CONTENTS. 



He-port of the Committee of Natural Fhilowphij, appointed hj 

 the Diillin Society, on the Experiments upon IVheel-car-, 

 riages. . . . . . . • • • • • • "^"' 



On the Anatomy of Fegetables. . . . . • • • • "^^ 



On Optic Virion-, with a few Remarks on the Cosmogony of 



Moses. ^^' 



Description of the Miner alosical Cabinets and Puhlic Librnries 

 of Copenhagen, and of }he Gymnasium of Christiania in 

 Norway. .. .. .. •• •• •• ^' 



Account of some further Electrical Experiments by M. De 

 Nelis, q/" Mec/j/m. .. .. •• •• •• ^-* 



Instructions issued by the French Legislature for obtaining a 

 Patent {Brevet d' Invention) in France. .. .. 1^0 



On Fiorin Grass. . . . . . . • • • • *'^"* 



Experiments relating to the Impurities of Hydrogen as it is 

 commonly obtained. . . . . . • • • '^'■''^ 



Letter to the Rivht Hon. the Countess of Gosford, on the Spe- 

 culations of Theorists, particularly oj the Ncptunians. 161 

 On (he Excitement of Voltaic Flales ; in Reply to T^r.DE Luc's 

 Objections to the Doctrines maintained by the Author. 165,255 

 On the Physiology of Vegetables. .. .. »• 1/3 



On Sir H. Daw's Safe-lamp for Mines 1S9 



On certain Experiments with Sir H. Daw's Safe-lamp, re- 

 ported to have been made at the Gas Establishment in Dor- 

 set-street .. 1^6 



Suggestions arising from Inspections of IVire-tj^auze Lamps, in 

 their If orking Stale, in Mines. .. .. .. 197 



On Magnesio-Sulphale cf Soda. ,. .. .. 202 



On Vulgar Fractions. . . . . . . . . . • 294 



Observations on the Hypothesis (f some modern JVriters, that 

 America has been peopled by a distinct Race of Men and Ani- 

 mals; witti some Proofs arising from the Natural History and. 

 Appearances of the new Continent in favour of the Mosaic 

 Accouvt of the Deluge. . . . . . . . . 205 



On a new Species of Calculus. . . . . . . 222 



Extract from a Memoir read to the histitute on the 13//i of 



May 1816, on the Possibility of making the Molluscce of 



1 resh PVuter Live in Salt PVater, and vice versa. . . 223 



On the Precipitation of the Oxide of Gold by Potash. 227 



New Outlines of Chemical Philosophy, ,, ,, 241,3421 



