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of great learning, though fo much addifled to the occult 

 faiences, that he pafled among his contemporaries as a flcilful 

 magician. Boccaccio and Folengo both exhibit him as 

 fuch ; the former in one of his novels, and the latter in his 

 macaronic poem ; and he is introduced under the fame cha- 

 rafter by Dante. It is not known where he was interred, 

 but it feems generally admitted that his books of magic 

 were either buried with him in his grave, or preferved in the 

 convent where he died. A Latin trandation of Ariftotle's 

 works is alcribed to fir Michael Scott, but probably upon 

 infufficienl evidence. There is a tranflation of that philo- 

 fopher's works, partly from the Greek and partly from the 

 Arabic, by v.irious hands, undertaken at the command of 

 the emperor Frederic II., at whofe court fir Michael re- 

 (ided fome tune ; and as he is reported to have tranflated 

 Ariftotle's Natural Hiilory of Animals from the Arabic 

 verfion of Aviccnna, it has been aflumed that this is the 

 only part of the work which fhould be afcribed to him. 

 The title of the work is " Ariftotelis Opera, Latine verfa, 

 partim e Grxco partim Arabico, per viros leftos et in 

 Utriufque Linguae prolatione peritos, jufTu Imperatoris Fre- 

 deric! II. Venet. 1496." The works of fir Michael Scott 

 are numerous, among which the following may be men- 

 tioned : •' Phyfiognomia et de Hominis Procreatione ;" 

 " De Secretis Naturae ;" " Queftio curiofa de Natura Solis 

 et Lunae." The fubjeft of this laft work is the pretended 

 tranfmutation of metals, gold and filver being reckoned 

 among alchemifts the fun and moon. According to the 

 opinion of Riccioli, Scott was a diligent obferver of the 

 ftars, and, at the requeit of the emperor Frederic II., he 

 wrote a treatife on the fphere of Sacrobofco. Gen. Biog. 



Scott, George Lewis. This learned and accompliflied 

 man was not only an able mathematician, but an excellent 

 mufician. He was an intimate friend of Dr. Pepufch, and 

 afCtted him in drawing up his paper for the Royal Society, 

 on the genera and fyilems of the ancient Greek mufic ; 

 and whatever articles he furnilhed to the Supplement of 

 Chambers's Diftionary, concerning harmonics or the ratio 

 of founds, may be depended on. Mr. Scott was a per- 

 former on the harpfichord, and very fond of miific ; but al- 

 ways calculating, during his own performance and that of 

 others, as to the legality of modulation. And we well re- 

 member his being much dilturbed at the unrelative fuccelTion 

 of chords, in the opening of Pergolefi's <■ Stabat Mater," 

 at the fecond bar, where that moll pleaiing author furprifcs 

 the ear, as well as the eye and intelleft, in modulating from 

 F minor to Eb major. De Moivre, who had no tafte or 

 feeling for mufic, ufed to calculate ratios for the ingenious 

 and w'orthy organiil of the Charter-houfe, and laugh at him 

 for his Greek and mathematical pretenfions ; but Scott, the 

 fub-preceptor of his prefent majelty, was in earnell, and 

 wiflied to make difcoveries in Greek mufic, as much as Pe- 

 pufch. For though attached to old matters of eminence, a« 

 well as the Carthufian maeltro di cappella, he enjoyed the 

 produAions of the moderns extremely, when he could dif- 

 cover in them either genius or fcience. 



As we had the honour to be perfonally acquainted with 

 him, we are furc that the elaborate article Temperament, in 

 mufic, in the additional volume to Chambers's DiAionary, 

 was drawn up by the late learned and fcientific Mr. Scott, 

 who was one of the very few theorifts that ever paid the lead 

 regard to praSice, or who feemed to recoiled that the tar 

 had any thing to do with harmonics. 



SCOTTA, or ScoTTus. See Scot. 



SCOTTI, Teresa, in Biography, the firft woman in 

 the operas of 1764 and 1765, in which Manfoli fung. 



