aS4 EleSioral lAcademj of Mentz, ^c. 



tLECTOUAL ACADEMY OF MENTZ. 



Tl»is fociety have p^ibliflied a new volume of their trauf- 

 a^tions, 1799-1802, large oftavo, with plates. The con- 

 tents are, lit. Chemical examination of fome foflils, by 

 Tromfdorft'. 2cl, Experiments on a proper method of prepar- 

 ing cinnabar in the dry way, by Buchenholzen. 3d. A view 

 of the principles of the Derivation Calculus of the two French 

 analyfts, Lagrange and Arbogart, with a comparifon be-- 

 twccn it and the Differential Calculus. 4th and 5th. Ho- 

 meyer's efiky, which obtained the academical prize. 6th, 

 Obfei'vation on fome rare kinds of fern, with three plates by 

 Wildenow. 7th. On the Aj'plen'ium, and fome plants of 

 the fame family, by Bernhardi. 8th. Obfervations on f^rip- 

 pingoffthe bark of fruit trees as the means of increafing 

 their produce. 9th. On the ailion of conimon faltpetre 

 and common fait on animal bodies, by Thilow. 10th. Ex- 

 amination of the origin of harmony, and its progreffive for- 

 ination, with three plates, nth. Stuffb, no deity of the 

 Thuringians, by Wolf. 13th. Eloge of M. A. H. Frank, by 

 Bellcrman. 



ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AT BERLIN. 



Tlie following papers have been read before the Society 

 fir.Qe the commencement of the prefent year: — 



Jan. 7. A continued account of the new planets, by pro- 

 felTor Bode. 14. On the noble pride of men of letters, by 

 the direftor de Caftillon. 21. A paper on the queftion. To 

 what extent were the antients acquainted with the art of 

 painting? by counfellor Hirt. 38. A public fitting. M. 

 Merian read the cloge of Mr. Selle; M. Teller, the elogc 

 of M. von WoUner ; profelfor Bode, a hifliory of the difco- 

 very of the new planets ; profeffor Klaproth, an examina- 

 tion of the laft experiments on galvanifm. 



Feb. 4. A chemical examination of the calculi found in 

 the ftomachs of horfes. 1 1 . On the certainty of the mathe- 

 matical fciences, by profeflbr Burja. i8th. A continuation 

 of moral and philo'i'ophical thoughts, by M. Ancillon. 25. 

 On the means of promoting mental culture in the ci-devant 

 Poland, by ISL Gedike. 



March 4. A fuccin6l account of the manner in which the 

 vaccine has been introduced, brought into repute, and pro- 

 pagated at Vienna, by Dr. De Carena; read by M. Wal- 

 ter, iunior. II. Obfervations on the developement of the 

 functions which contain multiple fines and co-fines of 

 arcs. 1 8. On the oldell evidences of geology and phyfiologv, 

 and particularly men; by M. 'i^emblcy. 25. On fome 

 words of number, and ihcir ei\ mology j by M. Caltidc. 



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