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near the place of the right hand, and seem- 
ed to be employed with keys, or some ap- 
paratus, or perhaps both bands may have 
been so employed. When he made the in- 
strument speak, he raised his right elbow, 
and gradually pressing it down, the sound 
was heard. It was monotonous, as if from 
a single pipe, about the pitch of D, above 
the middle C, concert pitch; and the words 
papa and mamma were uttered very dis- 
tinctly, in a slow drawling manner; that 
is to say, there was a want of the usual in- 
flexions of tone, and the sound fell off in 
intensity towards the end. After several 
Other words had been spoken, a lady asked 
in French, if it could not speak sentences, and 
the Baron asked what it should say. She 
answered “ Queje suis inechante,” and the 
instrument said “ Vous etes mechanic, mats 
vous etes aussi bonne.” 
Kratzenstein has given some account of 
the principles of an engine of this kind, in 
a work extracted in the Journal de Physi- 
que; and Dr. Young has cursorily mention- 
ed this subject in his lectures, with some 
diagrams. 
ANDROMEDA, in astronomy, a small 
northern constellation, consisting of twenty- 
seven stars, visible to the naked eye ; be- 
hind Pegasus, Cassiopeia, and Perseus. The 
number of stars placed in this constellation 
by Ptolemy is 27 : by Tycho Brahe 23 : by 
Hevelius 47 ; and by Flamstead 66. The 
constellation has been thought to resemble 
a woman almost naked, with her feet at a 
distance from each other, and her arms ex- 
tended and chained. 
Andromeda, in botany, a genus of the 
Decandria Monogynia class of plants ; the 
calyx of which is a very small acute colour- 
ed and permanent perianthium, cut into 
five segments; the corolla consists of a sin- 
gle petal, of an oval form, inflated and quin- 
quefid ; the fruit is a roundish capsule, con- 
taining five cells, in which are several round- 
ish shining seeds. There are 25 species. 
ANDROPOGON, in botany, a genus of 
the Polygamia Monoecia class of plants, the 
calyx of which is a bivalve oblong, obtuse 
glume ; the corolla is also a bivalve glume, 
smaller and thinner than the cup ; there is 
no periearpium ; the seed, which is single, 
oblong, covered and armed with the arista 
of the flower, is included in the glumes of 
the calyx and corolla. There are 32 spe- 
cies. 
ANEMOMETER, among mechanical 
philosophers, an instrument contrived for 
measuring the strength of the w ind. There 
ANE 
are various kinds of anemometers : that of 
which Wolfius gives the structure, is moved 
by sails like those of a windmill. He expe- 
rienced, he says, the goodness of it, and af- 
firms that the inward structure may be pre- 
served to measure even the force of running 
water, or that of men and horses when they 
draw. In the memoirs of the academy of 
sciences is described a new anemometer, 
which expresses on paper, not only the se- 
veral winds that have blown during the 
space of the last 24 hours, but also the. 
strength and velocity of each. In the Phi- 
losophical Transactions for the year 17 66, 
Mr. Brice has described a method of mea- 
suring the velocity of the wind, by means 
of that of the shadow of clouds passing over 
the surface of the earth. This, however, 
in general exceeds that near the ground. 
M. d’Ons en Bray invented an anemometer, 
which of itself expresses on paper, not only 
the several winds that have blown during 
the space of 24 hours, and at what hour 
each began and ended, but also the strength 
and velocity of each. See Memoirs Acad. 
Scien. Anno 1734. 
ANEMONE, in botany, a genus of the 
Polyandria Polygynia class and order. Its 
characters are that it has no calyx ; that the 
corolla has petals in two or three row's, 
three in a row, somewhat oblong ; the sta- 
mina have numerous filaments, capillary, 
half the length of the corolla ; anthers, twin 
and erect : the pistillum has numerous 
germs in a head, styles acuminate, and stig- 
mas obtuse; no periearpium; receptacle 
globular or oblong ; seeds very many, acu- 
minate, retaining the style : there are about 
30 species. The garden anemones are na- 
tives of the east, from whence their roots 
were originally brought ; but culture has so 
improved them, that they are become the 
chief ornaments to our gardens in the spring. 
To prepare the soil for these plants, take a 
quantity of fresh, light, sandy loam, or hazel- 
earth, from a common or dry pasture, not 
dug above ten inches deep ; mix this with a 
third part of its quantity of rotten cow-dung, 
and lay it up in a heap ; turn this over at 
least once a month, for eight or ten months, 
and eVeiy time pick out the stones and 
break the clods. After this mixture has 
been twelve months made, it will be fit for 
use. The beds of this earth must be pre- 
pared in September, and should be made 
six or eight inches deep, in a wet soil : but 
in a dry one, three inches will be sufficient ; 
lay this compost at least <i\ feet thick, with 
about four or live inches- of rotten neat'* 
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