IV. CONTENTS. 



III. Natural History. 



ART. PAGE 



I. Amici's Microscopical Observations. 2. Dry Rot. 3. Insects in 

 Amber. 4. Analysis, by M. Arwedson. 5. Loose Crystals in a cavity 

 in Quartz. 6. Chloride of Potassium. 7. Chlorine a remedy in 

 Scarlet fever. 8. Efficacy of the Chloride of Lime as a Disinfector. 

 9. Use of Sugar as an antidote to lead, in cases of poisoning. 10. Vol- 

 canic Eruption in Iceland. 11. Periodical rise and fall of the Barome- 

 ter. 12. Periodical Thunder-storms. 13. Voyage of Discovery. 14. 

 Aninralculte of Conferva Canoides . . • 388 



Literary Notices 397 



XXI. Meteorological Diary, for the Months of September, Octo- 

 ber, and November, 1823 39S 



Index 400 



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