LIGHT AND HEAT COMPANY. 7S 



tion, to the amount of many millions — even supposing his 

 merits as an inventor to be as much above par as my first 

 paragraph appears to place them below it ? , 



IV. Lastly, as a matter of prudence between man and man, Neither the 

 •^ ., fit- partners nor 



I would ask who are the responsible trustees for the subscnp- trustees of 

 tions, which, at five pounds each, would amount to one hun- Mr. Winsorare 

 dred thousand pounds ? I am very far from inviting a discus- 

 sion of any man's private character unnecessarily, and of Mr. 

 Winsor I know absolutely nothing : but I must say, that in a —but they 

 concern of much less apparent magnitude than the present, been declared. 

 common sense and common integrity ought to have dictated 

 the insertion of the names of trustees in the printed papers 

 before me. Two respectable banking-houses are indeed 

 named for receiving subscriptions, and 1 should hope, for j^ ^^ honed that 

 their credit as honourable men, that they have consented to the bankers 



be bankers to persons w ho are known and recommended to ^^? ^""^^'*^ "^* . 



r ■ , • • 11 ■ project, do 



them as fair and proper connections, more especially m a also know the 



project of such apparent moment and doubtful import. I trustees. 



dare not presume the contrary ; and all that I have to say on 



this head is, that it would have been no more than simple 



justice and open dealing, if they had insisted that the public 



should also have known where the powers may be placed of 



drawing for the mcmies in their hands, and disposing of the 



whole at the pleasure or discretion of such drawer. 



IX. 



Obs4rvations of Dr. €arradori, showing that Water is not de- 

 prived of its Oxygen by boiling. 



.ESSRS. Humboldt and Gay-Lusac, in an interesting 

 memoir presented to the National Institute, and entitled, 

 " Experiments on Eudiometric Methods, and the proportion 

 of the constitutuent principles of the atmosphere, &c.," are, 

 as it appears, of opinion, that ebullition is the most effectual 

 means of depriving water of oxygen. In effect, they have 

 availed themselves of this operation only for obtaining this 



