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with others of still greater proportion, 
The work contains many thet curious 
particulars, with a relation of re- 
searches and discoveries which exhibit 
the author’s abilities and perseverance 
ina very favourable point of view. 
His indefatigable exertions, in other 
places seem to have been crowned with 
equal suecess, the results of whieh, 
howeyer, we are, sorry we have not 
Space to give. His observations dis- 
play as much learning as ability, while 
his proposed interpretations of inserip- 
tions, Monuments, and other. reliques 
of past ages, are advanced with singu- 
lar modesty and felicity. The accom- 
panying plates, by which these disco- 
veries are ilustrated, will enable 
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archeologists to form their own opi 
nions respecting the probable truth of 
the author’s conjectures. In.our own 
view; the Greek inscriptions are cer- 
lainly susceptible of further illustra- 
tions, being indebted. for those which 
he has hazarded rather to his friends 
than to his own acquaintance with the 
language. The three. last. chapters 
censist, for the most part, of appen- 
dices. The first contains an explana- 
tion of the figured Greco-Sicilian 
vases; and these, from their high pre- 
servation and exquisite colouring, are 
the chief ornament of the collection: 
the second contains the gems; the 
third, a dissertation on the medals dis- 
covered in the ruins of Acre, 
NEW PATENTS AND MECHANICAL INVENTIONS. 
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TAYLOR AND MARTINEAU’S LITHOGRAPHIC PRESS. 
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Ma L 
N consequence of the great encou- 
ragement given to ‘jithographic 
printing, yarious attempts have been 
made to improve lithographic presses. 
We have, from time to time, laid betore 
our readers the progress of this art, 
and we now have to call their attention 
to. the inmost recent improvement, a 
sketch of which we haye procured and 
mseried above. ‘This machine has 
been manufactured ‘by Messrs. Ta} lor 
and Martineau, engineers. Itappears 
to combine every necessary qualifica- 
tion of a perfect lithographic press. 
The workmanship is extremely good ; 
but, in consequence of its simplicity, 
the price has been reduced nearly one 
half. The pressure upon thesurface of 
the stone is produced by depressing 
the lever in the centre, and the motion” 
; is 
