CONTENTS 



O P T H E 



THIRD VOLUME. 



DESCRIPTION of the Volcano in the I/land of St. Lucia. 

 By M. Cassan - _ Page I 



Account of the Method of Catching Wild Elephants at Tipura 

 m the Eajl Indies. By John Corse, Efq. - 5,130 



On the Materials ufed for Manufacturing Cajl Iron. By 

 far. D A v 1 D M u s H E t, of the Clyde Iron Works - 13 



On Preferring Seeds of Plants in a' State ft for Vegetation. 

 By John Sneyd, Efq. of Belmont, Stafford /hire - 30 



A quick and eajy Method of converting Weeds and other Ve- 

 getable Matter into Manure. By Mr. Brown, of Derby 32 



Agenda, or a Colleclion of Obfervations and Refearches the 

 Rejults of which mayferve as the Foundation for a Theory 

 of the Earth. By M. de Saussure «, 147, 204 



Analyfis of the Spinel Ruby. By C. Vauquelin, Infpcc- 

 tor of Mines and Member of the French Natio?ial In/li- 

 tute _ _ _ J 



Defcription of a remarkable Spring of Frefh Water, which 

 njes through the Water of the Sea. By the Abbe Spal- 

 lanzani - _ 



Experiments refpeBing the Effecls of EleBricity on the Fer- 

 mentation of Vegetable and the Corruption of DeadAiiimal 

 Subjtances. By M. Acii ard - _ t r 



Objervations and Experiments on Staining Wood. By Pro- 

 jcfjor Beckmann _ _ - ka 



Dejcription of a new Diving Machine, proper for beinz em- 

 ployed in Rivers, &c. By C. H. Klingert - c Q 



Obfervations on Fire Balls. By F. C. Fuld \ - 66 



A Communication from Mr. W. j I. Pepys jun. Member of 

 the London Phi/ofophical Society, containing an Account If 

 fine interejhng Experiments on the Production of Artificial 

 Cold, in one of which Fifty-fix Pounds of Mercury were 

 Jrozen into a f olid Mafs _ _ -y>* 



Letters from fome of the Men of Science engaged in the French 



luxpediliou to Egypt - . m y , 



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