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way. This is taken from the General Advertiser of
Thursday or Friday Decr.—24 or 25th. There is about
a column in the whole respecting the Transactions
of the Soc:y Perhaps I may send it you when you
get to Petersburgh.
14. Heat.
Crawford on Heat. An interesting publication, containing
several original views and interesting experiments.
I have seen only an extract in the Reviews.
I shall get it and send you: it is well spoken
of. The 1st edition is out of print: the 2d in
the press.
15. Airs
Fontana has found that air receives more injury
from the lungs by fix: & air than by
phlogiston: and by breathing dephlogistuated air
insulated by a lime- water stopple, he breathes it thirty
times as long as he could if insulated by a
stopple of common water. The receiver floats
in a cistern of limewater, & he breathes by a
bent tube. This seems to agree with Troestwych.
It is published in the to Ingenhautz's book
which I have. in 24 hours
21,600 cub. inches of any what air.) 1 lb
of nitre yields 12,000 of dephlogd. air. Ingenhaus's
book you shall have: it contains many various
facts. 1. This. 2. the calculn. in the Hist.y of
canals, and 3. the french book above mentioned
(No 4) will afford excellent pus for dis.
16. Strachan
Nothing yet from Strachan.
17. Bukati
I understand from Lind's Clark that Lind has
heard from Haearjeuski of Buchati's being at
Dantzig. The young lady (Bukati's charge)
whom Matthias and every body was so charmed
with is no less a personage than the daughter
of a Mr Ebbel, Lind's Taylor who either
is a native of Poland, or has connections there.
17 Bibl. Navalis
Bibliotheca Navalis you shall have a copy of
when you get to Petersburgh. It was put up in
the box designed for Hamburgh. I have added to
it the articles you mention.
18 - Vesuvius
Les deux Jeudis passès on a lu a la Societé
Royale une lettre du Chev.r Mr Hamilton sur l'eruption
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eruption derniere du Mont Vesuve. On a voulu que
j'y presse: mais comme c'etoit une affaire qui
n'aboutissoit a rien, & que le tems, comme vous savez
vaut presentiment quelque chose, je n'y allois
pas.
19. Norman
Le Baron Podinariczki connait les deux Professeurs
B Büsch & Normann. Il a etudiè
avec les dernier a Göttingen. Il ne me donne
pas une très haute idèe de ses talens. Il dit que
ce Professeur a pris des engagemens pour avoir
part dans un espece d'Encyclopedie qui se
publie ou bien doit se publier quelque part
en Allemagne: mais qu'il y a apparence que
l'entreprise est au dessus des ses forces.
20 Metaphysics
Expounding Table as you call it I will
think of for you against you get to Petersburg
but you seem to think look upon it as finished
which is not the case. Useful Metaphysics
you will have some of in the Introd.
to Code and in th Evidence in the Book
Procedure. 1. Actions. 2. Intentionality. 3. Conness.
4. Motives. 5. Consequences Dispositions. 6. Consequen
form so many chapters in the Introd: & all ished.
Dicenda de I.B. I will think
occasionally.- but whether I shall send you
in certum.
21 S.B.'s commissions.
I have just now for the first time been looking
over your letters in regular order, and noting
down in my S.B. book with the utmost exactness all your commands.
If there are any which I have not yet
executed, it is not through heedlessness. You mention
on a certain occasion "a little longer than
"the last:" but how should I know the length of
last? you must send it me. Some few, I think
you had with you. See No.11.
22 Wetsch
Swede desires you would write to Wetsch at
Moscow, telling him what you have for him
& when you think it likely you shall be able
to let him have it. Wetsch writes in French.
Tuesday Dec. 28. 11 at
night. Good night
23 Keir's Metal. v. 25
Keir has just taken out a patent for his metal
mentioned in a former letter. Being cheaper even than
brass, it will do excellently well for Ships' bolts, & therefore
supersedes your plan. I dare say I can get the
receipt for making it from the Pat.t Office time enough for
you to have by the time you get to Petersburgh. You m tscript to your Memoire. This I perhaps can do for you.
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