RoTjal Society. '""' 381 



A History of the various Species of Palsy, with the Method of 

 Cure ; being the first Part of the second Volume of Dr. Cooke s 

 Treat'ise on Nervous Diseases. 



Recollections of a Classical Tour made in ISIS and 1819 in 

 Turkey, Greece and Italy. By P. E. Laurent, Esq. 4to. 



Account of a new Method of makins; dried Anatomical Pre- 

 parations, in such a Manner as to prevent offensive hmell, and 

 ihe destructive Effects of Heat, Damp, and Insects &c. By 

 Mr. John Swan, of the Royal College of Surgeons, Surgeon to 

 the Lincoln County Hospital. 



Remarks during a Tour through the United States of America 

 in 1S17, 1S18 and 1819. By Wilham Tell Hams. 



An Essay on the medical Application of Electricity and Gal- 

 vanism. By Mr. Price. 



A detailed and embellished Prospectus of a Work to be en- 

 titled " Physiognomical Portraits " will be pubhshea on the first 

 of December. - 



The Young Navigator's Guide to the Sidereal and Planetary 

 Parts of Nautical Astronomy. By Mr. Kerrigan, of the Royal 

 Navy. 



LXII. Proceedings of Learned Societies. 



ROYAL SOCIETY. 



Nov. 16. A MOST interesting paper by Sir Humphry Davy, 

 was read 0« the Magnetising Influence of Galvanism, in which 

 various new and curious experiments o^^hissul^ect were de- 

 tailed, which clearly establish the fact, that the Galvamc fluid, 

 directed in a proper manner, is capable of commumcat.ng mag- 

 netic properties to bars of steel. If steel bars or rods be ex- 

 posed to the Galvanic current, placed in the dnection of he 

 Inagnetic axis, no effect follows ; but if they be pl'^^^d paialle 

 with the magnetic equator they become inagnet.c-tl>e end 

 placed to the west becoming the north pole ot the new imig^iet 

 Lnd that towards the east becoming the south pole. An d so 

 great is the Galvanic influence in producing tins '-^«'-^^^' ^'^fj ^ 

 exerts its power at a distance of some inches (even ten or twelve) 

 so that if the .teel bar be moved in a circle round the com c o 

 the Galvanic current, but always kept parallel to the mag. c c 



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