420 
15. Levers offixdt) niattertransfer 
the entire impulse “of ‘the! agent;-and 
the resulting velocity of the patient to 
that of the agent is as their, number of 
atoms... my a 
16. Gazeous or, fluid leyers,.in pro- 
pagating or conveying the motion or 
impulse of the agent, radiate or diffuse 
it, and the momentum is. therefore at 
different distances inversely as the 
‘squares of the distances. 
17. Through both’ species of lever 
dhe direction of the motion acquired 
by the patient is the direction of the 
simultaneous motion of the agent. 
(lustrations —1.° Through a gazeous or 
fluid medium any impulse is diffused im an 
hemisphere, the, centre of which is the line 
of the direction'of the impulse, and all 
bodies and atoms within the hemisphere 
‘are affected directly in the proportion of 
their bulks, and inversely as the squares of 
theif distances. In a fixed lever the whole 
force of the agent is directed to the pa- 
tient, but in‘a gazeous or fluid lever, the 
force is scattered through the hemisphere 
and affects all bodies within, according to 
the above law.’ “But action and re-action, 
or transfering and receiving motion, are 
equal in every instance, 
2. If two bodies be fastened to'the two 
ends of a fixed lever, and a curvilinear or 
rectilinear motion be given to one end, 
the motion of the other end will respec- 
tively be curvilinear or rectilinear; and, 
in like manner, in a gaseous or fluid lever, 
the suecessive directions of the motion of 
the agent will determine the directions of 
the motions of the patient. 
3. If in either species of lever the mo- 
ving body be made to move inva circle, the 
size of the circle of the agent will be to 
that of the patient, in fixed levers, in- 
versely as the quantities of matter in the 
two, bodies, and in gaseous or fluid levers 
inversely as the squares of the quantities 
of matter. ‘Thus,-if the bodies are 1 and 
3; in one case the circles or their diame- 
ters will be as 1 to 3; but in the other 
case as 1 to 9; which last is the law go- 
-verning the motions and orbits of the 
planetary bodies ini the gascous levers 
‘existing between the sun and them, them 
‘dnd their satellites, and one atiother. ' 
mW ‘COMMON SENSE. 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
NEWS FROM PARNASSUS. 
NQ-oEMIM >, wl ¢ hasosl, 
MAY-DAY with» the) MUSES; by: ROBERT 
BLOOMFIEEDj author of ithe Earmer’s 
Boys? Rural Fales,;” Fe, 2) 104 
HIS little work présents itself to 
our eye like’ a friend, whé,‘long 
-Neabs from Paurndistts;\Now XPABRS 
[June 1, 
absentiaind almost forgotten, appears 
unexpectedly before us.¢orod lolly. 
There’ are ‘sonie:qualities:which Mr. 
‘Bloomfield possesses! iman: eminent de- 
‘gréé, and to: which amucly of his suecess 
is to be ascribed; we alludestosthat 
earnest simplicity, and, ifsitamayibe so 
expressed, | that straight forward, and 
candid dealing with his. reader, which 
establishes between them asperfectiun- 
derstanding and community of feeling. 
There is nothing like ‘affectation'to 
revolt our feelings; no assumption of 
style or subject beyond his real and 
acknowledged powers, to expose him 
to defeat and ridicule. uds. OF 
The poem under our consideration 
opens with an invocation to Spring; 
and we are then introduced to: Sir 
Ambrose Higham, of Oakley Hall, 
who— wad? 
In his eightieth year, "’ 
With memory unimpair’d, and conscience 
clear, oil 
His English heart untrammell’d, and full 
blown yb wel 
His senatorial honours:and renown; |) 
Now, basking in his plenitude of fame, , 
Resolv’d, in concert with his noble dame, 
To drive to town no more, ems 
In short, to give up his seat in Par- 
liament,—a very proper step: at,bis 
time of Jife,—and to spend the remnant 
of his days on his own estate! |» To, this 
wise resolution, the baronet subjoins 
another, the good sense of which jis 
somewhat-more questionable; however 
that may be, the determination:is made 
that he will Q» 
be just and generous in-time, 
And bid his tenants pay their rents in 
rhyme; ; ' 
For one half year they shall— 
This is a startling proposition ; and 
the author, accordingly, seems to be 
aware that the critics, and eSpetially 
the political economists, will take’np 
the question warmly : he therefore ‘insi- 
nuates, in his preface, that aman has 
a right to do what he likes with his own 
estate.. : phil ta sa 
It is old May-day, and is, as it ought 
to be, a beautiful morning. | The pre- 
parations for the feast in Oakley-park 
are busy.and abundant, and the enjoy- 
ment, is hearty. and full, Aw whaini- 
mous pledge goes round to the’ health 
mh 
of “Sir Ambrose Higham, and his no- 
“ble race;” after which we wait forthe — 
peasant who will be hardy ehottith first 
“to. pull out his portfolid, instead of Bis 
purse, and make us Yawful’ téndtt “of 
his 
