1803.) _ 
church mufic, and in courfe greatly ex- 
tend the ufcfulnefsof the publication. 
The Cake Man. a comic Song, fung by Mr. Fo- 
> hannot, in the Phoenix; or, Herlequin and Lil- 
lipo; compafed by Mr. Sanderfon, 1s. 
The Cake Man forms a pleafing {peci- 
men of Mr, Sanderfon’s talents in ftriking 
off a humourous trifle. The melody is 
light.and fimple, and conveys the fenfe of 
the words with confiderable force of effect. 
New Patents lately enrolled. 
172 
6 Sweet Maiden, a Kifs 3? written by Mrs 
Upton; compofed by Mr. Gray, and fung by 
Mis Gray, with univerfal Applaufe, 35. 
In this fong, fung with univerjal ap- 
piaufe, we find neither melody, harmony, 
nor rhythmus. The words, vying in ex- 
cellence with the mufic, it could not be 
the ong that was univerfally applauded ; 
we are therefore obliged to be gallant, 
and attribute all the merit of the effect to 
the lady’s vocal charms. 
NEW PATENTS LATELY ENROLLED. | * 
ee ae 
MR. ROBERT BEATSON’S (FIFESHIRE) 
for his improved Method of applying the 
POWER Of WIND a@zd WATER to HO- 
RIZONTAL MILLS, ad fo other Pur- 
pofes. 
HIS invention principally depends on 
a peculiar method of conttructing 
and dilpofing thofe furfaces upon which 
wind, water, air, or any other fluid hall 
a&t; by which means, and by oppofing 
alternately a refilting and a non relifting 
furface, their whole force acts ina direét 
manner upon the refifting fide of a wheel, 
vane, &c. in proportion to its extent; 
and, when the non-refifting fide is seturn- 
ing again{t, or oppofed to, either of thefe 
powers, there is very little refiltance, 
whatever be the magnitude of the oppof- 
ing furface. Again, wken fuch furface, 
conftructed upon thefe principles, is re- 
quired to a&t againit any fluid, the refift- 
ance wall be confiderable on the: one fide, - 
and very {mall on the other. When ap- 
plied to horizontal windmills, the power, 
even with the fame quantity. of ating 
furface, may be increafed or diminifhed at 
pleafure, and on this principle windmills 
may be conftructed in any form. 
With the affiftance of fome drawings, 
the patentee fhews in what manner his 
principle is applicable, 1. to wind=mills ; 
2. to water-mills; and then, 3. to a vari- 
ety of other purpofes not immediately 
connected with mills of any kind, fuch as 
to the piftons of pumps on a large {cale, 
which may be worked either by hand, by 
the horizontal-mill, or by any other power. 
It may be applied to accelerate the motion 
of fhips 5; to ventilators to drive off the 
foul air at one part of a building, and to 
admit the frefh air at another ; to pre- 
vent the back-draught in flues or venis of 
all forts, and by that means keep the 
Mwnoke of neighbouring vents or chimneys 
from defcending ; to fluices that are re- 
quired to keep water out or in on either fide; 
to the bottoms of buckets or barrels to 
draw water with, which, if confrucied oa 
this principle, would not require to be 
overturned before they can be filed ; and, 
laftly, this principle may be applied to 
any purpofe where power is required by 
(the alternate action and re-aétion of refift- 
ing and non-refifting furfaces in fluids of 
any denomination, or to produce effects. by 
the alternate action and re-action of fuch 
fluids againft furfaces of that defcription. . 
A La 
MR.BENJAMIN DOUGLAS PERKINS (LEI- 
CESTER-SQUARE) for the ART of RE- 
LIEVING and CURING @ Fariety of 
ACHES, PAINS, ‘and DISEASES in the 
ANIMAL BODY, by drawing over the 
Parts affecied, or thofé contiguous thereie, 
in certain Direélions, various pomted 
METALS, aud COMPOUNDS of ME- 
TaLs, which, from the Affinity they have 
with the offending Matter, or from fome 
otner Caufe, extradi or draw out the 
fame, and thus cure the Patient. 
This invention or difcovery, fays Mr. 
Perkins, confiits in applying the influence 
of metals as a remedy in many difeafes of 
the human body.. The metallic fubftances, 
which i employ for this purpofe, are thofe 
which produce that aétion on the nerves 
and mufcles of animals, known by the 
term Galvanifim*. Among thefe metals, 
none feem more efficacious than the com- 
binations of copper, zinc, and a {mall pre- 
portion of gold——a precile quantity of 
each not neceflary: alfo iron, united toa 
very {mall proportion of filver and platina. 
Thefe are conitructed with points, and of 
fuch dimennons as convenience fhall dic- 
* See p. 63 of this volume of the Month- 
ly Magazine, and various other parts of the 
pressding velumes. x 
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