CONTENTS. 
On the Solar Eclipse which will happen on the 28th and 29th of 
November 1826, oe ee ee ee 182 
~ On the Combination of Silicium with Platina; and on its Pre- 
sence.in Steel, ‘% ae es ee ana 
‘On Refraction, oe oe ee ee ee oe 200 
An Account of some Experiments on the Action of Iodine on 
volatile and fixed Oils, Fc... ee oe sa 308 
On the early Blowing of Plants during the present Winter, 212 
A curious electro-magnetic Experiment ly P. Bartow, Esq. 
241 
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On the Combination of Chrome with Sulphuric Acid, .. 242 
On the Perspiration alleged to take placein Plants, .. 243 
Observations on Magnetism, .. oe ee .. 248 
Reply to Mr. H.B. LEEson, .. ee alg aud 
Comparison of the Expense attending the English and Scotch 
Systems of Husbandry, a eerie Oath mee oes 
On dilating Caoutchouc Bottles by Inflation, .. -- 263 
On melting Caoutchouc, or India- Rubber, and opie: Tron. 
and Steel from Rust, .. as : ~- 264 
On the Eclipses of Jupiter’s Satellites beara the present aie 
265 
‘On the Culture of the Pear Tree, ee oe oe 269 
Results of a Meteorological Journal for the Year 1821, kept at 
the Observatory of the Academy, Gosport, .. AL 
On the Distillation of Spirits from Grain, and on the Water 
most conducive to Fermentation, Hi eas wae’ ee 
On a Method of fixing a Transit Instrument exactly in the 
. Meridian, rae Lh Bs oe eo 
On the Cure of a Case of Poabalyjsts by Lightning, .. 287 
On Matting made from the Typha latifolia, or Greater Cat’s- 
Tail, ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 288 
On a luminous Appearance seen on the dark Purt of the Moon 
in May 1821, ee ee ee 290 
An alphabetical ft SR of, Phin Srom whence Fos- 
sit SHELLS have been obtained by Mr. James Sowensy, and 
drawn and described in Volume Ill. of his “ Mineral Con- 
chology,” with the geographical and stratigraphical Situa- 
tions of those Places, and the Species of Fowl iprisily €Fc, 321 
Some Memoranda respecting Caoutchouc, a‘ . 336 
