CONTENTS. 



MARCH, 1813. 



Engravings of the following subjects : — 1. A very simple and cheap distil- 

 latory apparatus. 2. An instrument for ascertaining the quality of corn 

 by its weight in a given measure. 3. A statical blow-pipe. 4. Plan of 

 the drainage of marsh land in Yorkshire. 5. Instruments for treating 

 the new explosive compound of chlorine and azote. 



I.— An explanatory Statement of the Notions or Principles upon which the 

 systematic Arrangement is founded, which was adopted as the Basis of 

 an Essay on Chemical Nomenclature. By professor J. Berzelius. 153 



II. — Notice respecting Experiments on the freezing of Alcohol. By Mr. 

 Hutton. 166 



III. — Some Remaiks on the Use of Nitrateof Silver, for the Detection of 

 minute Portions of Arsenic. By Alex. Marcet, M. D. F. R. S. - 174 



IV. — Meteorological Journal -- - -- ------ 173 



V. — On the Explosive Compound of Chlorine and Azote. By Messrs. 

 R. Porrett y jun. William Wilson, and Rupert Kirk. - 180 



VI. — A statical Blow Pipe, with Remarks by C. L. - 190 



VII. — Description of a simple Apparatus for Distillation. By a Correspon- 

 dent. - - - - - - - - - --192 



VIII. — Upon certain ready Processes for Computation, supposed to have 

 been invented by the American boy exhibited in London. - - 193 



IX. — On the Appearance and Disappearance of the Aurora Borealis. By 

 M. Cotte. I96 



X. — Description cf a portable Instrument for ascertaining the Quantity of 

 Grain by Weight, called the Chondrometer. - - - - 198 



XI. — Further Experiments and Observations on the Influence of the Brain 

 on the generation of animal heat. By B. C. firodie, F. R. S. - - 199 



XII. — Abstract of a Memoir upon the Origin and Generation of the 

 electric Power, whether by Means of Friction, or in the Pile of Volta. 

 By J. P. Dessaignes. - - - - - - - -211 



XIII. — Account of the Drainage of a Piece of Morass Land, called the Tarn, 

 in the Parish of Clapham, in Yorkshire. By Major B. Hesleden. - 218 



XIV. — Respecting the Action of coloured Rays upon a Mixture of oxy mu- 

 riatic Gas and hydrogen Gas. By Mr. Seebeck. ... 220 



Scientific News. - - - - - - -- * 221 



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