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t ) bligatiofss to your twp verjr ingenious corre % fiond ^ nts 9 1 . W . £ vqL v / £ 43 ^ 1 and Mr- Nightingale , [ vol . v- p- 59 & ^] J > r the information and amusement afforded me ,
by their interesting commqnieatiowsy on the subject of th § a tinma ^ tpul ^ * It is bo fever ' spra ^ wh&i as £# - nisfcittg , that aciit ;^ ^ ef those gen - tletnen seems to % fiilly aware of
the wo&dexiul ad ^ & ** t # ges derivable ftom their 4 iscave ^ 5 & cUs r covery th&jt far fean $ c&&& $ ia siiapli ityy fecilit ^ and iappJi cabili ty to the most important we % &U the efforts o £ genius , in the whole circle i pfscietiice ^ for ^ eBUiries pa $ | .
If we xaav ventuf ^^ a * coQ 44 ei ia the arterial pulsation , as a measurer of time " witfe pqrfeft accu * racjjy according to the statement qfI . W . in ypur numberftrS ^ p . leflfvbcr , and the corrcrtisorating $
estpkOjay of Mr ^ Nightingale ia yxkir lq $ t . number ^ our clocks aod watches may be discarded as i ^ less a ^ wi t ^ u ^ lesome ,, teserving only the equipage and s ^ als as tjjie appendages of fe ^ hi ^ w , taste , carioljy * It will be ridiculous , at
a pjIriQQ ^ wjbeni the . very exist-• aavof money is Jbecowe proff Wcmat ^ cal , to subject our $ elv 0 & to an unnec ^ s $ ^ ry expeiise , for purchasing and repairing > th ^
"Wgte * g prqd ^ iG ti ^ s of art , w ^ en NatUjB ^ iia ^ furnished e ! very hunjan being with an infallible mtj-^ itor , that will always tell us how time Me * *
Our dials , unsusceptible of 8 W 5 e y ^ t by a misnomer teraned ^» Wpe » ts m $ y » be also dismissed ; and equatioa tables , with * 11 the rai ^ iou !* sp ^ cicg of t&m solar , sidere ^ app ^ ree ^ trpi e or ^ ean , be diispensed fir&lu Bets ^ ependenjt ^ n iiaa ^ , assiguatiops
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for business or pleas ure ^ aud ev « Qj astronomical observations ma > y bow be ascertaiued by the opera tion pf ao unerring priiiGiplej and a principle ipher ^ nt in ewarj man . :
Biit the happy combination o € tfce tumbler-gla ^ s the button , the thread and the pyfee is applrcau ble to a pur } K )« e still mqre ifl ^ r ^ estimg and sublime : aM attempts hitherto niad ^ , 4 o determine the ± oa * r
gitude have either totally failed ^ , or proved only appr ^ sjitiatioua to the d ^ i r ^ bl ^ acquisition : -fam npw , our brave tar § , vv « hx > gane ^ ral ^ y eiy oy sound hesit h , may ba easily sup , gjied with the ^ sitnplo a ^ paratu& , and by the application be
of a vigorous |> uls ^ wHl cajabfe-of aseeitai 0 ijig £ heir situation eMt ^ r wf it , with the greatest preciskw ^ A perfectly ^ gaing time-fce ^ per has faqs en hitherto $ km grmd deM ^ eratum , but thefortu ^
nate lfireatioa or discovery o £ J ^ W . fills up the cha ^ m of nau tLccel spi ^ ice , and I do myself the ho * nour of denominating ifc ^ tjijeA , »* p TBIt ^ X , CmiONOMETOElR . { Tl »
discovery will not oaly ei ^ itteioite or both the above-named gentle ^ men to the standing premium of ^ fered by Parliament ^ for- findi i ^ f out the longitude , but transmit
their names throijLgh all the future periods of time * aud , foraugkt E kriow , through e ^ teraily lio p ^ with peculiar a # jd Unrivalled -celebrity ^ Thw have indeed : b ^ th of them aa
irr ^ ft-agr ^ lJie claim to exclu sive pg , jtepts the one far , disea ^»| jciiig the . horary division pt&ixt& y tim other for this quiafcupta diviftion . o £ the Hxinlqites . ;
Whilst ab » Qrl | ecl m the cantonipJatJpii of a < o « ntiiv ^ aiK 2 e so ^ cxyui ^ site in its composition and so eeof tentive in its use ^ humanly i sia ^*^
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Qn 4 te > late ^ co ^ gM& mgard to Human Pttkt . W&
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1811, page 103, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2413/page/39/
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