Vv CONTENTS. 
On the Specific Heats of the Aeriform Fluids. zy James 
Apjohn, M.D. . - . page 44 
On the alleged Dae ery ‘of a MS. Teansiskae of the History of 
the Pheenicians, by Philo Biblius. By the Baron de Donop. . 47 
On some remarkable Salts, obtained by the Action of Ferrocyanide 
of Potassium on the Sys ta a vty and A waa oe 
William Gregory, M.D. . - 49 
On a new Variety of Alumn. By Tee iAvakin, M. D. eee Re 
On some peculiar Habits of Otus patyotee. By Captain Port- 
ROGKs ihncisoos 072 ater ed onl omnes oe” 6: et 
On some general neve ues of the Conie Sections, BS. James 
Booth, Esq. . . . eee ne MRR oc 
On Fluorine. ey Geargs J. Kaos, eis os oe ‘the Hee Thomas 
Knox. . 54 
On an ae es sees ae er ed j in certain Tr rap coe in 
the County of Galway. By Robert Mallet, Esq. . . . - . 56 
On Dumasine. By Robert J. Kane, M.D. . . . . 58 
On the Chronology of Egypt. By James Mac Cullagh, ea: “9 ai M. 66 
On the Antiquities of Tara Hill. By George Petrie, Esq. 68, 71, 75 
On the relative Magnetic Intensity in dope Dublin, and 
Edinburgh. By A. D. Bache, Esq. . . 71 
Notice respecting the ape or Boomerang By Joseph s. 
Moore, Esq. ~ ." .° « 73 
Investigations respecting Equations of the Fifth Degree. By Sit 
William R. Hamilton, A.M. 76 
On the Possibility of transplanting the Cie with” the View of 
relieving Blindness. By Samuel L. Bigger, Esq. . . . 81 
On the Composition of certain essential Oils. x Robert J. 
aries Me 5 teat d: aes 83 
On Atmospheric Electricity. inp Edward s. Clarke, Bans - § eeeB6 
On a new Gaseous Compound of Carbon and ee By Ed- 
mund Davy, Esq. ..-....-. «+ 488 
On the Properties of Surfaces of the Sectnd Order. By seis 
Mac Cullagh, Esq., ALM. .. . . 89 
On a New Rain-guage. By the Rey. Thomas Knox. bs -onzonb it BO 
1837—1838. 
On the Nature, Age, and Origin of the Sanscrit Writing and 
Language. By the Rev. Charles W.Wall,D.D. . . . . 97 
Inaugural Address of the President. . . . Sala - ADF 
Memoir of the late President. Ps the Rey. Joseph H. Singer, 
D-D:, Secretary... = diet, « 121 
On the Eugubian Inscriptions. By Sir William Betham. he Meh eae 
On the —— of the —, or arene: ses Samuel Fer- 
guson, Esq. ... .'.2° 805 13s 
