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them with the blade, and then rubbed them with a bit of cloth, 
he exposes them to a moderate heat. By the day after, they are 
perfectly hard and transparent, without, however, having the in- 
convenience of splitting too easily. — Neues Kunst und Gewerb-Bl. 
April 1825. 
35. Panto-chronometer. — This interesting little instrument 
is a combination of the compass, the sun-dial, and the universal 
time-dial ; and therefore unites, to a certain extent, the uses of 
the three. It is a beautiful, at the same time a useful toy, and 
cannot fail to engage the attention, and excite the curiosity, of 
young persons, for whose use it is intended. 
COMMERCE. 
36. The following Table gives an interesting view of the 
present flourishing state of the maritime capital of the Pacha of 
Egypt; 
Number of Vessels arrived at the Port of Alexandria in the 
years 1822, 1823, and 1824. 
* 
1822. 
1823. 
1824. 
Austrian and Tuscan vessels, - 
292 
351 
600 
Danish, 
- 
15 
25 
13 
French, 
- 
57 
52 
111 
English, American, 
Ionian, 
223 
230 
251 
Roman, 
- 
2 
Russian, 
- 
10 
59 
100 
Sardinian, 
- 
143 
98 
77 
Dutch, 
- 
3 
1 
5 
Spanish, 
- 
54 
24 
70 
Swedish 
- 
76 
81 
47 
Sicilian, 
- 
00 
CM 
12 
14 
Total, 901 
933 
1,290 
There sailed from it in 1824 
: 
For Amsterdam, 
4 
For Genoa, 
53 
Antwerp, 
1 
Hull, 
1 
Dublin, 
1 
Liverpool, 
30 
Gibraltar, 
4 
London, 
21 
Leghorn, 
102 
Petersburg, 
2 
Marseilles, 
97 
Rotterdam, 
1 
Malta, 
57 
Trieste 
* 
57 
Port Mahon, 
20 
Venice and Fiume, 9 
