312 Tanning.— Ex-King of Sweden.— Obituary. 
TANNING. 
A tanner, near Portsmouth, has lately discovered a most im- 
portant process, whereby crop hides are tanned in four months, 
and made to overweigh the raw halves (which is the present 
common standard) from five to ten pounds upon each hide: con- 
sequently the advantages are double and triple—first, in point of 
saving so much /ime; secondly, in poiut of weight; and, thirdly, 
hecause returns are made thrice a year instead of once, according 
to the present practice of the trade. 
EX-KING OF SWEDEN. 
Colonel Gustavson, the Ex-King of Sweden, has for some time 
past applied himself to philosophical studies. He has just pub- 
lished a work at Francfort, but not for sale; it is distributed 
gratis, by the illustrious author, to the amateurs of arts and sci- 
ences. It is written in the French language, and is dedicated to 
the Royal Academy of Arts at Norway. It is entitled ‘ Reflec- 
tions upon the Phenomenon the Aurora Borealis, and its rela- 
tion with the Diurnal Movement.” The journals of Hamburg 
announce the arrival of several copies of the work at Stockholm, 
where they are now translating it into the Swedish language.— 
Gaxetle de France. 
OPITUARY. 
The useful Arts, aided by the ingenious applications of Science, 
have sustained a heavy loss, in the person of Mr. Robert Salmon, 
who for more than 30 years past has resided in the Park of the 
Dukes of Bedford, at Woburn, and conducted the architectural 
and mechanical departments of that extensive Establishment, 
and who since the late Duke’s decease, and the retirement of 
Mr. Farey, has also conducted the pruning, thinning and manage- 
ment of the very extensive Plantations and Woods of His Grace. 
Mr. Salmon has been the inventor of a considerable number 
of useful machines and implements for which patents have been 
granted, and which will be found recorded in the volumes of the 
** Repertory of Arts:” numerous others of his inventions were 
presented to the Society of Arts in the Adelphi, and by them 
liberally rewarded, and published in their annual volumes of 
“« Transactions:” besides which, several well-deserved honorary 
marks of distinction were bestowed on Mr. S.’s ingenious inven- 
tions, at the Woburn Sheep-shearings. Mr. Salmon was born ~ 
in 1763, and died on the 6th of October 1821: a surviving 
Brother and Sister, and nearly all the Servants in the extensive 
Establishment to which Mr. Salmon belonged, sorrowfully fol- 
lowed his Remains to the plice of their interment, in Woburn 
church-vard. 
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