224* ACCOUNT OP BOOKS. 



By Mr. John Dal ton. — 9. Account of fome antiques lately 

 found in the river Ribble. By Mr. Thomas Barritt.— 10. Ex- 

 perimental eflays on the conftitution of mixed gafes ; on the 

 force of fleam or vapour from water and other liquids in differ- 

 ent temperatures, both in a torricellian vacuum and in air; on 

 evaporation; and on the expanfion of gafes by heat. By Mr. 

 John Dalton. — 11. A review of fome experiments, which have 

 been fuppofed to difprove the materiality of heat. By Mr. 

 William Henry. — 12. An inveftigation of the method where- 

 by men judge, by the ear, of the pofition of fonorous bodies 

 relative to their own perfons. By Mr. John Gough. Com- 

 municated by Dr. Holme. 13. On the theory of compound 

 founds. By Mr. John Gough. Communicated by Dr. Holme. 

 — 14. Meteorological obfervations, made at Mancheiler. By 

 Mr. John Dalton.— Appendix, I. Explanation of a Roman 

 infeription, found in Cattle-field, Manchefter. By Mr. Thomas 

 Barritt. With a note on the fame fubjecl, by Dr. Holme. — II. 

 Koie to Mr. W. Henry's paper on heat. 



THE Rev. Thomas Falconer, A. M. of Bath, propofes to 

 print by fubfeription, the Geography of Strabo, in feventeen 

 books : tranflated from the Greek text ; illuftrated by maps, 

 coins, inferiptions, &c. accompanied with the notes of the 

 older editors, and of the later ; thofe of Thomas Falconer, Efq. 

 of Cheller, the Oxford editor, entire; of Siebenkees, and 

 Tzfchucke, of Germany ; and thofe of the tranflator. 



The conditions are — 1 . The work will be printed in a hand- 

 fome manner, with foot notes: 2. It will be contained in three 

 volumes quarto, if pofiible: 3. The price will depend upon 

 the Rate of paper when the work (hall be put to prefs ; but it is 

 hoped that four guineas will be the largeft eftimate : 4. Two 

 guineas to be paid at the time of fubferibing, for which a re- 

 ceipt (hall be given, and the remainder when half the work is 

 delivered to fubferibers : 5. The work will not be fent to prefs 

 till three hundred copies are engaged, and only five hundred 

 will be printed . Subfcriptions received by Meflfrs. Cruttwell, 

 and Bull, Bath ; Cooke, Hanwell, and Parker, Oxford ; 

 Cadell and Davies, London ; and Manners and Millar, Edin- 

 burgh. 



ERRATA. 

 In Mr. Chenevix's paper, p. 114, for futyburated read every where 



fulpkuntted. 



