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which our ancestors entertained upon ihe same Subjects." — - 

 In Phllosophij . " Has the eclectic pliilosophy any thing 

 which can justly render it reconuntndable at present? 

 What men have deserved to be honoured with the title of 

 eclectics? and accordrng to these results, May the philoso- 

 phers who were formerly the ornaments of the School of 

 Alexandria, or the new School of Plato, be called ecleciic, or, 

 according to the opinion of some, syvcrelicP" A gold nitdai 

 of the value of 50 ducats is olfered for the best memoir on 

 either of the above subjects. The papers nny^be written iu 

 Latin, Danish, English, or French, and must be transmitted 

 to Professor Buggc, secretary to the Copenhagen Academy, 

 before the 1st of January 1810. 



XII. Intelligence and Miscellaneous Articles. 



XJr. Brewster of Edinburgh has invented a new gonio- 

 nieirical telescope and microscope, for measuring the angles 

 of crvstals.by reflection, and tor ascertaining the inclination 

 of strata, and the apparent magnitude of angles when the 

 eve is not j.)laced at iheir vertex. 



The same gentrcman has also invented an instrument for 

 determining distances at one station, without measuring a 

 base, without a portable base being attached to the instru- 

 njcnt, or without knowing the m'agnltude of the object the 

 distance of which is to be ascertained. A long base is ac- 

 tually created by the instrument, without measuring it; and 

 the distance i» obtained upon a principle, which, as far as 

 we know, has never been employed in trigonometrical in- 

 struments. 



The art of printing from stone continues to be practised 

 with great success on the Continent, At Stutgard a priiuing- 

 ofilce has been established, for the purpose of a more exten- 

 sive applicaiion of this new invenlion. The engraving of 

 music has been the chief branch to which it has hiilierto 

 bceij directed on the Continent. 



M. DiiC.EN, a watchmaker of Vienna, has invented a 



machine 



