CONTENTS. 



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Art. I. An Estimate of the Philosophical Character of Dr 

 Priestley. By William HenrV, M. D., F. R. S., 

 &c. &c. - - - - - - 1 



II. Account of the Russian Vapour-Bath. By T. S. Traill, 



M. D. Communicated by the Author, - - 1 4 



III. On the Breeding Spots of Birds. By Frederick 



Faber, - - " - - - 20 



I\". Analysis of the Stony Pericarp of the I.ithospermum 

 officinale. By Captain Charles Le Hunte. Com- 

 municated by the Author, - - - 24 

 V. On the Vitality of Toads enclosed in Stone and Wood. 

 By the Reverend W. Buckland, F. R. S., F. L. S., 

 F. G. S , and Professor of Geology and Mineralogy 

 in the University of Oxford. Communicated by 

 the Author, - - - - - 26 



VI. On the Chemical Constitution of Harmotome or Cross- 

 stone. By Arthur Connell, Esq. F. R. S. E. 

 Communicated by the Author, - - - 33 



VII. On the History of the Natural Sciences, in reference 

 to the Scientific Knowledge of the Egyptians of the 

 source from whence Moses derived his Cosmogony, 

 and the general agreement of that Cosmogony with 

 Modern Geology, - - - - 41 



VIII. On the Fundamental Types of Organization. By G. 



R. Treviranus, M. D., &c. - - - 75 



IX. Analysis of the Labradorite Felspar found in the Trap- 

 Rocks of Scotland. By Captain Le Hunte. Com- 

 municated by the Author, - - * 86 



