1825.] 
Larris, in Germany, has made a very in- 
teresting discovery, for which he has re- 
ceived a patent; by means of which he 
obtains from. animal substances, of which, 
hitherto, no use has been made, a product 
perfectly similar to leather. A munufac- 
ture has been established at Gumbold, 
near Vienna, where this new species of 
industry is practised with the greatest ac- 
tivity. This composition is capable, when 
in a fluid state, of being formed into boots 
and shoes. * 
New Amputator.—A physician, of the 
name of Buller, residing at Hamburgh, has 
lately invented a new surgical instrument, 
* In the M. M. for November last, vol. 58, p. 354, 
there is an account of a patent granted in the Au- 
gust preceding, for preparing certain materials as a 
substitute for leather; but Dr. Bernard’s is evi- 
dently quite a new invention. 
Meteorological Report. 
245 
by means of which he can amputate a leg 
In One second, and which has the effect of 
benumbing the pain of the patient, by a 
simultaneous pressure which accompanies 
the operation. 
Green Colour from Coffee Berries. —A 
method has lately been discovered at Ve- 
nice, for composing a fine unchangeable 
emerald green colour; a certain quantity 
of coffee is boiied in river water—spoiled 
coffee (Café avari) is preferable. By means 
of a proportionate quantity of pure soda, a 
green precipitate is obtained, which is suf- 
fered to dry for six or seven days upon 
polished marble, stirring it about occa- 
sionally, in order that every part of it may 
be in contact with atmospheric air, from 
which it receives a new vivacity of tint: 
the green, obtained by this process, has 
resisted the action of the acids, and even 
the influence of light and moisture. 
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. 
Journal of the Weather and Natural History, kept at Hartfield, East Grinstead, 
_ by Dr.T. Forsrer, for February 1825. 
wy 
nSonot~s| Days. 
5 Baro- . General 
é meter. Wands Sky. Remarks. 
{ 
36 | 30714; SW | Rain.—Fair. 
a SW_ | Sunand Clouds. Snowdrops. || 
= — SW_ | Fair.—Snow. Very raw day. | 
SS NW _| Showersofsnow Very raw air. 
—| — NW—N Cloudy. Yel.crocus fiw. | 
31 | 30°07 N Clear frost. |Calm fine day. 
41 | 29°35; W Rainy p.m. Blue crocus in’ 
the house. 
37 | 30°00| W Clear p. m. Calm air. 
9 | 41 | 3029) NW | Clear & clouds. Calm day. 
43 | 30°37|  W Cloudy. Pleasant day. 
32 | 30:40 SW—N | White frost. Fine spring da. 
32 | 30°40 N Fog.—Clear. Pleasant p. m. 
34 | 30°36 Ww Clear. 
38 | 30°1G| NE_ | Cloudy. 
Z g Baro- A General 
S| = ‘meter.| Wind Sky- Remarks. 
QA}a ~ 
Feb 
15.| 40 | 29°92 Ss Fog and clouds. 
16 | 44 | 29-91 Ss Clouds and fair. 
17 | 46 | 29°86) SW _ | Clouds and sun.; Windy. 
18 | 44 | 29°94] SW_ | Cloudy. Damp day. 
19 | 45. | 30-10 | NE—E | Fog.—Fair. 
20 | 50 | 30°17 |NW--W| Sun and clouds. 
21 | 53 | 20°30 | N—W | Fair. Spring flowers! 
abundantly. 
22 | 45 | 30°25 Ss. Cloudy. 
23 | 34 | 30°18 - [stars. 
24 | 34/3018] — | Clouds. — Few | Fine day. 
25 | 35%) 30:26 — Cloudy. ([rain. 
26 | 36 | 30°00 — Clouds.—Slight) Slight snow 
27 | 38 | 29°46 — Cloudy. in morning. 
28 | 363! 29:60] — | Cloudy. 
| 
ter The thermometer is taken at 10 P.M. unless otherwise stated. 
—=- 
CALENDAR OF FLORA. 
Feb, 1.—The snowdrop, galanthus niva- 
lis, in flower; also, here and there, the 
yellow spring crocus, crocus mesiacus. The 
sweet coltsfoot, also, still blows abundantly 
in my garden; and there are a few flowers 
of the marigold and leopard-base out. 
— 2,—Snowdrops out in plenty. Abun- 
dance of polyanthuses and primroses blow. 
— 14.—Yellow crocus abundant. <A 
few of the wlrite variety in flower. 
_ * Candlemas. 
+ Owing to accidental absence from my own 
house, I was unable to record the thermometer and 
‘barometer till the 6th February. 
~ 
. 
—19.—The blue spring crocus, crocus 
vernus, in flower. °Polyantliuses and prim- 
roses of various colours in full blow. The 
red, the blue, and the white hepaticas, ane- 
mone hepatica, in flower. 
— 21.— Bees abroad gathering honey 
from the primeyeral flowers. ‘The great 
jonquil, Narcissus —, in blow. 
The greatest cold we have had this year, 
has followed a clear candlemas day, which 
ratifies the old proverbial adage : 
« Si sol splendescat Maria pudisficante 
Major erit glacies post festum, quam fuit ante.” 
Feb. 24 to 28.—Serene days of frost. 
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