152 JAMES SMITHSON AND HIS BEQUEST. 



The following is a list of his scientific writings : 



[_In the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.] 



1791. An account of some chemical experiments on Taba sheer, vol. 



lxxxi, pt. II, p. 368. 

 1802. A chemical analysis of some Calamines, vol. xciii, p. 12. 



1806. Account of a discovery of native minium, vol. xcvi, pt. I, p. 267. 



1807. On quadruple and binary compounds, particularly sulphurets, 



[Philosophical Magazine, vol. xxix, p. 275.] 



1808. On the composition of the compound sulphuret from Hue! Boys, 



and an account of its crystals, vol. xcviii, p. 55. 

 1811. On the composition of zeolite, vol. ci, p. 171. 

 1813. On a substance from the elm tree, called ulmin, vol. ciii, p. 61. 

 1813. On a saliue substance from Mount Vesuvius, vol. ciii, p. 256. 

 1817. A few facts relative to the coloring matter of some vegetables, 



vol. cviii., p. 110. 



[In Thomson's Annals of Philosophy.] 



1819. On a native compound of sulphuret of lead and arsenic, vol. xiv, 

 p. 96. 



1819. On native hydrous aluminate of lead, or ploinb gomme, vol. xiv, 



p. 31. 



1820. On a fibrous metallic copper, vol. xvi, p. 46. 



1820. An account of a native combination of sulphate of barium and 



fluoride of calcium, vol. xvi, p. 48. 



1821. On some capillary metallic tin, vol. xvii. New series, vol. I, p. 271. 



1 822. On the detection of very minute quantities of arsenic and mercury, 



vol. xx. New series, vol. iv, p. 127. 



1822. Some improvements of lamps, vol. xx. New series, vol. iv, p. 363. 

 L823. Oil the crystalline form of ice, vol. xxi. New series, vol. v, p. 310. 



1823. A means of discrimination between the sulphates of barium and 



strontium, vol. xxi. New series, vol. v, p. 359. 

 1823. On the discovery of acids in mineral substances, vol. xxi. New 



series, vol. v, p. 384. 

 1823. An improved method of making coffee, vol. xxii. New series, vol. 



vi. p. 30. 

 1823. A discovery of chloride of potassium in the earth, vol. xxii. New 



series, vol. vi, p. 258. 



1823. A method of fixing particles on the sappare, vol. xxii. New se- 



ries, vol. vi, ]>. 412. 



1824. On some compounds of fluorine, vol. xxiii. New series, vol. vii, 



p. 100. 

 1824. An examination of some Egyptian colors, vol. xxiii. New series, 



vol. vii, ]>. 1 1."). 

 1824. Some observations on Mr. Penn's theory concerning the formation 



of the Kirkdale Cave, vol. xxiv. New series, vol. viii, p. 50. 



