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Dr. RENDER propofes to publith a 
complete Analyfis of the German Lan- 
guage; or, a Philological and Gramma- 
tical View of its Conftruétion, Analogies, 
and various Properties ;_ tracing it from 
its Stamina, and unfolding gradually and 
progreffively its internal Conformation 
and its Affinities with the other European 
Languages. 
A SKELETON of the Larin Accri- 
DENCE on a new and ingenious Plan, by 
Dr.Joun Carey, will {peedily make its 
appearance. 
Mr. ScotTT of Chatteris is about to 
pions by fubfcription, an Effay on the 
whole Procefs of propagating that valu- 
able Plant, Rape or Coleleed, on various 
Soils ; including the particulars of the 
‘modern Mode of cultivating it with great 
fuccefs, even on ftrong clays, with a plate 
of a Colefeed Cart, and explanations. 
The Rev. Mr. Pryce of Bath in- 
tends, in the enfuing winter, to read two 
or more courfes of popular le€tures on na- 
tural Philofephy in that city, on a plan 
fimilar to that of the Royal Infitution. 
At the general annual meeting of the 
Unitarian Society for promoting Chriftian 
Knowledge and the practice of Virtue, 
it appeared that the number of members 
was, fince the laft year, confiderably in- 
creafed : and to the catalogue of the books 
which they diftribute, had been added fe- 
veral valuable publications ; among thefe 
are the Reverend John Mafon’sTreatife on 
Self-Knowledge : The late Bifhop of Car~ 
lifle’s Refleftions on the Life of Chrift:— 
Converfations on the Divine Government, 
by the Rev. Theophilus Lindfey :—De- 
votional Exercifes, bygthe Rev. Charies 
Wellbeloved, &c. efides which they 
have in the prefs, Mr. Farmer’s Treatife 
on Miracles, and intend fhortly to reprint 
the very fcarce and valuable tra acts, intitled 
Laft Thoughts, by Dr. Whitby. 
A new edition of the firft and fecond 
volumes of the Scientific Dialogues is in 
the prefs, and will fhortly be ready for 
ublication. 
The Earl of Cavan has tranfported 
from Egypt, a cafe of mummies of an an- 
cient Egyptian family ; of an ichneumen, 
a dog, two hawks, two Owis, and fix ibi- 
fes ; a buft of Tis; a large frog in grey 
granite, with a multitude of anti ique frag- 
ments of different kinds. 
We are forry to have occafion to ftate 
that the fcheme for manufacturing paper 
from firaw and other vegetables has prev- 
ed abortive, and that feveral truly refpect- 
able perfons, who had embarked their pro- 
Literary and Philofophieal Intelligence: 
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‘ perty in it, have been much injured er 
quite ruined. 
Mr. CRICHTON of Glafgow has afcer- 
tained from a great number of experiments 
the boiling points of mercury, lead, and 
tin, which are 656° ;—412°; and 442° 
when the {pecific gravities ate 13.5685 
11.3465 7.278, taken in diftilled water at 
the temperature of 62% ‘The experiments 
were made when the barometer ftocd at 
29.3 at the height of 24 feet above tite fea, 
C. Paysse has found that a lute fit for 
all the operations of chemiftry may be 
made by mixing eggs, both the whates and 
yolks, with half ae weight of quick- 
lime. 
A fociety has lately been eftablifhed in 
the county cf Durham for Experimental 
Agriculture, the principal objects of which 
are : 
1. To examine, by experiments, the different 
@ kinds and merits of grafs-feeds, and grain; 
to inveftigate their habits, and endeavour 
to afcertain what foils are beft adapted ta 
each kind, and to devife means to obtain 
fuch feeds pure. * , 
*2. To attend to the rearing of fences, drain- 
ing of land, ard the beft mechod of clean- 
ing and working different foils. 
3. To examine the natute of different ma- 
nures, and afcertain the beft mode of ap- 
plying them. 
4. To find what ffock is beft calculated for 
certain fituations ; to compare the relative 
quantities of food confumed by different 
kinds of ftock, what food is molt conge- 
nial, &c. 
By the rules of the fociety ; when any mem- 
ber undertakes an experiment adopted by 
the fociety, two members are to be ap- 
pointed as vifitors to view with him the 
{tate of the land previoufly to the experi. 
ment, infpeét its progrefs, ‘and report the 
refult. 
It has. been proved, by his Majefty’s 
Spanifh flock, in ten years’ experience, 
that the wool of that breed does not dege- 
nerate in this country, It is afcertained 
that the firf&t crofs of a new breed gives 
the lamb half of the ram’s blood; that the 
fecond gives 75 per 100 ; the third 873; 
and the fourth 931. ‘The difference be- 
tween the fleece of the original ftock and 
the wool of the mixed breed is then fearce- 
ly perceptible, particularly if attention has 
been beftowed on the fele&tion of the 
ewes. 
In vol. xv. p. 254 of the Monthly Ma- 
gazine is an account of Mr. Vancou- 
VER’s patent for a method of preparing 
an earth, found in the Earl of Warwick’s 
effat:, to beufed as a fubftitute for foap. 
A fimilar kind cf earth, poffeffing the 
fame 
