SCIENTIFIC NEWS. O'J^ 



Ejlablijhnients for Natural Philofophi/ in the Ukraine, 



The rich land-owners in the Ukraine and Volhinia, have Eftabllfljment 

 eontributed largely for the eftablifhment of Lyceums for f°[^"p'^'y"'.*j P^^J' 

 teaching natural philofophy, at Krzeminico, and at Winnica. Ukraine. 

 The library and philofophical apparatus of the King of Poland, 

 have been piirchafed for this purpofe. M. Sniadccki has re- 

 ceived a fum equal to 500/. to purchafe telefcopes and clocks ; 

 and no expence is to be fpared in properly furnifliing the ob- 

 fervatories with Indruments. 



Ohfervaiory at Mojkoxv. 



M. Goldbach, an able aftronomer of Leipfic, has been no- Obfervatory at 

 minated profeflbr of the univerfity of Moflcow, with a falary ^°^''^* 

 equal to 250/. He is to have the direftion of the conftruftion 

 of a new obfervatory, to furnifh it with inftruments, to make 

 regular obfervations, and to inftrud fome young men in prac- 

 tical aftronomy who have been previoufly inftru6led in the 

 preparatory fciences, and to give a courfe of ledlures in theo- 

 retical aftronomy in one of the halls of the Univerfity. 



They pofTefs many of Gary's telefcopes, of different powers ; 

 an excellent allronomical clock ; a chronometer, made by 

 Arnold ; a portable circle, of one foot diameter ; and, it was 

 reported, had ordered one of three feet diameter from the 

 fuccelfor of Mr. Ramfden : Thus M. Goldbach will be pro- 

 vided with every inftrument neceflary and ufeful to aftronomy, 

 at the obfervatory of Moflcow, 



M. Goldbach has taken the opportunity of his journey, to 

 determine the pofition of fome towns; among others that of 

 Riga, l*" 27'.0, and 56'' 57'.8. 



At the fame time that M. Goldbach is engaged with the 

 aftronomical eflablifhrnent at Moflvow, MM. Schubert and 

 Wifniewflci are employed at the obfervatory of Peterfburgh; 

 and there is reafon to expe6t a feries of obfervations from that 

 part of the world. 



Solar Tables, 



A fet of tables of the fun, compofed by M. Delambre, have Solar Tables. 

 been printed at Paris, in which there are many new equa- 

 tions. 



