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And the presents made to the academy. After this follows 

 an account of the labours of the academy up to 1S05, which 

 occupies 250 pages, and then the different memoirs, viz. 



1. Description of a new portable burometer for measuring 

 heights and depths, with observations made with it in the 

 circles of Turin and Saluzzo : by V.assali Eandi. 



2. Account of a waterspout that occurred in the territory 

 of Revel, in the circle of Saluzzo, March 27,, 17GS; with 

 remarks on the cause of the pha^nomenon : by the same. 



3. On the different capacities for conducting heat, ascer- 

 tained, by experiment, in different articles used for clothing : 

 by J. Sennebier. 



4. Of a new species of hawkweed {crep'ts), to which are 

 added some cryptogamis of Piedmont : by J. Baptist Balbis, 



A figure of this plant, which Mr. B. calls crcpis ambigiia, 

 is given. Among the cryptogamias are the following new 

 species : vmcQr JiosculcnUis, peziza amentacea, lichen nivalh. 

 These likewise are figured. 



5. Experiments on the effects of the nitric and oxygenated i 

 muriatic acid, employed topically in the treatment of various 

 diseases: by M. Rossi. JMr. R. gives an account of the 

 cure of several trangrenous ulcers, venereal buboes, and even 

 contagious carbuncles, effected by the application of these 

 acids. 



6. Meteorological observalionsmade during the solar eclipse 

 on the 30th of January 1 803, at the observatory of Turin ; 

 with reflections on them : by Ant. Mar, Vassali Eandi. 



7. On a species of cassia, that may be substituted for the 

 senna of the shops : by M. Bellardi. This is the cow i« «m- 

 rilaiidica, which Mr. B, would call succedanea, because, ac- 

 cording to him, it may supply the place of cassia la/iceolata, 



8. Inquiries into the nature of the Galvanic fluid : by 

 A. M. Vassali Eandi, 



9. On the mines of plumbago jn the departments of the. 

 Slure and Po: by M. Bonvoisin. 



10. Attempts to improve nut oil : by the same. Mr. B, 

 points out a method of purifying this oil, and rendering it 

 as fit for lamps as other fine oils, 



