368 Philosophical Societies* 



PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK. 



It gives ns pleasure at all times to be able to record the 

 formation of societies for the' diffusion of knowledge ; and. 

 it is with much satisfaction we announce that one has been 

 formed in the Borough which proniiscs to prove useful. 

 The society meets at the house of Mr. Snart, optician, 215 

 Tooley-street, a zealous promoter of, and diligent inquirer 

 into, every thing connected with natural philosophy. 



MUSEUM ALEXANDUINUM. 



By letters from Petersburgh of the 22d December last, 

 we are informed that a number of persons have united to 

 establish a society under the above name, for the purpose 

 of making a collection of works of art of all kinds, and to 

 combine with it a collection of the best scientific works and 

 journals. This society means to publish its transactions. 



BATAVIAN SOCIETY OF SCIEN'CKS, HAARLEM. 



The following particulars are extracted from the program 

 of the society for the year 1805 : 



1. The society have received, upon the question which 

 requires " A memoir containing the principal facts that 

 have been hitherto brought to light by the electric pile of 

 Volta, and by the numerous experiments made to ascertain 

 its effects," an answer in Dutch, having for motto Men 

 sticht gren ecreziill, &c. They have adjudged that this 

 memoir indicates strongly the talents of its author, but that 

 it cannot receive the prize. They have therefore deter- 

 mined to repeat this question ; the answer to be given in 

 before the 1st of November ISOG. 



2. They have received upon the question — ''What are the 

 principles in the natural history of fire, respecting the pro- 

 duction, comuiunication, and confinement of heat, requi- 

 site to determine the most ceconomlcal mode of employing 

 fuel for the difi'erent purposes of heating ; and how may wc 

 improve, according to these principles, chimneys for warm- 

 ing apartments, and stoves in kitchens, with a view to 

 save; as much as pos>ible, the fuel which is in common 

 use with us?" a memoir in (jcnnan, having for motto, 

 Imxt ill expUcalione natarce insatlubiUs qua'dam e cog- 

 nosceiidis rel'tis voluptas, &c. Cicero. Tliis memoir ap- 

 peared to correspond so exactly to the question proposed, 

 that the prize was unanimously adjudged to it. On opening 

 the letter which accompanied it, the author was found to 

 be John Joseph Prcchtl, of Brunn, in Moravia. 



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