THE

Edinburgh Magazine,

or

LITERARY MISCELLANY.

VOL. XX

NEW SERIES.

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EDINBURGH MAGAZINE,

OR

LITERARY MISCELLANY,

FOR JULY 1802;

With a View of KELBURN HOUSE, the Seat of the Earl of GLASGOW;

From a Drawing taken on the spot by Mr DENHOLM of Glasgow.

Rome,-Memel,-Copenhagen,

Riga, Paris,-Dresden,

ib.

70

Remarks on the Benevolent Affec-

tions,

Critical Rules of Novel-Writing,

Memoirs of the Life of John Casper

Lavater, the celebrated Phyfiogno-

mist,

Interefting Account of Dogs,

23

Extract from Baron De Zach's Letter

to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks,

Bart. F. R. S. on the New Planets

Ceres and Pallas, together with Dr

Herschel's Sentiments on the fame

fubject.-With Remarks,

Letter from Christopher Columbus to

the King of Spain,

Facts and Obfervations tending to Ex-

plain the curious Phenomenon of

Ventriloquism,

28

26

Neceffary Precautions for ftopping

the Progrefs of Infectious Fevers, 31

Extracts from the Diet Books of King

Charles II.

Account of the Soho Manufactory,

near Birmingham, belonging to the

celebrated Mr Boulton,

View of the Conftitutional Principles

of the Whigs,

Obfervations on the Progrefs of the

Human Mind in the Ufeful and Fine

Arts,

33

Literary and Scientific Notices, Fo-

reign and Domeftic,

MONTHLY REGISTER.

71

72

Abftract of the Population of Eng-

land, taken 1801, in conformity to

an Act of Parliament, and copied

from the Report,

Abstract of the Population of Wales,

taken 1801, in conformity to an Act

of Parliament, and copied from the

Report, -

Abftract of the Population of Eng-

land and Wales, taken in 1801, in

conformity to an Act of Parliament, ib.

Lift of all the Cities and Towns in
England and Wales, whofe Popula-
tion exceeds Five Thousand, ib.

Supplement to the Table of Towns, 74

A Lift of the County Towns in Eng-

land and Wales, whofe Population

is less than Five Thousand,

Account of Garnerin and Capt. Snow-

den's Aerial Voyage, ·

35

40

Edinburgh Races,

42

Scots Militia A&t-Births,

Marriages and Deaths,

Celestial Phenomena for August 1802, 45

Morn. Even.

State of the BAROMETER, in inches and decimals, High Water at LEITH
and of Farenheit's THERMOMETER in the open for AUGUST 1802.
air, taken in the morning before fun-rife, and
at noon; and the quantity of rain-water fallen, Days.
in inches and decimals, from June 26. to Su. 1.
July 25. 1802, in the vicinity of Edinburgh. M. 2.

1802. Barom. Thermom. Rain.

M.

26 29.455 52

4

H. E.

4 15

4 30

445

5 16 5 48

6 24

Rain

Fr.

6.

6 46

7 10

27 29.715

54 59

850

10 29

9.39 II 18

July

28.85

48

57

0.181

Rain

2 29.058

3 29.181

Ditto

Sa. 14.

3 5

323

51 60 0.152

Rain

Su. 15.

6

29.35

48 62

0.1

Ditto

M. 16.

7 29.701

Clear

Th. 19.

6 11

6 37

Rain

Fr. 20.

II

29.65

48

53

0.35

Ditto

Sa. 21. 8 18

9

12

29.821 49

13

29.75

46

96

62

0.155

Ditto

T. 24.

W. 25.

II 40

16

29.711

46 67

Th. 26. I 18

O 57 1 38

18

29.601

49

63

2 46

Su. 29. 3 I

3 16

Clear

M. 30. 3 31

T. 31.

4 I

346 4 17

48

N

24

29.8

51

RSI

VERS

Quantity of Rain 2.749

1802, August 1. Lammas

12. Muirfowl fhooting begins
26. Tay and Forth-fishing fhuts.
28. Eclipfe of the Sun, (fee p. 46.),

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