The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-05-16

discoveries, the. chemists in Frssce and Swedea
Immediately repeated his experiments, andl hit
upon a different method of decomposing the Al
kaiies, by which tho new metals were obtained
more abandantfy, t,sn Nv n,ssi,. Of The ~oi.aic
battery. ts
Mr.. Davy next referred to the decomposition
ofammonia, the base of which would combine
with mercury, and in the proportion ef only the
one twelve thousandth part wpuid render the
metal solid, and by this operation reduce the
specific gravity from thirteen Chat OF mercury
to three, the specific gravity OF the compound.
The boracic and tluoric acids have been deco,n.
posed ~ Mr.. Davy, bat as yet the msratic acid
had not yieldedt TO the powers OF his apparatus
though he fully expected it shortly would.
That the bowels of the Eerth contained various
ores OF metals, had been long aseertained; but
it was reserved tor the discoveries OF the pre-
sent year to prove. that the different rexiths on
which we daily walk, are also the repository OF
metallic bodies ofthesc he had decomposel four
namely, lime, nagncsia, strontiles, and bary,es,
all OF which had produced metallic bases From
these circumstances he was led TO cot,cld,. that
the two grand principles ever operating in ma
t,re, are the in,s.,rIp,abie and the or,eenous
these ne said will account for all the ehe-
nomena of volcanoes, and other subterraneous
fires. ~ -
London Monthly Magazine, Jan. 1909.
Mr.. Thomas Bruff of the City of Washington.
has Just invented a machine for making Shot.
which IS highly spoken of in the Washington ma
Pers: The machine is said to be very simple
ana Is adequate to the making wil,in nine hours.
OF Six ton of any all the different sizes of Sbo,
or the same quantity of any kind of Ball, from
the small ride to a musket Mr.. Bruf has OBJ.
tanned patent from the government of the u.
81 tor this invention.
MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL.
SOCIETY.
At ameeting ofthe Trustees of the Massa.
chusetts Society for promoting Agriculture, hol.
den on the 9th of April, 1909. Voted. That
there shall be paid out Of the Treasury this So.
ciety, to the person, or persons, who shall i'm
port IN this Commonwealth, directly from the.
ktnsdom of Spain, the first Ave Rams of the Me
rino breed, the sum Of Fifty Dollars each and
lot the first ten Ewes ofthe same breed, the sim
OF Twenty five Dollars each, as bounty ON sI,cb
importation. 'N''''
The person or persons claiming the said pre-.
m'ums, or any portion of them, to produce salts
factory evidence to the said Trustees, that the
Rams or Ewes, respectively, forwhiclr such pre.
mum is claimed, have been bona fiee sold toFar-
ners, citizens of Massachusetts. & that no more
ora' uhe Haih ana Two Ewes have been disposed
u u inc same, person;
: fuoiished by order of the Trustees,
DUDLEY A. TYING, See'ry.
NJ f,,r- 1880.
at nresen, .o mnn Oh .he irish Koiis, is
bis 70 a,,snS h;s I'm, lnuisPosea' as 20 be una
he mesns ~ s .ess: uu.,ss. Report says,
be ,ucce.ded -, {" wnion case he VIII
Ir.I.nd w Tue fN''orney-Seneral CT
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10 me au5;c M e ~ q eonlman n
r., me nNoue' a., q. .ne tns.snce OF General
France ~. S, 1,o;stea 1leniaoteaftary OF
bn,,a.,:.,, r. .n'e.sslHy 20 sctence ana
sara.it.g. 50 Hericnfarly F9orfhy OF the
s"e" If"ysfcldns IN ms country, as
nHpe q0'tsten Or contemhlafe writing, on the
nature y me CROUP..~Nat. Int.
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