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The romance of the rattlesnake
["or improve~nents i~l hydraulic {:~achines--#§t}~ March.
, To Peter Taylor, flax dresser, beh~g o~e of the pe~>ple cal)ed q u a kers~ fin" certain improvemem.s i~ mac.hiaery, for }}ackhr~g, dress, rig,. or combh~g flax, hemp, tow, a~d other fib~-ous m a t e r m s - T £ g t ~ . ~ l a r c h ' , , T,, John Davis, sugar r e i h e r , fir au hnp'ovemcnt m oomng or evaporating solutions of sugar and other liquids---5~gth March. . To Charles Harsiehe~. Esq.; for certai~ improvements in r e a r M nery to be used m navig:ati¢m, chiefly applicable to the propel}'mg tff ship% and other floaiir{g bodies, an{{ which in,~provem.ents are also applicable to other purp{~ses---.qd April. , 'Fo Lemuel We/hua~ WHp.:ht, engineer; for improvements, in {he eonstrt~ction of wheel earri<~e~, :a~d in the mac!'bl~ery employed for propeilir~g~ drawh~g~ or mnvmla wheel carriages--.150~ '~l;ril. , io John O<~ttlleb Uirich. c'w~mometer ~akm~ (b,'.' improvement~ m chr{mometers---19th ~pril. NOTI.CES° 'Z'.qG ROMANCe (;> 'l'lItg IiA'F~'LEbN3.Ki';.
Just as the Editor was lea.vi~.a Ptfiladell;Ma for "VVashinaton~ he was pressed for "more cop)- ~ by {ds pri~ter~ and Im.~ti~y m a r k e d some articles fi;r in>ertion° anlon~ whici~ were ° .~g~oges o~* the 7g~.gtleanalre. I@ Jou~ .L~,;s AUDIBON, i~'o l~.. 8. Z . , Bt. W . S,~ & e , TiIll~ dht n o t admit of tea.din X the m'Iicle, but it wa,~ seen that tJ~e w r i t e r professed to oiI:er fi~e ' fl-:uits of many 2/ears~ observation~ in com~trie~ where snakes abound. ~ This, wifl~ his titles, a,~d the bold and Sl-.~le~,~ did assurances which we had seen re~pecth~ the p , b l i c a t i o n o f his WO|'kS~ s e r v e d as {I p a s s w o r d to his t i s s u e oF lalse}tomts~ whlca ~vOll~d lane heetl expunbed fr(m t ~e proof, b u t f; • abse~ ce 'roar t h e p r e s s .
W e trod determined to publish a notice like the foregoing~ ' ~ h e n we received a note from a scientific t'riend, whose r e m a r k s ave, at. m~c% so pointed, and. correct, aml so ~utly express our owa i d e a ~ upor~ the subject, that we glad!y adopt~ and insert them. " It is a tissue of the ~,:rossest ~klsehoods ever at, t e m p t e d "to b e palmed upon the credulity' of matHdnd, and it is a pity t h a t a n y thing like countenance shmdd be given to it, by r e p u b l i s h i n g it i ~ a respectable .lollFngJ, "['he rorna)~ces of Audi]~on, rival t h o s e o f Munehausen, Mandeville. or even Mendez de }'into. in the t o t a l w a n t ~ of truth, however short they may fall ~ff them in the a m u s e m e n t t h e y alfbrd," NIJBSORIIINt~S IN P~'P'I't);I-ISON. NTa;W.I~RSEY~
Subscribers who account with tim agent a~ P a t t e r s o n . N e w J e r g e y ~ are particularly requested m observe tha'~ Me~:.ars, D a y & ] [ l u r r ~ e t t ~ are now tim o n l y agents of the work there; a!l p a y m e n t s w h e t h e r for arrearages, (,r otherwise, must be made to ti~em alone. W. C. on the adhesion of disks, require~ an engraviag, ~ppear in our nexL
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, To Peter Taylor, flax dresser, beh~g o~e of the pe~>ple cal)ed q u a kers~ fin" certain improvemem.s i~ mac.hiaery, for }}ackhr~g, dress, rig,. or combh~g flax, hemp, tow, a~d other fib~-ous m a t e r m s - T £ g t ~ . ~ l a r c h ' , , T,, John Davis, sugar r e i h e r , fir au hnp'ovemcnt m oomng or evaporating solutions of sugar and other liquids---5~gth March. . To Charles Harsiehe~. Esq.; for certai~ improvements in r e a r M nery to be used m navig:ati¢m, chiefly applicable to the propel}'mg tff ship% and other floaiir{g bodies, an{{ which in,~provem.ents are also applicable to other purp{~ses---.qd April. , 'Fo Lemuel We/hua~ WHp.:ht, engineer; for improvements, in {he eonstrt~ction of wheel earri<~e~, :a~d in the mac!'bl~ery employed for propeilir~g~ drawh~g~ or mnvmla wheel carriages--.150~ '~l;ril. , io John O<~ttlleb Uirich. c'w~mometer ~akm~ (b,'.' improvement~ m chr{mometers---19th ~pril. NOTI.CES° 'Z'.qG ROMANCe (;> 'l'lItg IiA'F~'LEbN3.Ki';.
Just as the Editor was lea.vi~.a Ptfiladell;Ma for "VVashinaton~ he was pressed for "more cop)- ~ by {ds pri~ter~ and Im.~ti~y m a r k e d some articles fi;r in>ertion° anlon~ whici~ were ° .~g~oges o~* the 7g~.gtleanalre. I@ Jou~ .L~,;s AUDIBON, i~'o l~.. 8. Z . , Bt. W . S,~ & e , TiIll~ dht n o t admit of tea.din X the m'Iicle, but it wa,~ seen that tJ~e w r i t e r professed to oiI:er fi~e ' fl-:uits of many 2/ears~ observation~ in com~trie~ where snakes abound. ~ This, wifl~ his titles, a,~d the bold and Sl-.~le~,~ did assurances which we had seen re~pecth~ the p , b l i c a t i o n o f his WO|'kS~ s e r v e d as {I p a s s w o r d to his t i s s u e oF lalse}tomts~ whlca ~vOll~d lane heetl expunbed fr(m t ~e proof, b u t f; • abse~ ce 'roar t h e p r e s s .
W e trod determined to publish a notice like the foregoing~ ' ~ h e n we received a note from a scientific t'riend, whose r e m a r k s ave, at. m~c% so pointed, and. correct, aml so ~utly express our owa i d e a ~ upor~ the subject, that we glad!y adopt~ and insert them. " It is a tissue of the ~,:rossest ~klsehoods ever at, t e m p t e d "to b e palmed upon the credulity' of matHdnd, and it is a pity t h a t a n y thing like countenance shmdd be given to it, by r e p u b l i s h i n g it i ~ a respectable .lollFngJ, "['he rorna)~ces of Audi]~on, rival t h o s e o f Munehausen, Mandeville. or even Mendez de }'into. in the t o t a l w a n t ~ of truth, however short they may fall ~ff them in the a m u s e m e n t t h e y alfbrd," NIJBSORIIINt~S IN P~'P'I't);I-ISON. NTa;W.I~RSEY~
Subscribers who account with tim agent a~ P a t t e r s o n . N e w J e r g e y ~ are particularly requested m observe tha'~ Me~:.ars, D a y & ] [ l u r r ~ e t t ~ are now tim o n l y agents of the work there; a!l p a y m e n t s w h e t h e r for arrearages, (,r otherwise, must be made to ti~em alone. W. C. on the adhesion of disks, require~ an engraviag, ~ppear in our nexL
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