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SPIRIT Of Times.
ASTRONOMY.
From the Winchester Republican.

From the Winchester Republican.
The laws ofnature are founded in truth,
or rather are truth itself; and when expl
City opened 10 the mind of man, they at
tract his attention, and discover 10 him
that sublmity of beauty of which he be-.
fore could have no adequate idea: and of
all science cultivated by man, astronomy
opens field to the mind the most exten
sive, noble, and exalted, The pupil here
by becomes acquainted with some of the
most magnificent laws of nature, and that
sublimity and grandeur OF the works of
creation with which he before must have
been ignorant. 1t not only has tenden
TO lead the mind from the low and gro.
Yelling pursuits of the Vulgar, but it pre-
Pares him to take more comprehensive
view of other branches Of natural science,
which he may pGrsues consequently, the
study of geography, hatGral philosophy,
chemistry, &c., become much more in
teresIing to the student than they other
wise would do. by many II IS thought
to be necessary that the pupils should be.
come acquainted with the above named
branches, before he can gain knowledge
Of the general principles Of astronomy.
This is mistaken idea. If the pupil
is capable of comprehending the earth
as being globe, what is understood
by its equator, the tropics and polar
circles, together with its axis, the man
who has a clear idea of the general
principles of astronomy, and, is PROV
ded with good and sufficient apparatus
for illustrations, can easily communi-
cate his ideas TO such one; but with
out apparatus and diagrams, he would
undertake very difficult task; and il
is for the want ofthese, and some times,
no doubt, for want OF clear ideas in the
teacher, that so few gain other, than
confused notions in The science.
SINGULAR CASE OF DOUBLE VISION. -
AT London Medical Society. Mr.. Field
related remarkable case o: double vision
which in some particulars differs from
the usual symptoms Of such affections.
The patient was ayoung man, aged %,
OF abstemious habits, aud so studious in
playing and writing music as frequently
to loose great portion of his nights rest
lie first began to see objects double about
two years ago, but he did not pay any at
tentlon to the circumstance. Since then
the affection has continued to inCr ease
and be now sees two distinct objects, one
q few inches above the other, that which
he takes TO be the real object, appearing
rather the brighter Of the two, 1t is only
at certain distance that he experiences
the phenomenon. When near, objects
are not doubled. There are no symptoms
Of diesase of the brain. The eye is dark
and the pupil does not contract 10 the usu
al extent Of healthy action. What is
most remarkable in the case is, the fact
of both eyes being similarly affectedi SO
that ifthe patient closes either, the same
result follows as when they are both o.
pen
Various opinions were expressed in the
society with regard 10 the cause. Mr.
thought that the habit which
the eye had acquired at looking at two
bars ofmusic at once, together with The
abstemlous habits Of the patient, might
have had considered influence to the pro
ductIon ofthe disease. Mr.. Pitcher con.
sdered it either to be the result Of incipi.
ent amaurosis, Or an irregular action of
lhe muscles of the eyes. Mr. Dendy and
Ihe President thought that the cause must
exist in the ball Of the eye itself, some al
lerations, parhaps in The humors. 1t was
The general opinion Of the society that The |
great application 10 music should at once
'e dispensed with by the patient Lancet, ,