SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 



that what chemists have said of the common phosphate of 

 potash is not affected by the properties it exhibits: and that 

 Mr. Vitalis has enriched chemistry with a new species of 

 salt, to be placed in the class, already very numerous, of 

 these substances* 



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,l\. Card has been transmitted to the subscribers to the Lectures at 



Scientific institution, Princes' street, Cavendish square, ^^^^ciemific 



. „ . , - ■ Institution. 



nnnouncjng the commeni ement ot the annual Lectures at 



that Establishment, on Tuesday the ipth of November. 

 The arrangement embraces the following subjects: 

 A popular course of twelve Lectures, on the most interest- 

 ing branches of Experimental Science, by Mr. George 

 Singer : a coarse on ti.e Philosophy of the Mechanic Arts, 

 by Mr. E. Lydiatt: and a course of twelve Lectures ou 

 Chemistry, by Mr. George Singer, 



Surry Institution, Blackfriars Bridge, 



The annual courses of Lectures at this Institution will Lectures c„ 

 be delivered in the following order, viz, natural philo- 



L On the Philosophy of Physics, by L M. Good, Esq. ^^I^/, mu'sic, 

 F. R. S., Mem. Am. Phil. S„ and F. L. S. of Philadelphia ; and belles let-* 

 to<:Dramence on Friday, Nov. 22, and be continued on each ^^^' 

 succeeding Friday. 



2. On the Belles Lettres, by Edward Quin, Esq. to 

 commence on Tuesday the 26th Nov., and be continued on 

 each succeeding Tuesday. 



3. On the Chemical Phenomena of Nature and Art, by 

 Fred. Accum, Esq., M, R. 1. A., F. L. S.; to commence 

 early in 1812. 



4. On Music, by W. Crotch, Mus. D., Professor of 

 Music in the University of Oxford; to commence early in 

 1812, 



Mr, 



; on 



