The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-16 00:00:00

52. Fleet-street. M home from 10 till 5.

SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS.
ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,
ant Dining-room, oonsiatingot K new and e.egant assort-
moat of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink-
wtands, inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &0., in Italian,
klabast Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o.
' sported and manufactured by .1 A m T FINN ANT, Mine.
rahvist to her Majesty, 149, St and, W.C.. London.
Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS,
MINERA LS, and PoSSILS, to illustrate the new edition
of Lyell's Elements of Geology; they wilt greatly f
t,e intereAtinv study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY,
acid can be had at 2,5, to, 20, 50, to ,510 guineas each.
PRACTICAL LNSIIRDCTION in Gi4lo LOOT and WIN F.
RA LOG Y .s riven by Ur.TENNAN Y,F.G.S., at ID. Strand.

DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS
PILLS.—A IN EVEtt PA [LING REMEDY.—Pre-
pared without. any
mercurial Ingredient, from the recipe of Dr.
Scott, of Bromley, Kent. Ali be tound invaluable to all who
Wier from bilious .nd liver roomplaints, ttrUgesticn, wind,
Tams, giddiness, ,lizzint.s of the eyes, &c. For habitual
ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier
I
4 the blood, they ,re truly excellent; mild in their opera-
tion and grnteful to the stomach they create appetite, pro-
,note digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.
3old bye. Lambert, 8, Icing William-street, Charing-cross.
London, and by most druggists, In boxe6,lB. 10., and three
times the quantity in one, 2a. lid. Be sure to ask tor Dr.
Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine arc a square
green package. with
" .. trr
illiarn Lambert," enzraved on the
stamp.

LITHOGRAPHY as an invention was an offspring of
ed Senefelder, having
Seventy years ago
fruitfulathpaotor young
nitaym.
written one or two comedies, and not having the means to
publish them, was trying various methods of ongraving
his works, by etching them on copper plates and otherwise,
with a view of becoming his own Printer ; but, inasmuch
as his writings had to be executed backwards on the plate
in order to read forwards when reversed in printing, he
on
substance toabnled pra
plates; and accordingly he pro-
cured some Kilhelm stone, which he found to be a suitable
material for his purpose. In his etching experiments he
eigu thanto cocptipseet this. hack-engraving some cheaper
made use of an oleaginous inky compound, capable of re-
sisting the acid used in the etching process. On one occa-
sion he was desired by his mother to take a list of articles
about to "go to the wash," and, as his most convenient
writing materials at hand were one of his stone slabs and
his etching ink, the list was duly made .out upon the
stone. When the time came to rub it off, it occurred to
him that by eating away with acid the parts of the stone
uncovered by the writing-ink, so as to obtain the writing
in relief, he might be able to print from it. This he suc-
ceeded in doing ; and he moreover found that it was not
necessary to have the letters raised above the stone, as the
chemical properties which kept grease and water separate
were quite sufficient to keep the ink, when applied by the
dabber, from adhering to any other part of the stone than
the greasy letters. Improvement followed discovery, and
after de7oting attention to the perfection of a press and
suitable printing appliances, and having found a partner in
the person of a musician, possessed of a small capital, to
help him, Senefelder published his first lithographs, some
pieces of music, in 1796. lie patented his process in vari-
ous countries, and in 1801 it was introduced into England,
where it was first used in the Quartermaster-General's
office at the Horse Guards for printing maps of the seat of
war, and plans of battles and engagements.—Once a Week.

THE WEATHER IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE.—A
letter from Cannes says :—"We have literally no winter
here: Many trees and shrubs are covered with flowers,
amongst them the orange, which furnish their blossoms
just as in the month of May. Whole beds of rose-trees,
with buds iunumerable, also present a charming spectacle,"