Science in the 19th Century Periodical

Introduction

Volume 1 (January to December 1802)

Issue 1 (January 1802)

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Section: Miscellaneous Department

Subsection: V. Various

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 19–22.

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Descent into the Crater of Mount Vesuvius

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Genre:	Letter, Introduction; Extract, Miscellaneous
Publications extracted:	Philosophical Magazine Philosophical Magazine (1798–1832) London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine (1832–40) London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine (1840–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Vulcanology, Cultural Geography, Theology of Nature, Providence, Wonder, Feeling \| Vulcanology, Heroism, Instruments, Observation, Chemistry, Mineralogy
People mentioned:	Lazzaro Spallanzani, Spallanzani, Lazzaro (1729–99) DSB Close View the register entry >> Dieudonné de G de Dolomieu, Dolomieu, Dieudonné de Gratet de ('Déodat') (1750–1801) DSB Close View the register entry >> John Moore, Moore, John (1729–1802) ODNB Close View the register entry >> William Hamilton, Hamilton, Sir William (1731–1803) DSB ODNB Close View the register entry >> François R Houdouart, Houdouart, François Robert (1761–1810) WBI Close View the register entry >> René A F de Réaumur Réaumur, René-Antoine Ferchault de (1683–1757) DSB Close View the register entry >>
Publications cited:	Journal de Physique Journal de Physique Théoretique et appliquée (1872–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
The author introduces the extract with unfavourable comments on the vain and irreligious attitudes of the Frenchmen who made the descent. He observes: 'I would rather stand upon the brink of the crater, with my heart elevated and expanded by a view of the greatness of God's works [...] than with the mind and motives of a philosophist, cultivate science in the very jaws of destruction' (19).

Section: Literary Department

Subsection: II. Review of Reviews

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 33–35.

The Origin, Advantages, Disadvantages, and Importance of Literary Journals [1/2]

Anon

Genre:	Essay, Serial
Subjects:	Periodicals
Publications cited:	Journal des Sçavans Journal des Sçavans (1665–1792) Journal des Savans (1816–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >> Hutton 1795 Hutton, Charles 1795. A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary: Containing an Explanation of the Terms, and an Account of the Several Subjects, Comprized under the Heads Mathematics, Astronomy, and Philosophy both Natural and Experimental; with an Historical Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of these Sciences; also Memoirs of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Authors, Both Ancient and Modern, who by their Discoveries or Improvements Have Contributed to the Advancement of them, 2 vols, London: J. Johnson and G. G. and J. Robinson Close View the register entry >>
'For some time, the Royal Society Royal Society of London Close View the register entry >> [...] published at the end of each number of the Philosophical Transactions Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>, an account of such books as related to objects of science. These transactions may therefore be considered a kind of philosophical journal; and, with the publications of other similar institutions, have frequently been classed among literary journals' (34).

Subsection: III. Literary and Philosophical Intelligence, &c. &c.

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 35.

[Introduction]

Anon

Genre:	Introduction
Subjects:	Amusement, Error
An editorial introduction explains that this section of the journal will contain a collection of 'amusing and interesting details concerning Letters and Philosophy', including 'REPORTS OF NEW INVENTIONS, PHILOSOPHICAL DISCOVERIES, AND CURIOUS EXPERIMENTS; SKETCHES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES, &C.' By careful searching of the principal literary and scientific journals, it is intended to give 'a brief but satisfactory view of the state and progress of Science and Letters throughout the civilized world'. It is noted that many articles, 'particularly those with respect to foreign science and literature' are to be 'inserted upon the authority of the works from which we extract them'. However, the note promises to take great pains in ascertaining the authenticity of articles of a 'suspicious or doubtful nature' appearing 'in our own prints and journals', and to acknowledge the subsequent discovery of any inauthentic articles.

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 35–37.

Great Britain

Anon

Genre:	Literary Notice, Reportage
Publications noticed:	Transactions of the Linnean Society Transactions of the Linnean Society (1791–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >> Rees ed. 18[02]–20 Rees, Abraham ed. 18[02]–20. The Cyclopaedia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature, 45 vols, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown [and 26 others] Close View the register entry >> Marsham 1802 Marsham, Thomas 1802. Entomologia Britannica: Sistens insecta Britanniae indigena, secundum methodum Linnaenam disposita. Tomus I. Coleoptera, London: J. White Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Periodicals \| Encyclopaedias, Publishing, Religion \| Instruments \| Horticulture \| Vaccination, Patronage \| Mathematics, Heroism, Utility
People mentioned:	William Herschel, Herschel, Sir William (1738–1822) DSB ODNB Close View the register entry >> Edward Jenner, Jenner, Edward (1749–1823) DSB Close View the register entry >> Isaac Newton Newton, Sir Isaac (1642–1727) DSB Close View the register entry >>
Institutions mentioned:	Observatorio Real del Madrid Observatorio Real del Madrid Close View the register entry >>
The author discusses at length Abraham Rees's Rees, Abraham (1743–1825) ODNB Close View the register entry >> new edition of Ephraim Chambers's Chambers, Ephraim (1680?–1740) ODNB Close View the register entry >> Cyclopædia Chambers, Ephraim 1728. Cyclopædia; or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Containing the Definitions of the Terms, and Accounts of the Things Signify'd Thereby, in the Several Arts, Both Liberal and Mechanical, and the Several Sciences, Human and Divine, 2 vols, London: James and John Knapton [and 19 others] Close View the register entry >>, the publication of which has just begun in parts. A long extract from the prospectus or preface discusses the encyclopaedia's arrangement of the sciences in comparison with that used by the Encyclopédie. Considers that 'readers are much more likely to be preserved from error, and instructed and confirmed in religious truth, by the Encyclopaedia Britannica [Macfarquhar, Colin] and [Gleig, George] eds 1797. Encyclopædia Britannica; or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature: Constructed on a Plan, by Which the Different Sciences and Arts are Digested into the Form of Distinct Treatises or Systems, Comprehending the History, Theory, and Practice, of Each, According to the Latest Discoveries and Improvements ... Compiled from the Writings of the Best Authors, in Several Languages, the Most Approved Dictionaries, as well of General Science as of its Particular Branches, the Transactions, Journals, and Memoirs, of Learned Societies, both at Home and Abroad, the MS. Lectures of Eminent Professors on Different Sciences, and a Variety of Original Materials, Furnished by an Extensive Correspondence, 3rd edn, 18 vols, Edinburgh: A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar Close View the register entry >>, than by the present undertaking, if this edition be conducted upon the plan and principles of the former', but continues: 'We speak not of the scientific parts of the Cyclopædia, which are certainly executed in the former edition with great ability' (36–37).

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 37–42.

France

Anon

Genre:

Reportage; Proceedings

[1 General]

Subjects:	Horticulture, Breeding, Education \| Anatomy, Museums \| Monographs, Mineralogy \| Menageries, Acclimatization \| Astronomy, Societies, Internationalism \| Encyclopaedias
People mentioned:	Jacques F A Menou, Menou, Jacques François Abdallah, baron de Boussay (1750–1810) WBI Close View the register entry >> Joseph J L de Lalande, Lalande, Joseph-Jérôme Lefrançais de (1732–1807) DSB Close View the register entry >> Alexis Bouvard, Bouvard, Alexis (1767–1843) DSB Close View the register entry >> Joseph Banks, Banks, Sir Joseph (1743–1820) DSB ODNB Close View the register entry >> Pierre A Latreille Latreille, Pierre-André (1762–1833) DSB Close View the register entry >>
Institutions mentioned:	Muséum D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris Close View the register entry >> Institut Nationale, Paris Institut Nationale, Paris Close View the register entry >>
Publications cited:	Journal des Sçavans, Journal des Sçavans (1665–1792) Journal des Savans (1816–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >> Journal des Mines Journal des Mines (1801–15) Annales des Mines (1816–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >> [Dolomieu 1801], Dolomieu, Dieudonné de Gratet de 1801. Sur la philosophie minéralogique et sur l'espèce minéralogique, Paris: Bessange, Massonet, Besson Close View the register entry >> Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle: Nouveau dictionnaire d'historie naturelle, appliquée aux arts, principalement a l'agriculture et à l'économie rurale et domestique, par une société de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs, 24 vols, Paris: Deterville, 1803–04 Close View the register entry >>

[2 The Lyceum Lycée des Arts et Métiers, Paris
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Subjects:	Education, Class, Gender, Chemistry, Natural History
People mentioned:	Antoine F de Fourcroy, Fourcroy, Antoine François de (1755–1809) DSB Close View the register entry >> Georges Cuvier Cuvier, Georges (1769–1832) DSB Close View the register entry >>

[3] National Institute Institut Nationale, Paris
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Subjects:

Mathematics, Metrology, Chemistry

People mentioned:

Joseph Banks, Banks, Sir Joseph (1743–1820) DSB ODNB
Close   View the register entry >> Jean-Baptiste J Delambre, Delambre, Jean-Baptiste Joseph (1749–1822) DSB
Close   View the register entry >> Jacques A J Cousin, Cousin, Jacques Antoine Joseph (1739–1800) WBI
Close   View the register entry >> Gaspard F C M R de Prony, Prony, Gaspard-François-Clair-Marie Riche de (1755–1839) DSB
Close   View the register entry >> Claude L Berthollet, Berthollet, Claude Louis (1748–1822) DSB
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Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 43.

