The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-01-28 00:00:00

SCHOOL. BOOKS.

DOTE and are happy to inform
Gentler trek concerned in Educ.tuol, that in consequence
of the Reductioo of the Price of Paper, they tre enabled to
luwer the chargs of the Eton Latin Grammar to Two Shillings
buund, to take place this day. They al.o hoot to make far-
ther altera.io:is of Use ,acre kind, as new amprwsion.: of their
other books may be called for.
Catalogues of Books printed by Pote and Williams (most of
which hays been lands revise t and come red) may b: bad
~;resis
at their War,hous No. V, Crane-Court, Fleet-street ; where
Gentlemen mar be seppiled with the several li,oks used at
Yton School, and School Books in general, whols.vale and
N. B. Spurious Editions of the Eton Grammars being in
circulatsini, it is hoped that Crude= n cuticerned in Educa-
tion, will please lii order the true Eton Elitims, printed by
Pote and Will . particularly as they are often nnorovcd by
ill.;:ntlemen Glebe Cotleg an advantage of which the false and
orated Editions c.inuot partake.
Eton. Jan. 1, Iso3.

SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF USEFUL
SCIENCE, INSTITUTED IN 1803.
WHEN it is considered how much the Arts of
Cardiaat.on have contributed to thr comeirt and hap.
rises of Society, and what numerous and important improve-
ments have accrued tut thee: Arts by recent duieuverieti, in va.
s boas Wenches of espiTri.rimital Philniophrot cannot be deein-
ed neoeatrr to adir.uive many arguments to *hew the great ad-
vantages that might ar .e to the Community from pacing the
knowledge of these imea.cirements within the rich o the
.pithliir in general, and more particularly the rising Youth of
that Metismolvs. In addition to this consideration, Par nts and
Alluters wall account it a maitre-of no small moment, that their
efllipriag, and those unifier meir cure, shookd have an opportu-
nity aaal.Ne ur lira,: a week, to 41.• vote two or dires h.,ora nt the
averting to thr beneficial purpiase of acquiring practical know-
ied4e, useful to theasielves„and to the pubic, netcad of s?eivi•
lag their tittle in unprofitable puteaks. Under this impression,
a rilo.e."y of :eistlemen art about engaging Lrcturen, of the
hut reipe:trita.lity, in the s-veral branches of natural and e.s•
parimental Ptisksinphy air, L'heruisty ; aired the Public is r.i-
epeetfolly informed Met the tint Lecture wail be delivered oar
1111IRSDAY, the SI ui February, precisely at Severs o'Clock
in the Evening; and the other Lectures at the yid hoer on
WEDNESDAYS or THURSDAYS, as exesmed in the SO-
tabus ; and the Society Ratter themselves that they shall ob-
tain the approbatkat and countenance of the Public.
A Course of Lecture sun the following branches of natural
end reperunental Pininsophy, via Mechanic', Opucs, Pueu-
matics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Electricity, and Astrimunly,
wiU be delivered by Mr. CIIMILtS WIt,ILINIIOO, of Soho-
wisere, at the Society's large Room, formerly part of the Paul's
Head Tavern, Cateaton-sireet.—A very extensive sad appro-
peiate Apparatus will be employed to illustrate every pinatome-
non by act a 4 experiment.
A Syllabus of the LeCtUteS, gratis, and Tickets of Admission
fee the whole Conroe, at One Lioinea each ; for a Lady and
Goadernen, One Guinea and a Half. Admission to singie
Lectures, Half-a-Crown cacti, to be had of
David Price, Nu. 5, Cateaton-street ;
Thomas %luta, optician,Comhill
James Long, optician, North Suite( the Exchange ;
Htury So
up,
optician, No. 23, Ludgate-street ;
Mr. Dollond, optician, No. 59, St. Pairs Church-yard ;
Benj. Hooke, optician, No. 1513, Fleet street
Dudley Adams, optician, No. 60, Fleet-street;
and S. Jones, opticians Ifoltsien ;
C. Silbertad, optician, Abigate ;
I sad A. Arch, Corner of Lombard-street ;
W. Phillips, George-yard, Lombard-street ; and
C. H. Wilkinson, No, 19, Softosquaie.