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On the Flexibility of all Mineral Substances ; 
and the cause of Creeps and Seats in old Coal 
Mines. By Mr. John B. Longmire. ........cesseeeeeees 161 
Account of the Black-Lead Mine in Borrow- 
dale, Cumberland. By Mr. Jonathan Otley. ........ 165 
Account of a White Solar Rainbow. | By the 
Rev. R. Smethurst. ate OOO OEE E SOTO ROOT EE EET EE SESE S OSES OEE EES 176 
Remarks, chiefly Agricultural, made during a 
short excursion into Westmoreland and Cumberland, 
in August 1815. By John Moore, jun. Esq. ...+++++ 179 
A Tribute to the Memory of the late President 
of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Man- 
chester. By William Henry, M.D. F.R.S. &c. ... 204 
An Essay on the Signs of Ideas; or the means 
of conveying to others the Knowledge of our Ideas. 
Gy Edward Carbutt, AL, Dd). ccesccasspcessccccessere eeneees 241 
Account of some Remarkable Facts observed in 
the deoxidation of Metals, particularly Silver and 
Copper. By Samuel Lucas, Esq. .eccccscssesseseceees 271 
Observations upon the Callous Tumour. By 
Mr. Kinder Wood. ......... Senet ve oro peeconsenevecess vevee 275 
On the Possibility of reconciling the Scrip- 
tural and Profane accounts of the Assyrian Mo- 
narchy. By the Rev. John Kenrick, A. M, ......... 298 
A descriptive Account of the several processes 
which are usually pursued in the Manufacture of the 
article known in Commerce by the name of Tin- 
plate. By Samuel Parkes, F. L. S.&c. cesesceseseeeee B47 
