186 ' Memoir of Aliaham Gottlob Werner, 
40,000; of which he reserved the interest of 33,000 as an an» 
nuity ; ius made the condition, that after his own death, and 
that of his only sister, who is without children, the interest should 
coutinue to be annually paid to the Mineralogieal Academy; so 
that this, his only daughter, as it may be called, obtains an ad- 
ditional annual income of 1600 crowns, 
Werner’s literary studies, like his mind, embraced every branch 
of science. Every thing excited his thirst ef knowledge, and 
thus it often happened that he dedicated all his attention to re- 
searches which seemed to lie entirely out-of his sphere. His in- 
quiries into the direction of the mountains of the first and second 
formation, led him to the seat and the migrations of the aboriginal 
tribes and their branches. To this were soon joined inquiries inte 
the original languages and radical syllables, which he prosecuted 
with the greatest acuteness, and reduced into tables. Soon 
arose an universal glossary of all the radical syllables and cha- 
racteristic sounds, in all the languages with whieh he was ac- 
quainted ; which he studied with ardour, and ta complete his 
knowledge of which, he purchased the most expensive works ; 
thus he gave sixty crowns for Hickes’ Thesaurus, and but lately 
eighty crowns for Walton’s great Pelyglot. His antiquarian re- 
searches into the mineralogy of the ancients made him a pas- 
sionate friend of archeology, and the most costly works an that 
subject were purchased by him. One branch of archeology, the 
numismatology of the ancients, had’ become so favourite a pur-= 
suit with him during the last eight years of his life, that he pur- 
chased entire collections of medals, and in a short time was in 
possession of above 6000 ancient Greek and Roman coins: this 
enabled him to make interesting researches into the different 
mixtures of the metals, and on the arts of adulteration; and in 
order to make all more clear, he arranged entire series of false 
coins. An unedited silver coin of his collection, which he gave 
to the great connoisseur Catauro, in Milan, is still the subject of 
a numismatic controversy between the Vienna and Italian con- 
noisseurs. The examination, which was to be printed, was in- 
tended to be dedicated to Werner. The practice which he had 
had in studying the direction of the mountains and the surface 
of the earth, made him an excellent judge of ground, and in- 
spired him with a great fondness for military tactics. He studied 
the art of war with great diligence, read the accounts given by 
masters in this branch, and acquired a fine collection of military, 
books. Officers of the engineers and general staff were surpr ised 
to hear him speak of the mistakes committed by the allies from 
want of due knowledge of the ground, in their attack upon 
Dresden in August 1813, where he happened to. be present. His 
name was mentioned at the head quarters of the allied sovereigns 
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