Prussia

Anon

Genre:	Reportage
Subjects:	Astronomy, Discovery, Nationalism
The writer reports on Johann E Bode's Bode, Johann Elert (1747–1826) DSB Close View the register entry >> theory of a new planet intermediate between Mars and Jupiter, and Giuseppe Piazzi's Piazzi, Giuseppe (1746–1826) DSB Close View the register entry >> support for that theory. In discussing the naming of the planet the writer observes: 'We have seen that the name which Herschel Herschel, Sir William (1738–1822) DSB ODNB Close View the register entry >>, from respect to our gracious Sovereign, applied to his great discovery, has not been adopted by the astronomers of the Continent'.

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 44.

Denmark

Anon

Genre:	Reportage
Subjects:	Vaccination, Government

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 44.

Russia

Anon

Genre:	Reportage
Subjects:	Astronomy, Instruments, Societies, Patronage
The writer reports on the progress of the manufacture of 'a twenty-feet Herschelian reflecting telescope', made by William Herschel Herschel, Sir William (1738–1822) DSB ODNB Close View the register entry >> for the Imperial Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg Imperial Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg Close View the register entry >>, 'partly with his own hand, and partly under his inspection'.

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 44–50.

IV. List of New Publications

Anon

Genre:	List
Subjects:	Textbooks, Astronomy, Chemistry, Mathematics, Amusement, Medical Treatment, Disease, Education, Natural History, Monographs, Natural Philosophy, Political Economy

Section: Historical Department

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 78–80.

V. Obituary

Anon

Genre:	Obituaries
Subjects:	Medical Practitioners
People mentioned:	John Rush, Rush, John (d. 1825/6) CO1/1/1c/10 Close View the register entry >> Henry Cline Cline, Henry (1750–1827) ODNB Close View the register entry >>

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Issue 2 (February 1802)

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Section: Literary Department

Subsection: III. Literary and Philosophical Intelligence, &c. &c.

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 121–25.

Britain

Anon

Genre:

Reportage, Literary Gossip; Abstract, Paper

Publications abstracted:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:	Publishing
People mentioned:	William Nicholson, Nicholson, William (1753–1815) DSB Close View the register entry >> Samuel Vince Vince, Samuel (1749–1821) ODNB Close View the register entry >>
Publications cited:	Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts (1797–1813) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >> Boardman 1805, Boardman, Thomas 1805. A Dictionary of the Veterinary Art: Containing All the Modern Improvements, London: George Kearsley Close View the register entry >> Pinkerton 1802, Pinkerton, John 1802. Modern Geography: A Description of the Empires, Kingdoms, States, and Colonies, with the Oceans, Seas, and Isles, in all Parts of the World: Including the Most Recent Discoveries, and Political Alterations, Digested on a New Plan; the Astronomical Introduction by S. Vince, 2 vols, London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, and T. N. Longman and O. Rees Close View the register entry >> Sauer 1802 Sauer, Martin 1802. An Account of a Geographical and Astronomical Expedition to the Northern Parts of Russia: For Ascertaining the Degrees of Latitude and Longitude of the Mouth of the River Kovima; of the Whole Coast of the Tshutski, to East Cape; and of the Islands in the Eastern Ocean, Stretching to the American Coast. Performed, By Command of Her Imperial Majesty Catherine the Second, Empress of all the Russias, By Commodore Joseph Billings, in the Years 1785, &c. to 1794. The Whole Narrated from the Original Papers, London: T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies Close View the register entry >>
The writer records that 'Mr. BLAIR Blair, William (1766–1822) ODNB Close View the register entry >>, of Great Russell Street, has circulated proposals for publishing an Entire System of Medical and Operative Surgery; comprising the latest Improvements in the Theory and Practice' , giving details of subscription (121).

[2] Royal Society

Subjects:

People mentioned:

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 125–26.

France

Anon

Genre:	Reportage
Subjects:	Astronomy, Discovery \| Electricity \| Exploration, Publishing
People mentioned:	Giuseppe Piazzi, Piazzi, Giuseppe (1746–1826) DSB Close View the register entry >> Franz X von Zach, Zach, Franz Xaver von (1754–1832) DSB Close View the register entry >> Joseph J L de Lalande, Lalande, Joseph-Jérôme Lefrançais de (1732–1807) DSB Close View the register entry >> Pierre F A Méchain, Méchain, Pierre-François-André (1744–1804) DSB Close View the register entry >> Alessandro G A A Volta, Volta, Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio (1745–1827) DSB Close View the register entry >> Nevil Maskelyne, Maskelyne, Nevil (1732–1811) DSB Close View the register entry >> William Herschel, Herschel, Sir William (1738–1822) DSB ODNB Close View the register entry >> Joseph Priestley, Priestley, Joseph (1733–1804) DSB Close View the register entry >> Jacques F A Menou Menou, Jacques François Abdallah, baron de Boussay (1750–1810) WBI Close View the register entry >>
Institutions mentioned:	Institut Nationale, Paris Institut Nationale, Paris Close View the register entry >>
The writer reports that Jean A Chaptal Chaptal, Jean Antoine (1756–1832) DSB Close View the register entry >> has presented a report to the Consuls 'containing the project of a MAGNIFICENT WORK UPON EGYPT, to be formed from the materials collected during the expedition to that country'. The proposed contents of the work are reported in detail. (126)

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 126.

Germany

Anon

Genre:	Reportage, Literary Gossip
Subjects:	Publishing
'A Bookseller of Brunswick proposes to publish the interesting correspondence of GEORGE FORSTER Forster, Georg Adam (Johann Georg Adam) (1754–94) DSB Close View the register entry >>, with many of the most distinguished naturalists in Europe'.

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 127.

Prussia

Anon

Genre:	Reportage
Subjects:	Chemistry, Manufactories \| Electricity
People mentioned:	Franz K Achard, Achard, Franz Karl (1753–1821) DSB Close View the register entry >> Martin H Klaproth, Klaproth, Martin Heinrich (1743–1817) DSB Close View the register entry >> Alessandro G A A Volta Volta, Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio (1745–1827) DSB Close View the register entry >>
Institutions mentioned:	Königliche Akademie der Wissenschaft, Berlin Königliche Akademie der Wissenschaft, Berlin Close View the register entry >>
Publications cited:	Transactions of the Society, Instituted at London, for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce Transactions of the Society, Instituted at London, for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (1783–1850) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 127.

America

Anon

Genre:	Reportage
Subjects:	Museums, Collecting, Extinction
Publications cited:	Clef du Cabinet Clef du Cabinet des Souverains (1797–1805) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
The writer reports that the proprietor of the Philadelphia Museum Philadelphia Museum Close View the register entry >> has collected, from 'the interior', bones constituting the entire skeleton of the Mammoth, 'a species which seems to have perished, but the existence of which has been supposed from some discoveries made in the North'.

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 127.

Italy

Anon

Genre:	Reportage
Subjects:	Medical Treatment \| Chemistry
People mentioned:	Valeriano L Brera, Brera, Valeriano Luigi (b. 1772) WBI Close View the register entry >> Johann T Lovits, Lovits (Lowitz), Johann Tobias (1757–1804) DSB Close View the register entry >> Girolamo Cavezzali Cavezzali, Girolamo (1755–1830) WBI Close View the register entry >>

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 128.

IV. List of New Publications [1/2]Anon, 'List of New Publications', Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 328

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Anon

Genre:	List, Serial
Subjects:	Anatomy, Electricity, Horticulture, Natural History, Astronomy, Mineralogy, Mathematics

Section: Historical Department

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 135–37.

