Fail Mon 20 Day, 39 m. palt 4 Afternoon. T enters 21ft Day, 7 II. 59 M. Morning. 6122 36 141/23 1623 5 22 2123 27 26 23 21 F 6 9 I S Dad Sunday in Advent. Nicolas, B. 7 M 12 S 13D3d Sund. in Advent. Lucy, V, & M. 16 WEmber Week. O Sapientia. Camb.T.e. D fets. 11 50 25 F Nativity, or Christmas-Day. 26 S St. Stephen, Protomartyr. 27 D1ft Sunday after Christmas. St. John. 28 MInnocents' Day. 31T/Silvefter, P. Rites Setsfl.an. 7 20 2 25 8 26 3 9 32 3 55 10 364 37 39 5 18 576 morn. 6 451 6 I 45 7 2 518 ANSWERS to the QUESTIONS Critical and Philofopbical. LXXVI. Mr. J. Burrow, Mr. H. Mellanby, Mr. 7. Needham, Mr. D. Robarts, Virgilius, Mr. J. Ward, and Mr. J. Winterbottom, gave answers to the following effect, viz. That eating fwine's fleth hinders transpiration, and thence caufes cutaneous and fcrofulos diforders, especially in hot climates, where it must confequently be unwholesome food. And Mr. J. Cairus, Mr. J. Jackson, Mr. W King, Mr. T. Peat, and Mr. J. Walton, have alfo given ingenious anfwers. LXXVII. Answered by Mr. Jackson of Hutton-Rudby School. In Dan. v. 8. it is faid, "They could not read the writing, nor make known unto the king the interpretation thereof." But in the Latin tranflation of Junius and Tremellius, it is" Non poffent fcripturam illam legere, et interpretationem notam facere regi." They could not read the writing, and make known unto the king the interpretation thereof; i.c. though they poffibly could read the words, yet they could not explain the meaning. And this is alfo agreeable to the anfwer of the learned Philocriticus, We were alfo favoured with anfwers from Meffis Burrow, Cairus, Cavill, Needham, Peat, Robarts, Rowe, Walton, Ward, and Winterbottom. LXXVIII. By Mr. J. Burrow, of Bolton-Field. Certainly the Holy Ghoft infpired the facred penman to write this verfe in Chaldee, that the Jews, going to Babylon, might reply to the Chaldeans in their own tongue, when they folicited them to worship their idols. Curfed be your gods, for they neither made heaven nor earth. And to the fame purport are the answers of Meffrs. Cairus, Cavill, Jackfon, Mellanby, King, Needham, Peat, Rowe, Walton, Ward, and Winterbottom. IXXIX. By Mr. J. Ward, the propofer. When St. Paul was complaining of the weight and bitterness of fin, very probably he compared it (by the allufion in queftion) to the hideous and execrable mode of punishment, mentioned in the 8th book of the Eneid, as practifed by Mezentius, who punithed his fubjects by binding a dead to a living body tillit caufed the tranfgreffor's death. Meffrs. Mellany, Needham, and Winter bottom alfo fuppofe the Apof tle to allude to this cuftorn. But Mr Walton fuppofes him to mean to fay, From the power of those finful paffions, which are continually fruftrating all my pious refolutions, and fubjecting me to the most excru. ciating forrow and remorfe, even worse than death itfelf." And in this fenfe the words are taken by Meffrs. Cairus, Cavill, Jackson, Burrow, Lowry, Peat, Roque, and Virgilius. LXXX. By Mr. J. Winterbottom of Failfworth School. Light is an intermediate fluid betwixt fire and air, distinct from either; for, were light and fire the fame thing, the heat would always increase in proportion to the light; the contrary to which is proved by experiment. For, when the Moon's rays are collected by a lens till their ucid point 500 times more bright than the full moon, yet this great degree of brightness does not cause the leaft motion in the liquor of the thermometer, which will be fenfibly moved by the approach of the hand; and by the German ftove we experience great heat, without the leaft 16 QUEST, Critic. and Philof, anfwered, 1789. leaft light; but light may be emitted by percuffion in vacuo, by attrition, and by putrefaction. Is it not then probable, that light is the fluid the Almighty hath made choice of to put in and accelerate the motion of the f fire? And that it is the primum mobile of creation, appears from the recital of Motes, as being created the first day, &c It is a vulgar error to imagine, that the Sun and Stars are the caufes of all light; they being only 1 the greateft luminaries, and light the concomitating agent of fire; and thus, before the creation of them, it appears very poffible, that there might be light, and the Mofaical account literally true, And to the fame purpose are the anfwers of Meffrs. Burrow, Glendenning, Fackfon, Mellanby, and Virgilius. Mr. Ward gives the anfwer from the Univerfal Hift. Vol. xviii. agreeing with thofe by Meffrs, Cairus, Lowry, and Needham. Mr. J. Walton alfo gave an ingenious anfwer. LXXXI. By Mr. Tho. Peat, of Barnsley Although the people of the land made Jehohaaz king, in preference to his brother, yet that lays no foundation for inferring that he was the firft-born. By the account we have it appears, that Jehoiakim was the elder, though he came laft to the throne; and I know of no text that Speaks to the contrary. And thus the anfwer is given by Meffts. Burren, Cairus, Cavill, Crofier, Fidler, Harrison, Jackson, Mellanby, Needham, Rowe, Virgilius, Walton, Ward, and Winterbottom. LXXXII. Anfwered by Mr. Alex. Rowe.. The warm fluid particles exhaled from the lungs make the room warmer than the external air, and the fiery particles