CONTENTS 



(i) F THE 



TENTH VOLUME. 



I. LETTER from C. Humboldt to C. Fourcroti, 



Member of the French National Inji'itutc - 3 



II. A Treatife on the Cultivation of the Vine, and the Me- 

 thod of making Wines. By C. Ch apt a l. Continued 9 



III. Luminous Appearance of Ocean-Water caufed by Ani- 

 mals : in a Letter from Prof effor Mitch ill, of New- 

 York, to Prof effor Barton, of Philadelphia - 20 



IV. Refearches on Alumine. Read Dec. 18, 1800, in the 

 Society of Phyjics and Natural Hi/lory at Gmeva. By 

 Theodore de Saussure - - 28 



V. "Defcription of a Horfe without Hair. By C. De 

 Lasteyrie, Me?nber of the Philo?natic Society 36 



VI. Defcription of a newly invented Galvanometer, and 

 an Account of fome Experiments made with Volta y s 

 Pile upon fever al of the Gafes. By W. H. Pepys jun. 

 Efq. ; - - - - 38 



VII. Ohfervations on the Means of increajing the Quantities 

 of Meat obtained in the Combii/lion of Fuel. By Count 

 Rum ford 42 



VIII. On the Ufe of Steam as a Vehicle for conveying Heat 

 from one Place to another. By Count Rum ford 46 



IX. An Account of a new Eudiometer. By Mr. Davy 56 



X. An Account of the Improvements of the Port of London, 

 and more particularly of the intended Bridge, conjijling of 

 a Jingle Arch of 600 Feet Span - - 59 



XI. On the Purification ofRapefeed Oil. By C. Thenard 



XII. Refearches ref peeling the Laws of Affinity. By 

 C. Berthollet, Member of the French National 

 Injlitute. Continued 69 



XIII. Some Account of the Life of the celebrated Mathe- 

 matician Bqscovich - - - 74 



XIV. Account of the Difcovery of Silver in Herland Copper 

 Mine. By the Rev. Ma lachyHitchins 77 



XV. Account of New Publications - 80 



XVI. Proceedings of Learned Societies - 85 



XVII. Intelligence and Mifcellancous Articles - 93 



XVIII. An EJJay on Bleaching', with the Defcription of a 

 7iew Method of Bleaching by SUam } according to the Pro- 

 Yqi*. X. a cefc 



