CONTENTS. 



Ohservatwns respecting a New Scale for the Thermmne- 

 ter 415 



On the Properties of Furze or Whins 427 



jiddiiional Observatiojisfor the Purpose of as certain ivg the 

 Value of growing Timber at different and distant Periods 

 of Time 428 



A List of about Five Hundred Collieries in and near to Der- 

 byshire 431 



The Croonian Lecture , 439 



Comparative Tables of the Beats of the Tempered Conso- 

 nances in M, Kirnberger^s and the Isotonic or Equal 

 Temperament Systems of Tuning ; uith Remarks on the 

 common System used by Organ Tuners, compared ivith 

 thai of M, Kirnberger 448 



Notices Inspecting New Books . . . , 66, 302, 382, 467 

 Proceedings of Learned Societies 74, 154, 225, 303, 383,460 

 Intelligence and Miscellanegjis Articles 76, 157, 232, 317, 



399, 468 

 List of New Patents . . 79> 158, 237, 319, 399, 470 

 Meteorological Tables •, ..80, 160, 240, 320, 400, 473 



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