ii CONTENTS. 



Singular Case of Dropsy - - 1 68 



Accottvt of the Life and Writings of Or.oF Toujjern 

 Bkugmai^, Professor of Chemistry at Upsal - 193 



History of the Art of Dyeing, from the earliest Jqcs. By 

 J. N. BiscHOFF - - 200, 302 



Letter from Dr, Moves /o Dr. Garthshore, containing an 

 Account of some interesting Experiments with M. Volta's 

 Galvanic Pile - - - 217 



Account of Experiments made in Germany luith Volta's 

 Galvanic Apparatus - - 221 



An Account of the Petroleum. JVells in theBurmha Dominions: 

 extracted from the Journal of a. Foy age from. Rang hong up 

 the River Erai'Wuddey to Amarapdorah, the present Capital 

 of the Burmha P2m.pire. By Captain Hiram Cox, Resi- 

 dent at Rang hong - - - 226 



Account of Mr. Mushet's neia Method of making Steel of 

 vario2is Qualities - - - 235 



Experiments and Observations on the Vitality and Life of 

 Germs. By Victor MiciUiLom^ M. D. of Turi?!. 240 



Memoir on the Quantity of Vital Air in the Aimosphere, arid 

 the different Methods of measuring it. By M. Anthony 

 DE Marti, Member of the Royal Academy of the ylris 

 and Sciences at Barcelona - - 250 



observations on Mosaic, and the most celebrated Works of 

 that Kind both antient and modern - 289 



On the Improvement of Time-Keepers. By David Ritten- 

 HousE, LL.D, President of the American Philosophical 

 Society - -" - - 298 



Description of a new invented Steam- En <ji fie, iiitended to 

 give Motion to IVater- IV heels in Places uhere there is no 

 Fall, and but a very small Stream or Spring. By John 

 Nancarrow > . - 300 



yj Biographical Sketch of Cou?it Rumford. - 315 



Account of Messrs. Tvrsbui.l and Crook's neiv Method 

 of Bleaching or IVhitening and Cleansing Cotton- Wool, 

 Plax, Hemp, &jc. and Goods manufactured from any of 

 these Materials - - - 318 



Experiments cmd Remarks on Galvanism. A Letter from a 

 Correspondent to the Editor - - 352 



On the Mamfacture and constituent Parts of Gunpowder, 

 Read before the Askesian Society May 1^01. By Mr, 

 R. Coleman, of the Royal Mills, Waltham Abbey \ a 

 corresponding Metuber of the Society . - 355 



Letter from M. A. Humboldt /o C. Delambre, JWewZ'^r 

 of the French National Institute - 3b'5 



Account of New Publications - 91, 170, 2(iS 



Proceedings of Learned Societies 85, 170; ^80, 370 



Miscellaneous Articles - ^ 85, 170, 2ti5, 375 



