1806.] Literary and Philofophicallntelligence, Sys 



»i'ith it. This finall pox was neither of 

 the favourable nor yet of the malignant 

 kind, aiifl both the cliilclren got very well 

 over this crilis. But it was remarkable, 

 that the vaccine pocks continued their 

 progrcfs, and their fcabs did not fall off 

 till after the deficcation of thofe of the 

 finall-pos. 



Trance. 

 New patents for the fijllowing inven- 

 tions were granted by tlie French Em- 

 peror at Rambauillet, on the 2 lit Au- 

 jiill : — 



For fifteen j'ears to Relfurt Spofor, for a 

 new corn-mill. 



For ten years to Anthony Barre, for im- 

 provement in the machinery for iliftillation. 



To Meffrs. Eraiid, for fifteen years, for 

 Improvements of the harp'. 



For fifteen years to Andre Favre, of Tou- 

 lon, for a portable horizontal prefs, intended 

 to prefs all kinds of fubftances, particularly 

 olives. 



To widow Garneft,-of Paris, for ten J'ears, 

 for a machine for weavjnij; •ombed wool. 



To Pierre Charles Boulay, for ten years, 

 for a method of fixing the colours of a great 

 number of metallic oxides. 



To Francois Bergeaud, for ten years, for 

 a hydraulic engine to raife water and other 

 heavy bodies. 



To Firmin Didot, for ten years, for his 

 new invention in ftcreotype printing, being 

 that of giving the letters in wliat is called the 

 Englilh written charafter, being without any 

 interruption between tlie letters. 



For five years to Sieur Berlioz, for a carri- 

 age wliich he calls the flying pinnace. 



For ten years to M. de Groos, for the ma- 

 nufacture of royal Windfor foap. 



To James White, of Paris, for fifteen years, 

 for ar improvement in weaving. 



For fifteen years, to Francis Rotch, of 

 Eourdeaux, for improvements in tlie con- 

 flruction of whale boats and other lieht vef- 

 fcls. 



To A Argand, of Paris, for fome improve- 

 ments upon his celebrated lamp. 



For fifteen years to Jean Eaptifte Mollerat, 

 •f Paris, for a method of making foda arti- 

 ficially. 



For five years to Pierre Daujon, for the 

 Invention of a machine for enabling ficlc per- 

 fons to have their beds made or changed, 

 without occafioning pain or fliaking. 



'I'o ]\I. Scguin for five years, for a lamp 

 with a double current of air. 



For fifteen years to Pierre Jandeau, for Irn- 

 provementE in the ftocMng-loom. 



For ten years to Mifs Honorcc Anne Ell- 

 aabcth Bafton, for an invention in dililling, 

 by which a tbyrth is gained by one operation 

 «r heat. 



For fifteen years to Louis Jape for a ma- 

 chine to make fcrews, nails, pins, &c. 



For ten yeais to t!»e Sieur T'e'ozier, for 

 an improvement in chimnies, ftoves, and fur- 

 naces. 



For fifteen years to the Sieur Cochui, for a 

 machine to raife or lower water, earth, &c. 



For ten years to Pierre Koch, for 9, nev» 

 furnace for the carbonifation of wood. 



To Ifaac Berard for ten years, for a new 

 diililling apparatus. 



For five years to the Sieur Vantrin, for aK 

 engine to put in motion at oace fifty loom* 

 for the weaving of tifi'ues. 



For five years to Claude Rodier, for a ma- 

 chine to clean cotton. 



For five years to Pierre Gros, for a machine 

 to bruife grain. 



For five ye:irs to Henry Meunier, for the 

 Invention of a means to make mufiin of filk. 



For five years to the Sieur Hadrot, for the 

 jnve'ntion of a filtering coffee-pot without 

 ebullition. 



For five years to Francis Le Blanc, for 

 the improvement of a machine for (hearing 

 cloth. 



For five yearj to John Stevenfon, for the 

 invention of a procefs to paint all kinds of 

 earthenware. 



M. Klaprotii has publilhed a memoir 

 on fulphuric acid, the reiult of many ex- 

 periments, from which it appears : 1. 

 That 100 parts of fulphuric acid of the 

 fpeeific gravity of 1.850, are corapolecl 

 of concrete acid 74.0-1, and of water 

 2o.0G ; or of fulphur 31.05, of oxygen 

 4'2.09, and of water 25.06. — 2. That 100 

 jjarts of concrete acid are formed of 

 42.03 of iulphur, and 57.07 of oxygen. — 

 3. That 100 parts of calcined fulphate 

 of barytes contains, of barytes 67 ; of 

 fulphur 1-1, and of oxygen 19. 



M. J. N. G-tRDEUK, an artift of Paris, 

 has invented a method of imitating the 

 moll beautiful fculptures, by means of 

 old paper reduced to pafte. This new 

 compolition adds to a wonderful light- 

 ncfs and folidity tiie requifue truth ia 

 the cxpreftion of the figures. Ahuoft 

 all the theatres and public halls in Paris 

 are decorated with llatues and other or- 

 naments made of this compofition. They 

 are as cheap as common painted paper ; 

 and, from their iii^htnefs, may be tranf- 

 portcd with little expcnce. 



M. Vauqi'eiin has laid before the! 

 National Inftitute an account of experi- 

 ments oq liair; the object of which was 

 to afcertain the nature of the animal 

 inutterofwhicli hairs are forniid, and if 

 there wa« any thing analogous in the 

 a^ii^ini economy. The refults of tliefe 

 experiments 



