Vol. 55. Philosophical Magazine. 



Contexts or Nuiviber 268. 



XI.. On the true Measure of a Lunar Cycle, as compared 

 ' with the Lunar Tables in the Nautical Almanack. By Mr. 

 Thomas YEATsg. ... 



XI r. Account of the Loss of the French Ship' of Disco, 

 very, Urania. By Capt. Louis de FiitycjsET, 



XIII. Account of the new Discovery of a Southern or 

 Antarctic Continent. - - . . 



XIV. Description of a Volc:inic Eruption in the Island 

 of Sunibiiwa. By Mf. G. A. Stewart. 



XV. Observations on the Plixnoirena of the Universe. 

 By A NEwroskAN. - - - . 



XVI. Some Account of the Caves near Baug, called the 

 Panch Pandoo, By Captain F. Danoerfield, of the Bom- 

 bay Military Establishment. - • 



XVII. On apportioning the Supply of Oil, Naphtha, or 

 Gas, necessary for Street-Lamps, according to the varying 

 Lengthsof the Nights of the Year. By ACorrespo.ndent. 



XVIII. Some Observations made at Clapham Cr.mmon, 

 Surrey, on the lieavy Storm that took place on fa'ie Night 

 of Sunday the 30th of July 1820. 



XIX. Recent Accounts respecting Pitcairn's Jslaad. - 



XX. Descriptionof the Count De ua Boulaye-Marsil- 

 lac's new Discovery in the Art of Dyeing. - . 



XXI. On the Conversion of Animal Matter into new 

 Substances, by the Action of .Sulphuric Acid. By M. H. Bka- 



CONNOT. - • 



XXII. On the Culture cf Turnips. By George Wibb 

 Hall, Esq. - - - - - - 



XXIII. Notices respecting New Books. 



XXIV. Proceedings of Learned Societies. 



XXV. Intelligence and Miscellaneous Articles. — Water 

 not a non-elastic Fluid. — Bnracic Acid. — Vegetable Alka- 

 lies. — Antidote for Vegetable Poisons. — Succedaneum for 



. Peruvian Bark. — Arakatscha. — Plantain Root. — To pre- 

 A'M "i^rve Currants fresh. — Cure for the Hydrophobia. — Gastro- 

 nomy. — Extraoitiinary Copper-plate Printing. — Measure- 

 ment of the Meridian. — Temple cf Jupiter Aromon. — Natu- 

 ral Hi.nory.— Patents. — Lectures. — Meteorology. - 149 — 160 



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

 Pickett-Place, Temple Bar, will meet with every attention. 



KICUaRO AN» ARTHUR TAYLOR, PRINTERS, SHOE LANS, LOXDOS. 