III. Chronicle of Foreign Occurrences

Anon

Genre:	Reportage
Subjects:	Phrenology, Lecturing, Gender, Government, Religion, Morality
The report reprints a decree transmitted to Franz J Gall Gall, Franz Joseph (1758–1828) DSB Close View the register entry >> by the 'Territorial Government of Lower Austria' commanding him to desist from giving phrenological lectures to mixed audiences at his house, on the grounds that his theory appears 'contrary to the first principles of religion and morality'. A further note records that Gall has been 'permitted to proceed in his Lectures on Skulls, but only to foreigners, and excluding women'. (136)

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Issue 3 (March 1802)

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Section: Miscellaneous Department

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 165–68.

[The Nature and Cure of the Dry Rot]

Vimand Vimand
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Genre:	Letter
Subjects:	Botany, Chemistry

Section: Literary Department

Subsection: III. Literary and Philosophical Intelligence, &c. &c.

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 185–89.

Great Britain

Anon

Genre:

Reportage, Literary Gossip; Abstract, Paper

Publications abstracted:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:	Astronomy, Mathematics, Botany \| Human Species, Reason \| Invention, Cultural Geography \| Chemistry, Discovery \| Horticulture \| Steam-power, Transport, Invention \| Vaccination, Discovery, Patronage, Government \| Electricity
People mentioned:	William Woodville, Woodville, William (1752–1805) ODNB Close View the register entry >> Edward Jenner, Jenner, Edward (1749–1823) DSB Close View the register entry >> Benjamin Franklin, Franklin, Benjamin (1706–90) DSB Close View the register entry >> Luigi Galvani, Galvani, Luigi (1737–98) DSB Close View the register entry >> Alessandro G A A Volta, Volta, Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio (1745–1827) DSB Close View the register entry >> Humphry Davy, Davy, Sir Humphry, Baronet (1778–1829) DSB ODNB Close View the register entry >> William H Wollaston, Wollaston, William Hyde (1766–1828) DSB Close View the register entry >> Johann B Trommsdorff Trommsdorff, Johann Bartholomäus (1770–1837) DSB Close View the register entry >>
Institutions mentioned:	University of Cambridge—Press, University of Cambridge—Press Close View the register entry >> Askesian Society Askesian Society Close View the register entry >>
Publications cited:	Itard 1802 Itard, Jean E. Marie Gaspard 1802. An Historical Account of the Discovery and Education of a Savage Man, or of the First Developments, Physical and Moral, of the Young Savage Caught in the Woods Near Aveyron, in the Year 1798, London: Richard Phillips Close View the register entry >>
A notice on the progress of stereotype printing begins with the assertion that it is 'an English invention', before discussing its adoption in Paris by Firmin Didot Didot, Firmin (1764–1836) CBD Close View the register entry >>. It is viewed as likely to become 'one of the most considerable improvements connected with Literature, which has been made since the invention of moveable types'. (185) The practices of stereotyping and its important commercial implications are discussed. A notice records that 'Messrs. Lancliffe and W. Hawkes jun. Close View the register entry >> of Newcastle upon Tyne' have achieved a heat of unparalleled intensity by the combustion of oxygen and hydrogen gas using a blowpipe.

[2] Royal Society

Subjects:

Natural History | Astronomy, Light, Heat, Instruments, Observation, Theory | Botany, Physiology, Anatomy, Theology of Nature, Wonder, Feeling, Microscopy, Cell Biology

People mentioned:

Karl F A von Schreibers, Schreibers, Karl (or Carl) Franz Anton von (1775–1852) DSB
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Close   View the register entry >> William Herschel, Herschel, Sir William (1738–1822) DSB ODNB
Close   View the register entry >> Everard Home, Home, Sir Everard, 1st Baronet (1756–1832) DSB ODNB
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Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 189–90.

France

Anon

Genre:	Reportage
Subjects:	Societies, Government, Publishing \| Societies, Government, Patronage \| Patronage, Industry, Horticulture \| Gas Chemistry, Physiology \| Medical Treatment, Measurement
People mentioned:	Jean A Chaptal, Chaptal, Jean Antoine (1756–1832) DSB Close View the register entry >> Louis B Guyton de Morveau Guyton de Morveau, Louis Bernard (1737–1816) DSB Close View the register entry >>
Institutions mentioned:	Institut Nationale, Paris, Institut Nationale, Paris Close View the register entry >> Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale, Paris Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale, Paris Close View the register entry >>

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 190–91.

Italy

Anon

Genre:	Reportage
Subjects:	Vaccination
People mentioned:	Edward Jenner Jenner, Edward (1749–1823) DSB Close View the register entry >>

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 191.

Germany

Anon

Genre:	Reportage
Subjects:	Phrenology, Lecturing, Government
An account of Franz J Gall Gall, Franz Joseph (1758–1828) DSB Close View the register entry >>'s doctrines is given in a translated extract from the Clef du Cabinet Clef du Cabinet des Souverains (1797–1805) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>.
See also:	Anon, 'III. Chronicle of Foreign Occurrences', Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 135–37

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 192.

Holland

Anon

Genre:	Reportage
Subjects:	Natural History \| Electricity
People mentioned:	Martin van Marum, Marum, Martin (Martinus) van (1750–1837) DSB Close View the register entry >> Christoph H Pfaff Pfaff, Christoph Heinrich (1773–1852) WBI Close View the register entry >>

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 192.

Spain

Anon

Genre:	Reportage, Literary Gossip
Subjects:	Botany, Exploration, Publishing
Publications cited:	Ruiz and Pavón y Jiménez 1798–1802 Ruiz, Hipólito and Pavón y Jiménez, José Antonio 1798–1802. Flora Peruviana, et Chilensis, wive descriptiones, et icones plantarum Peruvianarum, et Chilensium, secundum systema Linnaeanum digestae, cum characteribus plurium generum evulgatorum reformatis, 4 vols, [Madrid]: Typis Gabrielis de Sancha Close View the register entry >>

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Issue 4 (April 1802)

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Section: Literary Department

Subsection: III. Literary and Philosophical Intelligence, &c. &c.

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 257–58.

Great Britain

Anon

Genre:	Reportage; Literary Notice; Paper, Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Rumford 1802a, Rumford, Benjamin Thompson, Count von 1802a. 'Observations Relative to the Means of Increasing the Quantities of Heat Obtained in the Combustion of Fuel', Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, 1, 28–33 Close View the register entry >> Rumford 1802b, Rumford, Benjamin Thompson, Count von 1802b. 'On the Use of Steam as a Vehicle for Conveying Heat from one Place to Another', Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, 1, 34–45 Close View the register entry >> Cruikshank 1802, Cruikshank, John 1802. 'Observations in Answer to Dr. Priestley's Memoir in Defence of the Doctrine of Phlogiston', Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts, 2, 42–47 Close View the register entry >> Priestley 1802a, Priestley, Joseph 1802a. 'A Reply to Mr. Cruikshank's Observations in Defence of the New System of Chemistry', Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts, 1, 181–84 Close View the register entry >> Priestley 1802b Priestley, Joseph 1802b. ''Observations and Experiments Relating to the Pile of Volta', Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts, 1, 198–204 Close View the register entry >>
Publications noticed:	Haslam 1817 Haslam, John 1817. Considerations on the Moral Management of Insane Persons, London: R. Hunter Close View the register entry >> Annals of Philosophy, Natural History, Chemistry, Literature, Agriculture, and the Mechanical and Fine Arts Annals of Philosophy, Natural History, Chemistry, Literature, Agriculture, and the Mechanical and Fine Arts (1801–05) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Hospitals, Periodicals, Heat, Chemistry, Controversy, Electricity, Neurology
People mentioned:	Thomas Garnett, Garnett, Thomas (1766–1802) ODNB Close View the register entry >> Alessandro G A A Volta Volta, Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio (1745–1827) DSB Close View the register entry >>

Section: Historical Department

Subsection: I. State and Progress of Religion

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 265–68.

England

Anon

Genre:	Miscellaneous
Subjects:	Religion, Scientific Practitioners
Discussing measures brought before the House of Commons House of Commons Close View the register entry >> concerning restrictions on the clergy, considers at length the 'evil of non-residence' (266). Observes: 'We cannot concur with some individuals in regarding the promotion of science, or the gratification of curiosity, as grounds on which a parish priest can be vindicated in neglecting the most important of all human duties, the care of the souls of his parishioners [...]. The neglect of those interests, no degree of literary or philosophical attainments can compensate'. Such pursuits are nevertheless accorded 'their due commendation, and to those who engage in them, our due tribute of respect as public benefactors' (267).

