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Fossil Wood, near Lichfield. By T. J. Darwin, M.D 226 



Meteorological Table, kept at Derby. By J. D. Strutt, Esq 227 



Remarkable Stone found near Derby. By the Same 228 



Oxides of Manganese ibid. 



State of the Weather in Iceland during the Spring of 1817 22g 



Register of the Weather at New Malton, in Yorkshire 280 



Nightingale of the Ancients ibid. 



Original Recipe of the Black Drop 231 



Meteorological Register kept at Kinfauns Castle 232 



Instrument for distinguishing the precious Stones 233 



Mr. Stephenson's Lamps ibid. 



Prizes proposed by the Royal Academy of Sciences for 1818, I8I9 234 



Col. Beaufoy's Magnetical and Meteorological Observations, for January. 236 

 Mr. Howard's Meteorological Journal, Jan. 1 to 29 239 



NUMBER LXIV.— APRIL. 



Biographical Account of M. Le Sage 241 



On the Death of Plants. By Mrs. Ibbetson 252 



On the Connexion between Crystalline Form and Chemical Composition. 



By F. S. Beudant 262 



A Plan for a Fire Ship. By Col. Beaufoy 27 1 



Account of a Meteor. By Edward Daniel Clarke, LL.D 273 



A Solution of an Equation. By J. Adams, Esq 275 



On the Geographical Extent of the Strata of the Environs of Paris. By 



J. J. Omalius D'Halloy (concluded) 276 



On M. Beudant's Memoir " sur la Determination dcs Especes Minerales." 



By W. H. Wollaston, M.D 283 



On Mr. Daniell's Theory of Crystallization. By Philo-chemicus Canta- 



brigiensis 287 



On welding Cast Steel and Cast Iron. By Thomas Gill, Esq 289 



On the Discovery of a new Alkali and a new Metal. By Prof. Berzelius 2gl 

 Analytical Account of the Transactions of the Horticultural Society, 



Vol. II. Part VI 293 



Proceedings of the Royal Society, Feb. 26, March 5, and 12 208 



Royal Society of Fdinburgh, March 2, and 16 299 



Wernerian Natural History Society, Dec. 20, Feb. 7, 



21, and March 7 301 



On the Aphlogistic Lamp. By Edward Daniel Clarke, LL.D 304 



On a Lamp without Flame. By Francis Ellis, Esq 306 



F'xpedition to the Northern Ocean ibid. 



On the Nomenclature of Clouds. By C. Johnson, Esq 308 



Meteorological Journal kept at Lancaster. By J. Heaton, Esq 309 



Mosaic Pavement. By N. J. Larkin, Esq 310 



Cobalt and Silver Mine ibid. 



Action of the Oxy-hydrogen Blow-pipe on Silica. By J. Mantel), Esq.. ibid. 



Septaria. By Wm. Davis, Esq 311 



New Comet 9 IS 



