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by carefid division of labor, in many parts of our broad country, silk can 

 be grown in quantities sufficient, both for ourselves and for export. 



BONELLI'S ELECTRIC LOOM. 



On the 7th of March, at the meeting of the Academie des Sciences, M. 

 Chevreuil stated, that with the President of the Chamber of Commerce and 

 others, he had seen Chevalier Bonelli's (Director of the Sardinian Tele- 

 graph,) electric loom, work. Its object is that of replacing the Jacquard 

 cards, by a thin sheet of tin, on which the design to be reproduced on the 

 fabric is figured by varnish or insulating ink. The beat up of the batten 

 brings a metallic comb, formed of small separate teeth, into contact with 

 the design, when some of the teeth touch the varnish of the design and 

 others the metal. 



ROYAL ACADEMY, LONDON. 



The president's salary is $1,500 ; formerly it was a post of honor only. 

 The object of the Academy is to promote the sttidy of the human form. 

 Candidates for admission must draw or model well, have some knowledge 

 of anatomy, present a specimen of finished drawing, in chalk, about two 

 feet high, of an undraped antique statue ; or, if of the Torso of the The- 

 seus, or of the Ilysses, they must be accompanied by a head, hand and 

 foot. A sculptor must send a model, either in the round or in relief, of a 

 similar figure. Prior to all this, he must obtain from the clerk, on the 

 written request of a member, or of artists or persons of known respecta- 

 bility, a printed form, which must be filled up and delivered with his 

 drawings or model, at the Royal Academy, on or before the 28th of June, 

 or 28th of December, to be submitted to the first council held in July, or 

 January. If admitted, he goes into probation for three months, to prepare 

 his drawings or model. Attendance from 19 A. M. to 3 P. M. He must, 

 with his drawings or model, send outline drawings of an anatomical figure 

 or skeleton, not less than two feet high. The living model shall be set by 

 the visitor, and continue two hours at a time. The students draw lots for 

 places. No student under 20 (unless married) shall be allowed to study 

 from the model. Nine visitors are annually elected. 



The library consists of valuable works on art. Biennially, gold medals 

 given for the best original pictures, measuring about four by three feet, 

 the chief figure being two feet high. 



Mr. Seelye considered that the Royal Academy unwarrantedly slighted 

 photography, which in its application was of such advantage to art, and 

 gave such excellent opportunities, for studying art anatomy, to those whose 

 circumstances precluded the possibility of their studying from the living 

 model or from antique sculptures. 



Professor Renwick stated that photographic pictures were excluded 

 because they were produced by mechanical and chemical agencies, incon- 

 sistent with the idea of art. The object of the Academy was to promote 

 true art, and not skill in mechanical manipulation. 



Mr. Tillman. — Water pipes made in the manner described by the sec 



