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CONTENTS. Vol. 4, Part 2nd. Mr. Gough, on the Pile-engine. Dr. Falconer, 

 on the History of Sugar. Dr. Beddoes, on the Flints of Chalk-Beds, &c. Mr. 

 Gough, on the Vegetation of Seeds. Mr. Hoffman, on Plica Polonica. Mr. Cop- 

 land, on the Combustion of Dead Bodies. Mr. Richardson, on Planting Waste 

 Lands. Mr. Dawson, on the Inverse Method of Central Forces. Dr. Ferriar, on 

 Ancient Terrassed Works. Dr. S. A. Bardsley, on Hydrophobia. Mr. Gough, Fur- 

 ther Experiments on the Vegetation of Seeds. Mr. Barrit, on Ancient Carved Pil- 

 lars and Obelisks. Dr. Garnett's collection of Meteorological Observations. 



CONTENTS. Vol. 5, Part 1st. Dr. Bardsley, on Party Prejudice. Mr. Dai- 

 ton, on an extraordinary Case of Vision of Colours. Mr. Uvedale, on the Name of 

 the Founder of Huln Abbey. Mr. Gough, on the Variety of Voices. Rev. Mr. Gis- 

 borne, on the Institution of Literary and Philosophical Societies. Dr. Anderson, 

 on an Universal Character. Mr. Dawson, on the Inverse Method of Central Forces. 

 Mr. Collier, on Iron and Steel. Mr. Rupp, on Dr. Priestley's Experiments on Air. 

 Mr. White, on three Kinds of Timber-Trees. Mr. Lambe, on the Analysis of Lea- 

 mington Springs. Dr. Guthrie, on the Persian Cotton-Tree. Mr. Hoyle, on the 

 Hypev-oxymuriate (.Chlorate) of Potash. Mr. Collier, on Fermentation and Distil- 

 lation. Dr. Brown, on an Universal Written Character. Mr. Rupp, on Chemical 

 Bleaching. Mr. Fisher, on the Change of Colour in a Negro. 



CONTENTS. Vol. 5, Part 2nd. Rev. Mr. Walker, on Tragedy, and the In- 

 terest in its Representation. Mr. Dalton, on Rain, Dew, Evaporation, and the 

 Origin of Springs. Mr. Dalton, on the Power of Fluids to conduct Heat. Mr. 

 Banks, on the Force and Velocity of Air from Bellows, &c. Anon. Essay on Beauty 

 in the Human Form. Rev. Mr.Walker's Defence of Learning and the Arts, against 

 the Charges of Rousseau. Dr. Hull, on Defects in the Nervous System. Mr. 

 Dalton, on Heat and Cold, produced by the Condensation and Rarefaction of Air. 

 Mr. Barrit, on some Antiques found in the Ribble. Mr. Dalton, on Mixed Gases, 

 the Force of Steam, Evaporation, and the Expansion of Gases by Heat. Dr. Henry's 

 Review of Experiments relating to the Materiality of Heat. Mr. Gough, on Judg- 

 ment as to the Direction of Sounds. Mr. Gough, on the Theory of Compound 

 Sounds. Mr. Dalton's Meteorological Observations at Manchester. Appendix. 

 Mr. Barrit, on a Roman Inscription ; with a Note by Dr. Holme. Dr. Henry's 

 Note on his paper on Heat. 



