ACCOUNT OF BOOKS. 239 



ACCOUNT OF BOOKS OF SCIENCE. 



Elements of Chemijlry. By J. Murray, Leclurer on Che- 

 mijlry, fyc. Edinburgh, 1801. Longman and Rees, Lon- 

 don. 



1 HE author of this work appears to be well acquainted Murray's eje- 

 with every thing at prefent known relative to the fcience of ™; ftry> 

 chemiftry. He follows the clailirkation of fubftances accord- 

 ing to the order of their fimplicity, and has given a digefted, 

 concife, and perfpicuous detail of every important fac"t con- 

 cerning their chemical relations. 



The view he takes of the prefent ftate of our knowledge 

 refpe&ing the important fubjecl; of heat is clear, candid, and 

 fatisfaclory. On this, as well as on other controverted points, 

 after ftating the leading arguments on both fides he prefents 

 his own opinion where requifite, in the modeft form of a 

 tjuery. On the whole, this work may be confidered as a 

 fafe and clear guide to the ftudent of chemiftry ; and as an 

 ufeful courfe previous to the lhidy of the more extenfive 

 fyftem of Fourcroy. B. B. 



A Syllabus of a Courfe of Le&ures on Natural and Experimental 

 Philofophy. By Thomas Young, M.D. F. R. S. Profeffor of 

 Natural Philofophy in the Royal Injiitution of Great Britain. 

 Quarto, 193 pages. From the prefs of the Royal Inftitu- 

 tion, where the work is fold, and at CadelPs, in the 

 Strand, London. 



This fyllabus appears to be one of the moft complete and Young's fyllabus 

 accurate outlines of fcience which has been hitherto publimed. ° e f ^° s fopWcal 

 It is divided into four parts, and each of thefe into fubordinate 

 ic&ions, confiding of paragraphs regularly numbered. I can- 

 not pretend in this notice to enter into any difcuffion of the 

 numerous fubje&s which, in the nature of things, mull be 

 very concifely ftated in fuch a work, and of which the il- 

 luftrations muft be fought in the lectures of the learned pro- 

 feffor ; but fome intimation of the arrangement and objects of 

 inftrucYton will be gathered from the titles as follow. Part I. 

 Mechanics. Of induction ; motion ; compofition of motion ; 

 centre of inertia and of momentum ; accelerating forces ; 

 central forces ; projecliles ; motion in given furfaces j collifion 

 4 and 



