CONTENTS. 
Stratigraphical and Geographical Localities are mentioned, 
which seem to require the particular and minute attention of 
the Collectors and Examiners of Fossil Shells in their natural 
Deposits. ee os oe ee Shs ov a? 
Extract of a Letter from Witu1aM Bruce, Esq. Resident at 
Bushire, to WittiAM Erskine, Esq. of Bombay, dated 
Bushire, 26th March 1813, communicating the Discover 
of a Disease in Persia, contracted by such as milk the Cattle 
and Sheep, which is a Preventive of the Small-Pox, 133 ° 
On the Atomic Philosophy. .s ar ee ews 
On the Purification of Coal Gas. ee ee os 138 
Account of Experiments made on the Strength of Materials. 
161 
Dissertation on the Origin and the uniform Distribution of 
Animal Heat. .. oe abe oe ee Bat 
On the Proteus (Proteus anguinus). .. os so (181 
On Friction in Machinery; and on Wheel-Carriages, 197 
On Shooting Stars. GR ni i 4 ei 20k 
Plan for establishing, by a Royal or Parliamentary Charter, a 
Company, with a large Capital, for carrying on the Cultiva- 
tion of the Waste Lands of the Kingdom, and promoting do- 
mestic Colonization ; while, by employing the Poor in agri- 
cultural Improvements, the heavy Burden of the Poor-Rates 
will be materially diminished. me he S202 
Some Particulars of M. Brizoni’s Discoveries in Egypt. 210 . 
On the Nautical Almanac. wer. ie a ah, ol/ 
Observations on three British Species of Warblers; with a view 
to. a more accurate Discrimination of them, and the conse- 
quent Elucidation of Calendars of Natural History. 250 
Discoveries made in Egypt by Mr. Caviciia ; with Remarks 
on the probable Reason for the principal Entrances into the 
Pyramids*having been constructed descending in an Angle of 
26° or 27° to the Horizon. .. ee oe sees 
On Calorific Radiation. .. Be ee ee -. 260 
On the Purification of Coal Gas ; on the ammoniacal Liquor of 
Coal Gas; and on some singular Products obtained from the 
ammoniacal Liquor. “s oe oe a. | 262 
Formula for calculating the Force of Steam. .. -- 266 
On Aphlogistic Phenomena and the Magnetism of Violet Light. 
268 
