CONTENTS 



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THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL, 



N« XV. 



ART. PAGE. 



I. A Tribute to the Memory of the late Mr. Henry, Presi- 

 dent of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Man- 

 chester. By William Henry, M.D. F.R.S.^c 8fc. . . 1 



n. Investigation of the Corrections of the Places of the 

 Stars for Aberration and Nutation 21 



III. Journal of the Proceedings of Mr. Burckhardt, in 

 Egypt and Nubia , . . . . 28 



IV. Observations on the Medico-Chemical Treatment of 

 Calculous Disorders. By W. T. Brands, Sec. R.S., 

 SfC. Sect. 2. On the Production of Calculi in the Kidneys ; 

 their Nature and Treatment , . . . 66 



V. Some Observations relating to the Agency of Galvanism 

 in the Animal Economy. By A. P. Wilson Philip, 

 M.D. F.R.S.E.,^c „,„,, 72 



VI. View of the Progress of Astronomy in Germany, for 

 1818 84 



VII. On the Mammoth, or Fossil Elephant, found in the 

 Ice at the mouth of the River Lena, in Siberia, with an 

 Engraving of the Skeleton 95 



VIII. On the Figure of the Earth. By M. de Laplace. . 108 



IX. On the Preparation of Oxygenated Water. By M. 

 THENARD 114 



X. Description of Messrs. Taylors and Marttneau's 

 Patent Apparatus for the Production of Gas from Oil. 

 With two Engravings 12# 



