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The colleétion of plants and library of 
the late Profeflor WauL, of Copenhagen, 
will, in confequence of a, refolution of his 
Danifh Majeity, be given to the botani- 
eal garden. 
M. HuMBOLDT, the celebrated tr2vel- 
ler, ‘s employed in the following works, 1. 
A Phyfical Defeription of the Equinoétial 
Regions. 2. A Flora of the fame. 3. 
The Attronomicai Obfervations and Mea- 
furemenis madeduringhis Travels between 
the Tropics: and 4. in conjunétion with 
Gay-Lusac, fome Treatiles on Eudis- 
metry and the Atmofphere. He intends 
to make a tour in Italy, and another to 
the mot northern point of Norway. 
M. Bior has fucceeded in forming water 
from hydregen and oxygen, by compref- 
fion only, independently of the eleétric 
fpark, The comprefiion, by bringing the 
particles of gas into intimate union, makes 
them throw out a quantity of heat fufh- 
cient to fet them on fire. Great caution 
is necefiary in making the experiment. 
HuMBOLDT aflures us, that feveral voi- 
canoes in the Andes throw up, from time 
to time, a muddy fubfance, mixed with 
large quantities of frefh water, and with 
it a jarge number of fifh, which do not 
appear to be injured, nor to have been ex- 
pofed to a great heat. They are fome- 
tines ejected from the crater of the. vol- 
cano, and fometimes from lateral aper- 
tures; but they always come from the 
height of from twelve to thirteen hundred 
toifes above the level plains. Humboldt 
#s Opinion that thefe fifh are bred in lakes 
in the imterior of she crater. 
M. LALANDE obferved in March Jaf, 
a large fpot, with two nuclei, in the fun, 
nine degrees to the north of the folar equa- 
tor. From his obfervations he concludes 
that there are in the fun points where large 
fpots are formed, rather than in others, 
«¢ Thefe ipots,” fays the aftronomer, 
*¢ with their nuclei, which have appeared 
at different periods, feem to me to deftroy 
the fy&em of volcanoes propofed by Dr, 
HERSCHEL: there cannot be two volca- 
noes fo near fubfilting without mixture, 
and always feparated by a line of light.” 
ft fhould feem from the following ac- 
count of fome experiments made by the 
Academy del Cimento, that the idea of 
vefictiion of cold was conceived almott a 
ecniury anda half.ago: ‘* We were wil- 
ling,” fay the reporters, ‘to try if a con- 
cave glais fet before soolb. of ice made 
any fenfibie repercuffion of ccld upon 
a very nice thermometer placed in ite fo- 
us. ‘The truth is, it immediately began 
to fubfide; but, by reafon of the nearneis 
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Literary and Philofophical Iutelligence, ; 
[June i, 
of the ice, it was doubtful whether the di- 
ret or reflected rays of cold were more 
eficacious.. We covered the glafs, and 
the {pirit of wine began to rife: but we 
dare not be pofitive that. there might not 
be fome other caufe befides the want of re- 
flection from the glafs, fince we did not 
make all the triais neceflary to clear the 
experiment.” 
The Golden Manufcript of Bamberg.— 
Mr. GLEY, editor. of the Bamberg Zei- 
lung, fome time ago difcovered, in.the li- 
brary of the Dean and Chapter there, 2 
manufeript containing a metrical para- 
phrafe of the Gofpel Hiftory, in the moft 
ancient Saxon dialeét. This work had 
betore been known only by the name of 
Harmonia Evangelica Cottoniana, as the 
copy in the Cottonian Collection of MS. 
at Oxiord was fuppofed to be the only 
one extant; from which had been pub. 
lifhed by Hiexs and Nrgrup, Mr. 
G Ley took a copy of this valuable MS. 
and communicated it to one of the moft 
learned philologifis of Germany, -who 
filled up the hiatus from the Cottonian 
MS. tranflated it, and added  gram- 
matical elucidations and a gloffary.— 
Woen the whole was ready for the 
prefs, the publication was unexpectedly 
hindered by the Chapter of Bamberg. 
Itis hoped, however, from the known 
character of the Eleétor of Bavaria, who, 
by the Treaty of Indemnities, has be- 
come fovereign of Bamberg, that, in= 
ftead of prohibiting, he will encourage 
and patronize fuch an undertaking. The — 
original MS. has been fent to the Electa- 
ral library at Munich. The following is 
a {pecimen of the language :-—~Chap. 21. 
‘¢ Johannes mid if iungarun godes ame 
bahtman. Lerde thea liudi langfamane 
rad. Het that fie frume fremidin firma 
farletin men endi mord uuerk. He was 
thar managumw liof godaro gumono.”— 
John, the fervant of God, with his difci- 
ples, taught men eternal falvation; how 
to do good, to avoid fin, injuftice, and 
murder; and enjoyed the love of many 
good men. 
At the commencement of the French 
revolution, when the literary treafures 
in libraries of the monafteries and the 
public archives were wantonly fcatter- 
ed about by the Republican Vandals, Mr. 
Dubrofsky, Secretary to the Ruffian em- 
bafly at Paris, collected, and thus faved from 
ceftruGtion, a great number of rare and 
valuable MSS. This colleGtion has now 
been purchafed by the Emperor Alexan- 
der, and forms part of the Imperial Li- 
brary at Peterfburg. | 
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