TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



NUMBER XCI.— JULY. 



Page 



Historical Sketch of Improvements in Physical Science during the Year 



I8I9. 1. The Chemical Sciences. By T. Thomson, M.D. F.R.S. . . 1 



On a fibrous Metallic Copper. By James Smithson, Esq. F.R.S 46 



An Account of a native Combination ofSulphate of Barium and Fluoride 



of Calcium. By James Smithson, Esq. F.R.S 48 



Analytical and Critical Account of the Philosophical Transactions of the 



Royal Society of London for 1 8 19, Parts IL and III. {concluded.) 50 



Proceedings of the Royal Society, May 18 ; June 1, 8, 15, and 22 .... 52 



Geological Society, April?. 21;May5, I9; and June2 5.5 



Royal Academy of Sciences 6I 



Meteoric Stones 67 



Carmine 68 



Vinegar from Wood 68 



Iron Pyrites 68 



New Vegetable Alkalies 68 



Analysis of Meionite. By Prof. Gmelin 69 



Bucholzite 70 



Andalusite 71 



Karpholite 73 



Boracic Acid 72 



Peliom 72 



Death of Sir Joseph Banks, Bart 73 



New Scientific Books 7'^ 



New Patents 75 



Col. Beaufoy's Magnetical and Meteorological Observations for May .... 76 



Mr, Howard's Meteorological Journal for May 79 



Title, Contents, and Index, of Vol. XV. 



NUMBER XCII.— AUGUST. 



Historical Sketch of Improvements in the Physical Science during the 

 Year 18 19 (continued). 



1. The Chemical Sciences. By Thomas Thomson, M.D. F.R.S... 81 



2. Comparative Anatomy and Zoology 102 



3. Physiology Ill 



4. Bouiny. By S. F.Gray, Esq 115 



