CONTENTS 



OF THE FORTY-SIXTH VOLUME. 



FACTS and Olservations reJathig to the Connexion letween 

 vascular and extra-vascular Substavces in living organized 



Bodies. . . . . ^ 



Description of a new Reflecting Compass 7 



Of certain Causes which render more difficult the Discernment 

 of the Character of the Mind from the Examination of the 

 Organs of the Brain. .. .. •• •• ^ 



Correction of some Errors in Mr. Singer's Paper on the Me- 

 chanical Jpplicaiions of the Electric Column. .. H 

 Second Beply to Mr. De Luc's Observations on a Paper en- 

 titled " Reflections on the Inadequacy of the principal Hy- 

 potheses to explain the Phcenomena of Electricity." . . 13 

 Destruction of the Fiewers and Overmen at Sheriff Hill Col' 

 lierv . •• «• •« •• •• •• 



On the comparative Stiffness of Beams. .. •• '5 



Report on M. D'Aucet's Method of extracting Gelatine from 

 Bones, and on its application to various (economical Pur- 

 poses. . . . . . . . • • • • • ^' 



Inquiries into the encaustic Pamting of the Ancients, 21 



Process for curing Herrings in the Dutch Manner. . . 27 

 Memoir on the Nature of fat Substances. . . 29, 130 



Process for curing Herrings, Pilchards, Mackerel, Sprats, ^c. 

 by Immersion tn Brine of British "solid Salt." . . 41 

 Same further Particulars respecting Woolf's Patent Boiler. 43 



On the Metallic Salts. .. 44 



Experiments introductory to an Attempt to exhibit the com-- 

 parative Anatomy of Animals and Vegetables. . . 45 



On Citric Acid 48, 100 



On the Ventilation of Coal- Mines Gl 



Report of the National Vaccine EstalUshment, for the Year 



1814 C^ 



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