CONTENTS. 



Descr!f)!/on of ?»/-•■. Edmund Turriill's improved Drau irnr 

 Board and T Square, . . . . . . ..11^ 



071 Chemical Philosophij. . . . . 117, 339, 425 



Chemical Examivalion of some Sulsta??css used in Ceylon as 



Remedies against the Bites of venomous Serpents. , . 1 22 



Remarks on the Case of Miss M'AvoY. . . .. .. 123 



Case of an. American Girl — deaf, dumh, and Hind. .. 129 

 On a Plan for properly observing Fire- Ball Meteors. . . 130 

 Mr. Smith's Geological Claims stated. .. .. .. 173 



On the Nautical Almanac. .. .. .. ..186 



Meteorological Retrospectfor the last Half of the Year 1 81 7. 1 89 



On the Influence luhich the Increase or Diminution of the Polar 

 Ice has on the Climates of oilier Latitudes. . . . . 199 



On a Case of Formation of Ice on an Alkaline Solution. 201 



On supposed Lunar Projectiles, on A'crolilhs ; and on Notices 

 of Comets 203 



Geological and Minerah^ical Survey of Part of the Yorkshire 

 Coast ^ . . . . . . . . . 206 



On the transverse Strength and Resilience (f Timber. . . 214 



Account of Antiquarian Researches in Egypt by M. Belzoni, 

 charged by the British Gcuernment to tnake Collections for 

 the British Museum. .. .. .. .. ..241 



On the Use of the common Thermometer us a Hygrometer, and 

 D-^scription of a Self-registering Hygrometer, .. 24."> 



Report of (he Committee appointed to superintend the Experi- 

 ments of Dr. SiCKLER, for the Purpose of proving the Effi.- 

 cncy of a Method proposed by him, J or unrolling and deci- 

 phering the Hercnlaneiim Manuscripts. .. ., 248 



Anatomical Description of the Fir Tree. .. .. 2j6 



Receipts for Enamel Colours, and for staining and gilding Ghns.. 



2(i3 

 0/1 the Resilience of Materials ; with Experiments. . . 276 

 On the Expeditions to the North Pole. . . , , . , 2/9 



On extinguishing of Fires in Buildings, . . . . . , 287 



On the Preparation and Use of Copal Famish as a Fehicle pre- 

 ferable tQ Oil for the Purposes of' the Fainier. .. 2S9 

 On the Sallncss of the Atlantic Ocean. . . . . . . 291 



