geile 
168 Miscellanies. 
“ As these experiments were fairly made, and by horses of the 
common breed used by farmers, and upon ploughs from various coun- 
ties, these numbers may be considered as a pretty accurate measure 
of the force actually exerted by horses at plough, and which they 
are able to do without injury, for many weeks; but it should be re- 
membered that if these horses had been put out of their usual walk- 
ing pace, the result would have been very different.” —Jdem. 
6. Composition of Size for IMluminators, Artists, §c.—(Bull. 
Univ.)—Four ounces of Flanders Glue, and four ounces of white soap, 
are to be dissolved on the fire in a pint of water, two ounces of pow- 
dered alum added, the whole stirred and left to cool. It is to be 
spread cold with a sponge or pencil on the paper to be prepared, 
and is much used by those who have to color unsized paper, as artists, 
topographers, &c.— Idem. 
STATISTICS. 
1. Yorkshire Philosophical Society.—This society, in the ancient 
and venerable city of York, was established in December, 1822, by 
the voluntary association of gentlemen of the city and county, for the 
purpose of encouraging scientific and literary pursuits. ‘The anni 
report of the council in 1824, two years after the institution of the 
society, states that the donations to the geological collection had then 
amounted to nearly two thousand five hundred, independent of more 
than two hundred specimens added to the mineralogical cases. 
collection of zoology and comparative anatomy had been deposited 
in the museum, and the library was beginning to assume a respect 
ble appearance. In 1827 a grant was made to the institution, by the 
late king, of about three acres of ground, part of the site of the oneé 
rich and powerful abbey of St. Mary. The venerable ruins of the 
abbey occupy the north western side of the enclosure; the Romat 
multangular tower and ancient city walls separate it from the city © 
the south east. 4 
In this enclosure the society has erected a museum for its collec 
tions, its meetings, and for the lectures which are given undet 
auspices. On an eminence in the centre, the museum rears its noble 
front, looking down upon the river, and to the extensive landscap* 
beyond. The entrance to the grounds from the city, is by 4 Dont 
gateway, or propyleum, opening out of Lendal street. On each 
of the walk leading thence to the museum, the ground is appropriate! 
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