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6. On the Ferro-prussiates. 7. Preparation of Phos- 

 phorus. 8. Metallic Vegetations. 9. Muriate of Potash 

 in Rock Salt. 10. Iodine in Marine Animals. 11. Ful- 

 minating Mercury. 12. Test for Copper. 13. Process 

 for procuring pure Zirconia. 14. On artificial Gems. 

 15. Spontaneous Combustion of Cloth. 16. Evaporation 

 of Spirits. 17. Electrical Experiment, 18. Improve- 

 ment in Dyeing. 19. Test for Baryta and Strontia. 

 20. On Meteoric Stones, by M. Laugier 171 



III. Natural Histouy. 



§ Medicine. 



1. Remedy for Bronchocele. 2. Antidote for Vegetable 

 Poisons. 3. Vegetable Antidotes to Poison. 4. On the 

 Poison of the Viper. 5, Cure for the Hydrophobia. 

 6. Substitute for Peruvian Bark. 7. Plantain Root a 

 Febrifuge. 8. Medical Prize Question. 9. Prize Ques- 

 tions 192 



^ Mineralogy, Geology, Meteorology, Sfc. 



1. Chromate of Iron in Shetland. 2. Boracic Acid. 3. 

 Fluoric Acid in Mica. 4. Tremolite. 5. Volcanoes of 

 Tartary. 6. Temperature of Lakes. 7. Organic Re- 

 mains. 8. Falling of a Mountain. 9. Earthquake. 

 10. Red Snow. 11. Regions of perpetual Snow 196 



IV. General Literature. 

 1. Modem Greek Literature. 2. Philology. 3. Antient 

 Latin Manuscripts. 4. Excavations at Pompeia. 5. Po- 

 pulation, &c. of Paris. 6. Population of Sweden. 7. 

 Population of Glasgow. 8. Statistics of America. 

 9. Carmine. 10. Death of an Elephant. 1 1. On the Co- 

 lumns of the Athenian Temples. By T. Allason, Esq. 

 12. Geological Maps and Works. 1 3. Mineralogy of Scot- 

 land. 14. St. George's Medical and Chemical School. 201 



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