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Domeftic Literatare-—Theology. 
[Auge 
ey /—ab ; both of which expreffions are faile, when applied to equations,. the only teft of theix 
truth: fee the ingenious fcholium at p. 23, of Simpfon’s Wdigchra. Thele produéts fhould be (ac= 
cord'ng to cafe 3.) Ty/ab, and (—1 x ty Jal) 4/ ab, which are both fofitve, real quans 
tities, and may be-etiher affirmative or negative, asthe equation may-require. 
It may not be improper to clofe this paper by comparing the refults given by thefe cafes, with 
thofe of the celebrated Euler, which may be found in Dr. Hutton’s Math. Di. uader the arsiche: 
” 
‘© Tinaginary quantities,’ thus : 
c — 
Dice 3 {quared ==(by cafe 1.) —3 ie 
2. if 2 Xf 3 = (bY cafe 3-)-ha/ 6. f as 
Be J 3X /+5=(by cafe 2.)t4/15- 
6. ey (oy cate 6.) -,/4=-bz. 
5 346/39 (by cale 5.) )/—= 4+ Jt 
6.9 4/1 (by ale 5)-y/—t. 
I. ; NY. 
All thefe agree with the refults of Euler, and likewife with the conclufions of Profsfor Play 
Jair, noticed under the above named article. 


NEW QUESTION XXXIV. 
Py Mr. James Aston, of Harrington. 
. Having given the ratio of the bafe to one of the fides of an ifofceles triangle, as 1 to 7, and: 
the area of its greateft infcribed ellipfisy =a ; it is required to find the dimenfiens of both, 
PAL RY EX 

RLYVRETROSP ECA 
OF THE STATE OF - 
DOMESTIC LITERATURE 
(Concluded from Page At, of our laft.] 
THEOLOGY. i 
PL HE theological clafs, commonly fo pro- 
lific, has, of late, been remarkably 
barren. No publication, during this 
period of retrofpeétion, feems fo well 
entitled to take the lead under this head, 
as Mr. WiLBERFORCE’s “ Praétical 
View oi-the prevailing Religious Syftem 
of profefling Chriftians,” not fo much, 
however, for its intrinfic merit, as for 
the degree of notice, which, from va- 
rious caufes it has attraéted. “The auther 
of this work cannot be fufpected of a 
want of zeal for religion ; and the advo- 
eate for the abolition of the flave-trade, 
muft be a friend to his fpecies: but his 
notions of tie naiure of religion have made 
him a cenforious bigot ; and, with more 
zeal than knowledge, and more elo- 
quence than argument, he has written a 
work, which all, who have not the fame 
idea of vital chrifiianity with himfelf, 
muit confider as an apology for fanaticifm. 
The antidote againft this difeafe of the 
mind, is to be found in logical correét- 
-nefs of thought, and precifioa of lan- 
guage, of both which an excellent fpeci- 
men will be found in Mr. LupLam’s 
~feafonable publication of * four effays on 
the orcmary operations of the fpirit, on 
the application of experience to relieton, 
‘e@e“iiuthufafm, and on Fanaticifm;” a 
work, which moft happily unravels the 
entangled conceptions of faith and expe- 
rience, which have produced metkodifm. 
Mr. GiLtBERT WAKEFIELD, in * A 
Letter to W. WILBERFORCE, efq.” 
expofes, with keen farcafm, the incon= 
fiftency of his political and religious 
principles and conduét. A pofthumous 
work from the learned and able pen of 
Dr. Townson, has appeared under 
. the title of “* Babylon, m the Revelation 
> 
of St. John confidered:” an elaborate 
piece, which will be very acceptable to 
biblical fudents. A new Englifh tranf- 
lation of “ Sonah,” with notes, and 2 
“ Preliminary -Difcourfe,” has been 
offered to the public, by Mr. Benyorn, 
a-learned foreigner, who -brings -to: his 
unceytaking, large ftores “of Hebrew 
erudition, but an imperfect knowledge 
of the Englifh tongue. Dr. GuopEN 
has been engaged in a fimilar labour, 
and has: publifhed ‘“* An improved Ver- 
fion attempted of the Bock of Job ;” 
but he has reridered the original fo lite- 
rally, as to encreafe the ebfcumty, which, 
to the Englifh reader, efpecially, hangs 
over this venerable relic of antiquity. 
A learned Jew, Davip Levy, has, after 
the manner of his f{chool, contributed 
towards the elucidation of the Hebrew 
{criptures, by continuing ‘his:  Diffes- 
tations _ 