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 280.

To Correspondents

Anon

Genre:	Editorial Reply
Subjects:	Religion
'We have received Letters from different Correspondents recommending, a complete separation of the religious from the merely miscellaneous Articles. One of them observes, that Vimand's Essay on the Dry Rot, inserted in our last Number, though excellent in itself, appears in its present situation "like a receipt for a Custard in a Volume of Sermons." Our Readers will see that we have attended to these suggestions in the arrangement of the present Number.'
See also:	Vimand, '[The Nature and Cure of the Dry Rot]', Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 165–68

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Issue 5 (May 1802)

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Section: Religious Communications

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 291–94.

Reply to Mr. Hume Hume, David (1711–76) DSB
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O. U. I. I, O U
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Genre:	Essay
Subjects:	Supernaturalism, Observation, Error, Cultural Geography, Electricity, Chemistry, Theology of Nature, Natural Law, Expertise
The writer argues that experience is not a proper test of credibility, since it is 'in the highest degree fluctuating and uncertain, nay, the term itself is scarcely intelligible, unless in combination with some person, age, or country, to which it refers' (291). Examples are given of natural phenomena observable only in certain parts of the world, or observed only at certain periods, like the phenomena of electricity, most of which were not observed before the previous century. A natural philosopher, it is argued, might be justified in withholding assent to the evidence on which the discovery of new physical qualities is based, but not if the evidence was such as had 'never deceived him in any other instance', however extraordinary the thing observed might be. This is not, the writer continues, an uncommon experience: 'The science of chemistry exhibits many appearances little less revolting to an uninformed mind than Miracles themselves'. Consideration is given to the objection to this argument based on the disanalogy of physical facts and miraculous phenomena. Reasoning upon 'theistical principles', it is claimed, 'Miracles are, in reality, no farther improbable in themselves than as they are unusual; in other words, there is no antecedent presumption arising from the nature of the Godhead, or the constitution of things established in the present world, which should lead us to think it unlikely that the Almighty [...] may suspend the operation of his own established laws'. Miracles require divine omnipotence no more than do the 'common operations of nature', and should consequently be judged on the same basis. (292) The biblical miracles were properly objects of observation 'to ordinary men': 'They were not like the result of many philosophical experiments, which require a scientific eye to remark, and a scientific pen to report them' (293).

Section: III. Literary and Philosophical Intelligence, &c. &c.

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 324–25.

Great Britain

Anon

Genre:	Abstract, Paper
Publications abstracted:	William H Wollaston Wollaston, William Hyde (1766–1828) DSB Close View the register entry >> , Astley P Cooper Cooper, Sir Astley Paston, 1st Baronet (1768–1841) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Chemistry, Electricity \| Physiology, Medical Treatment
People mentioned:	Alessandro G A A Volta Volta, Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio (1745–1827) DSB Close View the register entry >>

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 325–26.

France

Anon

Genre:	Abstract; Literary Gossip, Reportage
Publications abstracted:	Dominique Villars Villars, Dominique (1745–1814) WBI Close View the register entry >> Huber and Senebier 1801 Huber, François and Senebier, Jean 1801. Mémoires sur l'influence de l'air et de diverses substances gazeuses dans la germination de différentes graines, Geneva: J. J. Paschoud Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Measurement, Physical Geography \| Authorship, Patronage \| Horticulture \| Botany, Physiology, Gas Chemistry
People mentioned:	Hippocrates of Cos Hippocrates of Cos (460–370 BC) DSB Close View the register entry >>
Publications cited:	Bulletin des Sciences, [Nouveau] Bulletin des Sciences par la Société Philomathique de Paris (1791–1833) Extrait des Procès-Verbaux des Séances, Société Philomathique de Paris (1836–63) Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris (1864–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >> Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts (1797–1813) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 326.

Spain

Anon

Genre:	Abstract; Literary Gossip; Reportage
Publications abstracted:	Joseph L Proust Proust, Joseph Louis (1754–1826) DSB Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Chemistry, Nutrition \| Natural History, Exploration, Publishing \| Observatories, Instruments
People mentioned:	Per Löfling, Löfling, Per (1729–56) WBI Close View the register entry >> Antonio J Cavanilles, Cavanilles, Antonio José (1745–1804) DSB Close View the register entry >> William Herschel Herschel, Sir William (1738–1822) DSB ODNB Close View the register entry >>
Institutions mentioned:	Observatorio Real de Cadiz Observatorio Real de Cadiz Close View the register entry >>
Publications cited:	Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts (1797–1813) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 326–27.

Italy

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Giovacchino Carradori Carradori, Giovacchino (1758–1818) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts (1797–1813) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Botany, Physiology, Gas Chemistry

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 327.

Germany

Anon

Genre:	Reportage; Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Jean A Deluc Deluc, Jean André (1727–1817) DSB Close View the register entry >> , Berlinische Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde Neue Schriften Berlinische Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde Neue Schriften (1794–1803) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Electricity, Electrochemistry \| Light
People mentioned:	Alessandro G A A Volta Volta, Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio (1745–1827) DSB Close View the register entry >>
Publications cited:	Philosophical Magazine Philosophical Magazine (1798–1832) London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine (1832–40) London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine (1840–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 327.

Russia

Anon

Genre:	Reportage
Subjects:	Astronomy, Observatories, Instruments
Institutions mentioned:	Imperial Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg—Observatory Imperial Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg—Observatory Close View the register entry >>

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 327.

Sweden

Anon

Genre:	Reportage
Subjects:	Government, Patronage, Education, Museums, Astronomy, Observatories
People mentioned:	King Gustav IV Adolf, Gustav IV Adolf, King of Sweden (1778–1837) CBD Close View the register entry >> Fredrik Hasselquist, Hasselquist (or Hasselqvist), Fredrik (1722–52) WBI Close View the register entry >> Daniel C Solander Solander, Daniel Carl (1733–82) DSB Close View the register entry >>
Publications cited:	Maupertuis 1738 Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau de 1738. La figure de la terre: determinée par les observations de messieurs De Maupertuis, Clairaut, Camus, Le Monnier, de l'Académie royale des sciences, & de M. l'abbé Outhier, correspondant de la même académie, accompagnés de M. Celsius, professeur d'astronomie à Upsal: faites par ordre du roi au cercle polaire, Amsterdam: Jean Catuffe Close View the register entry >>

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 328.

List of New Publications [2/2]Anon, 'IV. List of New Publications', Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 128

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Anon

Genre:	List, Serial
Subjects:	Exploration

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 343–44.

Answer to Correspondents

Anon

Genre:	Editorial Reply
Subjects:	Vaccination
People mentioned:	Edward Jenner Jenner, Edward (1749–1823) DSB Close View the register entry >>
Replies to a letter from 'A Friend to Humanity' Friend to Humanity, A Close View the register entry >> pointing out mistakes in the Christian Observer Christian Observer (1802–77) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >> on the subject.
See also:	Anon, 'Great Britain', Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 35–37, Anon, 'Denmark', Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 44

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Issue 6 (June 1802)

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Section: Miscellaneous

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 358–60.

Proposal for a Further Voyage to Discover the North-West Passage from the Altantic to the Pacific Ocean

Anglicanus Anglicanus
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Genre:	Letter
Subjects:	Exploration, Hydrography, Commerce, Government, Patronage, Discovery
People mentioned:	Martin Frobisher, Frobisher, Sir Martin (1535?–94) ODNB Close View the register entry >> Henry Hudson, Hudson, Henry (c. 1550–1611) ODNB CBD Close View the register entry >> Constantine J Phipps (Baron Mulgrave), Phipps, Constantine John, 2nd Baron Mulgrave in the peerage of Ireland and Baron Mulgrave in the peerage of Great Britain (1744–92) ODNB Close View the register entry >> James Cook, Cook, James (1728–79) DSB Close View the register entry >> John Meares, Meares, John (1756?–1809) ODNB Close View the register entry >> Francis Drake, Drake, Sir Francis (1540–96) ODNB Close View the register entry >> Benjamin Franklin, Franklin, Benjamin (1706–90) DSB Close View the register entry >> Lorenzo de Maldonada Maldonada, Lorenzo de (fl. 1598) CO1/6a/1 Close View the register entry >>
Institutions mentioned:	Princess Royal, ship, Princess Royal, ship Close View the register entry >> Académie des Sciences, Paris, Académie des Sciences, Paris Close View the register entry >> Messrs Meares, Etches, and Company Meares, Etches, and Company (Messrs), firm Close View the register entry >>
The author reviews attempts to find a north-west passage, before proposing that the Admiralty Admiralty Close View the register entry >> and the merchant navy should make a concerted effort from the two coasts of North America. The comments are, according to the writer, informed by several conversations with Mr Wilby Wilby, Mr (fl. 1802) CO1/6a/1 Close View the register entry >>, who was one of those who accompanied John Meares Meares, John (1756?–1809) ODNB Close View the register entry >> on his voyage of 1786.

