CONTENTS 



OF THE 



TWENTY-NINTH VOLUME. 



I. A STATISTICAL Account of Upper Canada. By 

 J. B. Galt, Esq 3 



II. Summarjj Coimderations upon variegated Colours of 

 Bodies u'hen reduced info tlwi Pellicles ; to ivhich is added 

 an Explanation of the Colours of tempered Steel, and of 

 those of Peacocks' Feathers. Extracted from a IVork on 

 Colours ; hy C. A. Prieur 11 



III. Upon the most sensible Re-agents with respect to the 

 Muriatic, the Carbonic, the Sulphuric Acids, and Ammonia^ 

 By M. Pfaff, Professor of Chemistry at Kiel . . 17 



IV. Some further Remarks upon the supposed Forniation 

 of Muriatic Acid in Water hy the Influence of the Gal- 

 vanic Pile. By Professor Pfaff 1^ 



V. Essay 7ipon the Art of the Foundry among the Anti-ents : 

 with some Remarks upon the celebrated Horses of Chio, 

 now brought from Venice to Paris. By M. Seitz . . 20 



VI. Facts for a History of the Gallic Acid. By M. BouiL- 

 lon-Lagrange 29 



VII. Note 7ipon a fulminating Combination of Silver, of a 

 white Colour and a crystalline Appearance. By M. Des- 



COSTILS 30 



VIII. Memoirs o^Erasmus Darwin, M. D. .. . . 38 



IX. Description of a circular Mot her -of -Pearl Micrometer, 

 By David Brewster, A.M. 48 



X. Additional Memoir upon living and fossil Elephants, 

 By M. Cuvier 53 



XI. On the Phfsnomena of the Horizontal Moon. By 

 Ez. Walker, Esq 65 



XII. Report of the Senior Chaplain of Fort Si. George to 

 the Right Phmourable Lord William Blntinck, Go- 

 vernor of Madras, on the State of the Christians inhabiting 

 the Kingdoms of Cochin and Travancore 68 



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