Part 47 (2/2)

_Constituted_, appointed to any particular office or rank

_Pension_, yearly allowance of money

What other circumstance contributed to the advance perfection of our astronomical instru discoveries with regard to the heavens have been made It is now supposed that the myriads of the heavenly bodies are all distinct worlds; it is certain, from observations made by the aid of the telescope, that the reatest astronoenerally ned to facilitate the performance of certain actions; in this sense, it stands opposed to science The terms _art_ and _science_ are often incorrectly used Science relates to principles, and art to practice The word art is derived fro utility, profit Arts are divided into liberal and mechanical

What are the Liberal Arts?

The liberal arts are those that are noble and ingenious, or which are worthy of being cultivated without any i fro, Sculpture, Architecture, Graation The arts which relateare also called Fine Arts

_Pecuniary_, relating toto soldiers, or to arms

What do the Fine Arts usually include?

All those which are more or less addressed to the sentiment of taste, and whose object is pleasure; these are , Sculpture, and Poetry

What are the Mechanical Arts?

Those in which the hand and body are more concerned than the mind, and which are chiefly cultivated for the sake of the profit attending the those which furnish us with the necessaries of life, and which are co, &c There are also , &c

When was the art of Writing invented?

It is supposed that the art was invented before the Deluge: it was certainly practised long before the time of Moses There were, doubtless, many steps taken in slow succession before the invention of alphabetic writing Perhaps the earliestthe untutored tribes of North A of the rudest description Picture-painting was afterwards gradually converted into the hieroglyphical syste the Chinese It is not knoho invented the alphabetic systee_, a flood: the terhty flood of water hich God swept away the first nations of the earth for their wickedness

_Alphabetic_, froe called letters The word is formed from _alpha_, _beta_, the names of the first two letters of the Greek alphabet

_Untutored_, ignorant, unlearned

Were not the Egyptians quite early acquainted with this art?

Yes, they were acquainted with two or three kinds of writing, as well as the one in which symbolical characters were employed, which was not used for co of a sacred character about the unknown to the common people, and only to be deciphered by the priests Obelisks and pyralyphics were constantly used, because unintelligible to the people, until expounded by those who had the exclusive office of explaining them