WORKS PUBLISHED BY LONGMAN, HURST, REES, AND ORME, No. 39, PATERNOSTER - ROW, SINCE THE PUBLICATION OF THE LAST VOLUME. THE Parts VII. and VIII. price 18s. each in boards, HE NEW CYCLOPEDIA; or UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES; formed upon a more enlarged plan of arrangement than the Dictionary of Mr. Chambers; comprehending the various articles of that work, with additions and improvements; together with the new subjects of Biography, Geography, and History; and adapted to the present state of Literature and Science. BY ABRAHAM REES, D. D. F. R. S. Editor of the last edition of Mr. Chambers's Dictionary, with the assistance of eminent professional gentlemen. Illustrated with new plates, including maps engraved for the work by some of the most distinguished artists. Eight Parts of this magnificent work being now before the public, which have obtained a very extensive circulation, the proprietors may be allowed to state the pretensions which recommend the undertaking to the notice of the public, and render it worthy of their patronage. 1. The plan of this is intended as an improvement upon similar publications, being a medium between the plan of a dictionary and that of treatises, and coinprehending the advantages of each. The history and outlines of each science are given under its appropriate title, and its various divisions, which can be more satisfactorily explained in separate articles, than in the body of a treatise, are introduced under their respective terms. This is indeed the only proper plan of a dictionary intended for reference when information is required, which is expected to be found under its most ready and familiar term in the alphabet. 2. The Editor is of acknowledged learning and industry, and of unquestionable experience in this department of literary labour; the greater part of his life having been employed in editing and improving the last edition of Mr. Chambers's Dictionary, and in collecting materials for the present work. S. Among the gentlemen who have engaged to contribute their assistance to this work, are many of distinguished eminence, as will appear from the following list: Rev. Mr. Hincks, of Cork. Mr. P. Kelly. William Morgan, esq. F. R. S. Andrew Mackay, LL. D. F. R. S. Edin. Mr. Peter Nicholson. John Opie, esq. R. A. Richard Pearson, M. D. F. S. A. 'Rev. William Tooke, F. R. S. Rev. W. Wood, F. L. S. And the list is continually augmenting, no opportunity being neglected to engage the cooperation of any gentleman whose services can be of real utility. 4. The work is handsomely printed by Andrew Strahan, esq. printer to his Majesty, upon a fine yellow woven paper. 3. The embellishments are of a very superior description, and will form, when completed, an incomparably more elegant and correct set of scientific and other plates than has ever been produced. The scientific subjects are engraved by Mr. Lowry, whose accurate knowledge and improved method of execution, in this branch of the art, have not been equalled. The subjects of natural history, &c. are chiefly engraved by Milton, with corresponding taste and beauty. 6. The Drawings are almost wholly new. The Plates which are already engraved are from drawings by Messrs. Flaxman, Howard, Duppa, Stubbs, Lowry, Edwards, Donovan, Sowerby, Strutt, Mushett, E. Aikin, P. Nicholson, Daniel, Nayler, Anderson, Kirkman, &c. 7. The Maps will be double the size usually given in similar publications, and are drawn and engraved under the direction of Mr. Arrowsmith. 8. A part, or half volume, price 18s. each, has hitherto been published once in about four months; and, in consequence of some arrangements lately adopted, the public may with confidence rely upon a more frequent publication. 9. A few copies are printed off on royal paper, with proof impressions of the plates, price 11. 16s. each part. II. A TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION of the PLAIN and SITE of TROY; together with such parts of the coast of Phrygia Minor as have been objects of criticism. Dedicated, by permission, to her grace the dutchess of Devonshire. By WILLIAM GELL, esq. B. A. F. A. S. Late Fellow of Emanuel College, Cambridge. In folio, price 10l. 10s. in boards. In the work will be given about 45 etched and coloured plates, taken from accurate draw. ings made on the spot by the Author, and chiefly engraved by Mr. Medland. Each plate will have its appropriate letter-press description, in which every precaution will be taken to render the subject intelligible to the reader. The work is designed to afford an opportunity to such as have not visited the country, of forming their own opinions of the topography of Homer. Those verses of the Iliad and Odyssey will also be cited, which describe, or appear to describe, the particular portions or monuments of the Troad. The views will consist of a delineation of the whole coast of Phrygia, from Antandros, in the elph of Adramyttium, to the vale of Thymbra on the Hellespont, after which the following will be given, to assist in forming au exact idea of the immediate vicinity of Troy. View of the mouth of Simocis and Scamander. View of the junction of these rivers. View of the ford of Scamander. View, three feet in length, exhibiting the whole plain from the tomb of Antilochus. View of the tumulus of Achilles. View from the summit of the tumulus of Achilles. View from the tumulus of Estes. View of the modern ford of Simoes. View of the site of Troy View of the warm springs of Scamander. Side view of the hill of Troy. View of Boun.rbashi. View westward from Bounabashi. View north-east from Bounarbashi. View of the hill from the Aga's house of Bounarbashi. View of the road to the west of Troy. View of the tumuli in the Acropolis. View, three feet in length, of the plain from the Acropolis. View of the foundations in the Acropolis. View of the vale of Simoeis behind the Acropolis. View of a deep ravine on the east of the Acropolis. View of the foundations of the walls of the Acropolis. View of Acropolis from the vale of the Simoeis. III. A SERIES OF ENGRAVINGS to illustrate the ILIAD and ODYSSEY of HOMER, from the compositions of JOHN FLAXMAN, R. A. Sculptor to the King. A new edition, with additional plates, price 21. 