head 

 of the accurfed family of Maganza 

 (Gano). The indignation of Rin?ddo was 

 raifcd to its moft ungovernable pitch, and 

 lie ftruck the traitor with his lift in open 

 Court. This offence (which, if commit- 

 ted in one of our Englifli Courts, in the 

 auguft prefence of any of our juftices on 

 the bench, would fubjcct the offender to 

 the lofs of bis right hand, b( fides confif- 

 cation, and other pains and penalties), 

 was unpardonable in the fijiht of an Em- 

 peror fo jealous of his dignity as Charles. 

 The provocation was forgotten, and the 

 crime aggravated by the reflettion that 

 tlie liot-iieadcd Rinaldo had always been 

 a factious, and on occafions a very tick- 

 ^fli fort of fubje6t to manage ; for in- 

 llance, when he once before had gone fo 

 fur as to ])ull liis Sovereign's beard, and 



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