believe，aswellasmyself，acopyofhistreatiseontheEnglishandGermanlanguages，aspreliminarytoanEtymologicaldictionaryhemeditatedIwentintoexplanationswithhimofaneasyprocessforsimplifyingthestudyoftheAnglo-Saxon，andlesseningtheterrors，anddifficultiespresentedbyit’srudeAlphabet，andunformedorthography。Butthisisasubjectbeyondtheboundsofaletter，asitwasbeyondtheboundsofaReporttothelegislature。Mr。Croftsdied，Ibelieve，beforeanyprogresswasmadeintheworkhehadprojected。
Thereviewerexpressesdoubt，ratherthandecision，onourplacingMilitaryandNavalarchitectureinthedepartmentofPureMathematics。Militaryarchitectureembracesfortificationandfieldworks，whichwiththeirbastions，curtains，hornworks，redoubtsetc。
arebasedonatechnicalcombinationoflinesandangles。Theseareadaptedtooffenceanddefence，withandagainsttheeffectsofbombs，balls，escaladesetc。Butlinesandanglesmakethesumofelementarygeometry，abranchofPureMathematics：andthedirectionofthebombs，balls，andotherprojectiles，thenecessaryappendagesofmilitaryworks，altho’nopartoftheirarchitecture，belongtotheconicsections，abranchoftranscendentalgeometry。DiderotandDalemberttherefore，intheirArborscientiae，haveplacedmilitaryarchitectureinthedepartmentofelementarygeometry。Navalarchitectureteachesthebestformandconstructionofvessels；forwhichbestformithasrecoursetothequestionoftheSolidofleastresistance，aproblemoftranscendentalgeometry。Andit’sappurtenantprojectilesbelongtothesamebranch，asintheprecedingcase。Itistruethatsofarasrespectstheactionofthewaterontherudderandoars，andofthewindonthesails，itmaybeplacedinthedepartmentofmechanics，asDiderotandDalamberthavedone：butbelongingquiteasmuchtogeometry，andalliedinit’smilitarycharacter，tomilitaryarchitecture，itsimplifiedourplantoplacebothunderthesamehead。TheseviewsaresoobviousthatI
amsuretheywouldhaverequiredbutasecondthoughttoreconcilethereviewertotheir_location_undertheheadofPureMathematics。
Forthisword_Location_，seeBailey，Johnson，Sheridan，Walkeretc。