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NUMBER LXI.— JANUARY, 1818. 



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Biographical Account of Delametherie 1 



On Phosphuretted Hydrogen. By J. Dalton, Esq 7 



Some Account of a late Mission to Ashantee 9 



Design for a Bridge across the Mersey, at Runcorn. By J. C. Loudon, Esq. 14 



An Analysis of the Cheltenham Salts. By R. Phillips, Esq 28 



A new Quadratic Theorem. By Dr. Joseph Reade 31 



Lemmas and Propositions. By J. Adams, Esq 36 



On the various Uses of the Septaria. By Thomas Gill, Esq 38 



On the Blow-pipe. By Assessor Gahn *0 



On the Height of the Himalaya Mountains 47 



Analytical Account of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal 



Society of London for the Year 1817, Part II 52 



Biot, Traite" de Physique Experimentale et Ma- 



thematique 58 



Proceedings of the Royal Society, Nov. 6, 20, 27, Dec. l,and 18 63 



Wernerian Natural History Society, Nov. 15, and 



Dec. 6 . ^ 



• Geological Society, Nov. 21, Dec. 5, and 19 67 



■ Royal Academy of Sciences, Sept. 1,8, 15, 22, 2Q, 



Oct. 6, 13, 20, and 27 68 



Notices of Lectures 71 



Safety Lamp for Coal Mines ibid. 



Fluor Spar in Scotland v ...ibid. 



Chromate of Iron in Shetland ibid. 



Botanical Specimens from Switzerland 72 



Davy's Safety Lamp ibid. 



Effect of Hot Water on Flowers ibid. 



Third Volume of the Memoirs of the Society of Arcueil ibid. 



New Patents 74 



New Scientific Books in the Press 75 



Col. Beaufoy's Magnetical and Meteorological Observations, for Nov. . . 76 

 Mr. Howard's Meteorological Journal, Nov. 2 to Dec. 1 79 



NUMBER LXII.— FEBRUARY. 



Biographical Account of Lord Stanhope 81 



Memoir on the Geographical Extent of the Strata of the Environs of Paris. . 



By J. J. Omalius d'Halloy 86 



Register of the Weather in Iceland, by two Danish Gentlemen : with a 



Supplementary Register by Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Park 96 



On the Suspension of Clouds 103 



On the Alimentary Matter procured from Bones 106 



On Reversion of Series. By W. G. Horner, Esq 108 



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