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of justice to a meritorious young man, but because it may be rendered serviceable to his future improvement. Mr. Harris has yet very much to learn. He has adopted an awkward swing in his walk which might be corrected, and he should endeavour to acquire more dignity and grace in his manner. These are things which will not cost him much labour, and they will amply repay it; for it will depend altogether on Mr. Harris's own exertions whether he will hereafter be a performer of much distinction. Let him persevere in his diligence and his studies, without striving to urge himself forward into a premature and transient celebrity. Let him remember that there is no part however insignificant which may not furnish opportunites for exerting his talents, and this note may serve to remind him, of what may stimulate his ambition, that the eyes of the audience are already upon him and that although his acting has been confined to a humble sphere, its merit is appreciated by more than

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OBSERVER.

FOR THE PORT FOLIO. PERPETUAL MOTION.

In another part of our Journal we have allotted an ample space to a very ingenious and temperate essay on the subject of Mr. Readhefer's machine, "whereof," to borrow a phrase from poetry, the country "rings from side to side." It is indeed a singular and a very honourable proof of the ardent, inquisitive spirit of our countrymen, that the great question of perpetual motion has occupied and absorbed the public attention, till all the habitual topics of conversation are banished from its presence. Perpetual motion is every where heard of, and discussed, and assailed, or reprobated. Even politics, that darling theme so near and dear to all our hearts, is forgotten in the zeal of physical speculation-and the war with England, and the invasion of Canada, possess only a subordinate interest in comparison with Mr. Readhefer, and the Germantown discovery. The miracles of the abbe Paris did not excite more wonder-nor the stranger's nose in Strasburg more controversy. The very ladies have joined in the discussion, and many a belle now applies to much higher

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& the upright shaft

Fig 1

B. The rundt fixed to the shaft from which the fly wheel is suspended by the chains dddd

The fly wheel. Ius upon the shaft supporting
inclined planes D.D.

DDD the inclined planes connected with the upright
Shaft by the lever a (vide ce

Fig 2nd
EE the carriages containing weight resting on
indined planes I connected to the bar Eby the
crooked levers GG which prevent them from
descending on the inclined planes DD.
14. The horizontal wheel fixed to the upright shaft
I communicating motion to

the

1 The first vertical what fired upon the horizontal Shaft I

I the second vertical what fixed on

the same

shaft & regulating the

motion of the fly wheel C

1. The horizontal shaft carrying the two vertical wheels I commu =nicating motion to the grind. :stone 0 by the whirls MIN

Fig L

AN ACCURATE DELINEATIO

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