The Sun.
London, England, 1827-03-14 00:00:00

This Work will in future be conducted upon a more extended
and popular plan than hitherto, and instead of being chiefly con-
fined to the abstract Sciences, and principally addressed to the
proficient, it is proposed to render its contents more suitable to
the general reader ; for it cannot be denied that the elements of
many of the Sciences, when treated in a popular manner, are as
interesting in the perusal, as they are useful and important in
their results. The subjects discussed, will, accordingly, consist
chiefly of such of the Sciences and Arts as are cultivated more or
less in Domestic Circles, and which consequently number, among
their Students, a large body of Amateurs of both sexes in various
classes of society particularly in the highest; as for example,
Chemistry, Botany, Horticulture, Geology, Astronomy, Natural
History, in all its divisions, (especially the very attractive one of
Zoology) Music, Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture. Po-
pular Trc.►tlses on the Medical Art will also be included; parti-
cularly- as it relates to Diet, Air, Exercise, &c. But although
the more abstract Sciences which are connected with Mathema-
tical Discussions, will not be of frequent occurrence, they will
by no means, be entirely neglected, especially where their appli-
cations are of a practical nature.
Another portion of this Journal will be devoted to the Bio-
graphies of Scientific Men, and to Reviews of such Publications
as may be considered to have relation to the general desig❑ of the
work ; namely, Voyages and Travels, Books connected with An-
tiquities, &c. &c. And here it may not be out of place, to call
the public attention to the fact, that the principal Quarterly Re-
views are so much under the influence of " party," that a dispas-
sionate judgment, even on matters out of the pale of Politics,
can hardly be expected from them. Politics will, however, find
no place, nor have any influence in our pages.
The Journal will embrace a full Quarterly Abstract of all that
relates to the General Progress of the Arts and Sciences in this
and other countries. These Abstracts will be carefully selected
from original sources, from new Publications, and from the Bri-
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in detail, as the general usefulness and interest of the subject may
suggest.
The Proceedings of Learned Bodies, and of Scientific and Lite-
rary Institutions, will also form a department of this Journal, in
which it is expected that an opportunity will be offered of fut.-
nishipg much that is new and interesting ; and the Editor will not
shrink from the occasional duty of critically surveying the mea-
sures of these bodies, when they appear to clash with the interests
of Science, or to be at variance with literary justice. The Pro-
ceedings -f the Royal, the Geological, Astronomical, and Horti-
cultural Societies, will thus form subjects of our Journal; but it
is expected that the Transactions of the Members of the Royal
Institution will not only furnish a prominent article, but that from
their varied Nature, and miscellaneous character, as well as from
the accuracy with which they will be detailed, they will confer a
useful and distinctive character upon the Quarterly Journal of
Science, Literature, and Art.
Communications for the Editor are requested to be addressed to
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ECONOMY AND CONVENIENCE COMBINED.
WILLIS'S PATENT PERIPURIST, or
Portable Economical Cooking Apparatus, enables any
person in a few minutes to prepare a comfortable meaI—BREAK-
FAST, as it prepares coffee in a very superior manner, boils
Eggs, and cooks a beef-steak or a slice of ham, and all in less than
ten minutes. For Dinner it will prepare soup, steam potatoes,
and cook a mutton chop or steak, &c. at the same time, and for
this one-FARTHING's-WORTH of FUEL. is more than suffi-
cient, and the operation may be performed upon a dining table
without soiling the cloth or producing smoke or unpleasant smell,
and travelling in a Carriage without danger or inconvenience, and
for pedestrians it may be carried in the hand, and in cold weather
answer two purposes, for Tea, it answers the purpose of an Urn,
and saves the trouble and expence of lighting a firc--; it is admira-
bly adapted for warm weather, and hot climates, for Taverns and
Coffee Houses, and parties of pleasure in rural rambles; also on
board of vessels in rough weather, as the motion of the vessel does
not affect it, and the saving of fuel will more than pay the ex-
pence of it the first voyage.
To be had of the Inventor and Patentee, No. 20, Henrietta-
street, Covent-garden, from 14s. and upwards according to size,
a liberal allowance made to Captains and others going abroad.