CONTENTS. 



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V. An EfiTay on the D?<:livin"c3of Mo.' Richard 



Kirwan, E'q. LL,D. iad Ptefideat pf 



Irifli Acadt - zg 



.VI. On the Identity v( the P/rormco'13, Pyrotartareous, 

 and Pyroligneous Acids; and the NftCeffity of not confidering 

 them any longer as diftinct Acids. By C. Fourcrov and 

 Vauoxblin - - 40 



VII. Account of a Fatal Accident which happened to a 

 Traveller on the Glacier of Buet ; with fome Cautions to thofe 

 who through Curiofity may vf fit the Mountains of SwiiTcr- 

 land, ar.J particularly the Glacieis. By M. A. Pictet, Pro- 

 f "Tor cf Phflofophy - 53 



VI II. Memoir on the Ibis of the Antient Egyptians. By 



C. CuVlER - - - - ' 6l 



IX. A brief Examination of the received Doctrines refpec\- 

 ing Heat or Caloric, By Alexander Tilloch. Read before 

 the Afkefian Society, December i/OQ 70 



New Publications - • - 78 



Intelligence and Miscellaneous Articles. 



Afiatic Society. — Electoral Academy of the Ufeful Science* at 

 Erfurt. — French National Intlitutc. — Fo fiils. 



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In One large Volume Octavo, 



Illuflrated with Six Plates, engraved by Lowry, 



HE PHYSICAL. PRINCIPLES of CHEMISTRY, in. 

 tended for the Ufe of the French Central Schools. 



By J. M. BRI8SON, Member of the, National IniHtute, and Pro- 

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