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and so effectually is this object ”’ said to be ‘ attained, that the 
liquid introduced by which the destructive matter is expelled can 
never itself be dislodged; but it lies in the pores in a concrete 
state, and presents an invincible opposition to all other fluids.” 
- By this introduction, the author afterwards adds, ‘ the timber, as 
has been actually ascertained by experiment, is capable of being 
so increased in strength, that a section of rotten oak branch, not 
prepared, was broken by the weight of 34 pounds; the other 
section of the same branch, prepared with the composition, could 
not be broken by the weight of 112 pounds.” 
Just published, ‘‘ Letters from the North of Italy, addressed to 
Henry Hallam, Esq.” in two volumes octavo, 
In the Press, « An Inquiry into Dr. Gall’s System concerning 
Innate Dispositions, the Physiology of the Brain, Materialism, 
Fatalism, and Moral Liberty, &c.” By J.P. Tupper, M.D. Fellow 
of the Royal College of Surgeons, and of the Linnean Society; 
Member of the Cercle Medical of Paris, and of the Society of 
Arts and Sciences of Bourdeaux, and Surgeon Extraordinary to 
His Royal Highness the Prince Regent. 
Mr. Byewater has in the press (and it will be published in a 
few days) *‘ Physiological Fragments, or Sketches of various Sub- 
jects intimately connected with the Study of Physiology.” 
LXIII. Proceedings of Learned Societies. 
ROYAL INSTITUTION. 
I T gives us great pleasure to announce the very flourishing state 
of this Institution, which was founded in 1800, and has ever since 
contributed largely to the advancement of the various branches 
of science. Its real value does not however appear to have been 
appreciated until lately ; for its income (derived from the sub- 
scriptions of those who attend the Lectures and Library) has sel- 
dom or ever been equal to its necessary expenditure, and conse- 
quently it became involved in debt. At the Annual Meeting in 
May 1818, it appeared from the Report of the Visitors to the 
members, that the income of the preceding year had for the first 
time exceeded the expenditure by 147/. 18s. 8d., and that the 
debts were reduced below 2200/. That same Report also men- 
tions a circumstance which ought to be universally known and 
recorded ; viz. that John Fuller, esq. of Rose Hill, Sussex, had, 
in proof of his zeal for the stability and success of this Institu- 
Vol, 53, No. 253, May 1819. Bb tion, 
