viir CONTENTS. 



VII. Obfervations relative to the Means of increafing the Quantities of Heat 

 obtained in the Combuftion of Fuel. By Count Rumford. p. 313 



Scientific News, Accounts of Books, &c. - - p. 316 — 320 



am of Dr. Hahneraan. — Fa6ls 

 of Galvanifm in a Caje of 



Difeafes of horned Cattle and Sheep. — On the new Alcali called Pncuraof Dr. Hahneraan. — Fa6ls 

 and Difcoveries refpecling Galvanifm. — Galvanic I'lafh.— Effect c 



-Paral) fis of the Mulcles of the Left Side of the Face. 



DECEMBER 1801. 



Engravings of the following Obje£ls : 1 . Perfpcftive View of the Bafaltic Columns 

 of Fairhead, on the Coaft of^Ireland ; and, 2. Mr. Burkitt's Improvement of 

 the Apparatus for Diftillation. 



I. Obfervations on the Balaltic Coaft of Ireland. In a Letter from Wm. 

 Richardfon, D.D. to the Honourable Geo. Knox, M.P. Communicated by 

 Mr. Knox. - - - - - - p. 321 



II. Obfervations on a Mift w^hich prevailed at Maeftrichton the 14th Nivofe, in 

 the Year 8, by Cit. Paifle, with Remarks by Cit. Parmcntier. p. 326 



III. On the Mechanifm of the Eye. By Thomas Young, M.D. F.R.S. (Con- 

 cluded from. page 303.) - - - - - p. 327 



IV. Experiments on the Chemical Produ£lion and Agency of EIe£tricity. By 

 William Hyde Wollafton, M.D. F.R.S. - - - p. 337 



V. Account of feme Galvanic Combinations, formed by the Arrangement of 

 fingle Metallic Plates and Fluids, analogous to the new Galvanic Apparatus 

 of Mr. Volta. By Mr. Humphry Davy, Le£turer on Chcmiftry in the Royal 

 Inftitution. - - - - - p. 341 



VI. Obfervations and Experiments undertaken with a View to determine th« 

 Quantity of Sulphur contained in Sulphuric Acidj and of this latter contained 

 m Sulphates in general. By Richard Chenevix, F.R.S. and M.R.I. A. 



p. 344 



VII. Defcription of an Apparatus for Diftilling, in which the Effe£ls of Ab- 

 forption are prevented without admitting the external Air. In a Letter from 

 Mr. A. S. Burkitt. - - - - - p. 349 



Scientific News, Accounts of Books, &c. - - p. 350 — 352 



Difcovery of Comet?.-— M<inioirc6 d' Agriculture., ^c, — lliftoire Naturelle des MintirauXj &;c. 