Section: Literary and Philosophical Intelligence, &c. &c.

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 392–94.

Great Britain

Anon

Genre:	Literary Notice; Reportage; Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Thomas Pownall Pownall, Thomas (1722–1805) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Philosophical Magazine Philosophical Magazine (1798–1832) London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine (1832–40) London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine (1840–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >> , Humphry Davy Davy, Sir Humphry, Baronet (1778–1829) DSB ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain (1800–03) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Publications noticed:	Hutton, Shaw and Pearson eds. 1809 Hutton Charles, Shaw, George, and Pearson, Richard, eds 1809. The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, from their Commencement, in 1665, to the year 1800: Abridged, with Notes and Biographical Illustrations, 18 vols, London: C. and R. Baldwin Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Periodicals \| Death, Statistics \| Surgery \| Vaccination \| Light \| Gas Chemistry \| Nationalism, Mineralogy, Societies \| Astronomy, Discovery, Observation
People mentioned:	Robert Hamilton, Hamilton, Robert (1749–1830) ODNB Close View the register entry >> Isaac Newton, Newton, Sir Isaac (1642–1727) DSB Close View the register entry >> Giuseppe Piazzi, Piazzi, Giuseppe (1746–1826) DSB Close View the register entry >> Heinrich W M Olbers, Olbers, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias (1758–1840) DSB Close View the register entry >> William Herschel Herschel, Sir William (1738–1822) DSB ODNB Close View the register entry >>
Institutions mentioned:	Bloomsbury Dispensary, Bloomsbury Dispensary Close View the register entry >> British Mineralogical Society British Mineralogical Society Close View the register entry >>

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 394–95.

France

Anon

Genre:	Literary Gossip; Reportage; Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Lalande 1801 Lalande, Jérôme de 1801. Histoire céleste Française, contenant les observations faites par plusiers astronomes Français, Paris: l'Imprimerie de la République Close View the register entry >>
Publications noticed:	Georg, Freiherr von Vega Vega, Georg Freiherr von (1754–1802) WBI Close View the register entry >> Callet 1795 Callet, François 1795. Table of the Logarithms of Sines and Tangents, for Every Second, of the First Five Degrees, and of the Sines, Cosines, Tangents and Cotangents for Every Ten Seconds of the Quadrant, Paris: Firmin Didot Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Discovery, Invention, Astronomy \| Mathematics \| Naturalists
People mentioned:	Joseph J L de Lalande, Lalande, Joseph-Jérôme Lefrançais de (1732–1807) DSB Close View the register entry >>Joseph Priestley, Priestley, Joseph (1733–1804) DSB Close View the register entry >>William Herschel, Herschel, Sir William (1738–1822) DSB ODNB Close View the register entry >>Pytor S Pallas Pallas, Pytor Simon (1741–1811) DSB Close View the register entry >>
Institutions mentioned:	Institut Nationale, Paris Institut Nationale, Paris Close View the register entry >>

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 395.

Spain

Anon

Genre:	Reportage
Subjects:	Medical Treatment
Reports that 'The vaccine inoculation gains ground in this country; above 7000 persons [...] were inoculated in Catolonia, [...] the inoculation has been attended with complete success' (395).

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 395.

Germany

Anon

Genre:	Literary Gossip; Reportage
Subjects:	Periodicals, Botany
Publications cited:	Journal für die Botanik Journal für die Botanik (1799–1803) Neues Journal für die Botanik (1806–10) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Notes that 'Dr Schrader Schrader, Heinrich Adolf (1767–1836) WBI Close View the register entry >>, of Gottingen, has begun a journal in Latin and German, appropriated to the most important discoveries in the science of vegetables' (395).

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 395.

Turkey

Anon

Genre:	Reportage
Subjects:	Medical Treatment, Medical Practitioners, Disease
People mentioned:	Dr Hesse, Hesse, Dr (mentioned 1802) CO1/1/6b/6 Close View the register entry >>Dr Scott, Scott, Dr (mentioned 1802) CO1/1/6b/6 Close View the register entry >>Dr Pezzoni Pezzoni, Dr (mentioned 1802) CO1/1/6b/6 Close View the register entry >>
Reports that 'The vaccine inoculation has found its way even into Turkey [...] the ideas of predestination entertained by the Turks, and which have prevented them from adopting the inoculation of the small-pox [...] have given way in favour of the vaccine' (395).

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 395–96.

South America

Anon

Genre:	Reportage; Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Alexander von Humboldt Humboldt, Alexander von (Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von) (1769–1859) DSB Close View the register entry >>, Bulletin des Sciences [Nouveau] Bulletin des Sciences par la Société Philomathique de Paris (1791–1833) Extrait des Procès-Verbaux des Séances, Société Philomathique de Paris (1836–63) Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris (1864–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>, Nicolas L Vauquelin Vauquelin, Nicolas Louis (1763–1829) DSB Close View the register entry >>, Bulletin des Sciences [Nouveau] Bulletin des Sciences par la Société Philomathique de Paris (1791–1833) Extrait des Procès-Verbaux des Séances, Société Philomathique de Paris (1836–63) Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris (1864–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Medical Treatment \| Geography, Natural History, Navigation \| Ethnology, Chemistry
People mentioned:	Benjamin Thompson (Count von Rumford), Thompson, Sir Benjamin, Count von Rumford (1753–1814) ODNB Close View the register entry >>Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin (1706–90) DSB Close View the register entry >>
Publications cited:	Philosophical Magazine Philosophical Magazine (1798–1832) London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine (1832–40) London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine (1840–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 396–97.

List of New Publications

Anon

Genre:	List
Subjects:	Mapping, Exploration

Section: View of Public Affairs

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 399.

Germany

Anon

Genre:	Reportage, Gossip
Subjects:	Anatomy, Lectures, Politics,
Reports that 'An unusual degree of jealous vigilance, seems to be exercised at Vienna, over the books which are published or imported, as well as the lectures which are delivered at that city. A spy attends the course of each professor. None but strangers are permitted to be present at Mr. Gall's Gall, Franz Joseph (1758–1828) DSB Close View the register entry >> lectures on Sculls [sic]' (399).

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Issue 7 (July 1802)

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Section: Religious Communications

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 427–28.

Extracts from the Common-Place Book of a Country Clergyman [6/8]

Anon

Genre:	Serial
Subjects:	Feeling, Temperance
People mentioned:	William Paley Paley, William (1743–1805) DSB Close View the register entry >>
Publications cited:	Paley 1794 Paley, William 1794. A View of the Evidences of Christianity, London: R. Faulder Close View the register entry >>
In discussing whether it is improper to express emotion or elation of spirits, asks, 'Why may not the Christian be allowed his eureka as well as Archimedes Archimedes (c. 287–212 BC) DSB Close View the register entry >>?' (428).

Section: Literary and Philosophical Intelligence, &c. &c.

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 453–57.

Great Britain

Anon

Genre:	Literary Gossip; Reportage; Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Transactions of the Society, Instituted at London, for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce Transactions of the Society, Instituted at London, for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (1783–1850) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Publications noticed:	Paley 1802 Paley, William 1802. Natural Theology; or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity: Collected from the Appearances of Nature, [London]: R. Faulder Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Natural Theology \| Invention, Technology \| Agriculture, Chemistry, Technology, Hospitals
People mentioned:	Samuel Bentham, Bentham, Samuel (1757–1831) WBI Close View the register entry >>George O Paul Paul, Sir George Onesiphorus, 2nd Baronet (1746–1820) WBI Close View the register entry >>
Describes the recently invented 'Floating Water Mill' which is 'stationed upon the Thames, between Blackfriars and London Bridges' (454). Lists the contents of volume nineteen of the Transactions of the Society of Arts.

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 457.

France

Anon

Genre:	Literary Gossip, Reportage
Subjects:	Astronomy, Navigation
People mentioned:	Joseph J L de Lalande Lalande, Joseph-Jérôme Lefrançais de (1732–1807) DSB Close View the register entry >>
Institutions mentioned:	Bureau des Longitude, Paris Bureau des Longitude, Paris Close View the register entry >>

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 457–58.

