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nisphere was disembarked. There 
was no carriage at Marseilles strong 
enough to support the great stone of 
the Zodiac, and one was built for 
the purpose. The whole arrived in 
Paris in January 1822. It required 
the labour of twelve men, for three 
days, under the direction of the most 
skilfal carpenter in Paris, to disengage 
the stones, and remove them into the 
ground-floor of a building. 
M. Fourier, of the Academy of 
Sciences, dates the invention of the 
Egyptian sphere at 2500 years before 
the Christianera. The slow derange- 
ments of that sphere were not unob- 
served ; their observations on the pre- 
cession of the equinoxes are demon- 
strated by the astronomical monuments 
of Latopolisand Denderah. The preces- 
sion of the signs ofthe Zodiac commence 
in one with Virgo, and inthe other with 
Leo. These differences determine their 
date. Henceit appears that the zodiacs 
of Latopolis form the first known leaf 
in the History of the Heavens, and 
those of Denderah form the second. 
*,* In the fourteenth Volume of the 
Monthly Magazine, we introduced a cor- 
rect view of this famous Zodiac, and to 
that Number we refer our curious read- 
ers for the view, and for some obser- 
vations on its state and antiquity ; but 
these topics will be re-discussed in an 
early Number. 
—— 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
QJOME months past you treated your 
readers with some particulars re- 
specting the celebrated horse Eclipse ; 
presuming that it may gratify your 
equestrian readers to know how the 
proportions of a horse are determined 
scientifically, the following is a table 
(taken from a work of M. de Sainbel,) 
used by the pupils of the veterinary 
schools in France, with the admea- 
surement of Eclipse, to which table 
that universal victor of unrivalled 
speed had not one true proportion 
about him. . 
1st. The horse should measure three 
heads in height, counting from the 
fore-top to the ground.— Eclipse mea- 
sured upwards of three heads and a- 
half. 
2dly. The neck should measure but 
one head in length ;—that of Eclipse 
measured one and a-half. 
3dly. The height of the body should 
Dimensions of Eclipse.—Cure of Ring-worm. 
[Sept 1, 
be equal to its length.—The height 
of Eclipse exceeded his length by one- 
fifth. Sy 
4thly. A perpendicular line falling 
from the stifle should touch the toe: 
—this line in Eelipse touched the 
ground at the distance of half a head 
before the toe. 
5thly. The distance of the elbow to 
the bend of the knee should be the 
same as from the bend of the knee to 
the ground :—both these distances were 
unequal in Eclipse, the former being 
two parts of a head longer than the 
latter. 
The head, divided into twenty-two 
equal parts, is the common measure 
for every part of the body, or the 
height of the body may be taken from 
the top of the withers to the ground. 
This height, divided into three equal 
parts, one of these three parts subdi- 
vided into twenty-two equal parts, 
will also give* a just geometrical 
length. W. Goopman. 
Warwick ; July 20, 1822. 
— 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
HE ring-worm of the scalp is 
often an obstinate complaint, in 
which many valuable medicines, in the 
form of lotion and ointment, are used 
with little or no success. Having 
known the lime-water procurable 
from gas-works, and through which 
the gas has passed for the purpose of 
purification, perfectly successful, late- 
ly, in three cases, | beg to make you 
acquainted with the fact, for the be- 
nefit of the public. Two of these 
cases were unusually severe; the 
whole of the scalp being covered with 
scabs and small deep ulcers. 
In using this remedy, it is not com- 
monly necessary to shave the head, 
but it must be well cleansed, morning 
and evening, with soap and water, 
and afterwards carefully washed with 
the lime-water. Sometimes, when 
the disease is particularly obstinate, it 
is requisite to rub the water into the 
scalp with a very soft brush. 
I believe this water will not disap- 
point the expectations of the profes- 
sion and the public in the cure of this 
complaint. It has a strong gaseous 
impregnation, and is most disgustingly 
foetid. T. J. GRAHAM. 
Cheltenham ; June 1822. 
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