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XLVII. Notices refpeSing New Books. 



Mancbejler TrarifaBions, 



X. II E Second Part of Vol. V. has juft made its appear- 

 ance. The following are the contents : 



On Tragedv, and the Intereft in Tragical Reprefenlations : 

 an Ellay. Bv the Rev. George Walker, F. R. S. and Pro- 

 fellbr of Theolo<ry in the New College, Mancheder. — ^Ex- 

 periments and Obfervations fo determine whether the Quan- 

 tity of Rain and Dew is equal to the Quantity of Water car- 

 ried off by the Rivers and raifed by Evaporation; with an 

 Inquiry into the Origin of Springs. By Mr. John Dalton. — • 

 Experiments and Obfervations on the Power of Fluids to 

 conducSl Heat ; with Reference to Count Runiford's Seventh 

 Elfav on the fame Subjcft. By Mr. John Dalton. — Y,x- 

 pcriments on the Velocity of Air illuing out of a Veflel in 

 different Cia-umftances ; with the Defcription of an Inftru- 

 nient to meafure the Force of the Blalt in Bellows, &c. By 



Mr. Banks, Eefturer in Natural Philofophy. Eflay on 



the Beautiful in the Human Form ; and Inquiry whether the 

 Grecian Statues prcfent the moft perfe6l Beauty of Form that 

 we at prcfent have any Acquaintance with. Comnumicated 

 to the Society from a Correfpondent through the Rev. George 

 Walker. — A Defence of Learning and the Arts, againft fome 

 Charges of Roufleau. In t\yo ElTIiys. By the Rev. George 

 Walker, F. R, S. — Obfervations on the Nervous Syftems of 

 different Animals; on Original Defefts in the Nervous Syf- 

 tcm of the Human Species, and their Influence on Senfation 

 and Voluntary Motion. By John Hull, M.D. — Experi- 

 ments and Obfervations on the Heat and Cold produced by 

 the Mechanical Condenfation and Rarefaction of Air. By- 

 Mr. .lohn Dalton. — Account of fome Antiques lately found 

 in the River Kibble. Bv Mr, Thomas Barritt. — Experimental 

 EflTays on the ConltituticMi of mixed Ciafes ; on the Korce of 

 Steam or Vapour from Water and other Licjuids in different 

 Temperatures, both in a Torricellian Vacuum and in Air; 

 on Evaporation ; and on the Expanfion of Gales by Heat. 



Bv Mr. John Dalton. A Review of fome Experiments 



which have been fupjiofed to difprove the Materiality of 

 Heat. Bv Mr. William Henry. — An Inveftigation of the 

 Method whereby Men judge, by the Far, of the Pofition of 

 S()nf)rous Bodies relative totheir own Perfons. By Mr. John 

 (Joiigh. — On the Theory of Compound Sounds. By Mr. 

 John Goygh. — Meteorological Obfcrvalions made at Man- 



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