Italy

Anon

Genre:	Literary Gossip; Reportage
Subjects:	Libraries, Ancient Authorities, Publishing
States that 'Mr Haiter Haiter, Mr (Librarian to the Prince of Wales) (fl. 1802) CO1/1/7b/3 Close View the register entry >>, Librarian to the Prince of Wales George IV, King of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover (1762–1830) ODNB Close View the register entry >>, is employed at Palermo, in unfolding the Papyrus volumes found in Herculaneum Herculaneum Close View the register entry >>. He has discovered the Treatise of EPICURUS Epicurus (341–270 BC) DSB Close View the register entry >> on the Nature of Things, which has been hitherto known only as the basis of the Poem of Lucretius Lucretius (c. 95–c. 55 BC) DSB Close View the register entry >>. This undertaking is at the expense of his Royal Highness. Ten persons are employed under Mr. Haiter, in unfolding MSS.' (457)

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 458–59.

List of New Publications

Anon

Genre:	List
Subjects:	Mapping, Exploration, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Disease
People mentioned:	Francis Bacon (1st Viscount St Alban), Bacon, Francis, 1st Viscount St Alban (1561–1626) DSB ODNB Close View the register entry >>Benjamin Thompson (Count von Rumford), Thompson, Sir Benjamin, Count von Rumford (1753–1814) ODNB Close View the register entry >>Humphry Davy, Davy, Sir Humphry, Baronet (1778–1829) DSB ODNB Close View the register entry >>L B Guyton de Morveau, Guyton de Morveau, Louis Bernard (1737–1816) DSB Close View the register entry >> William Heberden Heberden, William, the elder (1710–1801) ODNB Close View the register entry >>
Publications cited:	Bacon 1620, Bacon, Francis 1620. Instauratio magna, London: Joannem Billium typographum regium Close View the register entry >>Rumford 1802c, Rumford, Benjamin Thompson, Count von 1802c. Philosophical Papers; Being a Collection of Memoirs, Dissertations, and Experimental Investigations, Relating to Various Branches of Natural Philosophy and Mechanics, Vol. 1, London: T.Cadell Jun. & W.Davies Close View the register entry >>Davy 1802, Davy, Humphry 1802. A Discourse Introductory to a Course of Lectures on Chemistry, Delivered in the Theatre of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, on the 21st of January, 1802, London: Royal Institution Close View the register entry >>Guyton de Morveau 1802, Guyton de Morveau, Louis Bernard 1802. A Treatise on the Means of Purifying Infected Air, of Preventing Contagion, and Arresting its Progress, trans. by Robert Hall, London: T. Hurst Close View the register entry >>Heberden1802 Heberden, William 1802. Commentaries on the History and Cure of Diseases, London: T. Payne Close View the register entry >>

Section: View of Public Affairs

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 465.

Netherlands

Anon

Genre:	Reportage
Subjects:	Disease, Epidemiology
Reports that 'An epidemic putrid fever' continues to ravage Brussels. States: 'According to the opinion of the physicians, this fever is marked by some pestilential characteristics, and they are not yet able to class it amongst the known maladies'.

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Issue 8 (August 1802)

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Section: Religious Communications

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 503.

[Christian Burial in the Case of Suicide]

O O
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Genre:	Letter
Subjects:	Mental Illness
In a letter concerning whether or not those who commit suicide should be given a Christian burial, the writer states: 'I have also known of instances of clergymen refusing altogether to give Christian burial in such case notwithstanding a verdict of insanity. I should be glad to know what right a Coroner has to lay his commands on the clergy' (503).

Section: Literary and Philosophical Intelligence, &c. &c.

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 531–32.

Great Britain

Anon

Genre:	Literary Gossip; Reportage; Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Englefield 1802 Englefield, Henry Charles 1802. 'Experiments on the Separation of Light and Heat by Refraction', Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, 1, 202–08 Close View the register entry >>
Publications noticed:	Accum 1803 Accum, Friedrich 1803. A System of Theoretical and Practical Chemistry, Edinburgh: Bell and Bradfute; Glasgow: Brash and Reid; Dublin: Archer and Colbert Close View the register entry >>Leslie 1804 Leslie, John 1804. An Experimental Inquiry into the Nature and Propagation of Heat, London: J. Mawman Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Chemistry \| Heat, Light, Physics \| Climatology
People mentioned:	Friedrich C Accum, Accum, Friedrich Christian (1769–1838) DSB Close View the register entry >>John Leslie, Leslie, Sir John (1766–1832) DSB ODNB Close View the register entry >>Henry C Englefield, Englefield, Sir Henry Charles, 7th baronet (1752–1822) ODNB Close View the register entry >>John F W Herschel Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792–1871) DSB ODNB Close View the register entry >>
States that a gentleman in Birmingham has 'invented a new barometer [...] which, by certain combinations of wheel-machinery, points out the most minute variation in the gravity of the atmosphere' (532). Reports that 'Sir H.C. Englefield has made some accurate experiments [...] in consequence of Herschel's interesting discovery of the separation of solar heat and light by the prism, and which appears to be a complete confirmation of the truth and accuracy of Dr. Herschel's assertions on that subject' (532).

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 532–33.

France

Anon

Genre:	Literary Gossip; Reportage; Abstract
Subjects:	Vaccination, Institutions \| Disease, Government, Patronage \| Experiment, Electricity, Government, Patronage, Internationalism
People mentioned:	Alessandro G A A Volta, Volta, Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio (1745–1827) DSB Close View the register entry >> Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin (1706–90) DSB Close View the register entry >>
Institutions mentioned:	Comité Central de Vaccine, Paris Comité Central de Vaccine, Paris Close View the register entry >>
Gives an overview of the account given by the Comité Central de Vaccine concerning uptake of the small pox vaccine in France. Reports on the French response to the 'reward given by the British parliament Houses of Parliament Close View the register entry >> to Dr. J. C. Smith Smith, Dr J C (fl. 1802) CO1/1/8b/2 Close View the register entry >>, for his discovery of the efficacy of the nitrous acid fumigation in purifying infectious air. The French Minister for the interior Jean A Chaptal Chaptal, Jean Antoine (1756–1832) DSB Close View the register entry >> asserts that 'Guyton Morveau Guyton de Morveau, Louis Bernard (1737–1816) DSB Close View the register entry >> pointed out, in 1783, the use of fumigations by muriatic acid in purifying corrupted air'. Later 'Bonaparte Napoleon I, Emperor of France (1769–1821) CBD Close View the register entry >> has signified that it is his intention to propose a prize medal [...] for the best experiment which shall be made every year upon the galvanic fluid; and also the sum of 60,000 francs, to such persons as shall promote electricity and galvanism [...]. Foreigners of all nations may be competitors'. (533)

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 533.

Spain

Anon

Genre:	Reportage
Subjects:	Instruments, Astronomy, Exploration, Navigation
Reports that the court in Madrid has sent 'two learned men' to visit England 'for the purpose of purchasing mathematical and astronomical instruments' before setting out to make 'discoveries in the interior of Africa'. (533)

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 533.

America

Anon

Genre:	Reportage
Subjects:	Vaccination
Reports on the vaccination against smallpox of 'Indian' tribal chiefs. (533)

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 534–35.

List of New Publications

Anon

Genre:	List
Subjects:	Textbooks, Chemistry, Medical Treatment, Anatomy, Botany, Comparative Anatomy, Vaccination, Mapping, Geology

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Issue 9 (September 1802)

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Section: Miscellaneous

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 574–77.

[Death of Voltaire]

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Genre:	Letter, Introduction; Extract
Publications extracted:	Barruel 1797–98 Barruel, Augustin 1797–98. Memoirs, Illustrating the History of Jacobinism, 4 vols, London: E. Booker Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Unbelief, Religion, Humanism, Medical Practitioners
People mentioned:	François M A de Voltaire Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de (1694–1778) DSB Close View the register entry >>
Extracts an account of the death of Voltaire so that readers may have the 'opportunity of contemplating the end of a man whose life was unremittingly employed in the endeavours to crush Christ and his cause' (574). The extract claims that a number of 'conspirators', including Jean Le R d'Alembert Alembert, Jean Le Rond d' (1717–83) DSB Close View the register entry >> and Denis Diderot Diderot, Denis (1713–84) DSB Close View the register entry >>, scuppered Voltaire's attempt to confess his sins before he died. States that 'his physicians, particularly M. Tronchin Tronchin, Théodor (1709–81) WBI Close View the register entry >>, calling in to administer relief, thunderstruck, retire[d], declaring the death of the impious man to be terrible indeed' (576).

