CONTENTS. 



LI I. Description nf an Instrument for rquaJizhig the Prcs* 

 sure and Efflux nf non-clastic Fluids, By Mr. Joseph 



Steevens 28y 



Llir. On the Principles of Pump- fVork, illvMrafed and ap- 

 plied in the Construction of a new Pump, ivilhout Friction, 

 or LjSs of Time, or fFatcr, in ivorking ; huniNt/ proposed 

 Jbr the Service of the British Marine, with the Privil,ege 

 of His Majestifs Rotjal Letters Patent. By Bex\jamin 



Martin - 2gi 



LIV. Notice respecting the Expedition to New Holland, 

 undertaken for the Purpose of making Researches into 

 Geography and Natural History. Bi/ A. L. JussiEU 



300 



LV. Chemical Researches on Vegetation. By Theodore 



DE Saussure. yln Extract read in the French National 



Institute hy L. Berthollet 307 



LVI. JSlemoir on the Natural History of the Coco- nut Tree 

 and the Areca-nut Tree ; the Cultwcttion if them accord- 

 ing to the Methods of the Hindoos ; their Productions, 

 and their Utility in the Arts and for the Purposes of do- 

 mestic Economy. By M. Le Goux de Flaix, an Officer 

 of Engineers, and ^lember of the Asiatic Society at Cal- 

 cutta 316 



LVII. An Account of Borneo ; contained in a Letter from 

 Mr. John Jesse, to the Court of Director}., from Borneo 



Proper 332 



LVI II. On the Popidafion nf Bengal. By a Gentleman 



no!o residing in that Country 339 



LIX. Twentieth Communication from Dr. Thornton, re- 

 lative to Pneumatic Medicine 347 



LX. On Fumigation. By Dr. THfmNTON 349 



LXI. Analytical Experiments and Observations on Lac. 



Bji Chat?les Hatchett, Esq. F. R. S 350 



LXII. Exf)eriments ami Observations oh Feathers, and tine 



Down of domestic Fowls. By M. Parmentip.u .. 338 



LXI It. On rendering Assistance to Persons in Danger of 



Drowning. By H. Lawsox, Esq .*.... T. 363 



LXIV. Letter from William Reid, Merchant, in Peter- 

 head, :n Scotland, resfyecting a Mode of curing vmlignant 



and epidemical Fevers 3S\ 



LXV. Notices respecting New Books 3(53 



LXVI. Proceedings of Learned and Economical Societies 



308 

 LXVII. Intelligence and Miscellaneous Articles 370 



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