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— . Linna:an Society, Jan. 17 143 



Geologicjl Society, March 4 to Dec. 'J, 1814, inclusive ibid. 



Proceedings ot the Wernerian Society, Dec. 3 and 17, 1814 152 



Experiment witii I'hosphuret of Amiiionia ibid. 



New Ex|)edition into .Africa ibid. 



CommiHiicatio:) between the BHnd and the Deaf and Dumb 153 



Swine-stone near Durham ibid. 



Air. Huston on the Solar Spectrum ibid. 



Position of Port Jackson, New Holland 154 



Economical Metiiod of making Paste in China ibid. 



Chinese Method of Casting Sheet Lead ibid. 



IVIr. Larkins's Models of Crystals in Wood 155 



Table of Temperatures ibid. 



Letter respecting ihe Saccharometer, Thermometer, Starch Sugar, Passage 



of Gas througli Tubes 156 



Formation of Sal-ammoniac in Burning Bricks ibid. 



New Patents 158 



Meteorological Table and Observations, Dec. 4, 1814, to Jan. 1, 1815 .. 159 



NUMBER XXVIL— MARCH. 



Biographical Account of Dr. David Rittenhouse. By Dr. Thomson l6l 



E.xperiments in determining the Draught of Carriages. By H. L. Edge- 

 worth, Esq 170 



E.\periments to clelermine the Definite Proportions in which the Elements 



of Organic Nature are combined. By Dr. Berzelius, confinued 174 



Observations on some Points connected with the Atomic Theory. By Dr. 



Thouison 1 84 



On the Uses of the Dorsal Vessel. By M. Marcel de Serres, continued I9I 



On the Orthoceraiites of Scotland. By Dr. Fleming 199 



On Deepening, Cleaning, and Removing, Obstructions in Harbours. By 



Mr. John Rook .' 206 



Memoir on Iodine. By RL Gay-Lussac, confinued 207 



Annual Meteorological Tabic for Sidmouth. Bv Dr. Clarke 215 



Astronomical and Magnetical Observations. Bv Col. Beaufoy 2l6 



Critical Analysis of Capt. Fhnders's Voyage to Terra Auslralis 219 



Proceedings of the Royal Society, Jan. 2(i, Feb. 2, g, and 1 6 227 



Linnaean Society, Feb. 7 and 1 6 228 



Geological Society, Dec. K), 1814 229 



of Cornwall 2.30 



Notices of Lectures ibid. 



M. Birkbeck on French Agriculture 23 1 



Dr. Leach on Dr. Cross's Opinions on the Cerebellum 232 



on Petrifactions in Plymouth Lime-stone ibid. 



Height of some Peaks of the Caucasus 233 



Discovery of Heliotrope at Kinnoul ibid. 



Quantity of Paper used in the United States ibid. 



Dr. Granville on Burning Gas in the Appennines ibid. 



Mr. Nicol on Shell- Fish in the Mess at Elgin 235 



A remarkable Mettor, Dec. 2, 1814 ibid. 



Of the Weather at Calcutta 236 



Mode of Conveying Gas for Lighting the Streets ibid. 



Mr. Accum's Treatise on Gas Light 237 



JMetailization of Charcoal ibid. 



Dr. Wollaston on the Octohedral Form of Iodine ibid. 



New Patents 238 



Meteorological Table and Observations, Jan. 2 to 3 1 23jr 



