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The Emperor of Roffia has offered a 
confiderable premium to any perfon who 
fhail introduce any new and a‘vantageous 
method of agriculture, or fhall bring to 
perfection any old invention; who fhall, 
open any new branch of commerce ; who 
fhall eftablifh any hew manufaéture ; or, 
who fhall, in fhort, invent any machine or 
procefs ufeful in the arts. 
_ The following is recommended as a 
fimple and ealy method of obtaining wa- 
ter in almoft any fituation:—** The ‘ground 
is perforated by a borer. In the perfora- 
tion is placed a wooden pipe, which is 
driven down with a mallet, after which 
the boring is continued, that the pipe 
may be driven itill farther. In propor- 
tion as the cavity of the borer becomes 
loaded, it is drawn up and emptied, and 
in time, by the addition of new portions 
cf wooden pipe, the boring is carried to 
aay depth, and water is generally obtain- 
ed, 
It has been lately afferted, that 
WovuLre’s celebrated pneumatic appa- 
ratus was the original invention of JoHN 
Rupo_px GLavuBeER, as may be feen 
in the Enclifh edition of his works, Lon- 
don, 1689. 
Tothe fame chemift is afcribed the in- 
vention of the method of making bottles 
air-tight, without luting or grifding, and 
which confifts in having a groove round 
the neck, into which the cap fits, fo that 
the groove may be charged with water or 
mercury. 
Piazzt wrote to M. SEYFFER on the 
4d of February, that he had fought 
ter the planet Ceres in vain during the 
month of December ; through the greateft 
part of January, the weather had been un- 
favourable, and he had not found it again 
down to the inftant of his writing; he 
was then propofing to ‘eek for it with the 
elements of M. Gaufs. M. Piazzi an- 
nounces afterwards, that with thofe ele- 
ments he found Ceres again, but it was 
only on the 23d of February, on account 
of the bad weather; and, he adds, that he 
is principally indebted for it to the el- 
lips calculated by M. Gaufs. 
The following are the antiquitiesywhich 
ave been colleétced in the excavations at 
Herculaneum, and prefented to the French 
Government :—In gold, a bulla,a collar, a 
pair of bracelets, a pair.of ear-pendants, a 
ring with a ftone (diamond), and a fimple 
ring. In filver, a needle to hold the hair. 
In bronze,a{ma!ifatue of Hercules, another 
of Mercury, a Priapus, a Tripod, a Patera, 
a Prefericula, a gilt-cup with two handles, 
a fea], two craters with feet, fix candle- 
4. 
Literary and Philofophical Thiclligeces 
{ Feb. 1, 
fticks, four lamps, a lamp-fupporter, to 
which four lamps are fufpended, a veflel 
for oil, a patera for perfumes, four curry= 
ing tombs to be ufed in the baths, ar oval 
velfel to throw water over the back, a 
cafque, two pieces of armour for the de- 
fence of the legs, and part of the thighs, 
two pieces of armour for the defence of 
the lower part of the legs, an armour for 
the defence of the fhoulders, and a frying- 
pan. 
Homer, after the Antique, by Tiscu- 
BEin (of the former two fome account has 
already been given in this Magazine) is 
appropriated to the Iliad, and has a refe~ 
rence to Diomede. The engravings of 
this third number are, 1. the head of Di- 
omede, after a marble buft in the Pio- 
Clementine Mufeum ; then follow three 
plates, which have a reference to Dolon. 
This Trojan, as is well-known, had pro- 
ceeded fiom the camp to efpy that of thé 
Greeks ; but,in the mid-way, he fell into 
the hands of Ulyffes and Diomedes, who 
had come out with a view to explore the 
camp of the Trojans. ‘This fable is re- 
prefented in a number of gems. 2. A 
very beautiful groupe, after a cornelian. 
Doion is on the ground, between Diomedes 
and Ulyfies ; the former has his {word 
drawn, and the fecond, whofe knees Do- 
lon is ernbracing, gives him to underfland 
that he mutt expect no mercy. 3. After 
another cornelyan, Diomedes has his {word 
drawn over Dolon: this latter expects the 
fatal ftroke with the greateft fear and 
terror; he ftrives to remove the fword 
with one hand, and, with the cther, he 
embraces the knees of Ulyfics, who turns 
himfelf away. 4. The two heroes are 
flanding ereét, one before the other; Dio- 
mede holds the head of Dolon; Ulyffes 
has a fword, and, with his right hand, he 
makes a gefture, like one who wifhes.to 
indicate what remains to be done ; this is 
likewife froma gem. gg. Ulyffes and Di- 
omedes are feen together, and with an ap- 
pearance of walking with the greateft 
precipitation. On the ground part, be- 
tween the figures, is a. ftatue. Perhaps 
the two herces are on the point of carrying 
off the palladium. 6. Is a warrior, with 
two hcries, marching /e grand pas; after a 
gem. 
At the beginning of the year 1803, 
KotzssBue itarted a new{paper at Ber- 
lin, intitled * Der Frezmuthige.’ In this 
paper, he intends to entestain the cultivat- 
ed orders of fociety with news relating to 
the arts, {ciences, fafhions, &c. And if, 
as may be expefted trem the editor, it 
, ould 
The third Number of the Figures of 