Section: Literary and Philosophical Intelligence, &c. &c.

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 601–02.

Great Britain

Anon

Genre:	Literary Gossip; Reportage; Abstract
Publications noticed:	Wittman 1803 Wittman, William 1803. Travels in Turkey, Asia Minor, Syria, and across the Desert into Egypt During the Years 1799, 1800, and 1801, in Company with the Turkish Army, and the British Military Mission: To Which are Annexed, Observations on the Plague, and on the Diseases Prevalent in Turkey, and a Meteorological Journal, London: R. Phillips Close View the register entry >> Bingley 1803 Bingley, William 1803. Animal Biography; or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners, and Economy, of the Animal Creation, Arranged According to the System of Linnaeus, 3 vols, London: Richard Phillips Close View the register entry >>Cavallo 1803 Cavallo, Tiberius 1803. The Elements of Natural or Experimental Philosophy, London: T. Cadell and W. Davies Close View the register entry >>Smith 1815 Smith, William 1815. A Delineation of the Strata of England and Wales, With Part of Scotland; Exhibiting the Collieries and Mines, the Marshes and Fen Lands Originally Overflowed by the Sea, and the Varieties of Soil According to the Variations in the Substrata, Illustrated by the Most Descriptive Names, London: J. Cary Close View the register entry >>Fourcroy 1804 Fourcroy, Antoine François de 1804. General System of Chemical Knowledge; and its Application to the Phenomena of Nature and Art, trans. by William Nicholson, 11 vols, London: Cadell and Davies Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Meteorology, Disease \| Natural History, Creationism, Zoology \| Stratigraphy, Geology \| Chemistry
Reports: 'Mr William Smith Smith, William (1769–1839) DSB Close View the register entry >> proposes to publish by subscription, in 1 vol. 4to. accurate Delineations and Descriptions of the Natural Order of the various Strata in England and Wales' (602).

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 602–03.

France

Anon

Genre:	Literary Gossip; Reportage
Subjects:	Astronomy
People mentioned:	Pierre F A Mechain Méchain, Pierre-François-André (1744–1804) DSB Close View the register entry >>
Institutions mentioned:	Bureau des Longitude, Paris Bureau des Longitude, Paris Close View the register entry >>

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 603.

North America

Anon

Genre:	Reportage
Subjects:	Disease
Reports: 'Dr Parke Parke, Thomas (1749–1835) WBI Close View the register entry >>, of Philadelphia, is said to have perfectly cured two persons of pulmonary consumptions, by means of salivation' (603).

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 603–05.

List of New Publications

Anon

Genre:	List
Subjects:	Textbooks, Chemistry, Mathematics, Exploration

Section: View of Public Affairs

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 614–18.

Great Britain

Anon

Genre:

Reportage

[2] Proceedings in Parliament

Subjects:	Vaccination, Discovery
Reports that on 2 June 1802, '[I]n a committee of Supply, the sum of £10,000 was voted to Dr. Jenner Jenner, Edward (1749–1823) DSB Close View the register entry >>, for the discovery of the vaccine inoculation' (615).

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Issue 10 (October 1802)

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Section: Literary and Philosophical Intelligence, &c. &c.

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 663–64.

Great Britain

Anon

Genre:	Literary Gossip; Reportage; Abstract
Publications noticed:	Cavallo 1803 Cavallo, Tiberius 1803. The Elements of Natural or Experimental Philosophy, London: T. Cadell and W. Davies Close View the register entry >>Black 1803 Black, Joseph 1803. Lectures on the Elements of Chemistry, Delivered in the University of Edinburgh, ed. by John Robison, London: Longman and Rees; Edinburgh: W. Creech Close View the register entry >>Garnett 1804 Garnett, Thomas 1804. Popular Lectures on Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease, London: Royal Institution of Great Britain Close View the register entry >>Sowerby 180[2]–17 Sowerby, James 180[2]–17. British Mineralogy; or, Coloured Figures Intended to Elucidate the Mineralogy of Great Britain, 5 vols, London: privately published Close View the register entry >>Pascal 1803 Pascal, Blaise 1803. Thoughts on Religion, and Other Important Subjects: To Which are Added Memoirs of his Life and Writings, London: Samuel Bagster Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Natural Philosophy \| Chemistry \| Natural History \| Mathematics, Physics, Religion \| Hospitals, Mental Illness
People mentioned:	Joseph Priestley, Priestley, Joseph (1733–1804) DSB Close View the register entry >>Thomas Garnett Garnett, Thomas (1766–1802) ODNB Close View the register entry >>
Publications cited:	Annals of Philosophy, Natural History, Chemistry, Literature, Agriculture, and the Mechanical and Fine Arts Annals of Philosophy, Natural History, Chemistry, Literature, Agriculture, and the Mechanical and Fine Arts (1801–05) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Reports that the skeleton of a mammoth found in Orange County, New York State, is being exhibited in London. Reports that the Corporation of London Corporation of London Close View the register entry >> intends to 'remove Bethlem Hospital Bethlehem Royal Hospital Close View the register entry >>, and on its site to build a new square'. (663).
See also:	Anon, 'America', Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 127

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 664–65.

France

Anon

Genre:	Literary Gossip; Reportage; Abstract
Subjects:	Creationism, Geology, Astrology, Astronomy, Ancient Authorities
People mentioned:	Jean A De Luc Deluc, Jean André (1727–1817) DSB Close View the register entry >>
Publications cited:	Gazette Nationale, Close View the register entry >>Philosophical Magazine Close View the register entry >>
Outlines De Luc's refutation of the claim that a better understanding of the age of the Earth will result from the recent discovery of Egyptian zodiacs. States that accounts of the Zodiac's discovery published in the Gazette Nationale state that 'it is "certain" [...] that the present division of the zodiac, such as we are acquainted with, was established among the Egyptians 15,000 years before the Christian æra' (664).

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 666–67.

List of New Publications

Anon

Genre:	List
Subjects:	Vaccination, Exploration, Natural History, Botany, Textbooks

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Issue 11 (November 1802)

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Section: Religious Communications

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 702–06.

An Enquiry into the Nature and Tendency of the Education which the Clergy Receiving English Universities

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Genre:	Essay
Subjects:	Education, Universities, Mathematics, Natural Philosophy
People mentioned:	Isaac Newton, Newton, Sir Isaac (1642–1727) DSB Close View the register entry >>Plato, Plato (428–348/7 BC) DSB Close View the register entry >>Euclid, Euclid (fl. 295 BC) DSB Close View the register entry >>Jonathan Swift, Swift, Jonathan (1667–1745) ODNB Close View the register entry >>Abraham de Moivre, Moivre, Abraham de (1667–1754) DSB Close View the register entry >>Edward Waring Waring, Edward (1736–98) DSB Close View the register entry >>
States: 'By that part of mixed mathematics which relates to the laws and operations of nature, the mind is expanded and taught to discover order and beauty amidst seeming confusion and deformity. The utility of natural philosophy, in every department of life, is too well known at this time, when it claims at least its proper share of attention, to require any elucidation. Yet if this part of science, explaining the wisdom and power of the Creator, be studied, must young men, designed for the ministration of the Gospel, dive into the very depths of pure mathematics? What is their use almost in any case; and in particular, what relation have they to theological pursuits? [...] for generally a person earnestly engaged in the deeper parts of mathematics seldom turns to other studies, or, if he do, it is with a relaxed mind and a divided attention' (704–05).

Section: Literary and Philosophical Intelligence, &c. &c.

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 738–40.