making their way through the glafs, in endeavouring to refture the equilibrium of heat, leave the aqueous ones, with which they were incorporated, behind upon the furface of the glais. And thus it is anfwered by Meffrs. Burrow, Cairus, Cockrel, Cook, Harrison, Fidler, Jackfon, Mellanby, Needham, Robarts, Srift, Virginius, Ward, and Winterbottom LXXXIH. Anfwered by Mr. J. Walton, of Allendale. If you hold the chain of a watch in your teeth, and ftop your ears, the found, which is convey'd along the bones to the tympanum, is heard very diftinctly. Now, the difagreeable fenfation occafioned by the tharpening of a faw,' &c. caufes fuch a tremulous motion upon that membrane, that the contiguous bones/are affected with it, and fo conveys the uneafy fenfation to the nerves of the teeth, in fuch a manner as to caufe a fympathetic affection. Nit. Burroco fays, it is affirmed by anatomifts, that the nerve of the tooth has a communication with the air, by a small pore opening at the top of the tooth in fome perfons in their youth; but when the prime of life is patt-the-pore clofes, the tooth becomes more folid, and lefs affected by the founds in queftion. Mr. Ward fays, the teeth are fonorous, and therefore affected by, grating founds that are in And that chewing purflain, fortel, almonds, walunifon with them. nuts, or burnt bread, is a preventative against this complaint. And in much the fame manner it is anfwered by Mr. J. Jackson of HuttonRudby, and Mefirs. Gairus, Needham from Clare's Fluids, Rowe, Fidler, and Swift. LXXXIV. LYXXIV. Answered by Mr. Jackson, of Hutton-Rudby-School. Flame proceeding from either unctuous or fpirituous matter is of an electric nature, being more light and subtle than the common culinary flame; and w ter being a well-known conductor, it immediately flies up the ftream of water as you pour it in, which caufes the flame to be more rapid. N. B. As no flime can be fuftained without air, people happening to fet fpirituous or unctuous matter on fire would do well to throw a damp cloth over the veffel containing it, for this will inftantly extinguish the flame. Mers. Burrow, Cairus, Harrison, Mellanby, Needham, Robarts, Rowe, Walton, Ward, and Winterbettom, allo give like anfwers. LXXXV. Answered by Mr. H Mellanby, of Stockton. Without fand, the iron becomes du file on'y at and near its furface, whilft the heart remains so obdurate, especially in a thick piece, that if is not easily drawn out. But the utility of the fand is molt confpicuous when a welding-heat is required; for here the metal muft be reduced almoft to a fluid, which could not be effected at the forge without fand. Mr. John Jacka fays, a pound of iron being worked into nails, rolling the rod in fand, will make rather more thao a pound of nals; but otherwife fcarcely three-fourths of one. And Meffrs. Burrow, Caius, Cack, Crofier, Fidler, Harrifen, Jackson, Leary, Needham, Robarts, Rowe, Walton, Ward, and Winterbottom, gave anfwers equally fatisfactory. LXXXVI. Answered by Mr. Wm. Harrison, of Wirksworth. Sulphur is compofed of vitriolic acid and phlogiston; and vitriolic acid is a well known diffolving menftruum for iron: it is therefore no wonder that hot iron fhould be wafted by the application of the fulphur. Mr. Mellanby the propofer fays, by the help of this operation wood is ftained black. Take an old file, or other feel, and reduce as per question, which will run off in drops and calcine; and thefe drops must be received into water, to prevent their adhesion, that they may the more easily be pulverized, which is the next thing to be done; then dilute this with vinegar, and the liquid you now have will turn jer-black wood that has previously been ftained with logwood-water. When dry, lay on a little black wax, and rub it well with a flannel cloth. Ingenious answers were alfo given by Meffrs. Burrow, Cairus, Cock, Fidler, Jackson, Needbam, Rowe, Swift, Walton, Ward, and Winterbottom. ENIGMATOLOGY. ANSWERS to the last year's ENIGMAS. 1. An illegitimate Child. 2. Eve. 3. A Licence. 4. A Jaw-bone. 7. An Apron. 8. A Bottle. 9. A balance. 10. Hemp. 11. Wax. 13. A Wing. 14. A Player. 15. Charity. 16. The High Road, or Turnpike, 1. Rebus. Bagpipe. 2. Ringwood. 3. Wedlock. 4. Sunday. 5. Firelock. 6. Jackfon. 1: GENERAL ANSWERS. ་་་་་ 1. Stanzas Elegiac To the memory of Mr. Peter Freeman, late of Daventry, Northamptonshire. By Mr. B. WEST. Where te bis Gibes now? bis Fefts bis flashes of merriment, that were Shakespeare. wont to fet the Table of a Roar ་་་. The Spurious bard, impel'd by love of praife, To make the world believe him great and wife, And meanly ftoops in hopes to fame to rife.. But fince to death's infatiate jaws a prey, Dear Freeman fleeps in Earth's cold dreary womb; And give his worth to live beyond the tomb. Some haughty foph, of claffic knowledge vain ; The praife vain witlings courted to command, Proofs of true tafte and fentiments refin'd; Fraught with the charms and energy of fong, And flow'd with moving pathos from his tongue.: Save those to whom the hempen wreath was due, And who but pedant, hypocrite, and knave, If haply fuch his indignation mov'd, His honeft lath if vice and folly fear'd t He prz'd true merit, men of genius lov'd, An honest man. I. |