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Literary and Philofophical Jntelligcnce. [Jan. I , 



regards as cflTential to life only as a fti- 

 inulvis to mufcular irritability, and the 

 aljltraction of blood occafions death 

 tlirotigh the watit of its I'tirniilatir.!; pow- 

 f rs to the mufclrs. The fiomacli he con- 

 fiHcrg as the mod important oriran of the 

 human frame, and its inilability is fo 

 exceflivc that a blow on it will inliantly 

 dcftroy life, though the heart can fui-- 

 j)ort a \v()1'ikI fonic days. 



The luhicct of the Bakcrian T.cfiure, 

 hy III MPinti.v IVvvv, I.fq., was On 

 fciinc Chemical I'.llccts of Elc(itricity." 

 This inaenions cheinilt has proved tliat 

 even in diliilltd water there is combined 

 both vesietable and animal matter, be- 

 fides nitrogen gas and fait. Ilcncc he 

 lias afccrtainedthat elc^-tricity does not 

 generate fixed alkali, but only evolves 

 "it. 



Mr. John AvsTrx, of Glafgow, has 

 invented tvpes or fiu'un's, formed of 

 burnt clav or porcelain, for paintinw pat- 

 terns upon calicoes, or (klii;ns for arti- 

 cles to be Itwed or tan»boured. Tfcle 

 tvprs, vvc arc informed, arc not lial)lc to 

 he deltroycd by fire, nor by lyinc; in a 

 damp place. They niay be made to a 

 certain depili, fo as to be varied at plea- 

 fure to the taiio or fancy, the fame as 

 lettcr-prefs printins; types. A certain 

 number may bo mark( d sn each type, 

 to afcerlain the exn^t ])roportion of the 

 price of tandiourini; or fcwin;j:; the rates 

 of the fame work brine; fronuently very 

 irregular, tor w ant of a reiiular fiandurd 

 to calculate thcin by. They may bo 

 made at lets than half the price of thofe 

 cut in uood, are more durable, and liner 

 than any cut in wood. 



ProfolVor i^,vv^ has difcovered tliat 

 the epidermis of the cane, and many 

 other vegetable fubliances, confills chictly 

 of filex. He was led to the fuliject by 

 feeing. two canes in the hand.- of boys 

 at plav in the dark Itrike fparks of lire. 



Sir JosF.t'ii BiXKS has laid bet'orc the 

 Board of Ajiriciilture a >ery valuable 

 paper on the C'wlture of Spring Wheat, 

 whicL is much praVrifed in Lmcoiulhire. 

 Rpfidcs oilier details, we are informed 

 that Mr. William Showier dibbled fuiir 

 pecks and a half of fpriiig wheat on OLie 

 iicre and two rowis of ntidiibti!^ land, 

 which had borne turnips the winter be- 

 fore, and liad no extraordinary prepara- 

 tion lor this cnp ; the rows were cijiht 

 inches afuiidir, and two inches deep : 

 two grains were put into each hole. 

 The produce was feven quarters, which 

 \N.-'s as much, at IcaH, as could have 

 Ytteu expected fryia tightecn or even 



twenty-one bu'flicls fown broadcaft on 

 the fame land. 



By a careful analyfis by Profeflbr 



Davy, the followini; rcfiilts have been 



obtained from difi'eient kinds of wheat: 



inj'olublr. 



gltdcn. Jlurcli. purU^ 



From 100 parts of 



Sicilian wheat 21 75 5 



Ditto of fprinj; 



wheat of 180i 21 70 6 



Ditto of g(*od Kng- 



lilh wheat of 1803 19 77 4 



Ditto of blighted 



wheat of 1804 1.3 52 44 



Hence it may be deduced, that brearf 

 made of flour of fpriug wheat is more 

 nutritious than that made of winter 

 wheat, becaufe fprin;.^ wheat contains a 

 larger proportion of the gluten or lialf- 

 animalized matter ; and, alio, that a 

 miller ought not to deduct from tlie price 

 of fpriiig wheat more than two per cent, 

 on the money price of winter wheat of 

 the fame weight, as the excefs of tlie 

 weight of iufoluble matter, or bran, i* 

 no more than t\To per cent, when com- 

 pared with good I'.nglifli wheat. Bread 

 made of ipriug wheat is lei's w bite tliaa 

 that made of the be'ter forts of winter 

 wheat, but it is more palatable ; qualities^ 

 probably owing to the excefs of gluteu 

 containi'd in it. 



Dr. Woi.i.AsiON has invented a new 

 portable blov.-pipe for chemical experi- 

 ineuts. It couiitls of three parrs, {'o 

 adapted to each other that they may be 

 packed together, one within anotliei- 

 The interior tube is longer than the ex- 

 terior, and the upper edge of the large 

 end is turned outward, to diminilh the 

 elVort of the lips reiiuilite for retaining it 

 in the mouth. The fmall extremity is 

 ])laccd obliquely, that the llainc may be 

 carried to a couvtiuciit dillance front the 

 eye. 



I\Ir. Bf.nxf.t, of Pythoufe, in Wilt- 

 fliire, is preparing to lay before the pub- 

 lic a number of origin;il letters of Charles 

 1. and his friends, which have been pre- 

 fer\fd ill his family. 



The Rev. .T. .foYCE, author of Scien- 

 tific Dialogues," in fix iinali, volumes, 

 will jHihlith very early in the prefentyear 

 two volumes on the firll principles of 

 Cheiuirtry, on the fame plan. 



The liev. IfoGiRS Hiding, vicav of 

 Slaldun, has ilfued propofaU for publiOi- 

 iiig, iu two quarto volumes, an Inltorical 

 account of the Coinage of Britain and 

 its dependencies, from the carlieli period 

 of authentic hilloiy to the prefcnt time. 



The 



