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Medical Chemistry of Paris, Honorary Member of the Society 

 of Apothecaries of the North of Germany, ^c. Read March 16, 



and April 10, 1837, 99 



VIII. On the Insulation of Fluorine. By George James Knox, Esq., 

 A.M. M.R.I. A., and the Rev. Thomas Knox, M.R.I. A. 

 Read April 10, 1837, . . . 127 



IK. On the Composition of certain Essential Oils. By Robert 

 Kane, M.D. M.R.I.A., Professor of Natural Philosophy to 

 the Royal Dublin Society, and of Chemistry to the Apotheca- 

 ries' Hall of Ireland, Corresponding Member of the Society of 

 Pharmacy and of the Society of Medical Chemistry of Paris, 

 Honorary Member of the Society of Apothecaries of the North 

 of Germany, ^c. Read June 12, 1837, .... 135 

 X. On the Properties of Voltaic Circles, in which concentrated Sul- 

 phuric Acid is the Liquid Conductor. By Thomas Andrews, 

 M.D. M.R.I. A., Professor of Chemistry in the Royal Belfast 

 Institution. Read April 9, 1838, 149 



XL On a new Variety of Alum. By James Apjohn, M.D. M.R.I. A., 

 Professor of Chemistry in the Royal College of Surgeons, Ire- 

 land. Read April 10, 1837, 157 



XII. On a new Compound, consisting of Iodide of Potassium, Iodine, 

 and the Essential Oil of Cinnamon. By James Apjohn, M.D. 

 M.R.I. A., Professor of Chemistry in the Royal College of 

 Surgeons, Ireland. Read April 23, 1838, . . . .162 



XIII. On the Argument of Abel, respecting the Impossibility of ex- 



pressing a Root of any General Equation above the Fourth 

 Degree, by any finite Combination of Radicals and Rational 

 Functions. 5_y ^Ae President. Read May 22, 1837, • 171 



XIV. On the Irish Hare. {JLepus Hibernicus.) By William Thomp- 



son, Esq., Vice-President of the Natural History Society of 

 Belfast. Read May 28, 1838, .260 



