CONTENTS. 1^ 



Mr, DjA.VlD MusHET of the Cljile Iron Works. Com-, 

 7tiunlcufcd hj' the Author - - ^<^S^ 1 7^ 



Agenda, or a Colledlon of Ohjcr-vatiom and "Refearches, the 

 Refults of 'which may fcrve as the Foundation for a Theory 

 of the Earth. By M. De Saussure {continued.) i88 

 On the Cure of Perfons hitlen hy Snahes in India. By John 

 Will HA MS, Efq. - - - 191 



On the Metallic Particles contained in the Afhes of Vegeta- 

 bles. Sy il/. De LA Metherie -_ i()6 

 Ohfervations on Native Iron found in Straiuherries 1 98 

 Seventh Communication froin Dr. Thornton, Phyfician ta 

 the General Difpenfary, &c. relative to Pneumatic Med'i- 

 c'me _ _ - - 201 

 On the Glazing of 'Earthen Vcf els without head - 303 

 Geographical Defcription of the Ijles of France and Bourbon 



204 

 Ohfervations on the Property afcribed to Oil, of calming th£ 

 Waves of the Sea. By I. F. W. Otto - 325 



Communication from Dr. Mitchill, of Kew-Yorh, fheiv- 

 ing the Utility of conjlruHing the Hcufes and paving the 

 Streets of Cities .with calcareous in preference to Jiliceous 

 . arid argillaceous Materials - - 233 



.An Account of Mr. Brown's Travels through Egypt and 

 Syria, &c. - - - - 239 



Means propofed for faving the Creivs rf Veffels fhipwrecked 

 near the Coafl. By an anonyinous Author - 247 



On the different Kinds of Cad/ziia, and particularly thofe of 

 Zinc nd Cobalt. J3y I. I. Bindheim 0/' Mo/cow %yi 

 f>efcription of an Affuy furnace., with an Apparatus for mea- 

 furing the Degree of Heat employed. By Mr. David 

 MusHET of the Clyde Iron Works. Communicated by the 

 Author - _ _ _ 255 



Agenda, or a Colle£iion of Ohfervations and Refcarches, the. 

 Refults of which may ferve as the Foundation for a Theory 

 of the Earth. By M. De Saussure {continued.) 259 

 Ohfervations on the different Inducements to the Eating of 

 Human Fie jh. i^^/ J. de Lo URKI RO - 265 



Dejcription of an improved Dif charging Electrometer. Read 

 bcfre the Rryal Society of Copenhagen. By A. W. VoK 

 Hauch, Marjhal fj/the Cmu-t, &:. to his Danijh Md~ 

 jefiy - -, - - 267 



Ohfervations on the Tones produced by an Organ-pipe in dif-r- 

 ferent Kinds of Gas. Jiv C. F. F. CnLADNI - 275 

 J^ctterfrom E. PKJiOLLE of the ykademj of Turin, formerly 

 Profeffor of Anatomy and the Pradice oj Medicine at Tou- 

 loufe, to J. C. DE LA JNIetheuie, on the Acoujlic .Ex- 

 periments of Cbladni - - r 283 

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