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Literary and Philofophk'al Intelligence. [Nov, I . 



Mr. Thosntoit, who has refided ma- 

 ny years in Turkey, is preparing lor pub- 

 licauoii an Account of the Goveinment, 

 Religion, Manners, military and civil 

 Eltablilhments oF that country. 



Early in November will be publifhcd, 

 in three large voluine-;, royal ottavo, The 

 Political Lite, and Speeches at large, of 

 the late Mr. PitL The Life is com poled 

 from authentic documents, interfperfed 

 ■with his correfpondence. His fpeeches 

 -in Parliament, as well as on other occa- 

 fions, are given at length. 



Mr. Walpole, a relative of the cele- 

 brated writer of that name, has juft com- 

 pleted, under the title of Recolle£tions, 

 a biography of that diftinguiflied Itatef- 

 man, Mr. Fox. It will contain a great 

 number of curious and intcreftiiig anec- 

 dotes, and will be comprifed in the com- 

 pafs of a neat pocket volume. 



Mr. Dallas has a new romance in the 

 prefs, under the title of The Knights. 



Mr. Barclay's new worjc on the Muf- 

 cles may be fliortly expected. 



Mr. Vmcii is preparing a new work on 

 Ophthalmia. 



A fecond volume of Mr. Maxnixg's 

 Hiftory of Surrey is in conliderable for- 

 wardnefs, edited by Mr. Bray, theTrca- 

 furer of the Society of Antiquaries. 



Li a fiirmer number we announced the 

 intended removal of the Pomfret and 

 Arundel marbles, now in the fchools at 

 Oxford, to the Radclille Library. Their 

 number and value, we undcrlland, are to 

 be enhanced by the addition of Sir Ro- 

 ger Xewdigate's collection. The fiatues, 

 and other ai tides of cxquifite workmau- 

 fliip, are to be placed in the upper p-irt 

 of tiie building : the infcriptious and in- 

 ferior fpecimeiis in the colonnade be- 

 neath. 



A beautiful monument to the memory 

 of Schvvartz, the German miliionary, has 

 been j ult tinifhed by Mr. Flaxm an , intend- 

 ed for India. Tiie fubjccr is a has relief, 

 reprefenting the Uajah of Tanji re's laft 

 vint to the venerable iirioll while on the 

 bed of death ; it was cliofen by the Ra- 

 jah hinifcll': one or two of the Rajjih's 

 niimlter^ are roprefentcd as accompany- 

 ing him, with three boys, in the fore- 

 ground, belonging to the fchool which 

 Schwartz luperintenderl ibr many years. 

 The iufcription is in Engl 111 



Mr. William Lambert has accu- 

 rately determined the longitude of th^ 

 Ca|/itol, in the city of Walliiiigton, to be 

 76" 53' 15" weft tirom the meridian of 

 Gieenwich. 



Mr. Gardner, of the City Difpcn- 

 fary, has, in the courfe of fotoe galviuiic 

 experiment'., been led to try the ell'eCt ot 

 the galvanic fluid upon vegetable infu- 

 fions. Turmeric with diftillcd water was- 

 firfl fubmitted to trial ; the circuit bein^ 

 made with iron wires, gas was given out 

 from both, and the fnfuiion became gra- 

 dually changed from a bright yellow to rf 

 deep brov\n, beginning at the upper part 

 of the tube; both wires became black, 

 probably from the oxygen evolved from 

 the water. The fame quantity of the in- 

 fuiion of litmus was then fubjecfed to the 

 galvanic action ; in a few minutes the 

 blue tinge began to fade ; the liquor be- 

 came diaplianous, and at length exlii- 

 bited a greenifli colour, gas being given 

 out from both wires, which were alfo 

 turned black. Lrom thcfe experiments, 

 he coaceived an alkali had Vjecn formed 

 during the operations;, to prove llio ;ri.th 

 of the conjcC.turc, he wa.s enabled to re- 

 fto.e the blue colour to the litmus, by- 

 means of dilute fulphuric acid. He re- 

 peated the experiment feveral times with 

 the lame fuccels. Syrup of violets, di- 

 luted with an equal quantity of diftillcd 

 water, and galvani/ed with lilver and iron 

 wires, turned as perfeAly green as it 

 could have done on the addition of pure, 

 ammonia, potafh, or foda. 



Dr. TiioRHTON, the metropolitan pro- 

 feflbr of pneumatic medicine, has laid 

 l)efore the public the cal<! of a young' 

 lady, who, from a violent cold, loft the 

 nfe of her voice, in vvhich llate (he con- 

 tinued, notwitiiftanding much medical 

 affillance, upwiuds of cighlccn months. 

 By means (f the oxygen gas, the lady' 

 was perfe6tly reftored to health, and the 

 powers of voice, in a fortnight. Ilcnce 

 the Do6tor infers, 1. That the lofs of 

 voice is a difeafe that ufually rclifts all' 

 common means made vSe of; therefore 

 o\ygcu gas is in this a dejidcratttm. 2. 

 The mode of cure is probably by ftrength- 

 ening thole mufcles which give tone to 

 the voice. 3. Hence in the more oxyge- 

 nated climate of England, the nightin- 

 gale has fo melodious a (train, while it 

 only croaks in Egypt, wh.ithcr it retires' 

 in the winter. 4. A remarkable (rrength 

 of voice' has been oblerved by many alter 

 inhalina: the vit;d air. 



The fame diltingiiilhed profefTor has in- 

 vented a Pneumomcter, liy means of 

 wjiich the cajiacity of the lungs may. 

 be afcertiiined. Bv experiments with 

 this infirument made on the late Mr. 

 Pox, Mr. Courtn;iy, Mr. Ivcmble, Sir 

 Jairfes' 



