CONTENTS. r yH 



Defcription of the large Orang Outang of "Borneo. . Bj 

 F.B. von Worms - - page 225 



Objervations 'on a lingular Phenomenon called the Speclre of 

 the Broken. Bj J. L. Jordan - - 232 



Explanation of the French Mcajures and JVeights, pointing 

 out their Value and principal Ujes, according to the Law of 

 Germinal \$th, $d Year of the Republic - 245 



Account of Dr. Perkins'.? Difcovery- of the Influence of 

 Metallic 'I' ration in removing Dijeajes - 250 



An Analyjis of the Waters of two Mineral Springs at Le~ 

 mingtou Priors, near Warwick; including Experiments 

 tending to elucidate the Origin of the Muriatic Acid. By 

 William Lam be, M. A. - ^55> 350 



Jilethod employed between Melun and Lieufaint in France, to 

 meafure the Bafe of a Triangle, in order to determine the 

 Length of an Arc of the Meridian - - 260 



Chemical Reflections on the Effect produced by Mordants in 

 dyeing Cotton red. By J. A. Chaptal - 274 



On a new Metallic Subjtance contained in the Red Lead of 

 Siberia, to which it is propojed to give the Name of Chrome 3 

 on account of the Property it pofllffes of colouring every Sub- 

 jlance combined with it. By M. Vauquelin 279 



An Account of the Jumping Moufe of Canada. By Major 

 General Thomas Da vies, F. R. S. and L. S. 285 



Defcription of the Apparatus employed by Lavoisier to 

 produce Water from its component Parts, Oxygen and 

 Hydrogen - - 303 



Defcription of the Apparatus contrived by Mr. Cavallo for 

 containing Gas of any Kind, and transferring it to Bottles^ 

 Bladders., &lc. - 305 



On the Effects of Oxygen in accelerating Germination. By 



Humbolt 



309 



On the Invention of the Telegraph, with a Defcription of ibat 

 propojed by Dr. Hooke - - 313 



Propositions refpecling the Mechanical Power of the Wedge, 

 by Mr. Peter Nicholson of Newman-Jlreet 316 



Report of the Commi/Jioners appointed by the National Injlitute 

 to repeat the Experiments which have been made on Gal- 

 vantfm - - - -310 



Oj an Attempt to make the Maple Sugar above an hundred 

 Years ago. Communicated by Dr. Thornton, Lecturer 

 on Medical Botany at Guy's Hojpital, &c. - 322 



(jbfervations on the Account of the fuppofed Orang Outang of 

 the Eajl Indies, publijhed in the Tranj'aclions of the Bata- 

 vian Society in the I/land of Java. By De GeOFFROY, 

 I'rfejjbr of Zoology at the Mufeum of Natural Hi/lory 337 



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