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CONTENTS. 



LT. Intelligence and Miscellaneous Articles 296 



LIT. An inquiry concerning the Velocity of the calorific 

 Rays which proceed from the Sun, with a View of ascer* 

 tabling the Rate of it experimentally, though it should 

 not he far short of the Velocity of Light, &c. &c. 309 



LIII. Account of the Object and Destination of the first 

 Voyage round the World undertaken by Russia .... 321 



LIV. Account of the first Russian Embassy to Japan in the 

 Years J 7£2 and 1 793 327 



LV. Experiments to ascertain whether there exists any 

 Affinity betwixt Carbon and Clay, Lime and Silex, se- 

 parately or as Compounds united with the Oxide of Iron 

 forming Iron Ores and Iron Stones. By David Mushet, 

 Esq. of the Calder Iron-Works . . 339 



LVI. On the Catoptrical and Dioptrical Instruments of the 

 Antients ; with Hints respecting their Revival, Reinven- 

 tion, or Improvement, in modern Times 344 



LVII. Osteological Description of the one-homed Rhino- 

 ceros, by GtlVIER 350 



LVII I. On the Antiquity of the Gealic Language. By 

 Cuthbert Gordon, M. D . . . . . 354 



LIX. Fourth Letter from Dr. Thornton, Lecturer on 

 Botany at Guy's Hospital, to Mr. Arthur Aikin, 

 Editoi' of the Annual Review , 360 



LX. Account of a Journey to the Summit of Mont Perdu : 

 read in the French National Institute by C. Ramond 364 



LXI. Account of an Aerostatic Voyage performed by 

 Messrs. Guy-Lussac and Biot. Read in the Mathe- 

 matical and Physical Class of the French National Insti- 

 tute, August 27, 1804 371 



LXI I. On the fascinating Power of Snakes. By John 

 Toplis, A.M. 3 79 



•LXI 1 1. Proceedings of Learned Societies 385 



LXIV. Intelligence and Miscellaneous Articles 38$ 



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