The Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. II., No. 1, December, 1835Various
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The Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. II., No. 1, December, 1835
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Article VII is headed "Narrative of a Second Voyage in search of a
North-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions during
the years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833. By Sir John Ross, C. B.,
K. S. A., K. C. S., &c. &c., Captain in the Royal Navy. Including the
Reports of Commander, now Captain, James Clark Ross, R. N., F. R. S.,
F. L. S., &c. and the Discovery of the Northern Magnetic Pole. 4to.
London: 1835." The Reviewer professes himself unable to regard the
observations made by Commander Ross in relation to the Magnetic Pole
in the light of a discovery. "It was certainly a great satisfaction to
stand upon a rock where the dip was 89° 59', and where the polarity of
nicely suspended needles was insensible; but it may be questioned
whether or not the place of the Magnetic Pole can be best determined
by observations made at a distance or near the spot; and we are not
satisfied that the position assigned by Commander Ross is more
accurate than that given by the curves of Professor Barlow, the
calculations of Hansteen, and the observations of Captain Parry." The
fact is that the Magnetic Pole is _moveable_, and, place it where we
will, we shall not find it in the same place to-morrow. Notice is
taken also by the critic that neither Captain nor Commander Ross has
made the slightest reference to the fact that the Magnetic {49} Pole
is not coincident with the _Pole of maximum cold_. From observations
made by Scoresby in East Greenland, and by Sir Charles Giesecke and
the Danish Governors in West Greenland, and confirmed by all the
meteorological observations made by Captains Parry and Franklin, Sir
David Brewster has deduced the fact that the Pole of the Equator is
not the Pole of maximum cold: and as the matter is well established,
it is singular, to say no more, that it has been alluded to by neither
the Commander nor the Captain.
Article VIII is 1. A "History of the Cotton Manufacture in Great
Britain, with a Notice of its Early History in the East, and in all
quarters of the Globe; a Description of the Great Mechanical
Inventions which have caused its unexampled extension in Great
Britain: and a View of the Present State of the Manufacture, and the
condition of the Classes engaged in its several departments. By Edward
Baines, Jr. Esq. 8vo. London: 1835."
2. "The Philosophy of Manufactures: or an Exposition of the
Scientific, Moral, and Commercial Economy of the Factory System of
Great Britain. By Andrew Ure, M.D. 8vo. London: 1835." Mr. Baines'
work is spoken of in high terms, as discovering much laborious
research, and being both interesting and valuable. With the exception
of Smith's _Memoirs of Wool_, published in 1747, it is said to be the
only work giving a clear and copious account of the rise, progress,
and actual condition of any of the great branches of industry carried
on in the kingdom. Dr. Ure's work is censured for inaccuracy of
detail. Its title is evidently a misnomer.
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