The Scotti, with an elegant figure, a beautiful face, and 

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a feeble voice, fung in a very good tafte ; and though in 

 want of power, (he pofl'efl^ed great flexibility and expref- 

 fion. 



SCOTTIA., in Botany, bears that name, as we prefume, 

 in memory of Robert Scott, M.D., late profeftbr of Bo- 

 tany at Dubhn, commemorated by Mr. Dawfon Turner ia 

 the preface, as well as the dedication, of his Mufcologit 

 Hibernic/e Sptci/egium. — Brown in Ait. Hort. Kcw. v. 4. 

 268. — Clafs and order, Diadelphia Decandria. Nat. Ord. 

 PapiHonacee, Linn. Leguminoft, Jufl. 



Efl'. Ch. Calyx with five rather unequal teeth ; its bafe 

 clothed with imbricated appendages. Standard folded, 

 (horter than the wings, which are the length of the keel. 

 Stamens all connefted. Legume ftalked, compreffcd; 

 thickened at each margin. Seeds few, crefted. 



I. S. denlata. Tooth-leaved Scottia. — Found by Mr. 

 Brown on the fouth-weft coall of Nevr Holland. AJhnit, 

 fent to Kew garden, in 1803, by Mr. Peter Good. It ie 

 kept in the greenhoufe, and flowers from June to Sep- 

 tember. 



SCOTTSBURG, in Geography, a poft-town of Vir- 

 ginia ; 256 miles W. of Walhington. 



SCOTUSA, in Ancient Geography, a town of Mace- 

 donia, on the banks of the river Strymon, in the Odoman- 

 tica, near Berga. — Alfo, a town of Greece, in Theffaly. 

 Ptolemy. 



SCOUR a Line, To, in the Military Language, is to 

 flank it fo as to fee direftly along it ; that a mufket-ball, 

 entering at one end, may fly to the other, leaving no place 

 of fecurity. 



Scour, among Cattle, a difeafe of the flux kind, whick 

 frequently affefts cows, calves, flieep, and other animal*. 

 See Scouring in Convi, and in Calves. 



This is a difeafe in ftieep, wliich is common in the winter 

 feafon, being believed to originate from the feverity of the 

 froils, efpecially when they fet in fuddenly, or alternate fre- 

 quently with thaws. The chief dependence for a cure, in 

 thcfe cafes, is upon an expeditious change to dry keep ; as, 

 in the praftice of fome good (heep-farmers, the ufe of hay, 

 on the mornings when lioar-frofts are prevalent, has been 

 found a good preventative. It is fometimes called the gall 

 by fhecp-farmers. Early, foft, tathy, luxuriant pafture- 

 grafs, is alfo liable to produce this complaint, efpecially in 

 previoufly worn-down (hecp. It arifcs frequently, too, from 

 fuddcn changes from dry, warm, poor paflures, to fuch aa 

 are rich, cold, and damp ; or the contrary. It is fome- 

 times likcwifc the confequence of other afTcilions, as well at 

 of the local weakncfs and relaxation of the bowels. In all 

 thefe inftances, the above changes of food will be highly 

 ufeful and neceflary. The difeafe may be ftopjped, except 

 where it is critical, after clearing the intcftines of any irritat- 

 ing matters, by mild purgatives, by the followuig means, par- 

 ticularly where there is great weaknefs of the anefttd parts. 

 Boil four ounces of the (havings of logwood in two pints of 

 water, until it be reduced to one pint ; then add one ounce 

 of cinnamon water, and give one half at a time. VViaTe this 

 is not Itrong enough to check the diforder, hall a drachm of 

 the extraft of catechu may be diflolved in it, witli fifty or 

 more drops of the tinAure of opium. Thefc will mollly 

 leflen the over-aflion of the bowels, and fpeedily remove the 

 complaint. In mild cafes of this nature, it will fddom be 

 rceefl"ary to have reeourfe to the above remedy, as they will 

 eafily be removed by the ufe of water, in which a little cal- 

 cined chalk and liartlhorn fliavings have been boiled. In 

 high dates of the difeafe, the ftrength of the raedicme muft 



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