434: THE CENTURY, 



toutes Nations peuvent comprendre les conceptions 1 une 

 de 1 autre en lisant par une escriture commune, a toutes 

 leurpropre langage maternelle. Par Cave Beck. M. A.&quot; 

 London, 1657, 12mo. Also &quot; Joh. J. Becheri Spirensis 

 character, pro Notitia Linguarum Universal!.&quot; Franc- 

 fort, 1661. And &quot;Ars signorum, vulgo character 

 universalis et lingua philosophica,&quot; by Georgius Dal- 

 garno: a small 12mo. volume in Latin. 1661. 



A system of a universal alphabet has been recently 

 proposed for telegraphic purposes, by means of which 

 it is believed all the sounds of the human speech may be 

 recorded and transmitted ; mastering all the sounds 

 which the human voice is capable of uttering in 

 any language. The proposed scheme is even said 

 to have been severely tested by many eminent lin 

 guists. It is to be hoped that the announced discovery 

 will be found to realize all it promises, and remune 

 rate the ingenious inventor. 



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To write with a Needle and 

 Thred, white, or any 9 colour upon 

 white, or 1 any other 2 colour, fo that 

 one flitch shall lignificantly shew 

 any letter, and as readily and 3 as 

 eafily shew the one letter as the 

 other, and fit for any Language. 



8 any other. P. ! or upon. a other omitted. 3 and as. MS. and P 



\_A Needle-alphabet.~] 



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To write by a knotted Silk firing, 

 fo that every knot shall fignifie any 



