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diately, and stir it well during the whole time of boiling, which 
should be about two minutes ; then remove it from the fire, and 
add to it half an ounce of finely-powdered alym, by gradually 
sprinkling it into the paste, and stirring it with a spoon till the 
whole is perfectly incorporated. It will then be fit for use, and 
forms a beautiful transparent paste. 
Letter from Sir Joun Sunctate, Bart. President of the Board 
of Agriculture. 
Dear Sir,—This will be delivered to you by Mr. Charles 
Drury, whose mode of making paste seems entitled to the atten- 
tion of the Society of Arts, &c. 
i remain, dear sir, 
Your very obedient servant, 
JOHN SINCLAIR. 
27, Old Burlington Street, 
May 29, 1812. 
To C. Taylor, M.D. See. 
Certificates were received from \Mr. Richard Free, trunk- 
maker, 115, High Holborn; Mess. J. Viney and Co. trunk- 
makers, 122, Aldersgate Street; and Mr. F. Clark, bookseller, 
33, Piccadilly ; all stating Mr. Drury’s potatoe paste to be equal to 
that made with flour; and that, after being made ten or twelve 
days, and exposed to the air, it did not appear to be in the least 
changed. 
LXVI. Description of a splendid Meteor seén at Dublin on the 
17th of April 1814. 
Sirs,—As I believe that you will not be unwilling to insert in 
your journal any information which may have for its object 
the advancement of science, I shall describe to you, as well as 
1am able, 2 most remarkable meteoric phenomenon, which 
extended across our horizon from about north north-east to 
south-west en Sunday night, the {7th of April, and remained 
so for a considerable time. 
About nine o’clock P. M. I observed the horizon towards 
the west north-west strongly illuminated. 1 at first imagined 
that this appearance was caused by the zodiacal light; but as 
the sun descended, the light extended itself, until at length it 
covered nearly the whole hemisphere, and occasionally almost 
reached the zenith. About midnight the light was so strong 
that the city was illuminated as if there had been moon-light. 
At the window where I sat observing it I could see to*read. 
At one o’clock it still continued to diffuse the same splendour. 
It 
