Machine for raising JFater.^Leslie's Hygrometer. ^Fasc. 229 



pression fell from one of the family, which was either meant, or 

 was so understood by a young lady who acted as governess to 

 the female children, that she had taken them When the young 

 lady got up next morning, her hair, which before was dark, was 

 found to have changed to a pure white durmg the "Jght.-The 

 spoons were found afterwards where the mistress of the family 

 had herself deposited them.— A. T. 



MACHINE FOR RAISING WATER. 



A simple machine has, it is said, been perfected by a gentle- 

 man of Shropshire, for raising water from the holds of ships 

 and for supplying reservoirs, which, by means of a small weight, 

 will raise a column of water at the rate of lo quarts per mniu e, 

 to the height of 100 feet, and so on, in proportions, double, riple, 

 or quadruple columns of water, to double, triple, and quadruple 



^'^ LESLIE'S HYGROMETER EMPLOYED TO ASCERTAIN THE 

 STRENGTH OF SPIRITS. 



Mr. W. Ritchie, of Perth, has proved by soine late experi- 

 ments that there exists a uniform ratio between the cold induced 

 by evaporation (from the bulb of Leslie's hygrometer) and the 

 strength of the evaporating spirits. . 



The bulbs of three very delicate hygrometers were moistened 

 -one with strong whisky ; another with a niixture of the same 

 whiskv and water in equal quantities ; and the third with water. 

 The lowest degree of cold induced by evaporation was carefully 

 watched : that of the water was 40, that of the dilute spirits 64, 



^"' Het r 'Snowing proportion : 24 : 48 : : strength of the 

 dilute : strength of the strong spirit. • Vc ..,,1 w;. 



This he tried with different proportions of spirits and wa- 

 ter in different states of the atmosphere, and found the same 

 property uniformly oht&\n.— {Thomson's Annals.) 



THE WARWICK VASB. 



Mr. Thomason, of Birmingham, has lately finished a fac-si- 

 mile of this vase (of which an engraving was given in a tormcr 

 volume) entirely of metal. The late Earl of Warwick penmt d 

 him and his artists to have free access to the «ng.na , to mod 

 it in wax, which occupied several months. These mode s 

 were cast in lead to serve as patterns for the bronze vase his 



undertaking was commenced in the 54tli year of the late King, 

 an. the vafe wa.f raised bv the efforts of about fifty workmen, 

 an.l put upon its base in celebration of the accession of h.s pre- 

 sent Majeltv to the Throne. Two hundred and eleven medals, 



Idin^ one of George IV., all struck at Mr. Thomason s manu- 



