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 LI. Notices rc'ipccting New Books. 



Thihsifphkal Transactions of the. Royal Societi/ of London 

 for the Year 1803. Part I. 



-L HIS valuable publication consists of the following papers: 

 ■ — 1 . The Bakenan Lecture. Observations on tlie Quantity 

 of horizontal Refraction; with a Method of nieasuring the 

 Dip at Sea. By William Hyde Woollaston, M.D. F. R. S. 

 — 2. A Chemical Analysis of some Calamines. By James 

 Smithson, Esq. F. R.S. — 3. Experiments on the Quantity 

 of Gases absorbed by Water at difi'erent Temperatures and 

 under different Pressures. By Mr. William Henry. — 4. Ex- 

 periments and Observations on the various Alloys, on the 

 Specific Gravity, and on the comparative Wear of Gold ; 

 being the Substance of a Report made to the right honour- 

 able the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council, ap- 

 pointed to take into Consideration the State of the Coins of 

 this Kingdom and the present Establishment and Constitu- 

 tion of His Majesty's Mint. By Charles Hatchett, Esq. 

 F. R.S. — 5. Observations on the Chemical Nature of the 

 Humours of the Eye. By Richard Chenevix, Esq. F.R.S. 

 and Al.R. LA. — 6. Account of some Stones said to have 

 fallen on tlie Earth in France ; and of a Lump of native 

 Iron said to have fallen in India. By the Right Honoura- 

 ble Charles Greville, F.R.S. — 7. Observations on the Struc- 

 ture of the Tongue ; illustrated by Cases in \\ hich a Portion 

 of that Organ hss been removed by Ligature. By Everard 

 Home, Esq. F.R.S. — 8. Observations of the Transit of 

 Mercury over the Disc of the Sun ; to which is added, an 

 Investigation of the Causes which often prevent the proper 

 Action of Mirrors. By William Herschel, L.L.D. F.R.S. 

 — Q. An Account of some Experiments and Observations 

 on the constituent Parts of certain astringent Vegetable.^, 

 and on their Operation in Tanning. By H. Davy, Esq. 

 Professor of Chemistry in the Royal Institution. — 10. Ap- 

 pendix to Mr. Henry's Paper on the Quantity of Gases ab- 

 sorbed by Water at diflercnt Temperatures and under dif- 

 ferent Pressures. — Appendix. Meteorological Journal kept 

 at the Apartments of the Royal Society. 



y^« Essay on the Law of Patents for vew Inventions : to, 

 ichich are prefixed two Chapters on the general History 

 of Monopolies, and on their Introdziction and Progress in 

 England to the Time of the Inter-regmim : with an ap- 

 pendix, containing Copies of the Caveat, Petition, Oath, 

 2 and 