2s. each in boards. For this edition new engravings of the Odyssey have been made, under the designer's inspection, and are now published in England for the first time; it is to be observed that the Italian, French, and German editions are copies from this, the original work. For the accommodation of those who purchased the former edition of the Iliad, the additional plates for that work will be sold separately. These works altogether consist of 85 prints (eleven of which are from new designs) representing in regular succession the stories of the Iliad and the Odyssey, with descriptions of their subjects and extracts from Pope's translation upon each plate. The dresses, habits, armour, implements of war, furniture, &c. are all of classical authority. IV. The COMPLETE NAVIGATOR; or an easy and familiar Guide to the Theory and Practice of Navigation, with all the requisite Tables, &c. &c. BY ANDRRW MACKAY, LL. D. F. R. S. Edin. &c. Author of the Theory and Practice of finding the Longitude at Sea or Land, &c. In one large volume 8vo. illustrated with engravings, &c. price 10s. 6d. bound. The utility of the art of navigation to every commercial and maritime state is obvious; but to none more so than to Britain; and as the lives and fortunes of many depend upon the accuracy of the rules and tables given in the books published on this subject, the greatest care imaginable ought, therefore, to be taken, in order to have them correct. This is not the case, however, with some of the most popular books, of which a few instances are pointed out in the preface to the present work, and which was one of the principal reasons for embarking in this undertaking. The author has spared neither labour nor expence to render it deserving of the public attention, and as perfect as possible. The work is divided into six books, in the following manner: Book First contains definitions and principles necessary as an introduction to navigation. An account of the various instruments which have been proposed to ascertain the distance run in a given time. The description of a steering compass. An account of the tides, with various methods of finding the time of high water at any given place. The description of Gunter's scale. A few of those definitions and propositions in geometry necessary to understand the theory of navigation; and plane trigonometry. Book Second contains the several sailings commonly used in navigation. The five first of these sailings, namely, Plane, Traverse, Parallel, Middle Latitude, and Mercator's Sailings, are resolved by construction, calculation, inspection, and by Gunter's scale. The other sailings being less used, are, therefore, only resolved by the two first of these methods. To this second book are added the manner of constructing both plane and Mercator's charts. The Third Book contains the description, rectification, and manner of using Hadley's quadrant and sextant; together with the method of finding the latitude and longitude of a ship at sea, and the variation of the compass, from observation. In the Fourth Book is an account of a sea journal, with precepts for performing the same, exemplified in a journal proper for a long voyage. The Fifth Book contains the application of trigonometry to the mensuration of heigh ́s and distances. The manner of surveying coasts and harbours, illustrated by an example. An account of the winds. On predicting the weather. Book Sixth contains the tables, which are more extensive than in any other book upon navigation, with an explanation prefixed. "From Dr. Mackay's well-carned fame as a mathematician and astronomer, aud from the specimens which he has given of his practical knowledge of nautical science, we, of course expected, that a regular treatise of navigation from his pen, would be a valuable acquisition to seamen, and the work before us fully answers our expectations. It is a clear, well digested and masterly performance, containing, besides what is useful in other publications, much new and important matter. We cannot conclude without repeating our decided opinion of the great and uncommon merit of the present work. This publication, and that on the longitude by the same author, form the most correct and practical system of navigation and nautical science hitherto published in this country; they may be considered not only of individual utility, but of national importance."Anti-Jacobin Review, Sept. 1804. "This is evidently the work of a man of science, of one who understands the subject which he professes to teach. To us there appears to be nothing wanting for the complete instruction of the young mariner in nautical affairs. The elementary principles are laid down with clearness, and with as much conciseness as is consistent with perspicuity."-Imperial Review, Aug. 1804. V. A Collection of MATHEMATICAL TABLES, for the use of Students in Universities, and Academies, for the Practical Navigator, Geographer, and Surveyor, and for men in bu siness, &c. BY ANDREW MACKAY, LL. D. &c. Author of the Complete Navigator, &c. In one vol. 8vo. price 7s. in boards. |