CONTENTS 



OF 



THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL, 



N^ XXV. 



23 



ART. ._, ^^«^ 



I. On the Composition and Manufacture of Chloride or 



Oxymuriate of Lime, (commonly called Bleaching- 

 Powder,) and on the Atomic Weight of Manganese. 

 By Andrew Ure, M.D., F.R.S., Professor of the 

 Andersonian Institution, Glasgow 1^ 



II. On the Neglect of the Bath Waters in the Cure of 



Disease 



III. An Account of the Periodical Literary Journals, which 

 • were published in Great Britain and Ireland, from the 



year 1681,* to the commencement of the Monthly 

 Review, in 1749. By Samuel Parkes, F.L.S., 

 M.R.L, &c 36 



IV. On the Economy of Fuel, as connected with the Im- 

 proved Method of Heating Steam-Boilers, and 

 Burning Smoke. Invented by Messrs. Parkes of 

 Warwick 58 



V. Observations and Experiments upon the Chemical Com- 



position ofUhe Seeds of the Croton Tiglium, and the 

 Oil which is procured from them. By John Nimmo, 

 M.D. 62 



VI. An Account of a Cinerary Vase found at Athens. By 

 Lewis Vulliamy, Esq., late Travelling Student of 



the Royal Academy 72 



VII. On the Correction to be applied in Barometrical Men- 

 suration, for the Effects of Atmospheric Vapour, by 

 means of the Hygrometer. By J. F. DANiELL,Esq., 

 F.R.S., and M.R.1 76 



Vlll. Account'of a Steam-Engine Indicator 91 



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