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its being printed on, that fully answers in 
practice the end proposed. Ten thousand 
sheets of the thinnest description of bank¬ 
note paper, perhaps ever made, is wet at 
once with scarcely any delay, and no loss 
or injury whatever is now sustained, as 
formerly. 
M. Hemptinne, of Brussels, has shewn, 
that ice for summer use should be taken 
from the river on a very cold day, and be 
exposed on the following night to the open 
air, till its temperature is in equilibrio with 
the cold of the atmosphere. It should be 
then placed in the ice-house, about six 
o’clock in the morning-, when the air be¬ 
comes warmer. In order to prove the ad¬ 
vantages of that method he supposes that 
two ice-houses have been filled with ice, 
one with ice at 32°, and the other wi th ice at 
14°. When a sixth part of the ice at 32 is 
melted, the ice at 14° will be untouched, 
hut its temperature will have risen to 32°. 
One-sixth part of the whole, therefore, has 
been saved by laying- it up at a low tempe¬ 
rature. 
It is pretended that Capt. Kater, Dr. 
Olbers, and others, lately saw a Volcano in 
the Moon. But we doubt the fact, as it 
would indicate more activity in the compo¬ 
nent parts of that satellitethan has yet been 
suspected to exist. It would, however, in¬ 
dicate an atmosphere, or that the medium 
of space were a supporter of combus¬ 
tion,—a notion which the phenomena of 
comets confirm. 
The value of the vinegar of wood, lately 
successfully used for the purpose of pre¬ 
serving meat for a great length of time, 
even in warm climates, has been proved by 
M. J. Stanley, M.D. as follows : 
“ Having previously made several expe¬ 
riments with the acid, which were favour¬ 
able, on the 6th of October,'1819,1 prepared 
two pieces of fresh meat (beef) with the 
purified acid, applying it lightly over their 
surfaces by means of a small brush. After 
hanging up in my kitchen till the 12th of 
November following-, I gave one of the spe¬ 
cimens to the captain of a vessel bound for 
the West Indies, with directions to observe 
and note any change that might take place 
L Ac g- !• 
during his voyage. In the month of Oct. 
1820, he restored me the specimen. On' 
comparing it with that left at home I could 
perceive no sensible difference. On the 
21st of December following, I caused both 
to be thoroughly boiled, and when served 
up, they were declared by several gentle¬ 
men who tasted them with me, to be per¬ 
fectly fresh and sweet, and. with the addi¬ 
tion of salt and vegetables, a palatable and 
wholesome dish.” 
Results of experiments on the stiffness 
and strengths of various specimens of 
Wood, by John White, Esq. The trials 
were made upon pieces carefully selected 
as to quality and grain, and were, in sub¬ 
stance, two feet long, one inch square ; 
they were all from split portions of timber. 
The order of stiffness was, avoirdupois. 
No. 1. Long Sound timber, bent 
half an inch in the middle by 231 lb 
2. Christiana white spruce fir . 261 
3. English oak, youngwood, sup¬ 
pose 60 years ; from King’s 
Langley, Herts . 237 
4. American pine,yellowor soft; 
from Quebec . 237 
5. Riga oak (commonly called 
wainscot) . . 233 
6. White spruce, from Quebec 180 
7. English oak, from Godalmin, 
suppose 200 years ; old tim¬ 
ber . . .103 
The order of strength, as ascertained by 
their being broken by the application of 
weight, was, ife avoird. 
1. English oak, King’s Langley 482 
2. Long Sound yellow- fir . 396 
3. Riga oak (wainscot) . 357 
4. Christiana white spruce . 343 
5. American pine, from Quebec 320 
6. White spruce fir, from Quebec 2S5 
7. English oak, from Godalmin 218 
Other trials of strength were as follows: 
1. Alice Holt forest, full grown 
timber, No. 1 . 455 
2. Dantzic fir, yellow . 435 
3. Alice Holt forest, full grown 
timber, No. 2 . 405 
4. Christiana yellow fir . 370 
5. Archangel, ditto . 330 
British Legislation 
o -- 
BRITISH LEGISLATION. 
ACTS PASSED in the FIRST YEAR of the REIGN of GEORGE THE FOURTH, or in 
the SECOND SESSION of the SEVENTH PARLIAMENT of the UNITED KINGDOM. 
C AP. XXVI. For making further 
Provision for the gradual Resump¬ 
tion of Payments in Cash by the Bank 
of England .—May 7tli, 1821. 
I. and II. Bank of England may pay 
Notes in Coin, and Fersc-ns offered to be 
paid in Coin, not allowed to demand Pay¬ 
ment in Ingots. 
V. Bank may pay in One Pound Notes 
or in Gold. 
CAP. XXVII. For making further 
Provision for the gradual Resumption 
of Payments in Cash by the Bank of 
Ireland .—May 7th, 1821. 
CAP. XXVIII. For abolishing the 
African Company , and transferring to , 
and vesting in , his Majesty all the 
Forts , Possessions , and Property now 
belonging to or held by them. — May 7th, 
1821. ‘ i; The 
