CONTENTS, 



LI I. Reflexions on the Difference between the Acetous an% 

 Acetic Acids, By C. Dab it, of Nantes - 334 



LI II. On a Cheap'Subfitute for Oil Paint - 338 



LIV. Extract of a Memoir on the Bronze of the Antients, ami 

 an Antique Sword. Read in the Public Sitting of the In- 

 Jtitute, Julv 4. By C. Mongez - 340 



LV. On iheExpanfion of Wood by Heat. By DAVID Rit- 

 tknhouse, LL.D. Prefident of the American Philofo- 

 phical Society - 343 



LVI. Obfervations on the Means of detecting the Prefence of 

 head in Wine. By C. O. Reinecke - 343 



LVII. Memoirs of the Life of John Robison, LL.D. 

 Profeffbr of Natural Philofophy in the Univerfty of Edin- 

 burgh, &c. - - - 348 



LVIII. On Bleaching. By a Correfpondent - 353 



LIX. Eafts rrfpecling the Tranjition of a Species of Ely, 



from the Chryfalid to the Volatile State. By Mr. John 



Snart, Optician - '- - 354 



LX. Brief Account of the Ijlands of Banda. By a Gentle- 

 man who furveyed them Jmce they came into the Poffeffwn 

 of Great Britain - 356^ 



LX1. Proceedings of Learned and other Societies 366 



LXII. Intelligence and Mifcellaneous Articles 367 



