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On Lord Stanhope's Temperament. 



[Jan. 1 , 



ing — 2P: nlicVeas, in ilie copied ta- 

 bles, it is rciiclert'd 21°. 



In tlic Philoiophical Traiifaftions for 

 1801, page 105, there is a tabic given, 

 divided into clafVes : in the firit of thefc 

 claflcs of mixtures, Mr. Walker has-not 

 i'pecificd the temperature at which tlie 

 materials were previous to mixing; the 

 reader being informed, in a paragraph 

 which immediately follows the table, 

 that it is immaterial, the refult being 

 the fame as liated in the table, whatever 

 may be tlie temperature of the materials 

 at mixing. 



There likewifc an error has happened, 

 viz. by fpecifying the temperatures at 

 which it was fuppofed to be ncceflary 

 the materials fliould be previous to mix- 

 iue, in order to produce the ert'ects ftatcd. 



"Mr. Walker feels himfelf highly ho- 

 noured by the attention of tlie propri- 

 etors of the different publications who 

 tave thought his experiments deferving 

 a place in their works; and hopes that 

 tliey will avail tlicmi'elves of the pre- 

 ceding llatement, to rectify the errors 

 tliere pointed out, as opportunities may 

 offer. 



Mr. Walker begs leave to fuggefi. the 

 propriety of dividnig the frigoritic mix- 

 tui'es into two tables, as he has done, viz. 

 the firft conGfiing of mixtures H-ithout the 

 vj'c of ice, and the (ocond of mixtures 

 zcith the life of ice. Ste I'hil. Tranf. tor 

 179.5, p. 279," aiid for 1801, p. I'Jj. 



Oxford, Nov. 20, 180(3. 



To the Editor of the Monthlj Magazine. 

 sin, 



IriA\^E two or three times made your 

 interefting Milcellany a medium by 

 which to flifpel idle fears for the national 

 fafety. I denioidhated tl>c impoHibility 

 of an invafion, at the time it was confi- 

 dently expelled about three years ag<»; 

 and I lately proved that we are amply pro- 

 vided for the reduction of the public debt. 



The victories of Bonaparte have once 

 more alarmed many people, and 1 feel 

 myfelf called upon at this moment to 

 reiterate all my fonner pol'itions; and to 

 add, as the refult of fomc late enquiricc. 

 made on the fpot, that inafmuch as the 

 fecure anchorages at the Downs and 

 Dungenefs completely outflank the port 

 of Boulogne, and give us i he command 

 of it in eveiy wind, this ijland never can 

 he invaded from that port. 



It is not cimimonly known that the 

 port of Dungenefs affords fccurc anchor- 

 age in every ifate of the wind \\ bich per- 

 mits the Ficnch flotilla to leave the road 

 of Boulogne.' When'' the wind blows 

 from any point of ilie weft, the anchor- 



age is fccurc on the eaJlern fide of that 

 Imall peninfula ; and vshen from any 

 point of the eafl, fl)i|)S lie in fecurity on 

 its weflern fide. Tins peninfula is con- 

 feqnently as good a road-fiead as any in 

 the Channel, not inferior in molt refpeCts 

 to .St. Helens or the Downs, and it is the 

 ncarell land in this illand to Boulogne — ■ 

 a place which can be fetcliedjn every 

 ftate of the wind either from the Downs 

 or from this new and important rendez- 

 vous at Dungenefs. 



Bonaparte n)utl, therefore, renew his 

 fdffce of prcptu'ation in oihcr ports, which 

 pofYcIs better combinations tor his pur- 

 pofe than this of Boulogne, a place from 

 which, of all others, he never can. invade 

 thefe iiland*. 



In one word, while our fleets fail 

 triumphant in every fca, it is phyllcaliy 

 impoflible that this country can be in- 

 vaded, and as far as retpccis the French, 

 we may ilcep as fecurely in oitr beds as 

 though we inhabited another planet. 



Dtcembcr, 180tj. Co.m.mon .StNSK* 



To tlic Editor of the Monlhli/ Magazine. 



SIR, 



III.W E feen, in your prefent volume, 

 two papers on the Stanhope tempe- 

 rament : one by Mr. C, p. 112, wha 

 afferts, 



1. That all muficlans mult difagree with 

 Lord Stanhope. 



2. That the equal temperament deftroys 

 the wolf. 



3. Tlut if feven jiihts are perfeft, fcwe or 

 all of the remaining five muft fufler ; 



4. That variety of character hab nothing 

 to do w-ith temperament, Sec. Sec. 



The other by Mr. X. Y. Z., who has 

 found out 



1. Tliat Lord Stanliope's work is not only 

 clear and perfpicuous, but 



2. That l;is fyfteni is not a new difcovery ; 

 :i. That tfie term lurjf is a ftigma of re- 

 proach ; 



4 That glee-fingcrs may fink a femitone 

 without the leaft dcgice oi alteration in the 

 temperament, &c. &c. 



Which of thefe gentlemen is beft ac- 

 quainted with the f'ubje6t I fhall not pre- 

 fume to decide ; but I beg leave to an- 

 nounce my intention of publilhing a 

 work on Lord .Stanhope's Temper;uncnt 

 in the courfc of next year: when I fliall 

 Ihew that the advantages of his fyftem 

 are numerous, and that the errors, if 

 any, folcly arifc from that extreme pre- 

 cilion which employs the language of 

 philolbphy conne(!;tcd with the techirical 

 tenus of art. Jonx Wall Callcott, 

 Kenfington Gravel Pits, mls. d, 



Dec. 10, 1306. 



For 



