Genre:

Literary Gossip; Reportage; Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Englefield 1802

Publications noticed:

Accum 1803, Leslie 1804

Subjects:

Chemistry | Heat, Light, Physics | Climatology

People mentioned:

Friedrich C Accum, John Leslie, Henry C Englefield, John F W Herschel

    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).