CONTENTS. 



LVI. An pxpermmtal Inquiry into the Nature of Gravclbj 

 and CalculomjCoiicrctions in the Human Subject ; and the 

 EJ^fcts of Alkaline and Acid Substances on t/ievi, in and 

 outoft/ieBodi/. 5?/ Thomas Egan, M.D.M.RJ.A. 295 



LVII. Letter front JoHS VoLLOCK, Esq: of JSlountains- 

 fown, Navan, to the Bevcrend Dr. Lyster, respecting a 

 Snrglcal Operation performed on a Heifer . . . . 308 



LVIII. Description of Mr. Da\ in Charles's Machine for 

 laying Land level. By Lientenant-Colo7iel Hardy 309 



LIX. On the Utility of Public Dispensaries in general; 

 accompanied with a Report if the Cases in the Finsbury 

 and City Dispensaries for the. last three Months of the 

 Year 1S03. Communicated by John Taunton, Esq. 

 Surgeon to the City and Finsbury Dispensaries, and 

 Lecturer on Anatoiny, Surgery, &(c 3\-2 



LX. Description of M. Bakuel's new Apparatus for 

 ■making Gaseous Oxide of Carbon. By i\/. Dryeux 317 



LXI. Additional Experlme/fts and Remarks on an artificial 

 Substance which possesses the principal characteristic Pro- 

 perties of Tannin. By Charles Hatchett, Esq. 

 F.R.S 320 



LXI I. Extract from a Memoir by Messrs. Fourcroy' and 

 VAuauELiN upon the Vhcenomena and the Products which 

 Animal Matters afford ivlien treated with Nitric Acid. 

 Read at the National Institute 32(5 



LXI II. A Memoir on the Means of renderivg Smutty 

 IVheat fit for Market. Translated from the Blbllo- 

 iheqjie Physlco-Economlqve by the Rev. John Dubour- 

 DIEU . . . 332 



LXIV. Specification of the Patent granted to Arthur 

 WooLF, (f Spa Fields, in the County of Middlesex, 

 for certain Improvements in the Construction of Steam- 

 Engines. Dated Ju?ie 7 , IBOi 333 



LXV. On the Chemical Nature of Blighted Corn. Ex- 

 tracted from a'ilemoir read at the Institute 30th Ven- 

 demialre, Year 12. By Messrs. Fourcroy' arid Vau- 

 aUELIN 346 



LXVI. Experimental Inquiry into the Proportion of the 

 several Gases or Elastic Fhdds constiluting the Atmo- 

 sphere. jBt^ John Dalton 349 



LXVII. Experiments on the Torpedo, by Messrs. Hum- 

 uoldt and Gay-Lussac. Extracted from a Letter 

 from- M. Humboldt to M. Berthollet, dated Rome, 

 13 Fructid. Year 13 336 



LXVI II. Notices respecting New Books 36o 



LXIX. Proceedings of Learned Societies .. .. 3t>3 



LXX, Intelligence and Mlscdlaucous Articles .. 371 



