CON T E N T S 

 OF THE FORTY-EIGHTH VOLUME. 



^OME Irief Particulars respecting the Slraml or Waterho 

 Bridge^ erected over the Thames, at the Savoy, London. 3 



The original Inhabitants of America shown to be of the same 

 Family and Lineage with those of Asia', by a Process of 

 Reasoning not hitherto advanced. . . . . , , 4 



Notes of a meteorological Tour. . . . . . . 8 



Some Observations and Experiments made on the Torpedo of 



the Cape of Good Hope in the Year 1812 14 



On the Cosmogony of Moses. . . 18, 1 1 1, 201, 276, 300 

 On the Diving- Bell, as a Means for curing Deafness. 22 



Further Experiments on the Combustion of explosive Mixtures 



coifined by Wire-gauze; with some Observulions on Flame. 24 



Account of a Calculus voided by a Female, »'. .. 27 



On Meteoric Stones 28 



On the Accumulation of Heat by Friction. . . . . 29 



On the Fentilation of Mines. .. . . , . . . 30 



On Errors in the Nautical Almanac, ^c 34 



Experiments with Sir H.Davy's Safe-Lamp 30 



Account of the Method of preparing or smoking Beef at Ham- 

 burgh. . . . ". . . . 37 



Thirteenth Report of the Commissioners for making and main- 

 taining the Caledonian Canal. Dated May 1/, 1816. 39 



A few additional practical Observations on the JVire-Gauze 

 Safety-Lumps fur Miners, &c. .. .. ., 51 



Extract of a Letter from Dr. Olbkrs, F.R.S. of Bremen, re 

 specling a Now Comet ; with an Account of a IVork of Pro- 

 fessor Bhssel. . . . . . . . . . . , . 59 



On Sir \i. Daw's Safe-Lamp, 81 



A Letter to the Dublin Society, relative to Experiments on 

 JVheel-carriages, . . , , , . . , , , 83 



Vol.48.No.224. I>ec. 1816. a 



