Vol.48. PhilosopKlcal Magazine. August, 1816. 



Contents of Number 220. 



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XXI. -On Sir H. Dav y's Safe-Lamp. By Bt.XJri, M.D. 



Professor of Cbendstry, See. Sec. - • - - 81 1 



XXII. A Letter to the Dublin Society, relative to Ex- 

 Iperiments on Wheel-carriages. By Rich. J1.otell Edgb. 

 IwoRTHyEsq. - - - . - " - 83 ' 



XXIII; Report of the Committee of Natural Philosophy. 



I appointfed by the Dublin SocielT-, on the Experiments upon 



Wheel- carriages, made by Mr, Edgeworth, on the 28th 



I of May 1 8 1 6» and succeeding Days, at the D ubUn Society's 



1 House, Kildare-street. - - - - ., 92 ( 



XXIV. Onthe Anatomy of Vegetables; intended to sub- 

 , stantiate many important Truths in Phytology. By Mrs, 

 fAcxEg Ibbetson. - - - - - 96| 



XXV. On the Cosmogony of Moses } in Aniwer to 

 ^^F.E— s. By Dr. PmcHARD. - - - 111 



XXVI. On Optic Vision; with a few Remarks on the 

 Animadversions of F. E s on the Author's former Com- 



: munications respecting the Cosmogony of Moses. By Mr. 

 Andrsw HORK. . . . - . 117| 



XXVII. Description of the Min^ralogical Cabinets and 

 I Public Libraries of Copenhagen, and of the Gymnasium of 



Christiania- in Norway. By Leopold Von Buch. - 122' 



XXVIII. Account of some further Electrical Experi- 

 'mentsbyM. De Nelis, of Mechlin. - - - 127| 



XXIX. Instructions issued by the French Legislature 

 [for obtaining a Patent (Brevet ^Invention) in France. . 130 ! 



XXX. On Fiorin Grass. By Wm. Richardson, D.D. 135 

 XXXI*- Experiments relating to the Impurities of Hy- 



i drogeri as it is commonly obtained. By M. Donovan, Esq. 138 



XXXII. Notices respecting New Books. - - 140 1 



XXXIII. Proceedings of Learned Societies. - - ■ I'il 



XXXIV. Intelligence and Miscellaneous Articles: 

 Aerial Navigation.*--Correspondcnce of M. Van Mons, con- 



I tinued.— Earthquake in Scotla«d.— Intense Heat.— •Steam- 



Engines in Cornwall .—Major Peddie's Expedition to Africa. 



^1^ — Recipes for making Japan or Varotsh.— Edinburgh Dis- 



] section of tlie Brain. — New Nautical Instrument.— Diseases 



of Dogsj— Lecturts.-^Meteorology. • - 144-160 



%* Communications for this Work, addressed to the Editor, 

 Picket^Place, Temple Bar, will meet with every attention. 



&ICHA&D kVD A&TH UK TAYLOR, r&IMTBKB, SUOt LAKE, LODDOV. 



