. Glasgow mechanics' magazine; and annals of philosophy . helanguages of the Samoyedes, the Ton-goose, the xakutes, the Calmucs, theMantchoos, the Ainos of the Curileislands, the Ostracks, and the Tartarsand Mongols generally, and also those ofthe various tribes of America, fromNorton Sound and Greenland, throughBlexico to Peru and Chili. He thenalluded to the traditions of the Americantribes, and to the Mexican histories;and concluded, that America was peopledfrom Asia, by wandering tribes ofMogul race, who passed thither byBehrings Sti*aits, by the Aleutian Is-lands, and probably by some nor


. Glasgow mechanics' magazine; and annals of philosophy . helanguages of the Samoyedes, the Ton-goose, the xakutes, the Calmucs, theMantchoos, the Ainos of the Curileislands, the Ostracks, and the Tartarsand Mongols generally, and also those ofthe various tribes of America, fromNorton Sound and Greenland, throughBlexico to Peru and Chili. He thenalluded to the traditions of the Americantribes, and to the Mexican histories;and concluded, that America was peopledfrom Asia, by wandering tribes ofMogul race, who passed thither byBehrings Sti*aits, by the Aleutian Is-lands, and probably by some northerncourse, yet unknown to Europeans. ?^^WM^^>^t^^^>JtfWWtf>AiMWtf^^y»A<^W^^A»» Published every Saturday, by W. R. MPhun, 155, Trongate, Glasgow, to whomCommunications (post paid) must be addressed. CURLL, FRIKTER. THE eliASGOW MECHANICS MAGAZINE, CONDUCTED BY A Committee of Civil and Praetieal Mechanics. No. CXIV. Saturday, l^ih February, 1826. Price 3cf. ^^i^^VED HOT-l^^i^^^VrOVE; PARALLEL RULE; HALLS Vol. IV. i4m :«E GLASGO\^(xW. ^ff ^^i»LAN OF A HOT-HOUSE STOVE. ^*JJAH Gentlemen,—! ^eml y^u aplan of a hot-house stove which Ihave beeti in the custom of ^-ect-ing here, ami which may be usefulto some of your Ieaidei-s who areflorists. The stove and flue are raisedfrom the ground about eight inches,,so that it radiates heat from thebottom as well as from the topand sides. There is a partition inthe flue, which is shown by lines in fig. 1. The heatpasses first along the one divisionof the flue, and then along theother, as is pointed out by thedarts; and by this arrangementthe beat is carried twice round thehot-house before it reaches thechimney. The top and bottom ofthe flue are flag-stones; the sidesand partition are of brick. Inorder to heat the stove, I make abrisk fire about five oclock in theafternoon, allowing it to burn tillabout eight oclock, when I closethe stove up in the following man-ner:—There


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