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    which was honoured by the high approbation of Dr . HuttOD . " l&il . A Paper demonstrating : that no sensible Error can arise in the Theory of Falling : Bodies from assuming Gravity afc an uniformly accelerating force . " 1813 :. An Essay upon the Comet of J&U , and a Model elucidating its Path . ' * -. An Essay on Proportion .

    " 1814 . A Paper on the Difference between the followers of Newton and Leibnitz concerning the Measure of Forees . " 1815 . An Essay on the Possibility , and if possible , on the Consequences of the Lunar Origin of Meteoric Stones . " 1816 . An Essay on the Nature and Coiineiion of Cause and Effect .

    " 1818 ; An Essay on Truth , which was printed in the Newcastle Magazine for 1822 . Dr . Gillies , Author of the History of Greece , says this Essay is " a Piece of able , accurate Reasoning . ' " 1819 . A new Mode of investigating Equations , which obtain among the

    Times , Distances , and Anomalies of Comets moving around the Sun , as their Centre of Attraction , in parabolic Orbits " 1820 ; An Essay on the Effects produced ou the different Classes of Society by an Increase or Decrease of the Price of Corn .

    * ' All the above were read at the Literary and Philosophical Society . " 1824 . On the Utility and probable Accuracy of the Method df determiuing the Siih ' S Parallax by Obervations near the Planet Mars . Read at the Astronomical Society of London , March 12 , 1824 * and printed in the Transactions of th 6 Soeiety for that Year . * : * 1825 . On Astronomical and other *

    Refraction ; with a connected Inquiry into the Law of Temperature , in different latitudes , and at different Altitudes - Read at the Astronomical Society of Lon * don , Jan . 14 , April 8 , May 13 , 1826 , and minted in the Transactions of the Society for that Year . " 1826 ^ Remarks on the intended

    Suspension Bridge between North and South Shields , and on Suspension Bridges in general . Read at the Literary and Philosophical Society . " ^— . On the Strength and Elasticity oF Iron . Read at the Literary ,

    Scientific , and Mechanical Institution , of Which Mr . Atkinson Was also a member . " Mr . Atkinson was also a valuable contributor to tlie Ladies * and Gentlemen ' s Diaries , and obtained the prizes In the former hi the years 181 i , 1816 , and 1823 5 fcnd In the latter , m 1819 .

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    " In 1827 , Mr . A . delivered a Course of Lectures on Astronomy , in the Lecture-Room of the Literary and Philosophical Society * " During " the last two years , Mr . A , has been pursuing his inquiries on Refractidii , and it was his intention to send

    another paper to the Astronomical Society of London , as a continuation of his former one on that subject ) but we re * gret to say , that , from the bad state of his health during the greater part of the time , he has not been able to bring it to a close . We hope , however , that enough has been done to enable some of his

    friends to finish what he has so ably commenced , upon this very interesting and important subject . " Mr . Atkinsoii , soon after his settling in Newcastle , joined ^ Upon full conviction , the Unitarian Society in Hanover

    Square ; and , while health continued , Was a regular and devout attendant , and frequently a communicants During the absence of his regular minister , his friend , the Rev . W . B ; Smith , ( the author of the above tribute to his memory , ) attended him with the most constant

    assiduity , and was a witness to the perfect composure , resignation ; and hope , with which he awaited the approach of death . W . T .

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    Mr . Benjamin Flower . Feb . 17 , at ins house in Dalston , in the parish of fiackney , in the 74 th yeai of his age , Mr . Benjamin Flower , well known to the public by his writings in favour of civil and religious liberty . He was the son of a respectable tradesman

    in the city of London , who was a firm Protestant Dissenter , and the friend and patron of the leading Dissenting ministers of his day , in what is called the orthodox connexion , who frequented his table on an appointed day of the week , and associated there with several of the

    clergy of the Established Church who were known by the title of Evangelical . In this mixed society , Mr * , Benjamin Flower acquired that f « nd of religious knowledge from Which his conversation and writings were afterwards enriched * He was early iri life a theological reader ,

    and hl « youthful studies terrtled gradually to form his Character to independence . He attributed hfe ardent love of religious Hbfetty in a great degree to his acquaintance with Mr . Robinson , of Cambridge , of whose preaching and publications he was a zealous admirer . Mr . Flower entered upon life with flattering prospects ,

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    2 l 0 Obituary . —Mr . Benjamin Flower .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1829, page 210, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2570/page/58/