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provement in this refpect is to prepare the 
fize with linfeed jelly inftead of gum. 
‘Thefe alterations in the manufaéture of 
hats have been for fome time introduced to 
great advantage ina large eftablifhment in 
the department of Cozé-d’or ics 
At Zell, in the EleCtorate of Hanover, 
@ periodical work is publifhing under the 
titleof Monatsfruchte des Britti[chen Geiftes 
{Monthly Preductions of Britith Genius), 
containing {elections from our beft maga- 
zines. ‘Che firft volume is ornamented 
with the portrait of Sterne; and amongtt 
others, contains {pecimens of Mr. Sothey’s 
Tranflation of Wieland’s Oberon. — 
Dr. Hunnivus of Weimar, in Saxony, 
has publifhed a Refutation of Brozwz’s 
Syitem, of which feveral German literary 
journals fpeak in a very favourable man- 
ner. 
A Tranflation of PENNANT’s excellent 
work on Quadrupeds, by Mr. Becu- 
STEIN, avery popular writer, is likewife 
publifhing at Weimar, who, in a fupple- 
mentary volume, has added all new dif- 
coveries not contained in the origi- 
nal. ; 
‘The imperial order, in virtue of which 
all printing-offices in the Ruffian Empire, 
a few at St. Petersburg, Mofcow, Riga, 
and Reval excepted, were to be fhut up, 
and all country-fchools, founded by Ca- 
therine II. abolifhed, has been repealed 
again. 
No catalogue has been made as yet of 
the manufcripts, which from Rome and 
Venice were carried to Paris. MoncGeE, 
an excellent natural philofopher, but an 
indifferent antiquarian, who was appointed 
by the Direétory to feleét them, was obli- 
ged to rely intirely upon the judgment of 
others. Wisconrys directed his choice at 
Rome. 
Geography. —M von Lipszxry,alearn- 
ed Hungarian, is now engaged in the ar- 
‘duous tafk of preparing a new and accu- 
rate map of his native country, on a large 
fcale. ‘Towards the publication of the 
firft fheet, Count, George Fefterits has ge- 
neroufly contributed 2000 florins. But it 
is not by the liberality of individuals only 
that this undertaking of Von Lip/zky ts 
promoted: the Hungarian Government, 
with a zeal for the {ciences, which does ho- 
nour to the members of it, have granted 
him their fupport. Accordingly, with 
the view of rendering the map as exact as 
poflible, they have ordered a lift of all 
towns, rivers, lakes, &c. of each diftrié, 
together with the outlines of a map of it, 
© be fent to the different counties of the - 
- 
- Literary and Philofophical ‘ntelligence: 
fPeb., 
kingdom, with the exprefs injunction te 
correct all errors that fhould be found in 
thefe lifts and maps, and to fupply what- 
ever may be deficient. The greateft part 
of the perfons to whom this tafk is com- 
mitted being mem of cultivated minds, it 
is confidently expected that they will ful- 
fil it with ability, and give the pian every 
affiftance in their power. , 
Mecualn has calculated the aftral oc- 
cultation obferved at Torneo in. 17363 
and thence finds the meridian difference 
between Torneo and Paris to be 18 27'23": 
but, he fays, that from a great number of 
obfervations, the real difference were 
¥® 27’ 28”; and that Pullingi differed in 
longitude 1°27",6 from Torneo, Pello 34”. 
He has likewife obferved, that, in this ad- 
meafurement of a-degree towards the north 
pole, the height of the ftations was, at 
Torneo 20, at Pullingi 160 toifes. ¢* This 
difference,’ fays Lalande, ‘‘ is fo fmall, 
_that we cannot fuppofe the attraétion of 
the mountains could have produced <any 
great effect. It is probable then, that 
the irregularity of the form of the earth, 
which we found in meafuring a degree in 
France, muft be very fenfible towards the 
north pole, and that, from that caufe, we 
may give up all hopes of a greater degree 
of accuracy.” . | perce hes 
_ From various obfervations and calcula- 
tions by LaLAND®, P1azz1, VON Zacu, 
TRIESNECKER, &c. the longitude of Pa- 
lermo from Paris appears to be 44’ 6".5 5 
and of Naples 47’ 39". RN GPE 
The greateft digreffion of Mercury in its 
aphelium has been weil obferved at Paris, 
by BurcxHarDT and Le FRawn¢ars, 
Lalande’s nephew, during four days, in the 
obfervatory of the military fchool.—Cor- 
rection of Lalande’s Tables—s" from three 
obfervations, 
BocpanicH, who has been making 
an aftronomical tour through Croatia, 
Tranfyivania, &c. obferved at Fiwme, on 
the 21ftof January, 1799, with a one foot 
and a half French quadrant, the meridian 
altitude of feveral ftars, and thence obtain- 
ed the polar altitude 45° 20’ 07.3 and 
45° 20’ 1459 ; on the 22d, 45° 20 0.3 5 
13".03 117.03 9”.—Mean polar altitude — 
from all thefe obfervations, 45° 20’ 12.3. 
-—Carlebago. ‘The polar altitude of this 
place Bogdanich found from feveral ob- 
fervations to be 44° 31’ 40”.2. At Car- 
lobago a fog unluckily interrupted fome 
of his important obfervations ; and he 
himfelf was inglanger of being infulted by 
the fuperftitious inhabitants, becaufe fogsy 
weather is there very uncommon at that 
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