CONTENTS. 



XLVI. j\Te?7toir on (lie Ciilf7ireqf the yinatto Tree, and the 

 Preparation of Anatto. By C. Lebom; 27J» 



XLVII. Observations nn the Possii'ility of collecting a cer- 

 tain Quantity of Succinic Acid during the Process of 

 viaking Amber Varriish, without lessening the Property of 

 the Famish. By M. Plaxche, Member of the Pharjna- 

 ccutic Society of Paris 278 



XLVII I. Notices respecting New Books 280 



XLIX. Proceedings of Learned Societies 281 



J,. Intelligence and Afi.'icellaneous Articles 283 



LI. Rrper/nients to ascertain whether there exists any 



Affinity betwixt Carbon and Clay, Lime and Silex, SC' 



parafely or as Compounds united with the Oxide of Iron 



fnrmiiig Iron Ores and Iron Stones. By David Mushet, 



Esfj. of the Calder Irnn-lforks 289 



LII. Experiments on preparing (Potatoes in Digesters for 

 feeding lean and fiitlt-ning other Stock. By the Rev. 

 "William Pikurhpont, of Burton Park, Sussex ... £Q8 



LTIL Description of an improved Eight-Day Clock, to 

 strike nithoul a Fly ; invented by ]\lr. Edward Massey, 

 (f Hanley, in Staffordshire 303 



LTV', yhcfm/it of Improvements for diminishing Friction 

 in Clocks. By ISlr. Edward Massey, of Henley, in 

 Staffordshire *. 305 



L\'. Observations on the Condition of the Inhabitants of the 

 Cape of Good Hope 307 



LVI. yiemorial of Mr. E. G. J. Crookeexs respecting 

 the Distillation of Spirits, ^^'c. in Holland 315 



LVI I. Figure of the Orbits of the new Planets. By Je- 

 rome de Lalande 325 



LMII. Letter to Mr. Arthui'. Aikin from Dr. Thorn- 

 ton 326 



LTX. Life o/' JoHX Hexry Lambert 333 



LX. Addition to a Memoir on the Method of giving to 

 Cotton and Linen Thread the Adrianople Red, and other 

 fixed Colnurs. By J. M. Haussman 340 



LXL On Spontaneous Inflammations. By C. Bartholdi, 

 Professor (f Natural Philosophy and Chemistry .... 316 



LXII. Remarks on Men of gigantic Stature, ami particu- 

 larly on the Irish Giant, ^O'Brien. By Mr. Blair, 

 Surgeon of the Lock Hospital, t^c. &c 355 



LXili. Copy of a Letter from Mr. Cuthbertsox to Dr. 

 Pearson, communicating an irirp(n'tant and curious di~ 

 stinguisJiing Property between the Galvanic and Electric 

 I'luids ........". 338 



7^X1 V. Proceedings of Learned Societies 35B 



LXV. Intel li'jence and JSEtscellaneous Articles 367 



