CONTENTS. 



^ir, chie fly with respect to the Ahsorpiinn of jizote and 

 the Respiration of Gaseous Oxide of Azote. By Pro- 

 fessor Pfaff, of Kiel 51 



XII. Additional Experiments and Remarks on an artificial 

 Substance ivhich possesses the principal characteristic Pro- 

 perties of Tannin. By Charles Hatchett, Esq. 

 F.R.S 58 



XIII. On the Oxides of Gold, Tin, and other Metals; with 

 Hints for extc?iding their Uses in Dyeing. Communicated 

 in a Letter to M. Berthollkt by M. John Michael 

 Haussman , C9 



XIV. Oil the partial Fusion of Metals by the Electric Dis- 

 charge. By a Correspondent 73 



XV. On the Reprodiictioji of Buds. By Thomas Andrew 

 Knight, Esq. F.R.S. In a Letter to the Right Ihn. 

 Sir Joseph Banks, K.B. P.R.S 75 



XVI. Proceedings of Learned Societies 81 



XVII. Intelligence and Miscellaneo7is Articles .. .. 91 



XVIII. On the Possibility of vat7/.raUzing the Cachemire 

 Goat of India to the Climate of Europe: in a Letter from 

 Dr. De Carro, of Vienna, to Professor Pictet, of' Ge- 

 neva 97 



XIX. A7i Essay on the Theory of' mixed Gases, and the 

 State of IVater in the Atmosphere. By Mr. John 

 Gough 103 



XX. An exper'imevtal Inquiry into the Nature of Gravelly 

 and Calculous Concret'ions in the Human Subject ; and the 

 Effects of Alkaline and Acid Substances on them, in and 

 out of the Body. By Thomas Egan, M.D. M.R.LA. 



114 



XXI. Extract of a Memoir of Messrs. Fourcrox and 

 VAUG.UELIN 7ipon Guono, the vattiral Manure of the 

 South Sea Islands near the Coast of Peru. Read before 

 the National Institute. Drawn up by A. Laugier 126 



XXII. Analysis of Birdlime. By M. Bouillon-La- 



GKANGE 131 



XXITI. On a iiLUJ Varnish for Wood. By M. Parmen- 



TIRR 138 



XXIV. Account of a Series of Experiments^ showing the 



Effects 



