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One rnaclilne of tliis fort is already eftabliflied in the weft 

 of Scotland for fpinning wool, and others will foon follow 

 the example. One only objection we can conceive to lie 

 againil the fpinning of wool for the manufacture of cloth by 

 machinery, viz. that it is more eafy to make yarn thus,' 

 that is much t willed, than fiich as is of a more loofe con- 

 texture: a quality much to be prized in all woollen goods 

 that are to be fubjedled to the operation of fulling. Tins 

 inconvenience however may be eafily got over by a V€rv 

 fimple mechanical contrivance, which we ihall defcribe in 

 fome number of this work, as fooh as a plate for illuf- 

 trating it can be got ready. By this very flmple machine, 

 any kind of yarn may be unt'wijled, during the operation of 

 reeling, to any degree that fliall be thought neceflary for 

 the purpofe required. 



Machines, upon the fame principle with thofe above nam- 

 ed, though fomewhat different in the mode of applying it, 

 have alfo been adopted for the fpinning of linen yarn- The 

 firft of thefe that we have heard of was ereCled near Dar- 

 lington in England j one machine of the iame fort is juft 

 finiflied in the neighbourhood of Dundee, in Scotland, with 

 fome effential improvements, by means of which the work 

 is performed in a much better method than formerly. To 

 encourage the exertions of ingenuity, the Honourable Board 

 for encouragement of manufactures, &c. in Scotland, have 

 conferred, we hear, a premium of three hundred pounds on 

 the inventer of thefe improvements. 



Anotlier machine of the fame kind is now erefting, and 

 nearly nniflied, on the water of Leven in Fife ; fo that" we 

 hope to fee the bonefits of thefe two improvements foon ex. 

 tended to other places. 



Intelligence fro??! Germany. 



Among other articles of intelligence lately received from 

 Germany by the Editor, he is informed that the difcovery re- 

 fpedingmetals announced in the firil numberof this work, was 

 made nearly at the fame time by two different perfons, viz. 

 in JIungary, by a profeifor of chemiftry named Ruprecht, and 

 ■^Ifi. by a learned Neapolitan, whofe name has not be'*>i 



