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experiments are, that black hair is formed 

 of lune diiVcrcnt fuljltanccs : viz. 1, aa 

 animal matter, which forms the greatelt 

 proportion ; 2, a white concrete oil ; 3, 

 another greenilli gray oil, very abundant; 

 4, iron ; a, loine particles of oxyde of 

 manganefe ; 6, phofphate of liuie ; 7, 

 carbonate of lime ; 8, lilex ; and 9, a 

 confiderable quantity of fulphui-. Red 

 hair does not ditfer from black, except 

 that it contaiiis a red oil in place of a 

 greeniih black one. White iiair dirFei-s 

 from the others, in as much as the oil is 

 nearly colourlefs, and it contains fome 

 phofphate of magnelJa, which is not found 

 in others. 



M. BiOT has htely read an eflay at 

 the National Inllitute, ou the changes 

 occahoned in bodies by the action of 

 light. And Count Ri miord read a trea- 

 tiie, at the fame time, on the adiielion of 

 • the particles of water to each other. 



M. LArciF.R has difcovered in me- 

 teoric Hones fome chrome ; though before 

 fie undertook the analyiis, it was i'uppofed 

 that the component principles of tliefc 

 Itones were iilex, iron, manganefe, ful- 

 phur, nickel, with accidental traces of 

 lime and alumina. The analyfis of M, 

 Laugier \^•as made upon a meteoric floiie, 

 ■which is fuid to have fallen at \'erona in 

 the year lOiiS. The inferences drawn by 

 liim, and which are countenanced by M. 

 \'aaquclin, me, 1. Thut the ii\c mete- 

 oric llones of \'erona, Barbotain, Enfif- 

 Leim, Aigle, and Apt, contain, belides 

 the principles juft enumerated, about the 

 liunjredth part of chrome. — 2. That it 

 is very probable, tliat all meteoric flones 

 poiVefs this principle, fnicc they refcmble 

 each other in their phylical and chemical 

 characters, and have all, as far as has 

 hitherto been afcertaiucd, the fame ori- 

 gin. — S. That in many cafes, in order to 

 attain the requilite precilion.of chemical 

 analyfis, it may be expedient to treat the 

 time fubllance with acids and alkalies, 

 as a princijile may be overlooked in one 

 safe, which will be obvious in the other. 



At the diltribution of pri/:es recently 

 made by the Academy of Fine Arts of 

 tiic city of Bruges, a inedal was adjudged 

 tJ a young man, who, though deprived 

 by natai-e of the ufe of his hands, has' 

 E-'\erthelefs produced drawings admir- 

 aible for their execution. 

 Holland. 



The new King of Holland has under- 

 taken the prcfidency of tlie Society of 

 Arts and Sciences of Ilaerleni, and in 

 future its title is to be tVe " poyaj 3a- 

 «icty of Ilaerlegi," 



The government of the kingdom of 

 Italy las founded an annual competition 

 for one heroic driuna and tv,.) comic 

 dramas, winch a.e io be rcjjrefentcd at 

 the theatre deiia Scai'a. A prize ot 60 

 fequiiis will be siiven to the author of the 

 bell heroic drama, and one of 40 ie- 

 qums to each of thole whole comic dra- 

 mas Ihall be crowned. 



1 he Corridor, leading to the Library 

 and tlie Mufeuinof the Vatican, will be 

 the fined in the world.- Trom the pre- 

 fcnt entrance to the Muleuin, to tlie 

 place where the iron gate ulcd to fhmd, 

 the ftaUies, hufts, and Itaffo-relievos, 

 found in the dilferent ftore-rooms of the 

 Vatican, are now placing. The tablets 

 on which the bulls are li\ed are compof- 

 ed of antique pieces of frieze and enta- 

 blatures, and they rell upon pillars and 

 fragments of colun.-ns which once embel- 

 lilhed the edifices of ancient Rome. By 

 means of this arrangement the Gallery 

 will become of fome utilily to architec- 

 ture, that important brancli of the arts, 

 unfortunately too much negle^.led in the 

 mufenms of fovereigns and of the cu- 

 rious. From the place where the iron 

 gate flood, to that where you defccnd to 

 the lodges, pcrfoiis are employed in en- 

 crulling the walls of the gallery with in- 

 numerable infcriptions of the Pagans and 

 of the early Chriltiaus. The Chevalier 

 Caiiova j)l:ices the works of art, and Ca- 

 jetaii Marini clalVes the infcriptions. Tlie 

 v>all which tbrmerly feparated the lodges 

 and the corridor is no longer in exift- 

 ence ; the fpace which it occupied is 

 traiist'orniing into a handfome vefiibule, 

 which will be ornamented with columns 

 and other relics of antiquity. Thus the 

 whole length of one part of the lodges is 

 added to tliat of the corridor, which iii- 

 creafes it nearly 225 feet. It will afford 

 a view truly magnificent, and worthy of 

 Rome. In the prefent veftibule of tlie 

 Mufeuni are feen feveral epitaphs on the 

 Corneli;in family, and the celebrated 

 farcoplmgus of Scipio Barbatus. Ac- 

 cordingly, throughout an extent of 1200 

 feet there will be a feries of authentic 

 monuments, both of art and fcience,' of 

 more than twelve centuries, commen- 

 cing with the firll Punic war. This Gal- 

 lery, the largeft in the world, will lead to 

 the Library and the jNIufeum of the \'ati- 

 can^ or, to fpeak more correctly, that fu- 

 pcri) Gallery v. ill form an integral part of 

 an unrivalled \\hole, exclulively dedicafc- 

 ttl ty tbe aits a^d fgisijcep. 



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