NEW BOOKS, &C* 377 



franfaaions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (being the Com- *™jj£*j°^ of 

 iinuation of Fart II. together with Part 111. of the i^A dety of Edin- 

 Volume) Edinburgh Quarto 100 pages Continuation of Part ***&. 

 //, and 126 Pages, Part III. No Plate's^ 



THE heads of memoirs and communications made to the 

 Society fince their Iaft publication are difquifitions on the 

 origin and radical fenfe of the Greek prepofitions, by Mr* 

 James Bonar, and experiments on the contraction of water 

 by heat, by Dr. Thomas Charles Hope* Thefe two papers 

 of which the latter is inferted in our Supplement, complete 

 the fecond part : and the third part contains the hiflory of the 

 Society confiding of the following articles. 1 . Of the Diurnal 

 Variations of the Barometer, by Mr. Playfair. 2. Aurora 

 Borealis obferved in Day-Light, by the Rev. D. Patrick 

 Graham. 3. Phenomenon of Two Rain-Bows interfering 

 one another, by Mr. Playfair. 4. On the Combuftion of 

 the Diamond, by Sir George Mackenzie, Bart. 5. Remark* 

 on the Bafalts of the Coaft of Antrim, by the Rev. Dr. 

 Riehardfon. 6. Rule for reducing a Square Root by a con- 

 tinued Fra&ion, by James Ivory, Efq. 7. Singular Variety 

 of Hernia, by Mr. Ruflel. 8. Concerning the Chartreufe 

 of Perth, by the Abbe Mann. 9. Explanation of the Old 

 Word Skull or SkoII, by the Rev. Dr. Jamiefon. 10. Bio- 

 graphical Account of the late Dr. James Hulton, by Mr. 

 Playfair. 11. Minutes of the Life and Character of Dr. 

 Jofeph Black, by Dr. Fergufon. 12. Appendix Lift of 

 Members elected fince the Publication of the laft Volume. 

 13. Lift of Donations. 



Academical Injlitutions in America. 



THREE Inftitutions for the promotion of Natural Phy* 

 lofophy and the Arts, having been eftablifhed in the united 

 ilates of America, not many months ago, of which no notice 

 lias hitherto appeared in this work, it is hoped the following 

 account of them will not be unacceptable. 



The firft is an Academy of the Fine Arts, of which the 

 firft idea is due to Mr. Livingfton : The public were fo 

 fenfible of its importance, that long before the arrival of the 



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