Great Britain

Anon

Genre:	Literary Gossip; Reportage; Abstract
Publications noticed:	Cavallo 1803 Cavallo, Tiberius 1803. The Elements of Natural or Experimental Philosophy, London: T. Cadell and W. Davies Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Mathematics \| Creationism, Astronomy, Astrology \| Chemistry
People mentioned:	Thomas Simpson, Simpson, Thomas (1710–61) ODNB Close View the register entry >>Jean A De Luc, Deluc, Jean André (1727–1817) DSB Close View the register entry >>François M A de Voltaire, Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de (1694–1778) DSB Close View the register entry >>Jacob Bryant, Bryant, Jacob (1717–1804) ODNB Close View the register entry >> William Jones, Jones, Sir William (1746–94) ODNB Close View the register entry >>Thomas Maurice Maurice, Thomas (1754–1824) ODNB Close View the register entry >>
Institutions mentioned:	Society of Arts Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce Close View the register entry >>
Publications cited:	Simpson 1805 Simpson, Thomas 1805. The Doctrine and Application of Fluxions Containing (Besides What is Common on the Subject) a Number of New Improvements in the Theory, and the Solutions of a Variety of New and Very Interesting Problems in Different Branches of the Mathematics. To Which is Prefixed an Account of his Life, ed. by William Davis, London: H. D. Symonds Close View the register entry >>
Reports that Samuel Henley Henley, Samuel (1740–1815) ODNB Close View the register entry >> has printed a 'learned investigation' into the French interpretation of the recently discovered Egyptian zodiacs, in which he 'clearly proves, in opposition to the report of M. Fourrier Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph (1768–1830) DSB Close View the register entry >> [sic], that this zodiac is a heiroglyphical representation of the reformation of the Roman year by Julius Cæsar Caesar, Julius (Gaius Julius) (100–44 BC) ODNB Close View the register entry >>, and of the correction of the Egyptian year by that standard. [...] "Where now," he asks with allowable severity, "are the 15,000 years before Christ of the learned Fourrier?"' (738). Relates that '[a] composition lately noted by Mr. Davy Davy, Sir Humphry, Baronet (1778–1829) DSB ODNB Close View the register entry >>, as fit for tinging oak or pear wood of mahogany colour, is made by boiling together Brazil-wood and Roman-alum; to which, before it is applied to the wood, a little pot-ash is to be added. A durable varnish is formed, he says, from a solution of amber in oil of turpentine, mixed with a little linseed oil' (739).
See also:	Anon, 'France', Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 664–65

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 740–41.

France

Anon

Genre:	Literary Gossip; Reportage; Abstract
Subjects:	Electricity \| Natural History, Museums, Publishing, Periodicals, Botany, Education
People mentioned:	René-Just Hauy, Hauy, René-Just (1743–1822) WBI Close View the register entry >> Antoine F de Fourcroy, Fourcroy, Antoine François de (1755–1809) DSB Close View the register entry >>Adolphe T Brongniart, Brongniart, Adolphe-Théodore (1801–76) DSB Close View the register entry >>René L Desfontaines, Desfontaines, René Louiche (1750–1833) WBI Close View the register entry >>Antoine-L de Jussieu, Jussieu, Antoine-Laurent de (1748–1836) DSB Close View the register entry >>Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Étienne (1772–1844) DSB Close View the register entry >>Bernard G E de la Ville-Sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède, Lacépède, Bernard-Germain-Étienne de la Ville-Sur-Illon, comte de (1756–1825) DSB Close View the register entry >>Jean B P A de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck, Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de (1744–1829) DSB Close View the register entry >>Antoine Portal, Portal, Antoine, baron (1742–1832) WBI Close View the register entry >>Jean-Claude Mertrud, Mertrud, Jean-Claude (1728–1802) Le Guyader 2004 Close View the register entry >>André Thouin, Thouin, André (1747–1824) DSB Close View the register entry >>Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond, Faujas de Saint-Fond, Barthélemy (1741–1819) WBI Close View the register entry >>Gérard Van Spaendonck, Van Spaendonck, Gérard (1746–1822) WBI Close View the register entry >>Georges Cuvier Cuvier, Georges (1769–1832) DSB Close View the register entry >>
Institutions mentioned:	Société Galvanique, Paris Société Galvanique, Paris Close View the register entry >>
States that 'Aldini Aldini, Giovanni (1762–1834) DSB Close View the register entry >>, the nephew of Galvini Galvani, Luigi (1737–98) DSB Close View the register entry >>[sic], now at Paris, still persists in asserting the peculiarity of the Galvanic fluid, and obstinately denies it to be, as Volta Volta, Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio (1745–1827) DSB Close View the register entry >> seemed to have demonstrated, merely a modification of electricity' (740). Reports that 'A large telescope, of twenty-two French feet in length, and twenty-two inches in diameter, is nearly finished. Its mechanism is such, that it will turn with great ease and will not require to be exposed to open air. The mirror [...] is of extraordinary clearness and purity: it is, however, not wholly of platina, as was first proposed' (741). Reports that it has 'been resolved to institute, at Paris a kind of continuation of the celebrated Memoirs of the Academy of Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences (1699–1790) BUCOP Close View the register entry >> Sciences Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences (1699–1790) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>under the title Annals of the National Museum of Natural History Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (1802–13) Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle (1815–32) Nouvelles Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle; ou, Recueil de Mémoires (1832–35) Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (1839–61) Nouvelles Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (1865–1900+) COPAC Close View the register entry >>' (741). Later lists the professors of the museum who are engaged in this undertaking.

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 742.

Italy

Anon

Genre:	Literary Gossip; Reportage; Abstract
Subjects:	Vaccination
Reports that 'the vaccine practice is extending in Italy in an astonishing manner. By its means the fatal ravages of small-pox have been stopped in the department of Mella [...]. During the last three months 12,000 persons have undergone the operation'.

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 742–44.

List of New Publications

Anon

Genre:	List
Publications noticed:	Bacon 1802 Bacon, Francis 1802. The Miscellaneous Writings of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, and Lord High Chancellor of England, in Philosophy, Morality and Religion. Now First Collected into One Volume, London: M. Jones, and H. D. Symonds Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Exploration \| Statistics, Mapping

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Issue 12 (December 1802)

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Section: Religious Communications

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 771–772.

[Christian Burial in the Case of Suicide]

O O
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Genre:	Letter
Subjects:	Mental Illness
A letter concerning whether those who commit suicide due to 'insanity' should be given a Christian burial. The writer quotes examples from coroners' certificates.
See also:	O, '[Christian Burial in the Case of Suicide]', Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 503

Section: Miscellaneous

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 787.

Anecdote

Anon

Genre:	Miscellaneous
Subjects:	Mathematics, Scientific Practitioners, Piety
Institutions mentioned:	Royal Society, Royal Society of London Close View the register entry >>Académie des Sciences, Paris Académie des Sciences, Paris Close View the register entry >>
Gives a brief account of the life of Abraham de Moivre Moivre, Abraham de (1667–1754) DSB Close View the register entry >>. States that 'He could never endure any bold assertions or indecent witticisms against religion. A person one day thought to pay him a compliment by observing, that mathematicians were attached to no religion. He answered, "I show you, Sir, that I am Christian, by forgiving the speech you have now made"' (787).

Section: Literary and Philosophical Intelligence, &c. &c.

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 806–08.

Great Britain

Anon

Genre:	Literary Gossip; Reportage; Abstract
Publications noticed:	Aldini 1803 Aldini, Giovanni 1803. An Account of the Late Improvements in Galvanism: With a Series of Curious and Interesting Experiments Performed Before the Commissioners of the French National Institute, and Repeated Lately in the Anatomical Theatres of London. To Which is Added, an Appendix, Containing the Author's Experiments on the Body of a Malefactor Executed at Newgate, London: Cuthell and Martin & J. Murray Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Electricity, Medical Treatment \| Natural History, Ethnology, Botany
People mentioned:	William Hyde Wollaston Wollaston, William Hyde (1766–1828) DSB Close View the register entry >>
Institutions mentioned:	Istituto delle Scienze e delle Arti, Bologna, Istituto delle Scienze e delle Arti, Bologna Close View the register entry >>Royal Society, Royal Society of London Close View the register entry >>Institut Nationale, Paris, Institut Nationale, Paris Close View the register entry >>University of Oxford University of Oxford Close View the register entry >>
Describes the experiments and work of Aldini Aldini, Giovanni (1762–1834) DSB Close View the register entry >> on Galvanism recently presented to the Royal Society and at Oxford (807). Reports that 'Messrs.Cripps Cripps, John Marten (1780–1853) ODNB Close View the register entry >> and Clarke Clarke, Edward Daniel (1769–1822) DSB Close View the register entry >> of Jesus College Cambridge Jesus College, Cambridge Close View the register entry >>' have returned after their travels to Lapland. States: 'The collection formed by these gentlemen is contained in 183 cases [...]. The botanic part contains the herbage of the celebrated Pallas Pallas, Pytor Simon (1741–1811) DSB Close View the register entry >>, enriched by the contributions of Linnaeus Linnaeus (or von Linné), Carl (1707–78) DSB Close View the register entry >>, and his numerous literary friends' (808).
See also:	Anon, 'France', Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 740–41

Christian Observer, 1 (1802), 808–09.

List of New Publications

Anon

Genre:	List
Subjects:	Mapping
Institutions mentioned:	Royal Society of Edinburgh Royal Society of Edinburgh Close View the register entry >>

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