IV CONTENTS. 



Page 



Biographical Notice of the Rev. W. Gregor 112 



Some Observations on the Nature of the Vital Powers. By Dr. W. Philip 1 14 



On the French Varnish for Cabinet Work. By Thomas Gill, Esq lip. 



Account of Alexander Scott 122 



Remarks on Mr. Daniell's Theory respecting the Specific Gravity of Crys- 



» tals. By Patrick Addle, Esq 125 



Remarks upon Mr. Daniell's Experiments on the Specific Gravity of 



Crystals. By J. L 129 



On the Combinations of Phosphorus and Oxygen. By M. Dulong 134 



Analytical Account of the Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 



for the Year 1817, Part II. (concluded) 140 



Proceedings of the Royal Society, Jan. 8, and 22 14S 



— — Royal Society of Edinburgh, Nov. 17, 24, Dec. 1, 



15, Jan. 5, and 19 144 



Notices of Lectures 152 



Graphite in Scotland ibid. 



Third Volume of the Memoirs of the Society of Arcueil 153 



Civil Engineers ibid. 



Astronomy , ibid. 



Explosion in a Coal Mine in the County of Durham 154 



Dr. Brewster's Experiments on Surfaces 155 



Scientific Books in the Press. ibid. 



Col. Beaufoy's Astronomical, Magnetical, and Meteorological Observa- 

 tions, for Dec 15(5 



Mr. Howard's Meteorological Journal, Dec. 2 to 3 1 159 



NUMBER LXIII.— MARCH. 



Biographical Notice of M. Duhamel 16 1 



Results of a Meteorological Journal, kept at the Academy of Gosport. By 



William Burney, LL.D 164 



Register of the Weather in Iceland. By two Danish Gentlemen {con- 

 tinued) 1 6y 



Description of a Method of making Doubly Refracting Prisms perfectly 



Achromatic. By D. Brewster, LL.D 175 



Of Isothermal Lines, and the Distribution of Heat over the Globe. By 



Alex- de Humboldt 177 



Account of some remarkable Minerals. By E. D. Clarke, LL.D Ig4 



On the Imperfection of the Barometer. By John Bostock, M.D 198 



On the Law of Continuity. By J. Herapath, Esq 208 



On the State of the Air in the Fever Hospitals of Cork. By E. Davy, Esq. 214 



On a Lamp without Flame. By'Thomaa Gill, Esq 217 



Proceedings of the Royal Society, Feb. 5, 12, and 19 219 



Geological Society, Dec.5, 19, Jan. 2, 16, and Feb. 6 221 



Royal Society of Edinburgh, Feb. 2 224 



• Royal Academy of Sciences, Nov. 3, 10, 17, 24, and 



Dec. 1, 7, 15, and 22 ibid. 



